Radu JUDE
Born in Bucharest, Romania in 1977, Radu Jude first gained recognition with his short film The Tube with a Hat (2006), which won more than 30 prizes at festivals including Sundance, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. His feature debut, The Happiest Girl in the World (2009), won the NHK/Filmmaker Award at Sundance and was invited to over 50 festivals, including Berlin and Toronto. He followed this with A Film for Friends (2011) and Everybody in Our Family (2012), which premiered at Berlin, while his shorts Shadow of a Cloud (2013) and It Can Pass Through the Wall (2014) were invited to Cannes. His third feature, Aferim! (2015), won the Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlin and was selected as Romania′s Academy Award entry. He rose to the ranks of world-class auteurs by winning the Golden Bear, Berlin′s top prize, for Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021), and the Special Jury Prize at Locarno for Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023). His most recent film, Kontinental ′25 (2025), won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at Berlin, and his latest work, The Diary of a Chambermaid, had its world premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
From Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
