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My Uncle Tudor
Nanu Tudor
Berlinale Shorts
Golden Bear 2021
European Film Awards
Best Short Film 2021
After twenty years of silence, filmmaker Olga Lucovnicova returns to her great-grandparents’ home, where she endured traumatic experiences that left a deep, lasting impression on her memory. Her attempts to come to terms with the past force a confrontation during the long-awaited family reunion.
In intimate close-ups, the camera captures an idyllic scene that seems to belong to a different era: ripe cherries, black-and-white photographs, and a summerhouse full of memories of seemingly carefree childhoods. Old aunties talk about the past, and Uncle Tudor, too, answers the filmmaker’s questions. Little by little, she confronts him with her trauma, for which he is responsible.
Bio Olga Lucovnicova
Documentary filmmaker Olga Lucovnicova (Moldova, 1991) is based in Belgium. Her graduation film My Uncle Tudor (2020) premiered at the Berlinale, where it won the Golden Bear. The film went on to win Best Short Film at the 35th European Film Academy Awards, as well as many other international prizes after it screened at over fifty festivals worldwide.
Credits
Cast
Film school
DocNomads, LUCA School of Arts, Sint-Lukas Brussel
Producer
Frederik Nicolai, Olga Lucovnicova