California Dreamin’ (endless)

During the war in Kosovo, in 1999, in a small Romanian village, the chief of the railway station, who also happens to be the local gangster, stops a NATO train transporting military equipment.The transport, supervised by American soldiers, is crossing Romania without official documents, based only on verbal approval of the Romanian government.Their arrival changes the place into the village of all opportunities.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Tudor Voican, Cristian Nemescu
Cinematography: Liviu Marghidan
Editing: Catalin Cristutiu
Sound: Cristian Tarnovetchi
Actors: Armand Assante (Captain Jones), Razvan Vasilescu (Doiaru), Jamie Elman (sergent David McLaren), Maria Dinulescu (Monica), Ion Sapdaru (mayor),Alex Margineanu (Andrei)
Production: MediaPro Pictures, Romania
Producers: Andrei Boncea
Art Direction: Ioana Corciova
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: Romania
Production Year: 2006
Duration: 155

Cristian Nemescu

He was born in 1979. He graduated from the Academy for Theater and Film of Bucharest in 2003. His short films, Mihai & Cristina and C Block Story screened at more than 50 international film festivals and received several awards. C Block Story – which was screened at the 44th TIFF – was nominated for Best Short Film for the European Film Academy’s Awards in 2004. Cristian Nemescu died in a car accident in August 2006. His film Marilena From P7 screened at the Thessaloniki IFF in 2006.

Filmography

2000 La bloc oamenii mor dupa/ Flathouse People Are Dying for Music (short)
2001 Mihai si Cristina/Mihai and Cristina (short)
2003 Povestea de la scara C/C Block Story (short)
2006 Marilena de la P7/Marilena From P7(short)
2006 California Dreamin’ (nesirsit)/ California Dreamin’ (endless)