2015Nominee
Best Director
Chuck Norris vs Communism
Ilinca Calugareanu
Director · Writer
Cluj-Napoca, Socialist Republic of Romania [now Romania]
August 19, 1981
Biography
Ilinca Calugareanu a London-based Romanian filmmaker, studied documentary filmmaking at Manchester’s Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. Her short films have been screened in festivals around the world. Calugareanu’s credits include The Writing on the Wall (2006, Romania) and Endgames (2008, UK). She has also worked as an editor on fiction and documentary shorts and features for the past five years. She has a background in anthropology with a focus on communist and post-communist Romania, which gives her a unique perspective on the story of the VHS phenomenon.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2014Nominee
Career Highlight
Counterpart
2022Nominee
Best Director
The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo
Career Highlights
2017Highlight
Best Director
Erica - Man Made
2023Highlight
Best Director
A Cautionary Tale
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Chuck Norris vs Communism
The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo
A Cops and Robbers Story