AS YOU LIKE IT

short documentary film
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original title după FEL și CHIP 
title in English As You Like It

director, cinematographer & editor  Paula Oneț
production  Ioana Lascăr  
direct sound  Manuela Marcovici, Rudolf Costin, Ioana Lascăr, Ioana Țurcan
sound design Tudor Petre
see full cast & crew in the PRESS KIT below
find information on IMDB (Internet Movie Database)

running time  21:45 min
genre  creative documentary
type  social - anthropological essay 
production country  Romania 
year of production  2013       
Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Theatre and Television 
supported by I.F. Radu Onet

LOGLINE
If you could pick only one photograph of yourself for the next generations to remember you, which one would you choose? “As You Like It” brings together stories from people facing their gravestone picture while still being alive, while the audience discovers the graveyard as a public photo album and living social document.

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​Delicate shooting and kaleidoscopic editing. Nice characters and situations. ​
​Original pace and atmosphere. 
Thierry Garrel , former director of TV Arte France
FESTIVALS 
  • MUESTRA DE ANTROPOLOGÍA AUDIOVISUAL de MADRID / 2nd prize - short documentary / October 2015 / Spain
  • FMCEX FESTIVAL MUNDIAL DE CINE EXTREMO DE VERACRUZ / Official Selection / June 2015 / Veracruz, Mexico
  • VIVA FILM FESTIVAL / Golden Wood , 1st place - Religious Movie /May 2015 /Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • ASTERFEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST / winner of the Golden Horseshoe / May 2015 / Strumica, Macedonia
  • CELLU L'ART SHORT FILM FESTIVAL JENA / Official Selection / April 2015 / Jena, Germany
  • PROKUPLJE SHORT FILM FEST / Official Selection - Documentary film /April 2015/ Prokuplje,Serbia
  • THE MONTHLY FILM FEST / The Documentary of the Month / March 2015 / online
  • EL CORTO DEL ANO (SHORT OF THE YEAR) / Shortlisted in Int Documentary Competition / January 2015 / Spain
  • EURO 2014 FILM FESTIVAL / Winner in Drama, Ethnography, Social category / January 2015 / Spain
  • ICHILL MANILA FILM FEST / December 2014 / Manila, Philippines
  • 3RD MUMBAI SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / Best Documentary Film (Student) / 2014 / Mumbai, India
  • PROCULT FILM FESTIVAL / Special Screening / Nov 19 - 23, 2014 / Rome, Italy
  • AEGEANDOCS INT DOCU FILM FEST / Best Social Documentary Award / 2014 / Aegean Islands, Greece
  • SUPETAR SUPER FILM FESTIVAL / Official Selection / July 15-19, 2014 / Brac Island, Croatia
  • FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival / Short Film Competition – Docu / June 24-30, 2014 / Espinho, Portugal
  • GDANSK DOCFILM FESTIVAL / Official Selection– The Gate Of Freedom / June 05-08, 2014 / Gdańsk, Poland
  • ZAGREB DOX / International Documentary Film Festival / Official Selection / Feb-March, 2014 / Zagreb, Croatia
  • THE MANUEL RIVERA-ORTIZ FOUNDATION / finalist for the film grant "documentary "Short-Short"/2013
  • APAR- Association Parisienne des Artistes Roumains / special screening and guest / 2013 / Paris, France
  • IPSOS SHORT FILM BREAKS / special screening and guest / November 2013 / Bucharest, Romania
  • SWITCH OVER Exhibition – Victoria Art Center / ART.CONSUMPTION. FINITUDE / 2013 / Bucharest, Romania
  • DOK LEIPZIG / Official Selection - International Programme / Oct 28 –Nov 03, 2013 / Leipzig, Germany
  • documentART – European Film Festival for documentaries / Eastern Bloc / 2013 / Neubrandenburg , Germany
  • ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL / Official Selection – Documentary Film in Student / Oct 15-17, 2013 / Sibiu, Romania
  • DOCUART - Bucharest Documentary Film Festival / Best Image Award / Sept 26, 2013 / Bucharest, Romania
  • JAMESON CINEFEST - Miskolc International Film Festival / Official Selection / Sept 12, 2013 / Miskolc, Hungary
  • KINEMASTIK INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL / Special Mention of the Jury / July 27, 2013 / Malta
  • KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / Official selection / July 1, 2013 / Karlovy-Vary, Czech Republic
  • SHOTSUP / The Long Night of The Short Films / Special screening / June 8, 2013 / Bucharest, Romania
  • TIFF - Transylvania International Film Festival / Official selection in Romanian Film Days / 2013 / Romania
  • CANNES FILM FESTIVAL / Part of Short Film Corner / May 14-25, 2013 / Cannes, France
  • TIMISHORT FILM FESTIVAL / National Competition / Best Romanian Film and Audience Award / 2013 / Romania
  • UCIN -The Romanian Filmmakers Union / Best Short Film for Television Award / March 2013 / Romania
The film represents the universal story but with a very unique plot. ​Trough the editing, sound, framing and dialogue, the director makes a perfect aesthetic link  to the object of her exploration – the phenomena of gravestone photos.
Jury’s Statement - Timishort Film Festival 2013 ( Best Romanian Film award)
An honest and poetic film about an experience which makes our lives meaningful. DEATH.
A daring approach that combines the realism of the docu film with a surrealist imagery, on the thin line between observational documentary and cinematic essay.
Doru Pop, film critic and university coordinator
 The film was developed in StoryDoc - The Educational Institute For Documentaries in Athens and Leipzig 2012.
This is my graduation film, coordinated by prof. Doru Pop and Xantus Gabor.