The Paper Will Be Blue / Hartia va fi albastra (2006)
Director: Radu Muntean
Cast: Dragos Bucur, Paul Ipate, Adi Carauleanu
Running time: 95 min.
On a December morning in 1989, a roadblock unit pulls over an AFV in front of a military unit on the outskirts of the town. Two soldiers in blue uniforms get out of the vehicle for a smoke. All the passengers of the AFV, including the two who were out smoking quietly, are killed… The revolution finds Costi Andronescu three months away from his release from the army. He believes that the mission of any Romanian, after so many years of dictatorship, is to fight the terrorists with all their might, no matter what the higher officers say. He runs away to fight at the national TV headquarters, and an officer decides to try his luck and search for Costi over there…
Official Selection of the Directors Fortnight, Cannes 2008;
Award For Best Screenwriter at the Hamptons IFF;
Special Jury Award, Palic IFF;
2008 – Best Director, Anonimul Film Festival 2008, Romania
2006 – Jury Prize at Marrakech Film Festival


