Radu Jude is a Romanian film director and screenwriter born in Bucharest in 1977, known for his complex, often political, and anarchic films that explore historical memory, labor, and contemporary society. After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director and gained recognition for award-winning short films before directing his feature debut, The Happiest Girl in the World (2009). His work, which blends fact and fiction, uses found footage and contemporary culture, like TikTok, to offer scathing social commentary, earning him major awards from festivals such as Berlin and Sundance.
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Radu Jude is a Romanian director born in Bucharest, celebrated for formally audacious, often provocative films examining Romanian history, memory, and contemporary social absurdity. Aferim!, a darkly comic period piece confronting Romania's largely unacknowledged history of Roma slavery, established his willingness to directly confront uncomfortable national history. I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians extended this reckoning with Romania's Holocaust-era complicity through a metafictional structure examining a theater director staging a historical reenactment. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, combining a leaked sex tape scandal with a formally fragmented essay-film structure, won the Golden Bear at Berlin and became his most internationally provocative and celebrated work. Jude's willingness to confront uncomfortable Romanian history through formally experimental, often satirical means has made him one of the most significant contemporary voices in Romanian New Wave cinema.
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Radu Jude is a Romanian director born in Bucharest, celebrated for formally audacious, often provocative films examining Romanian history, memory, and contemporary social absurdity. Aferim!, a darkly comic period piece confronting Romania's largely unacknowledged history of Roma slavery, established his willingness to directly confront uncomfortable national history. I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians extended this reckoning with Romania's Holocaust-era complicity through a metafictional structure examining a theater director staging a historical reenactment. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, combining a leaked sex tape scandal with a formally fragmented essay-film structure, won the Golden Bear at Berlin and became his most internationally provocative and celebrated work. Jude's willingness to confront uncomfortable Romanian history through formally experimental, often satirical means has made him one of the most significant contemporary voices in Romanian New Wave cinema.
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Dracula
2025
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Kontinental '25
2025
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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
2023
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Uppercase Print
2020
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Everybody in Our Family
2012
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I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
2018
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It Can Pass Through the Wall
2014
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Scarred Hearts
2016
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Aferim!
2015
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A Film for Friends
2011
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The Happiest Girl in the World
2009
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Caricaturana
2021
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Alexandra
2006
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The Tube with a Hat
2006
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The Potemkinists
2022
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Semiotic Plastic
2021
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In The Morning
2007
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Shadow of a Cloud
2013
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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
2021
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The Diary of a Chambermaid
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2026
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Trailer for Dante's Paradise
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2026
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Dracula
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2025
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Kontinental '25
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2025
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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
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2023
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The Potemkinists
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2022
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Semiotic Plastic
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2021
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Caricaturana
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2021
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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
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2021
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Radu Jude and where are they from?
Radu Jude is 49 years old, born on March 28, 1977 in Bucarest, Romania.
What are the most famous roles of Radu Jude?
Radu Jude is best known for directing Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, Aferim!, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World.
How many movies has Radu Jude directed?
Over a 20-year career (since 2006), Radu Jude has directed or written 26 films and worked on 0 TV shows.
What was Radu Jude's first movie?
The career of Radu Jude began with Heia, Heia, Safari! ().
What is Radu Jude's most recent movie or series?
Radu Jude's most recent release is Trailer for Dante's Paradise, which premiered on June 23, 2026.
Does Radu Jude have any upcoming projects?
Yes, Radu Jude's upcoming work includes: The Diary of a Chambermaid (2026).
Radu Jude
1977-03-28 · Bucarest, Romania
Radu Jude is a Romanian film director and screenwriter born in Bucharest in 1977, known for his complex, often political, and anarchic films that explore historical memory, labor, and contemporary society. After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director and gained recognition for award-winning short films before directing his feature debut, The Happiest Girl in the World (2009). His work, which blends fact and fiction, uses found footage and contemporary culture, like TikTok, to offer scathing social commentary, earning him major awards from festivals such as Berlin and Sundance.