Corneliu Porumboiu was born in 1974, in Vaslui, Romania. He studied Film Directing at the National University of Drama and Film, Bucharest. His first notable short film – A Trip to the City (2003) – received the Second Prize at Cinefondation, Cannes and the Best Short Movie Prize at Cinema Mediteraneen Film Festival, Montpellier. The medium length feature Liviu’s Dream (2003) won The Prize for the Best Romanian Movie at TIFF (2004) and was present in the official selection at Telluride Film Festival in the Great Expectations section.
In 2005 Corneliu Porumboiu enters a residency program at Cannes. In 2006 he makes his first feature – 12:08 East of Bucharest – which is selected in the Quinzaine des Realisateurs and wins the Camera d’Or for debut and the Label Europe, the film distributors’ award. The film took more than 20 awards in festivals all over the world. The film was distributed in more than 30 countries.
Police, adjective is the last film written, produced and directed by Corneliu Porumboiu. The film has received the FIPRESCI Prize and the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, where it has competed in the "Un Certain Regard" section. |