{"id":9746,"date":"2026-04-15T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9746"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:00:29","slug":"romanian-cinema-paul-negoescus-atlas-of-the-universe-selected-for-cannes-ecrans-juniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9746","title":{"rendered":"Romanian cinema: Paul Negoescu\u2019s Atlas of the Universe selected for Cannes \u00c9crans Juniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Atlas of the Universe<\/em>, directed by Paul Negoescu, has been selected for this year\u2019s Cannes \u00c9crans Juniors, a program of international feature films aimed at young audiences aged 13 and older, presented during the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The selection, curated by Pierre de Gardebosc, G\u00e9rard Camy, and Aur\u00e9lie Ferrier, includes films of general interest for children and teenagers that tackle \u201cengaging topics that can become important themes for discussion in schools, while also introducing students to the art of cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program hands out an award judged by the young audience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Atlas of the Universe<\/em>, produced by deFilm (Romania) in co-production with Screening Emotions (Bulgaria) and Avanpost Media (Romania), was named Best Film in the international competition for teen films at the 30th edition of the Sofia International Film Festival and received the Special Mention of the International Jury in the Berlinale Generation Kplus section at the 76th edition of the Berlinale.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Paul Negoescu (known for <em>Two Lottery Tickets<\/em>, <em>Men of Deeds<\/em>, <em>Two More Lottery Tickets<\/em>, <em>The Story of a Summer Lover<\/em>) and Mihai Mincan (<em>Milk Teeth<\/em>, <em>To the North<\/em>), the film centers on a ten-year-old boy who accidentally buys two right shoes as he sets off on his first adventure outside the village where he lives.<\/p>\n<p>The lead role is held by Matei Donciu, an 11-year-old actor making his debut. The cast also includes Marin Grigore, Andreea Gr\u0103mo\u0219teanu, Costi Antone, Zisu Stanciu, Sofia Marinescu, Cristi Martin, Silvana Negru\u021biu, Andrei Mateiu, Andreea Mateiu, Kim Ciobanu, Puiu L\u0103scu\u0219, C\u0103lin Petru, Johanna Mild-Kereszt\u00fari, Carol Alupoaei, Norbert Boda, Eliza Bercu, Nicolae Dr\u0103gulin, Nelu Serghei, Dani Ioni\u021b\u0103, and Ion Rusu.<\/p>\n<p>Cinematography is by Ana Dr\u0103ghici, and the editing is by Mihai Codleanu. Marius Left\u0103rache composed the music and handled the sound design, while Iulia Fulicea and Victor Fulicea were in charge of the production design and costumes.<\/p>\n<p>The film was produced by Radu Stancu and Ioana Lasc\u0103r (deFilm), Poli Angelova and Nikolay Todorov (Screening Emotions), and Carmen Rizac (Avanpost Media).<\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: PR)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>simona@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlas of the Universe, directed by Paul Negoescu, has been selected for this year\u2019s Cannes \u00c9crans Juniors, a program of international feature films aimed at young audiences aged 13 and older, presented during the Cannes Film Festival. The selection, curated by Pierre de Gardebosc, G\u00e9rard Camy, and Aur\u00e9lie Ferrier, includes films of general interest for [&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-9746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9746","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=9746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}