Tudor Giurgiu on Charting a New Direction in Rollicking Transilvania Film Festival Opener ‘3 Days in September’
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- Tudor Giurgiu opened the 25th Transilvania International Film Festival with his new film “3 Days in September,” which follows a bride whose wedding collapses and leads her on a night‑long odyssey in a Black Sea resort town.
- 3 Days in September is constructed around a 65‑minute single‑take sequence, a format inspired by Matías Bize’s 2003 drama “Saturday,” and required extensive choreography and precise acting from the cast.
- Andreea Vasile, Giurgiu’s wife, stars as the bride Bianca and helped anchor the emotional tension of the single‑take, according to the director.
- Mihai Chirilov, artistic director of the Transilvania Film Festival, helped Giurgiu find the story structure and suggested the single‑take centerpiece, enabling the film to be shot in a frenetic week.
- The film was shot in Eforie Sud, a Black Sea resort town where a friend’s new hotel served as the primary location, and the production involved a newly formed “Arome Film Creative Camp” of collaborators who had never worked together before.
- Tudor Giurgiu plans his next projects to include a documentary about gymnast Nadia Comăneci and a period piece on “the Romanian Nijinsky,” Dumitru “Trixy” Checais, indicating a continued focus on Romanian cultural history.
Why it matters: Giurgiu’s shift to a fast‑produced, comedic single‑take film gives Romanian cinema a fresh showcase at the Transilvania Festival, highlighting his ability to blend humor with technical ambition and offering the festival a distinctive opening that can attract audiences and industry attention.
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