{"id":6576,"date":"2025-09-01T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6576"},"modified":"2025-09-01T12:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:00:38","slug":"documentary-about-king-michael-screened-at-this-years-bucharest-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6576","title":{"rendered":"Documentary about King Michael screened at this year\u2019s Bucharest International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The documentary <em>On Life \u2013 King Michael of Romania\/ Despre Via\u0163\u0103 &#8211; Regele Mihai al Rom\u00e2niei<\/em> will be screened at this year\u2019s Bucharest International Film Festival (BIFF), in the event\u2019s<em> <\/em>History and Cinema section.<\/p>\n<p>The film offers a \u201cdeeply personal perspective\u201d on King Mihai\u2019s relationship with Queen Elena and King Carol II, as well as on the values \u200b\u200bthat guided his life. It includes and interview given by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, a cousin of King Michael, about the family connection and visits to Romania in 1927.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary, produced by Chainsaw Film Productions, is directed by Marin Dinescu. John Florescu is executive producer, Dan Dr\u0103ghicescu associate producer, Viorel Sergovici Sr. director of photography, and Mircea L\u0103c\u0103tu\u015f editor.<\/p>\n<p>Another project screened in BIFF\u2019s History and Cinema section is <em>Romania\u2019s Enigmas<\/em>, narrated by Romanian actor Marcel Iure\u015f.<\/p>\n<p>The three episodes selected for screening &#8211; The Assassination of Barbu Catargiu, Maria T\u0103nase, and UFO over Romanian Airspace &#8211; invite viewers to explore mysteries and lesser-known stories from the national past. Among the guests contributing to these episodes were political scientist Stej\u0103rel Olaru, historian Andrei Pog\u0103cia\u015f, and cosmonaut Dumitru Prunariu.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Marin Dinescu and executive produced by John Florescu, it is a production of Chainsaw Film Productions for the History Channel.<\/p>\n<p>BIFF 2025 will take place at the Romanian Peasant Museum Cinema, CREART &#8211; Gr\u0103dina cu filme, Cinemateca Eforie, and Cinema Union between September 19 and September 28.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Illustration: BIFF on Facebook)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>simona@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The documentary On Life \u2013 King Michael of Romania\/ Despre Via\u0163\u0103 &#8211; Regele Mihai al Rom\u00e2niei will be screened at this year\u2019s Bucharest International Film Festival (BIFF), in the event\u2019s History and Cinema section. The film offers a \u201cdeeply personal perspective\u201d on King Mihai\u2019s relationship with Queen Elena and King Carol II, as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}