Corneliu PORUMBOIU

Director

Corneliu PORUMBOIU © Tudor Mircea

Corneliu Porumboiu was born in 1975 in Vaslui. He studied film at the I.L.Caragiale University in Bucharest and received his degree in 2003. The two short films he directed that same year drew international attention: A Trip to the City (Cinéfondation’s second prize in 2004), followed by Liviu’s Dream. In his first feature film, 12:08 East of Bucharest, Porumboiu offers a very humorous view of Romania’s 1989 revolution. The film was presented in Cannes at the Directors’ Fortnight in 2006 and won the Caméra d’Or. Corneliu Porumboiu carried on subtly combining his work on cinematic form with a dissection of the Romanian society in Police, Adjective, selected for Un Certain Regard in 2009 (Jury Prize and Fipresci Prize).

Jury attendance

  • Member Cinéfondation & Short Films, 2011

Feature films

LA GOMERA

In Competition - Feature Films, 2019Director, Director

COMOARA

Un Certain Regard, 2015Director, Screenplay

POLITIST, ADJECTIV

Un Certain Regard, 2009Director, Screenplay

A FOST SAU N-A FOST?

Directors' Fortnight, 2006Director, Screenplay

CALATORIE LA ORAS

Cinéfondation, 2004Director, Screenplay

Awards

COMOARA

(THE TREASURE) Un Certain Regard, 2015
2015 Un Certain Talent Prize
Director, Screenplay

POLITIST, ADJECTIV

(POLICE, ADJECTIVE) Un Certain Regard, 2009
2009 Jury's Prize - Un Certain Regard
Director, Screenplay

A FOST SAU N-A FOST?

Directors' Fortnight, 2006
2006 Caméra d'or
Director, Screenplay

CALATORIE LA ORAS

(A TRIP TO THE CITY) Cinéfondation, 2004
2004 2nd Prize Cinéfondation (Ex-Aequo)
Director, Screenplay