Events
1989. The Diary of a Revolution
Documentary film
”1989. The Diary of a Revolution”
Premiere
Wednesday, December 16th, 2020, 20:00, online, YouTube / Facebook / NTB website and partners
Saturday, December 19th, 2020, 11:00 p.m., TV premiere, Digi 24
"I don't know of any other European capital whose landmark is the national theatre!" (Lavinia Betea)
The theatres are closed, but the online space gives us the chance to be together again. The "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre announces the premiere of the documentary "1989. The Diary of a Revolution” on December 16th, 2020 at 8 pm, directed by Carmen Lidia Vidu.
The event is a cultural hybrid adapted to the times we live in. The project consists of elements of film, theatre, television set, videomapping, aerial filming.
In addition to the testimonials of actors Ion Caramitru, Oana Pellea, Daniel Badale and Florentina Țilea, the project proposes interviews about the Secret Services, the Ceausescu Trial, the Revolution, terrorists made with Germina Nagâț, Dan Voinea, Dennis Deletant, Andrei Ursu, Lavinia Betea.
One of the moral duties of the theatre is to raise questions and engage in dialogue.
Everyone has a different opinion about how one was during the Revolution, whether one experienced it or not.
Most of the information that the population has assimilated and repeats is "the official one", sometimes forgetting their personal history.
We try to put together the two types of images (official and private) to outline a more nuanced image of the 1989 Revolution.
In a completely new context, the National Theatre of Bucharest keeps in touch with the audience, adapts and finds solutions to honour the event that changed the recent history of Romania: The Revolution of 1989.
"1989. The Diary of a Revolution" is a production of the National Theatre of Bucharest that starts from the documentary theatre show "Romanian Diary. 1989" directed by Carmen Lidia Vidu which premiered at the Amphitheatre Hall of the National Theatre in July 2020. (https://www.tnb.ro/ro/jurnal-de-romania1989)
The documentary film "1989. The Diary of a Revolution" is a cultural product conceived exclusively for the online environment and television and will enjoy two premieres: on December 16th at 8.00 p.m. in the online environment (YouTube / Facebook / NTB website and partners) and on December 19th at 11.00 p.m. will have its premiere on television, on Digi 24.
We thank our partners who accepted the invitation to become Co-Host when the film premieres on their media channels on December 16th at 8.00 p.m.
Network of the Romanian Cultural Institute (Republic of Moldova, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom , Poland, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, Spain, France, Czech Republic, Sweden, Israel, USA) (Facebook, website)
The National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives CNSAS (website)
Civic Academy Foundation - Memorial to the Victims of Communism and Resistance
The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes IICCMER
The Corneliu Coposu Foundation
Ține de Noi Association
Friends for Friends FFF- Superscripts Gala
Modernism
Funky Citizens
Radio Romania Cultural
Cațavencii
Cotidianul
Zile şi Nopți
Media partners: Hotnews, Cultura la duba, TVR, RFI, Bursa, Romania Libera
Documentary film: “1989. The Diary of a Revolution ”
Production of the “I.L. Caragiale” National Theatre of Bucharest
Directed by Carmen Lidia Vidu
Starring Ion Caramitru, Oana Pellea, Daniel Badale, Florentina Tilea, Germina Nagat, Dan Voinea, Dennis Deletant, Andrei Ursu, Lavinia Betea
Multimedia Cristina Baciu
Photo - Video Drone Operator Florin Boicescu
Image Operator - Marius Donici
Photography - Vlad Lazarescu
December 2020
Translated by Simona Nichiteanu