Cristian Mungiu's 'Beyond The Hills' at 28th SBIFF

Romanian director Cristian Mungiu is a prolific filmmaker with each of his feature films having held premiers at the Cannes Film Festival. His first feature ‘Occident’ (2002) screened in the Directors Fortnight at Cannes. He later won the Palme d’Or for his film ‘Four Months, Three Weeks and Two Days’ (2007). His most recent film ‘Beyond the Hills’ (2012) was nominated for the Palme d’Or and won awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actress at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

'Beyond the Hills' (2012) screened this week at the 28th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. 

I spoke with Cristian recently about his films, politics and religion. Read our interview here:

http://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/vanessa_mcmahon/interview_with_director_cristian_mungiu