The Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv has the pleasure to announce the presentation of the documentary My Beautiful Dacia (written and directed by Ștefan Constantinescu and Julio Soto) at Holon Cinematheque, on Thursday, December 13th, 2012, 8:30 p.m., as a related event of the exhibition „Common Roots. Design Map of Central Europe”, at the Holon Design Museum. The film will be introduced by Galit Gaon, chief curator of the museum.
The film is presenting an iconic object of the communist times, the Dacia car, a relevant item for the history of the design in the 1945-1989 period exemplified at the exhibition in Holon through various objects produced in that era, as well as in the texts of the catalogue.
„My Beautiful Dacia is a light hearted and humoristic portrayal of the evolution of Romania from Communism to Capitalism, seen through the eyes of its most emblematic symbol, the Dacia automobile. In our film, we will follow different generations of Romanians – from the old nostalgic to the young entrepreneurs – showing the present transformation of Romanian society. The connecting point between the different stories is always the Dacia car: first, a symbol of the ambitions of Communist technology and now a reflection of the new global economy. In 1999, Dacia was bought by Renault and nowadays it’s a best-selling car in developing markets.” (http://www.stefan-constantinescu.com/index.php?/works/my-beautiful-dacia/)
In 2010, the film My Beautiful Dacia received various awards, among them being: Jury’s Second Prize, Documenta Madrid and Best International Film, DOCSDF Mexico. Until now, the documentary was broadcasted by several European televisions: TV3 Catalunya, Channel 4 (UK), SVT (Sweden), MDR-ARTE (Germany), TVR (Romania),YLE (Finland), TVS (Slovenia), RSI (Swiss), Planéte.
Ștefan Constantinescu, one of the most famous artists of his generation, approaches a wide range of artistic techniques and media of expression. In 2009, he represented Romania at the Venice Biennale, together with several other Romanian artists.
In September 2009, with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv, Ștefan Constantinescu presented the exhibition “The Golden Age” at Gal-On Art Place and the films Trolleybus 92 (8 min, 2009) and The Passage (62 min, 2005) at CCA (The Center for Contemporary Art) in Tel Aviv. For more details click here.
Tickets: http://www.mediatheque.org.il/broadcast/movie.aspx?Z18vrVQ=EGLE&s=2
More details about the exhibition „Common Roots. Design Map of Central Europe” can be found on the website of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv: http://www.icr.ro/holon_design_2012_ro
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