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Nov 14, 2022 · Eve Glasberg. November 14, 2022. In 2001, Bogdan George Apetri, a Romanian lawyer, moved to New York, where he attended the School of the Arts ’ Film Program. In 2006, he graduated with an MFA degree in Film Directing. His student films screened and won awards at prominent short festivals across the world, and he was a national finalist at ...
Bogdan George Apetri is an European director, writer and producer based in New York City. As a writer and director, he is known for Outbound (2010), Unidentified (2020) and Miracle (2021). As a producer, he is known for 3 Backyards (2010), Advantageous (2015), Song Without a Name (2019) and Blaze (2018).
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- Producer, Director, Writer
- Piatra Neamt, Romania
- Bogdan George Apetri
- Bogdan George Apetri from Romania to NYC and Back
- The Two Mirrored Halves of Miracle
- A Romanian Movie, A Universal Tale
- Is Miracle A Romanian Film?
- Spirituality and The Stunning Cinema of Miracle
Apetri's Romanian films are receiving a lot of attention, but the filmmaker actually moved to New York from Romania more than 20 years ago; he was actually a criminal defense attorney who put aside his life up to that point ("everything I did before was completely erased," he says) and decided to study film at Columbia University. He had arrived ju...
One of the remarkable things about Miracleis how the two halves of the film mirror each other; if one were to play each part of the film simultaneously, they'd notice the mathematical precision to which camera shots, sound design, and dialogue are linked. Far more than simply a technical experiment, this mirroring creates a deep and almost spiritua...
There is a lived-in quality to the films Apetri is making, something beyond the fact that the world is fleshed-out with developed characters like doctors, nuns, cops, and taxi drivers who cross over from film to film. A large part of this is owed to the fact that he is returning to his hometown to film them, which, beyond being logistically useful ...
The process comes up when asked about the Romanian New Wave of films with directors like Catalin Mitulescu, Cristian Mungiu, and Cristi Puiu, and how Apetri relates to that cinematic movement. "Is this a Romanian film?" Apetri repeats, questioning whether it fits in with the stylistic and political movement. He continues: On the other hand, "you do...
While people could possibly find culturally specific political commentary in Miracle (especially through its musical references), the Romanian town in the film remains a microscopic representation of universal themes bound together by a sense of spirituality. The area featured in the three films "is the county with the most monasteries per square k...
Jul 18, 2021 · Romanian-born filmmaker Bogdan George Apetri has made a life for himself in New York City, since moving there 19 years ago to study film at Columbia University, where he now teaches. But for the ...
Aug 6, 2021 · Unidentified: Directed by Bogdan George Apetri. With Bogdan Farcas, Dragos Dumitru, Vasile Muraru, Emanuel Parvu. An unsolved case. An unknown criminal. An obsessed cop.
Feb 4, 2022 · Miracle: Directed by Bogdan George Apetri. With Ioana Bugarin, Emanuel Parvu, Cezar Antal, Ovidiu Crisan. A young nun sneaks out of her monastery to attend an urgent matter but never makes it back and a police detective's investigation into her fate, uncovers clues and revelations that lead not only to the truth but a miracle as well.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Bogdan George Apetri
- 2022-02-04
Oct 3, 2021 · That’s exactly what Romanian-born, New York-based director Bogdan George Apetri did while making “ Miracle ,” which played last week in the feature film competition at the Zurich Film ...
