Having awoken from a brief mid-winter hibernation, we’re very excited to bring you the following news. North America’s largest documentary festival, Hot Docs, is set to begin on April 29 (running until May 9), showcasing over 170 films from 40 countries. We are extremely happy to announce that ToRo Arts Group will be co-presenting the screening of Alexander Nanau’s The World According to Ion B. The screening is part of Hot Docs’ “Next” program, which explores creativity in the performing and visual arts.
Please visit the Hot Docs website for more information – http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/the_world_according_to_ion_b
Director: Alexander Nanau
Producer(s): Carmen Harabagiu, Aurelian Nica, Andrei Cretulescu
Executive Producer: Alexander Nanau
Writer: Alexander Nanau
Cinematographer: Alexander Nanau
Editor: Mircea Olteanu
Composer: Dan Parvu
Sound: Matthias Lempert
“Ion Bârlădeanu is a homeless man living in a garbage-strewn alleyway in Bucharest when he is discovered by a gallerist and lands his first art show at the age of sixty-two. After decades of toiling in obscurity, amassing thousands of image clippings, Ion’s collages are now being curated and collected. An outsider turned ingénue, he goes from being a “useless piece of junk” under communism to a big success—with his own home and bicycle—within capitalism. Living under Ceausescu’s regime forced Ion to create art in the truest sense—for himself, as a means of self-expression. His scathing and provocative political collages make statements that could never have been made in Romanian society until now. Proving Hippocrates’ adage that ‘art is long, life is short,’ filmmaker Alexander Nanau chronicles one man’s complete transformation at the end of his life, and shows how his art will outlive us all.”
- Angie Driscoll
Best Documentary – Gopo Awards 2010
Official Site – http://www.theworldaccordingtoionb.com/
Screening times:
Friday, April 30 7:15 pm - Innis Town Hall (Buy tickets)
Sunday, May 02 1:45 pm – Cumberland 2 (Buy tickets)
