For its 36th edition, FIDMarseille remains true to its mission: to spotlight independent cinema that is attentive to the echoes of the contemporary world and to the stories that reveal its fractures, both intimate and collective.

Cea mai fericită fată din lume, The Happiest Girl in the World

Radu Jude

Romania, Netherlands, France, Japan, 2009, Color, 99’

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Delia has won a car in a competition organised by a soda brand. When she travels to Bucharest with her parents to star in an ad celebrating her victory, the filming turns into a nightmare. First feature film, first bitter, gritty comedy.

Technical sheet

  • Script:
    Augustina Stanciu
  • Photography:
    Marius Panduru
  • Editing:
    Cătălin Cristuțiu
  • Sound:
    Titi Fleancu
  • Production:
    Ada Solomon (HI Film)
  • Contact:
    Ruta Svedkauskaite (Films Boutique)

Filmography

  • Radu Jude

    • The Tube with a Hat, 2006
    • In the Morning, 2007
    • Alexandra, 2007
    • The Happiest Girl in the World, 2009
    • A Film for Friends, 2011
    • Everybody in Our Family, 2012
    • Shadow of a Cloud, 2013
    • It Can Pass through the Wall, 2014
    • Aferim!, 2015
    • Scarred Hearts, 2016
    • The Dead Nation, 2017
    • I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians, 2018
    • The Marshal’s Two Executions, 2018
    • Uppercase Print, 2020
    • The Exit of the Trains, 2020
    • Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, 2021
    • Caricaturana, 2021
    • Plastic Semiotic, 2021
    • The Potemkinists, 2022
    • Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, 2023
    • Eight Postcards from Utopia, 2024
    • Sleep #2, 2024
    • Kontinental '25, 2025