{"id":156980,"date":"2012-04-29T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/the-2012-next-festival-156980.html"},"modified":"2024-02-19T14:46:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T12:46:23","slug":"the-2012-next-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/features-and-reports\/world-of-culture\/the-2012-next-festival-id156980.html","title":{"rendered":"The 2012 NexT Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<strong>The winner of the 6th NexT International Film Festival\u2019s held in Bucharest is the French short reel film \u201cMediteranees\u201d directed by Olivier Py. The festival\u2019s judging panel described the film as \u201ca wide-scale cinematographic poem, based on 40-year old video recordings of a family\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tInaugurated in 2007, in memory of the late director Cristian Nemescu and sound designer Andrei Toncu, NexT (with a capital N for Nemescu and a capital T for Toncu) every year gathers short and medium-reel productions from around the world, inviting the audience to take part in debates and keynote events.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe \u201cCristian Nemescu\u201d best director award this year went to filmmakers Julia Ducournau (for her short reel \u201cJunior\u201d ) and to Rudi Rosenberg (for the short reel\u201d Aglaee\u201d). The jury decided to equally grant the award to two films exploring the same universe in different ways, reminding one of the spirit of the films made by Andrei Toncu. \u201dAglaee\u201d captures the teenagers\u2019 world, with its typical mischievousness, dishonesty and vulnerability, while \u201cJunior\u201d tells a spectacular tale of unexpected situations, daringly mixing comic thrill with the David Cronenberg-type of horror. Ada Solomon is the initiator and producer of NexT. She says that short-reels attract large audience to cinema halls.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201dEach year we try to attract people to come and see the movies, to convince the next generations of the value of these films and, since cinema halls are packed withpeople, we can say we are happy. I believe people do have a taste for the short reel and given that these days everyone is in a hurry and wants to rapidly consume everything, even emotions, the short reel is extremely sought after. And at NexT you can watch a package of short reels, and you can also pass on quite rapidly from one register to another\u2026I dare say it is a genre working well, people do like short reels, it\u2019s just that they do not have a place to watch them. Reason enough for them to opt for coming to NexT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThis year as well, the screening of the so-called \u201cOscars\u2019 Night\u201d was part of the NexT International Film Festival\u2018s program, presenting short reels nominated for the 2012 edition of the American Film Academy Awards, as well as the 2011 winner. Film lovers stepped onto the red carpet in the spotlight, rubbing shoulders with the festival\u2019s guests. Opening the screening was \u201cGod of Love\u201d directed by Luke Matheny, last year\u2019s winner of the most-coveted statuette for the short films category. As happens every year, NexT brought in novelty once again. Ada Solomon presented some of the novelty items, such as NexT Dance and NexT Imaginaria:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cWe have these two new sections, but the older sections are just as fresh. NexT Dance is a section where we gathered movies with both classic musical, and contemporary dance; these, however, are not contemporary dance recitals put on film. We have films with electronic beats, but also opera, some of them are extraordinary. I have a passion for dance, but I also have a passion for musicals, and I can say that this is a daring combination, musical and short film\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThis edition included, once more, the NexT Kids section for children, with short films and activities for the little ones created by special guests. Of the four Romanian films competing this year, the jury granted the best Romanian short film award to \u201cFrom This Day On\u201d by Dorian Boguta. \u201cHello Kitty\u201d by Millo Simulov was the public\u2019s favorite, getting the Audience Award for a Romanian film. Here is Ada Solomon again:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cThe festival has an ever growing reputation, and people are very enthusiastic. Since I travel a lot for my job as a producer, I met filmmakers who congratulate me for NexT. A lot of young filmmakers came to Bucharest on this occasion, because out of the 27 movies that entered the competition, 21 are represented by a member of the crew, and I can say that people leave the festival with a great feeling. Also, they like very much the fact that they interact with their audience, because we have a young and talkative audience. 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