Mikado

TITLE

Mikado

DIRECTOR

Emanuel Pârvu

COUNTRY

Romania, Czech Republic

YEAR

2021

DURATION

96′

GENRE

Feature Film

Overview

Mikado

One day, teenager Magda offers her expensive necklace to a sick child in the hospital she volunteers for. Her father is certain she is lying again, and when Magda proves her innocence, he is ashamed and guilty but also incapable of admitting he was wrong. Their relationship is broken and in chaos, and past decisions have irreversible consequences.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY​ - Emanuel Pârvu

Emanuel Pârvu was born in 1979 in Romania. He graduated the acting class from the Romanian National University for Theater and Film and holds a Master Degree in the Art of Acting and a PHD in the Dramaturgical Structures. He works as an actor and as a film& theatre director. He is known for his roles in: Cristian Mungiu’s Graduation& Tales from the Golden Age, Adrian Sitaru’s Art, Contantin Popescu’s The Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man and Pororoca, Dan Chisu's The Anniversary& 5 Minutes Too Late. www.famart.ro office@famart.ro He has written and directed several short films before his feature debut, Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things, 2017 that had the World Premiere in the Official Competition of Sarajevo IFF, where it won Best Director and Best Actor Award. In 2019, his short Everything is Far Away was on listed among the 94 shorts qualifying for the Oscars 2020.

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Emanuel Pârvu

Emanuel Pârvu was born in 1979 in Romania. He graduated the acting class from the Romanian National University for Theater and Film and holds a Master Degree in the Art of Acting and a PHD in the Dramaturgical Structures. He works as an actor and as a film& theatre director. He is known for his roles in: Cristian Mungiu’s Graduation& Tales from the Golden Age, Adrian Sitaru’s Art, Contantin Popescu’s The Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man and Pororoca, Dan Chisu's The Anniversary& 5 Minutes Too Late. www.famart.ro office@famart.ro He has written and directed several short films before his feature debut, Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things, 2017 that had the World Premiere in the Official Competition of Sarajevo IFF, where it won Best Director and Best Actor Award. In 2019, his short Everything is Far Away was on listed among the 94 shorts qualifying for the Oscars 2020.

SELECTIONS & AWARDS

Group 1579

San Sebastian Film Festival

New Directors, 2021

Group 1579

Haifa Film Festival

Panorama, 2021

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