Marcela Ursu

Marcela Ursu was born in 1975, in Botosani, Romania. She is a graduate of “Al. I Cuza” University, Iasi, Romania, where she studied Philosophy and Sociology. In 2005 Marcela Ursu moved to Bucharest where she started to work in film industry at 42 Km Film, Corneliu Porumboiu’s production company. She was a location manager and postproduction coordinator at Corneliu Porumboiu’s first feature, 12:08 East of Bucharest, a winner of Camera d’Or. In 2007 Marcela Ursu attended ECAFIC - European Certificate in Financing and Distributing of Audiovisual Products, a summer school organized by L’Institut National et L’Audiovisuel from Sorbona University, Paris. In 2008 she graduated EAVE - European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, at Luxembourg. Marcela Ursu was the executive producer of Corneliu Porumboiu’s second feature, Police, adjective (2009), a film that received FIPRESCI and Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2009, as well as multiple others national and international awards. Both films were sold and distributed in territories all over the world. In 2010, Marcela Ursu co-produced the independent project The Belly of the Whale, written and directed by debutant Ana Szel and Ana Lungu. The film was selected in the out-of-competition sections of Locarno and Vancouver Film Festivals in 2010. Since 2011, Marcela Ursu has been the legal representative and manager of 42 Km Film. She used her experience to develop, finance and produce Corneliu Porumboiu’s third film A Nine-Minute Interval, a coproduction between Romania and France, that will premiere in spring 2013. Currently, Marcela Ursu is supporting two new young talented directors, Bogdan Mirica and Cristi Iftime, in developing their projects.