Award-winning director Radu Jude\u2019s latest film, Dracula, will premiere in Romanian cinemas on October 31, distributed by Independen\u021ba Film. Following its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival and screenings at major international festivals including New York, Chicago, Vienna, Sitges, and Warsaw, the film arrives in Romania just in time for Halloween.<\/p>\n
Early screenings will begin on October 29 in Cinema City theaters.<\/p>\n
Dracula offers a radical reinterpretation of the Transylvanian myth through the lens of an iPhone and the filter of artificial intelligence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The film follows a creatively blocked director who turns to a (fake) AI for help in making his next project a success. What unfolds is a series of absurd and surprising vignettes exploring the Dracula legend in all its forms – from eerie scenes in Sighi\u0219oara\u2019s medieval streets to surreal moments in rural Romania.<\/p>\n
\u201cDracula is a collection of stories about vampires, failed loves, blood, the grotesque, and AI-generated images – a reflection on cinema, myth, and kitsch,\u201d reads the press release.<\/p>\n
The film mixes humor, irony, and self-reflection. \u201cThe audience will get 14-15 stories – some with vampires, some without, some funny, some serious – and everything a mainstream audience might want: nudity and sex, bad jokes, fights, blood, and absurdity,\u201d Radu Jude said.<\/p>\n
Shot entirely on an iPhone over 27 days in more than 40 locations, including the Sighi\u0219oara Citadel, Bethlen Castle in Biertan, and Bucharest\u2019s Grivi\u021ba Ro\u0219ie district, the film features a cast of over 50 actors.<\/p>\n