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Director and screenwriter, Radu Jude is one of the most important contemporary Romanian filmmakers. He graduated in the filmmaking department of media at the University of Bucharest, and made his debut in feature film direction with “The Happiest Girl in the World” in 2009. His films presented at the Mostra include “Aferim!” (2015), winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival; “Scarred Hearts” (2016), winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival; “I Do Not Care if We Go Down in History as Barbarians” (2018), winner of the Best Film Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival; “The Exit of the Trains” (2020); “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” (2021), winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlinale; “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World” (2023), which won the Special Jury Prize at Locarno; as well as “Sleep #2” and “Eight Postcards from Utopia”, both from 2024; “Kontinental ’25” (2025), winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the Berlin International Film Festival; and “Dracula” (2025).