{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf949\cocoasubrtf540 {\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;\f1\fnil\fcharset0 Futura-Medium;\f2\fnil\fcharset0 Cambria; \f3\fswiss\fcharset0 ArialMT;} {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;\red109\green109\blue109;} \paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww15300\viewh15900\viewkind0 \deftab720 \pard\pardeftab720\ri-4640\ql\qnatural \f0\b\fs24 \cf0 \ \f1\b0\fs36 Andrei Dascalescu\ \ \cf2 _biography \f0\b\fs24 \cf0 \ \b0 \ Andrei Dascalescu (born February 8th, 1984 in Piatra Neamt, Romania) started as a radio DJ in his hometown during his teenage years. He then moved to Bucharest to study Sound and Editing at the Film University. At the same time he worked as a freelance editor and sound engineer for BBC Romania and on many films, including Francis Ford Coppola's \i Youth Without Youth \i0 , as the assistant of the legendary editor Walter Murch. He produced and directed the awarded short feature \i Fly \i0 , then made his documentary debut with \i Constantin and Elena \i0 . \f2 \ \f0 \ \ \f1\fs36 \cf2 _filmography (only as director) \f0\fs24 \cf0 \ \b \ \pard\pardeftab720\ri-4640\ql\qnatural \cf0 \ul \ulc0 FLY\ulnone \ \b0 2 min, short feature, 2007, HD\ \ Festivals:\ \pard\pardeftab720\ri-4640\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural \b \cf0 1. CineMAiubit International Student Film Festival \b0 , Bucharest 2007: winner of \i Best Experimental Film;\ \i0\b 2. Belgrade 55th International Documentary & Short Film Festival \b0 , Belgrade, Serbia 2008: selected \i i \i0 n the \i official competition;\ \i0\b 3. NexT Intl. Short and Medium Length Film Festival \b0 , Bucharest, 2008: special screening off-competition;\ \b 4. Transilvania Intl. Film Festival \b0 , Cluj-Napoca, 2008: selected in the official competition; \i \ \pard\pardeftab720\ri-4640\ql\qnatural \f3\i0\b \cf0 5. Cine Fiesta Film Festival, \b0 Puerto Rico, 2008: \f0 selected \i i \i0 n the \i official competition; \f3\i0 \ \b 6. Prvi Kadar Intl. Film Festival \b0 , Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2008: \f0 selected \i i \i0 n the \i official competition; \f3\i0 \ \pard\pardeftab720\ri-4640\ql\qnatural \f0\b \cf0 7. Intl. Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier CINEMED \b0 , Montpellier, France, 2008: selected in \i Panorama; \f3\i0 \ \pard\pardeftab720\ri-4640\ql\qnatural \b \cf0 8. Festival Intl. des Filmets de Badalona \b0 , Badalona, Spain, 2008: \f0 selected \i i \i0 n the \i official competition; \f3\i0 \ \b 9. Skena-Up Intl. Film Festival \b0 , Pristina, Kosovo, 2008: \f0 selected \i i \i0 n the \i official competition; \f3\i0 \ \b 10. Festival Europeen du film court de BREST \b0 , Brest, France, 2008: \f0 selected \i i \i0 n the \i official competition;\ \pard\pardeftab720\ri-4640\ql\qnatural \i0\b \cf0 11. F-Fest \b0 , Cluj, Romania, 2008, winner of \i Best Experimental Film;\ \i0\b 12. Stone Film Festival \b0 , Piatra Neamt, Romania, selected in \i Best Ro;\ \i0\b 13. \b0 \b Timishort Film Festival \b0 , Timisoara, Romania, screened in \i Timishorts \i0 .\ \ Awards:\ \pard\pardeftab720\ri-4640\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural \b \cf0 Best Experimental Film \b0 at CineMAiubit International Student Film Festival, Bucharest 2007;\ \b Best Experimental Film \b0 at F-Fest, Cluj, Romania, 2008. \i \ \pard\pardeftab720\ri-4640\ql\qnatural \cf0 \ \pard\pardeftab720\ri-4640\ql\qnatural \i0\b \cf0 \ul Constantin and Elena \b0 \ulnone \ 102 min. documentary, 2008, HD\ \ Festivals:\ \pard\pardeftab720\ql\qnatural \b \cf0 IDFA \b0 (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam), Netherlands, November 2008 (First Appearance Competition)\ \b Le Paris du Cinema Roumain \b0 , Paris, France, April 2009\ \b "All Change" The Romanian Film Festival in London \b0 , UK, May 2009\ \b Transilvania International Film Festival \b0 (TIFF), Cluj, Romania, June 2009\ \b Sarajevo Film Festival \b0 , Bosnia & Herzegovina, August 2009\ \b EBS Documentary Film Festival \b0 , Seoul, South Korea, September 2009\ \b Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia \b0 , Valdivia, Chile, October 2009\ \b Flahertiana Film Festival \b0 , Perm, Russia, October 2009\ \b Doclisboa \b0 , Lisbon, Portugal, October 2009\ \b Cinemed \b0 , Montpellier, France, October 2009\ \b Astra Film Festival \b0 , Sibiu, Romania, October 2009\ \b Nutshuis Film Week \b0 , Hague, Netherlands, October 2009\ \b Verzio Human Rights Film Festival \b0 , Budapest, Hungary, November 2009\ \b Noordelijk Film Festival \b0 , Leeuwarden, Netherlands, November 2009\ \b Bratislava International Film Festival \b0 , Bratislava, Slovakia, November 2009\ \b Tirana International Film Festival \b0 , Tirana, Albania, December 2009\ \pard\pardeftab720\ql\qnatural \b \cf0 IDFA \b0 (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam), Netherlands, November 2009 (Reflecting Images: Panorama)\ \b Docs Barcelona \b0 , Spain, February 2010\ \b Toronto Romanian Film Festival \b0 , Canada, February 2010\ \b Museum of Modern Art's Documentary Fortnight \b0 , New York, USA, February 2009 (US Premiere)\ \b Worldfilm Festival \b0 , Tartu, Estonia, March 2010\ \b Ljubljana Documentary Film Festival \b0 , Slovenia, March 2010\ \b Bradford International Film Festival \b0 , Bradford, UK, March 2010\ \pard\pardeftab720\ql\qnatural \cf0 \ \pard\pardeftab720\ri-4640\ql\qnatural \cf0 \ Awards & Nominees:\ \b First Appearance Award \b0 at IDFA 2008;\ \b Best Debut Award \b0 at TIFF 2009;\ \b Special Jury Mention \b0 at Sarajevo Film Festival 2009;\ \pard\pardeftab720\ri-4640\ql\qnatural \cf0 Nomination for \b Best Documentary \b0 at Gopo Awards (Romanian Cinema Industry's Awards) 2009;\ \ }