CORNELIU PORUMBOIU

President of the Jury, Director, Romania

Along with Cristian Mungiu, Cristi Puiu, Catalin Mitulescu and Razvan Radulescu, Corneliu Porumboiu is one of the leading Romanian filmmakers who have won all the key film awards in just a few years. His work includes features: POLICE, ADJECTIVE, which won FIPRESCI and Un certain regard Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST; shorts: LIVIU’S DREAM, A TRIP TO THE CITY, GONE WITH THE WINE, TELEPHONIC POST TEMPORARY SUSPENDED, LOVE... SORRY, GRAFFITI. His feature 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST, which opened the 12th SFF, won numerous international film awards, including Camera d’or at Cannes.