Slope of fame

Cristian Mungiu

Director and producer, Roumania

A leader in the new wave of contemporary Romanian cinema, Cristian Mungiu has made a name for himself internationally in only five feature films. His first film «Occident» was selected at the Directors' Fortnight, the following 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, Beyond the Hills and Baccalaureat each time were part of the official selection on the croisette and were awarded respectively by a Palme d'Or in 2007, a Best Screenplay Award in 2012 and a Best Director Award in 2016.

Cristian Mungiu was President of Les Arcs Film Festival jury in 2012 and awarded the Crystal Arrow to Danish director Tobias Lindholm for his dramatic thriller Hijacking.

Abel Ferrara Anaïs Demoustier Asghar Farhadi Barbara Sukowa Bérénice Bejo Bertrand Bonello Bertrand Tavernier Cédric Kahn Cédric Klapisch Clotilde Courau Clovis Cornillac Cristian Mungiu Danièle Thompson Éric Judor Gaspard Ulliel Gemma Arterton Guillaume Nicloux Isabelle Huppert Jack Reynor Jérémie Renier Jonathan Cohen Julie Gayet Kad Merad Laetitia Casta Laure Calamy Laurent Cantet Lambert Wilson Louis Garrel Marie Gillain Matthias Schoenaerts Michel Hazanavicius Nicole Garcia Niels Arestrup Noémie Lvovsky Noomi Rapace Olivier Gourmet Patrice Leconte Radu Mihaileanu Ramzy Bedia Rebecca Marder Rebecca Zlotowski Reda Kateb Riccardo Scamarcio Romain Duris Roschdy Zem Ruben Östlund Sidse Babett Knudsen Thomas Vinterberg Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Vanessa Paradis Veerle Baetens Vincent Lacoste Vincent Macaigne Xavier Beauvois