Pur si simplu

[pronounce: poor shi simploo]
in Romanian:
as simple as that
nothing more than
or
that's the way it is

a documentary directed by Antje Grez
Germany / Romania 2004

75 Minutes
Romanian with English subtitles

Daily life in Romania between social estates, bleak city life and badly paid jobs: Rupi, Ionica, George and Dan, four lads who have spent their childhood together in a children's home. Now each of them goes his own way. With humor and a pinch of salt they try to make ends meet

A bracing and optimistic documentary about daily life of young people in Romania – 35 km behind the new EU borderline.

Idea and direction
Antje Grez
Photography
Sebastian Sinterhauf (FH Dortmund)
Sound
Christian Ottow, Friedrich Schönig (FH Dortmund)
Editor
Nina Caspers
Sounddesign
Michael Schmidt (MS Soundesign)
Colourcorrection
Sergej Range
English Translation
Roz, James Culver jr.

Production
filmBaustelle
in Co-Production with Fachhochschule Dortmund

Grande Prize of the 13. Film- und Videofestival Blicke aus dem Ruhrgebiet Bochum 2005

13th Film- and Videofestival „Blicke aus dem Ruhrgebiet“
Bochum (24th - 27th november 2005)
Competition

7th balkan black box - Berlin
Festival of film and cultur from south eastern europe (16th - 23th november 2005) Competition
Dokumentarfilm-Wettbewerb

8th Ethnofilmfest Berlin (19th – 23th may 2005)

21st Kassler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest (9th - 14th november 2004)
nominated for the award “Goldener Schlüssel”, an award for the best young generation documentary Film and Video