A Film written & directed by Gabriel Juduc. The cast is Nara Jackson, Ivan Claudiu Vlad, Anna Bodea, Maria Balan, Cristiana Ciocoiu, Razvan Corneci and Catinca Sulea. Veronica is each and every one of us.
She is the main focus of this intimate fashion film that uses visual allegory to examine the fracture between who we are and how we’re seen by the people we love. As we embrace new partners, we accommodate their perception of us into ourselves. But when relationships end, we are left to wonder who we still are – and how much of their influence was permanent.
A surreal narrative story about each of us. About how love can blind us to our own selves and how, sometimes, the small details that draw us to the ones we love are actually not who they are at all.
Who do we see when we look at the people we love? Are they fictional characters created by our own expectations? Can we sift through layers of our own assumptions to find the real person behind them?
Written & Directed by Gabriel Juduc / linktr.ee/gabrieljuduc / @gabrieljuduc
Produced by @pacifico.tv / Ela Gavrila @ciao_ela / Babel Films
Executive producer Ela Gavrila / @ciao_ela
Cast: Nara Jackson @_narajackson / Ivan Claudiu Vlad @ivanclaudiuvlad / Anna Bodea @annabodea / Maria Balan @mariabalanteacher / Cristiana Ciocoiu @chrismarieeee / Razvan Corneci @sartrofuckingowski / Catinca Sulea @catincca
Director of photography Codruta Corocea / @coroceacodruta
Editor Cristina Popa / @cristinaadrn
Sound designer Alexandru Vicol / @instavicol
Colour grade Cinetic
Art drawings Ana Letzner / @letzzzner
Set designer Miruna Scortariu / @miruna_scr
Styling Teo Bodescu / @teo.bod
Wardrobe @snobbish_society / Loredana Vlase @vlaseloredana
Original music score Alexandru Vicol / @instavicol
Music Cinema Aurora – Cinema ’86 / @cinemaaurora
Still photography Andrei Vintila @lessaiv / Gabriel Juduc
Make-up Diana Froicu @dianafroicumakeup / Ioana Roman @ioanarmn
Hairstyle Sebastian Sarghie @sebastian.sarghie
1st AD Ada Gabor @ada.gabor
1st AC Dan Stroe @danstroie
Camera assistant Vladimir Amzar @amzarvladi.cine
Grip Mihai Schiopu / Teo Mihalache @mihalacheteo
Gaffer Valentin Luscan @luscanvalentin
Equipment GFStudio @gfstudio.ro / UNATC
Voice over Mhairi Morisson
Special thanks Eliza Frone / Catalin Micu / Mereuta Petre / Serban Mavrianopol / Marian Dicu / Tudor Cioroiu / Bivolul / Ionut Sofia / Mihaela Iordache
Brands used are Valentino, Gucci, Giorgio Armani, Prada, Versace, and other vintage clothing items.
Instagram name of each brand: @maisonvalentino, @gucci, @giorgioarmani, @prada, @versace
Gabriel Juduc is a Bucharest-based film director who is part of cinema’s ‘new wave’ movement. His work is placed at the intersection of exploring identity and intimacy through a stylized lens. Juduc describes his own filmmaking style as ‘eclectic and sensitive’; one which uses delicate visuals, charged with a restless and emotional spirit.
Filmography
2019 This is Marta
2021 My family & I (released on showstudio.com online platform)
2021 Veronica Now
Shortlisted at @BerlinCommercial
Winner of BEST MAKE_UP at @LondonFashionFilmFestival
Winner of Best Director at @Sarajevofilmfestival
Shortlisted at @bfff_bc (Berlin Fashion Film Festival)
Official Selection at @asfffestival (Aesthetica Film Festival)
@barcelonafashionfilmfestival nominated for BEST IDEA
@LAfashionfilmfestival nominated for BEST DIRECTION
@fashion_film_festival_milano Official Selection
@asvoff_official (Paris) Official Selection
@baifffoficial (Buenos Aires) Official Selection
@fffkyiv (Kiev) Official Selection
@bucharestfashionfilmfest JURY MENTION BEST LOCAL
@ukfashionfilmfestival nominated for BEST FILM
@fffistanbul Official Selection
@fffamsterdam Official Selection
@bokehfff Official Selection
@canifff Official Selection
2022 Les Moments
2023 MAMAH (not releaset yet)