{"id":8960,"date":"2026-02-19T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8960"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:00:23","slug":"gipsy-queen-film-starring-alina-serban-released-in-romanian-cinemas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8960","title":{"rendered":"Gipsy Queen: Film starring Alina \u0218erban released in Romanian cinemas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Gipsy Queen<\/em>, an Austrian\u2013German co-production directed by H\u00fcseyin Tabak, will be released in local cinemas on February 27.<\/p>\n<p>The film supports a campaign promoting equal access to education and sports, aiming to &#8220;open a necessary and relevant discussion on inclusion and education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Starring Alina \u0218erban in the lead role, the film tells the story of Ali, a mother who does everything in her power to provide her children with a better future. Hard work and the wish to protect her children\u2019s future drive her to the limit, and boxing becomes the space where her fight takes a concrete shape.<\/p>\n<p>Ali\u2019s main adversary is played by professional boxer and champion Maria Lindberg, while her trainer is portrayed by German boxer J\u00fcrgen Blin.<\/p>\n<p>For her performance in <em>Gipsy Queen<\/em>, \u0218erban won four Best Actress awards, including one at the German Actors Guild Awards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although the main character is a Roma woman who leaves Romania, the story of Ali is profoundly universal. Ali can be any woman, mother, or anyone having to fight for those they love. At the same time, the film is important because it offers a rare and needed representation: a Roma woman seen with complexity, dignity, and strength, beyond stereotypes,\u201d Alina \u0218erban said.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of the National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) in Bucharest, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, \u0218erban is an actress as well as a film and theater director. She is the first Roma artist to receive Romania\u2019s Cultural Merit Order, Knight rank. She previously starred in <em>Alone at My Wedding<\/em>, directed by Marta Bergman, and <em>Housekeeping for Beginners<\/em> by Goran Stolevski. She is also the director of <em>I Matter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds from ticket sales within the Cinema City network will be directed to two placement centers that support children at risk of dropping out of school.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Illustration: press release)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>simona@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gipsy Queen, an Austrian\u2013German co-production directed by H\u00fcseyin Tabak, will be released in local cinemas on February 27. The film supports a campaign promoting equal access to education and sports, aiming to &#8220;open a necessary and relevant discussion on inclusion and education.&#8221; Starring Alina \u0218erban in the lead role, the film tells the story of [&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-8960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8960","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=8960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8960\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}