Radu Jude

Radu Jude (b. 1977) is a Romanian director and screenwriter famed for his bold, politically charged cinema that blends satire, found footage, and historical memory. Graduating from the Media University of Bucharest, he rose to acclaim with films like Aferim! and the Golden Bear winner Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021), a scathing critique of hypocrisy and social mores . He continued exploring audio-visual collage and social decay in Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023), a form-blurring satire on capitalism and gig culture . In 2024, he co-directed the documentary Eight Postcards from Utopia, a surreal found-footage reflection on post-Communist consumerism . His 2025 debut Kontinental '25, a moral satire inspired by Rossellini, premiered at Berlinale and won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay . Jude's cinema thrives on formal experimentation, historical interrogation, and provocative institutional critique.