Lost Kids On The Beach — documentary feature, 2020
The director embarks on a personal quest in Romania to portray the generation born in 1990, the year after the fall of the country’s dictator Ceausescu—and the beginning of a new, post-communist era.
IDFA
With her first feature-length project, Alina Manolache trains her camera in a refreshingly novel way. Lost Kids on the Beach’s darkly oddball concept gives way to unexpectedly startling artistic poignancy.
LAUREN WISSOT, FILMMAKER MAGAZINE
Festivals and exhibitions
IDFA, The Netherlands, Official Selection
CPH:DOX, Denmark, Official Selection
Taormina Film Festival, Italy, Documentary Competition
Dokufest, Kosovo, Balkan Docs Competition
Camara Lucida, Ecuador, Que sean fuego los imagenes
this human world, Austria, Up and Coming Competition
Ceau Cinema, Romania, Jury Prize – Winner
Czech Centre, Romania, Documentary Mondays
Plai Timisoara, Romania, Ceau Cinema, Best Of
Astra Film Festival, Romania, Official Selection
Les Films de Cannes a Bucarest, Romania, Autumn Premieres
IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgium, ”Redrawing the lines”, Museum exhibition
Shifting Pictures, Czech Republic, Official Selection
Cast & Crew
Cast: Bogdan Anghel, Andreea Făinuș Bimbașa, Viorel Boțilă, Marius Chițimia, Alexandru Andrei Gheorghe, Adrian Gherghescu, Diana Gribincea Popa, Lorina Iuganu, Andreea Madlen, Mirel Melintescu, Samuel Neacșu, Mădălina Neagu, Ioana Negură, Dora Patron, Marius Popescu, Vasile Sârghe, Alexandru Cristian Slătinaru, Leodor Stanciu, Raluca Stanciu, Izabela Stancu, Cosmin Suciu, Carmen Tcaciuc, Bogdan Mircea Truță, Radu Țenter
Director: Alina Manolache
Producers: Ioana Lascăr, Radu Stancu
Director of photography: Laurențiu Răducanu
Editor: Gabi Basalici
Sound designer: Filip Mureșan
Executive producer: Laura Mușat
A charming generational vox-pop portrait of the Romanians who were born right after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
CPH:DOX