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Crossing Dates
Each day of our lives brings us new encounters with our fellow men:
our paths cross, we see each other, and speak or don’t speak to each other. Then we walk away to the next encounter. Both
chance and intention play a part in these encounters, and the consequences can remain like footmarks on the paths of our lives.
The movie mingles 3 separate stories which take place over two days. The characters’ paths intersect, and they affect each
other unintentionally. The three stories are united not only by the characters but also by re-readings of the same theme at
different registers.
Director's Biography
Born 1962 in Romania. She studied at the Academy of
Theatre and Film Arts in Bucharest where she obtained a diploma in cinematography. She then worked as a Director of Photography
on two feature films, as well as on many shorts and documentaries. In 2008, she made her feature debut with CROSSING DATES
(2008), a Romanian-Finnish co-production, which was screened amongst others at Pusan, Chicago, Cottbus and Rome Independent
Film Festival. CRULIC– THE PATHTO BEYOND, her second feature, premiered at Locarno 2011. At the moment Anca Damian is dividing
her work between the pre-production of a new feature (AVery Unsettled Summer) and her function as professor at the National
University of Theatre and Film Arts in Bucharest.
Selected films as director: TRECATORUL PAMANTULUI – ION NICODIM (Earth’s Passerby – Ion Nicodim, 1998, doc short), EMINESCU – OCALATORIE VIRTUALA IN ABSO¬LUT (Eminescu – A Virtual Journey within the Absolute, 2000, doc short), IMPOSIBILUL PARADIS (The Unattainable Paradise, 2001, short), CHIPURI DE LUT (The Clay Faces, 2002, doc short), CHIPURI ( Faces, 2002, doc short), EXERCITIU DE LIBERTATE (Liberty Exercise, 2003, doc short), AFI SAU A NU FI (To Be or Not to Be, 2007, doc), ÎNTÂLNIRI ÎNCRUCIŞATE (Crossing Dates, 2008), CRULIC– DRUMUL SPRE DINCOLO (Crulic – The Path to Beyond, 2011)
Selected films as director: TRECATORUL PAMANTULUI – ION NICODIM (Earth’s Passerby – Ion Nicodim, 1998, doc short), EMINESCU – OCALATORIE VIRTUALA IN ABSO¬LUT (Eminescu – A Virtual Journey within the Absolute, 2000, doc short), IMPOSIBILUL PARADIS (The Unattainable Paradise, 2001, short), CHIPURI DE LUT (The Clay Faces, 2002, doc short), CHIPURI ( Faces, 2002, doc short), EXERCITIU DE LIBERTATE (Liberty Exercise, 2003, doc short), AFI SAU A NU FI (To Be or Not to Be, 2007, doc), ÎNTÂLNIRI ÎNCRUCIŞATE (Crossing Dates, 2008), CRULIC– DRUMUL SPRE DINCOLO (Crulic – The Path to Beyond, 2011)
Tribute 2012
Anca
Damian
Romania / Finland
2008
color
100 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Anca Damian
Cinematography
Liviu Marghidan
Editing Dana
Bunescu
Sound/Sounddesign Alex Dragomir, Sebastian
Zsemlye
Music Pessi Levanto
With Oxana Moravec/Matti Ristinen/Mimi Brănescu/Andi Vasluianu/Doru Boguţă/Diana
Cavallioti
Production
Libra Film Productions 52 Popa Soare Street, Et.1, Ap 4 2nd district, Bucharest Romania T +40 21 326
64 80 F +40 21 326 02 68 office@librafilm.net www.librafilm.net