Bogdan Mureșanu
Bogdan Mureșanu | |
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Mureșanu at the Crossing Europe Festival (2025) | |
| Born | 10 August 1974 (age 51) Bucharest, Romania |
| Occupation | Film director |
Bogdan Mureșanu (born 22 10 August 1974) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Bucharest, Mureșanu graduated from the Saint Sava National College and studied political science at the University of Bucharest.[1] He then worked as a journalist and a copywriter in advertising agencies, and in the meanwhile he cultivated a passion for poetry and prose, which led to the publication of his short story collection Erata in 2006.[1][2]
In 2007, Mureșanu won a TIFF-HBO contest with the screenplay The Living Torch, and decided to focus on cinema.[1][2] He studied screenwriting at the London Film Academy and, in 2011, was accepted into the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield.[1] He made his directorial debut in 2012, with the short Tuns ras si frezat.[1]
In 2018, Mureșanu had his breakout with the short film The Christmas Gift;[1] the short earned over 50 international awards, notably the European Film Award for best short film, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film nomination.[1][3][4] Following the critical success of the short film, Mureșanu decided to develop it into a feature film; the film, The New Year That Never Came, premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Orizzonti Best Film Award and the FIPRESCI Award.[5] The film later won a string of other awards, including the Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film at the Cairo International Film Festival, the Silver Atlas and Youth Jury Prize at the Arras Film Festival, and the Silver Peacock for the Best Director Award at the International Film Festival of India.[1][5][6] In 2025, he directed an animated short, The Magician, that premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.[7]
Filmography
- Tuns ras si frezat (2013, short)
- Negruzzi 14 (2016, short)
- Spid (2016, short)
- The Christmas Gift (2018, short)
- The Merry-Go-Round (2020, short)
- The New Year That Never Came (2024)
- The Magician (2025, short)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mareș, Ionuț (3 September 2024). "Bogdan Mureşanu: „M-a interesat felul în care începe istoria şi se trece într-o altă lume"". Films in Frame. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ a b Fulger, Mihai (2024). "Bogdan Mureșanu - Raportul ideal: unu la unu" (PDF). Film. No. 3. pp. 4–13. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ Lodge, Guy (21 January 2025). "'The New Year That Never Came' Review: A Tragicomic Tangle of Romanian Lives at the End of an Era". Variety. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ "2020 Oscars: Romanian production shortlisted in the short film category". Romania Insider. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ a b Rosser, Michael (22 November 2024). "Romanian tragicomedy 'The New Year That Never Came' scoops best film at Cairo film festival". Screen International. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ "Lithuanian teen feature 'Toxic' bags Golden Peacock at Iffi 2024". The Times of India. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ "Animated short length 'The Magician' by Bogdan Muresanu to premiere at the Annecy Animation Festival in France". Agerpres. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.