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Monica Lazurean Gorgan

Romania

Biography

Monica Lazurean-Gorgan graduated Film Directing in Bucharest in 2001. In 2007 she co-founded 4 Proof Film, together with director Adrian Sitaru. She produced his short fiction The Cage, awarded at the Berlinale 2010, it received Grand Prix in Warsaw, Uppsala, Huesca, Vila Do Conde, Valladolid, a BAFTA Certificate of Excellence and 15 other awards. The latest 4 Proof Film production, My Vote, a creative documentary, produced and directed by Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, was awarded in Sarajevo 2011 with the EDN Talent Grant and selected in Rotterdam, Documenta Madrid and others. She is Associate Producer of the feature film Hooked by Adrian Sitaru, world premiered in Venice 2008, and awarded in festivals like Thessaloniki, Palm Springs, Buenos Aires and others. She is also coproducer of Adrian Sitaru’s Best Intentions, winner of Leopard for Best Director in Locarno 2011. Monica is delegate producer for Touch me not by Adina Pintilie. She is in pre-production with the feature film Domestic, writer/director Adrian Sitaru, a Romanian-German co-production.

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