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13 Shades of Romanian

’13 Shades of Romanian’ is a documentary film that portrays the stories of 13 Romanian people living in Britain. The narrative, constructed through their eyes and brought to you by a handful of Romanian filmmakers living in London, as well as Richard Green, British Travel Journalist (who worked on the travel desk of the Sunday Times for 15 years) reveals the way Romanians live, work and integrate within the British culture.

'13 Shades of Romanian' is a film that speaks about passion, determination, love and everything in between. Its universal message and selected stories transcend cultural differences and resonate with people, wherever they may come from.

  • Dragos Teglas
    Director
    Director
  • Anda Teglas
    Director
    Director
  • Anda Teglas
    Writer
    Writer
  • Richard Green
    Writer
    Writer / Presenter
  • Dragos Teglas
    Producer
    Producer
  • Anda Teglas
    Producer
    Producer
  • Turcanu Ana
    Producer
    Executive Producer
  • Cristian Spiridon
    Producer
    Executive Producer
  • Richard Green
    Key Cast
    Presentor
  • Nicoleta Carpineanu
    Key Cast
    Herself
  • Iris Radulian
    Key Cast
    Herself
  • Andrei Gugiuman
    Key Cast
    Himself
  • Alexandra Grigore
    Key Cast
    Herself
  • Florin Gardos
    Key Cast
    Himself
  • Anton Sanda
    Key Cast
    Himself
  • Raluca Stanciu
    Key Cast
    Herself
  • Andrei Hodorog
    Key Cast
    Himself
  • Constantin Boca
    Key Cast
    Himself
  • Lauren Jones
    Key Cast
    Herself
  • Raoul
    Key Cast
    Himself
  • Anca Doczi
    Key Cast
    Herself
  • Sorin Acsintoaie
    Key Cast
    Himself
  • Cristian Luchian
    Key Cast
    Himself
  • Rory Skeoch
    Key Cast
    Director of Photography
  • Mihaela Lungu
    Key Cast
    Director of Photography
  • Alexander Holland
    Key Cast
    Runner
  • Dragos Teglas
    Key Cast
    Editor
  • Ana Turcanu
    Key Cast
    Editor
  • BOK Services Ltd
    Key Cast
    Executive Producers
  • Alexandru Chitoroaga
    Key Cast
    Colourist
  • Adrian Bolog
    Key Cast
    Animation & VFX
  • Victor Sperciuc
    Key Cast
    Animation Designer
  • Nico Metten
    Key Cast
    Sound Designer
  • AEPH (Simone Vallecorsa)
    Key Cast
    Music Composer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Genres:
    DocuDrama, drama, documentary, human Rights, Lifestyle, Immigration
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 54 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    110,000 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    Romania, United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English, Romanian
  • Shooting Format:
    Red
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival
    Glasgow
    United Kingdom
    March 31, 2016
    Best Feature Film
  • Los Angeles CineFest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    April 30, 2016
    Official Selction
  • Roma Cinema DOC
    Rome
    Italy
    May 10, 2016
    Official Selction
  • Unrestricted View Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    April 30, 2016
    Best Documentary Film
Director Biography - Dragos Teglas, Anda Teglas

Two siblings making outstanding films.

With an over-arching experience of over 10 years in TV, advertising and feature film, Dragos worked on countless productions in the UK and across Europe. He brings to the table not only a unique style of directing and editing, but also the creative vision, flair and input necessary to produce outstanding films. He’s been passionate about films for as long as he can remember and started nurturing his passion from a very early age. His journey took him from the local TV studios in Brasov to national TV in Bucharest, Romania and eventually here in London, where at the end of 2013 he co-founded a film production company called This Is Insomnia.

At This Is Insomnia, he acts as Director and Film Editor.

After having spent over 8 years producing award-winning TV, online advertising and short films, Anda joined This Is Insomnia as Co-Founder and Creative Director where she oversees every creative aspect of the development, production and post-production stages of the films produced in-house.

Anda moved to London in 2010 and worked for two London based film production companies. At the end of 2013, she set up the basis of what was to become This Is Insomnia.

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Director Statement

’13 Shades of Romanian’ is not just another film about a minority living in a foreign country. As a matter of fact, it is a documentary born directly out of a community’s need to be perceived in a more balanced, equidistant light and a production that was lifted off the ground with the financial and moral support of the Romanians living in the UK.

As Romanian filmmakers living in London, we both felt the need to come up with more genuine stories than what the mainstream media was showing a year ago and decided that it’s about time we’ve said something about our cultural heritage and our actual integration in the UK through what we do best, filmmaking.

Kick-started by a crowd-funding campaign, the film had sufficient funds to go into development and then production and this is how our feature documentary’s story began. It took almost a year to not only find and follow the presented stories, but also raise additional funding and manage to post-produce the film.

We had high ambitions and we hope that these reflect in the production value invested in the film, as well as in the soul and effort put in there.

We’re excited to be sharing with the world a universal film that speaks about love, passion, determination and life in general. Beyond stereotypes and nationalities, we’re all just human and that comes across through each of the 13 captured stories.

We believe in an open-minded, culturally developed world and hope to be able to keep producing films that would strengthen our beliefs in equality and the beauty of diversity.

Sincerely yours,
Anda & Dragos