2024 - 69th Edition

TWST – Things We Said Today

Andrei Ujică
France, Romania
 - 2024
Estreno nacional
 No cultural milestone is isolated from its historical context. This is what Andrei Ujica proves in his film Things We Said Today: a journey into the past surrounding the Beatles' arrival to Manhattan in 1965. The Romanian filmmaker, whose work has a markedly political character, places this popular culture event in a convulsive moment in the history of the United States. The British quartet's concert at Shea Stadium coincided with events such as the New York World's Fair and the Watts riots against police, brutality and racism. Circumstances that together form a portrait of a bygone era that echoes the present day. Ujica incorporates found footage from newsreels, Super 8 home movies and recordings of the concert, while working with the French illustrator Yann Kebbi to create characters that dialogue with the archival material and breathe new life into it. As in the song that gives the film its title, past and present are two sides of the same coin. 
Andrei Ujică

He was born on the 13th of November, 1951 in Timișoara (Romania). With a background in literature, he decides in 1990 to devote himself to cinema and creates ‘Videograms of a Revolution’ (1992), co-directed with Harun Farocki, which becomes a landmark film on the relationship between political power and the media in Europe at the end of the Cold War. His second film, ‘Out of the Present’ (1995), tells the story of cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, who spent ten months aboard the space station Mir, while on Earth, the Soviet Union ceased to exist. ‘The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu’ (2010) concluded his trilogy dedicated to the end of communism. He has also made two commissioned works for Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain: ‘2 Pasolini’ (short, 2000/2021) and ‘Unknown Quantity’ (2005).

Screenings

O.V. in English, French, German subtitled in English and Spanish
Wed. 23, 16:15
Presentation
Q&A
Thu. 24, 21:45
Presentation
Q&A
DIRECTOR
Andrei Ujică
SCREENPLAY
Andrei Ujică
ANIMACIÓN
Yann Kebbi
EDITOR
Dana Bunescu
SOUND
Dana Bunescu, Guillaume Solignat
PRODUCTION
Ronald Chammah, Anamaria Antoci, Andrei Ujică
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Les Films du Camélia, Modern Electric Pictures, Tangaj Production, ARTE France Cinéma, L’Institut National de L’Audiovisuel
VOCES
Tommy McCabe, Thérèse Azzara, Shea Grant, Sarah McCluskey
RUNNING TIME
85 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color y B/N
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2024
VERSION
V.O. en inglés, francés, alemán subtitulada en español e inglés
COUNTRY
France, Romania
CONTACT

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