Toto and his Sisters Director: Alexander Nanău (Toto si surorile lui / 2014 / Romania / 93 min) International Currents Synopsis: The film offers a fascinating and disturbing entree into the lives of three kids in a Bucharest slum, trying to stay together, while their mother is away in prison on charges of drug trafficking. |
Awards:
Angers European First Film Festival Won Grand Jury Prize European Feature Films Budapest International Documentary Festival Won Festival Prize Let's Face Our Parents Section Camden International Film Festival Won Harrell Award Best Documentary Feature - Special Mention DocAviv Film Festival Nominated Best International Film The International Competition European Film Awards Nominated European Film Award European Documentary Gopo Awards, Romania Won Gopos Award Best Documentary Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival Won Silver Eye Award Best Feature Documentary Leipzig DOK Festival Won Honorable Mention International Documentary Competition Won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury International Documentary Competition Won Prize of the Trade Union 'ver.di' International Documentary Competition Nominated Golden Dove |
Melbourne International Film Festival Nominated People's Choice Award Best Documentary 9th Runner-Up Munich International Documentary Festival Won SOS-Kinderdörfer Award Emmy prize-winner Alexander Nanau has succeeded in creating a wonderful observational documentary ... More Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film Nominated Golden Bayard Best Film (Meilleur Film Francophone) Open City Docs Fest Won Grand Jury Award Documentary San Sebastián International Film Festival Nominated Kutxa Award Best New Director Sarajevo Film Festival Won Heart of Sarajevo Best Documentary Transilvania International Film Festival Nominated Best Romanian Film Best Romanian Feature Film Warsaw International Film Festival Won Best Documentary We appreciate its masterful directing, exellent dramaturgy, intimacy with characters and the way it... More Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival Nominated Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize Zurich Film Festival Won Golden Eye Best International Documentary Film |