Radu Jude has won the Jury Prize at this year’s Locarno Film Festival for his latest film, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World.
The film stars Ilinca Manolache as Angela, a production assistant who has to film the casting for a multinational campaign.
The film takes a new turn when one of the interviewees reveals uncomfortable information about the company he works for, reports Euro News.
Radu Jude is a Romanian director and screenwriter. Jude’s feature debut The Happiest Girl in the World (2009) was selected for more than 50 international film festivals. Titles such as Everybody in Our Family (2012), Aferim! (2015), and Scarred Hearts (2016) followed and won multiple awards. The international premiere of The Dead Nation in Locarno 2017 marked his debut in documentary film. His latest feature, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, won the Golden Bear in Berlinale 2021. In the summer of 2021, Radu Jude was present in Locarno with the short Caricaturana (Cineasti del presente: Corti d’autore section) and in Venice with the short film Semiotic Plastic (Out of Competition). His latest short, The Potemkinists premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight 2022 and has appeared in over 20 festivals up to now.
