You are Ceausescu to Me is a documentary film directed by Sebastian Mihailescu.
In late 2021, the production scooped two notable awards, the Best Central and East European
Documentary and the Best Photography Award. The latter distinction went to the
film s director of photography, Barbu Balasoiu. The distinctions were awarded
as part of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. Sebastian Mihailescu s
documentary also scooped the New Talent Award as part of the DocLisboa
festival.
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Best Central and East European Documentary Award went to Sebastian Mihailescu s
film because, according to the judging panel, the film succeeded to recreate,
in a playful manner, Romanian history through the method of reconstruction, at once
analysing the characters of the reconstruction in a narrative based on
self-reflection. You are Ceausescu to me is an experimental mix of a documentary
and a feature film which seeks to find the motivation underlying the actions of
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