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Radu Jude

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Radu Jude

Born March 28, 1977 in Bucarest, Romania42 films

Radu Jude is a Romanian film director and screenwriter born in Bucharest in 1977, known for his complex, often political, and anarchic films that explore historical memory, labor, and contemporary society. After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director and gained recognition for award-winning short films before directing his feature debut, The Happiest Girl in the World (2009). His work, which blends fact and fiction, uses found footage and contemporary culture, like TikTok, to offer scathing social commentary, earning him major awards from festivals such as Berlin and Sundance.

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Aferim! posterFirst watchAferim!20157.4Set in early 19th century Wallachia, Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn poster6.4Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn2021Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World poster6.9Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World2023I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians poster6.7I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians2018

Filmography

42 films as director
  1. TBAHeia, Heia, Safari!Director
  2. TBAFrankenstein in RomaniaDirector
  3. TBALove DiptychDirector
  4. TBACall a Large Hound NearDirector
  5. 2026The Diary of a ChambermaidDirector
  6. 2026Trailer for Dante's ParadiseDirector
  7. 2026Shot Reverse ShotDirector
  8. 2025DraculaDirector
  9. 2025Little Poems in ProseDirector
  10. 2025Sleep #2Director
  11. 2025Kontinental '25Director
  12. 2024Eight Postcards from UtopiaDirector
  13. 2023Greetings from CrîngașiDirector
  14. 2023Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the WorldDirector
  15. 2023COOL (News from Belarus)Director
  16. 2022LightningDirector
  17. 2022Cinema Almanac: Six Short Films by Radu JudeDirector
  18. 2022The PotemkinistsDirector
  19. 2022Memories from the Eastern FrontDirector
  20. 2021Semiotic PlasticDirector
  21. 2021CaricaturanaDirector
  22. 2021I Don't KnowDirector
  23. 2021Bad Luck Banging or Loony PornDirector
  24. 2020The Exit of the TrainsDirector
  25. 2020Dear IntellectualsDirector
  26. 2020A FableDirector
  27. 2020Uppercase PrintDirector
  28. 2019Punish and DisciplineDirector
  29. 2018The Marshal's Two ExecutionsDirector
  30. 2018I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as BarbariansDirector
  31. 2017The Dead NationDirector
  32. 2016Scarred HeartsDirector
  33. 2015Aferim!Director
  34. 2014Scurt/4: Istorii de inimã neagrãDirector
  35. 2014It Can Pass Through the WallDirector
  36. 2013Shadow of a CloudDirector
  37. 2012Everybody in Our FamilyDirector
  38. 2011A Film for FriendsDirector
  39. 2009The Happiest Girl in the WorldDirector
  40. 2007In The MorningDirector
  41. 2006AlexandraDirector
  42. 2006The Tube with a HatDirector