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Photographer and cinematographer
Country of origin
Romania

Nicolae Cara (*1946) studied at Polytechnic University. From 1975 to 1985 he worked for Romanian Television as an editor and filmmaker, from 1996 to 201 at TVRM and from 2013 to 2024  as a cinematographer and editor at aarc.ro. He currently works for UCIN-FILM. Over the years, he has filmed at 100 film festivals ((TIFF, Medias, Astra, Rasnov Historical F.FEST). He was particularly interested in Romanian films. He He served  at ecumenical juries at the festivals of Cottbus and Mannheim-Heidelberg.

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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