LETTER
Carmen Tofeni
ANCHOR FILMS (Romania)
A shocking news related to my father diagnoses with cancer takes me to journey where I discover our intimate desire for an hero.
The film is an intimate confession to my brother, following our father’s diagnose for cancer. The turmoil brings up a bigger search about the meaning of one sibling for the other’s life. As the personal exploration unfolds, episodes of other brotherly bounds add up. TIBI, an ex-convict, finds purpose within his brother’s NGO and becomes a national acclaimed athlete. MARA, a bereaved sister, reshapes a spiritual connection with her brother. The film follows my process of acknowledging the evolution of my fraternal relationship with both ups and downs.
Carmen Tofeni / IMDb
Carmen is a Romanian filmmaker-documentarist and cinematographer. Author of short documentaries and mixed-media artwork. Director of photography of recently premiered feature IVANA THE TERRIBLE (Locarno Film Festival 2019) and short Route-3 (Toronto.iff 2019 and Clermont-Ferrand FF 2020) and other short fictions and documentaries internationally awarded. Carmen is an alumna of The Italian National Film School - Centro Sperimentale and of the prestigious Sarajevo and Berlinale Talent Campuses.
Director’s statement
The film follows my personal driving my relationship with my brother. ALIN and TIBI appealed to me after reading Tibi’s book 27 Steps, written after coming out from jail. His feelings towards is brother, seamed identical with mine. Mara's new relation with her brother became spiritual while she fueled her revival from traditional rites, and contemporary dance. The film exhibits in a free floating imagery, a mix of observational journals and participative hand-held camera. Observational camera transforms into participative and the other way around. The protagonists are presented in their daily activities in an observational style, yet steady hand-held camera. The edit follows sometimes jump-cuts editing contracting real-time, sometimes realtime scenes in one shot and portrait-like scenes with real time duration in a private environment compose in a stylised frame accompanied by my own V.O. The film is a visceral monologue, a fresh and deep meditation on human connections.
Where are we at?
Total Budget: 250.000,00 EUR
Financing in place: 20.000,00 EUR
Sales Agent: none
Territories available: No sales attached, all territories except Romania.
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Production Company profile
ANCHOR FILMS is a production company with one foot in Bucharest and another in Beirut, focused on film production, script consulting, creating content and service production. The company was founded by Ana Maria Pirvan in 2016, after 10 years experience in advertising in Europe.