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.
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Dragos TeglasDirectorDirector
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Anda TeglasDirectorDirector
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Anda TeglasWriterWriter
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Richard GreenWriterWriter / Presenter
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Dragos TeglasProducerProducer
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Anda TeglasProducerProducer
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Turcanu AnaProducerExecutive Producer
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Cristian SpiridonProducerExecutive Producer
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Richard GreenKey CastPresentor
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Nicoleta CarpineanuKey CastHerself
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Iris RadulianKey CastHerself
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Andrei GugiumanKey CastHimself
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Alexandra GrigoreKey CastHerself
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Florin GardosKey CastHimself
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Anton SandaKey CastHimself
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Raluca StanciuKey CastHerself
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Andrei HodorogKey CastHimself
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Constantin BocaKey CastHimself
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Lauren JonesKey CastHerself
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RaoulKey CastHimself
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Anca DocziKey CastHerself
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Sorin AcsintoaieKey CastHimself
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Cristian LuchianKey CastHimself
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Rory SkeochKey CastDirector of Photography
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Mihaela LunguKey CastDirector of Photography
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Alexander HollandKey CastRunner
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Dragos TeglasKey CastEditor
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Ana TurcanuKey CastEditor
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BOK Services LtdKey CastExecutive Producers
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Alexandru ChitoroagaKey CastColourist
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Adrian BologKey CastAnimation & VFX
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Victor SperciucKey CastAnimation Designer
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Nico MettenKey CastSound Designer
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AEPH (Simone Vallecorsa)Key CastMusic Composer
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Project Type:Documentary, Feature
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Genres:DocuDrama, drama, documentary, human Rights, Lifestyle, Immigration
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Runtime:1 hour 54 minutes 15 seconds
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Completion Date:January 1, 2016
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Production Budget:110,000 GBP
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:Romania, United Kingdom
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Language:English, Romanian
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Shooting Format:Red
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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TMFF - The Monthly Film FestivalGlasgow
United Kingdom
March 31, 2016
Best Feature Film -
Los Angeles CineFestLos Angeles
United States
April 30, 2016
Official Selction -
Roma Cinema DOCRome
Italy
May 10, 2016
Official Selction -
Unrestricted View Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
April 30, 2016
Best Documentary Film
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.
’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