28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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TIMEBOX

Nora Agapi / Romania / 2018 / International Premiere / 69 min.


synopsis

Professor Ioan-Matei Agapi, an 80-year-old photographer and cameraman from Iași, Romania, owns a unique collection of 16mm films and photographs documenting almost fifty years of the city’s history. His daughter, also a filmmaker, has decided to make a film about her father's archives. In the unconventional surroundings of his old apartment, he reminisces about the past until one day Ioan is informed that he must leave or be evicted from home where he has spent the past 40 years. Ioan’s years of work suddenly transform into a huge burden, and the film unexpectedly changes into drama in which conflicts with city officials reveal old and hidden conflicts within the family. 

"The deepest thing I learned whilst doing this film is that we are stronger than we think we are." N. Agapi 

biography

Nora Agapi (1974) graduated from the University of Drama and Cinematography in Bucharest. Her credits as a cinematographer include several feature-length documentaries (Decoding Dacia, Leaving Transylvania, Off The Beaten Track, and more) and a number of short documentaries and fictional films. She is also a successful photographer who works with National Geographic magazine, The Sunday Times, Cosmopolitan, and other major media. 

more about film

director: Nora Agapi
producer: Monica Lazurean-Gorgan
script: Nora Agapi, Maxim Carlan
photography: Nora Agapi
editing: Rita Bakacs

contact

MANIFEST FILM / Monica Lazurean-Gorgan / Bucharest / Romania / +40 749 100958 / monica.manifestfilm@gmail.com

Film at festival

premiere type:International Premiere
festival edition:2018
section:Between the Seas
awards:Nejlepší dokumentární film střední a východní Evropy
format:Video File
language:Romanian
subtitles:English
colour:Colour

Info

director:Nora Agapi
original title:TIMEBOX
country:Romania
year:2018
running time:69 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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