Tatal Fantoma
Cast

PRESS ARTICLES
Bucharest - July 2013
Pro TV, the leading Romanian Commercial TV station has acquired the TV and VOD sales rights, following the signature of a three-year contract out of which a one year TV exclusive period, as GAV company officials have recently announced.

The Phantom father - Upcoming US Events - Bloomington, Columbus, Cincinnati
INDIANA UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA

Tuesday 19th February
- 3.00 pm, Lucian Georgescu is lecturing at Indiana University Cinema, 7th Street - Bloomington, Indiana 47405
- 7.00 pm, The Phantom Father screening at IU Cinema, Lucian Georgescu in attendance
For more info on Bloomington events please visit www.cinema.indiana.edu

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS, OHIO

Wednesday 20th February - 2.00pm
Lucian Georgescu lecture, followed by film screening at Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus OH
For more info on Columbus events please visit www.wexarts.org

CINCINNATI UNIVERSITY (venue TBA)

Thursday 21th February - 4.00pm
"New Direction in European Road Movies" workshop together with Michel Gott, Assistant Professor University of Cincinnati.

Friday 22th February - 4.00pm
"The Tower of Babel" lecture by Lucian Georgescu - followed by the 6.00pm screening of The Phantom Father

“THE PHANTOM FATHER” - “A Romanian Rhapsody” premieres in California
Lucian Georgescu’s film will be presented at the Berkley Art Museum during an homage to Barry Gifford

The film “The Phantom Father”, directed by Lucian Georgescu, will have its USA, West Coast premiere in the “Behind the Scenes” showcase dedicated to the American writer Barry Gifford. The event will take place in Berkley, California, starting on the 29th of November and lasting until the 8th of December 2012. The event is being organized by The Berkeley Art Museum (BAM) in collaboration with The Pacific Film Archive and San Francisco Film Society.

Read all news
THE PHANTOM FATHER AT RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
The Phantom Father, directed by Lucian Georgescu has been selected to participate in the 20th edition of the Raindance Film Festival, the most important independent film festival in Europe. The event will take place in London, between September 26th and October 7th 2012.

Read all news
THE PHANTOM FATHER AT FIRST RIGA FILM FESTIVAL
Five months after one of Eastern Europe's oldest film festivals closed down after longterm funding was pulled, a new three-day event has been secured in Riga, Latvia.

Read more on variety.com
THE PHANTOM FATHER IN FLORIDA’S PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Phantom Father, directed by Lucian Georgescu, was selected to compete in the 2012 Palm Beach International Film Festival, Florida (April 12th - 19th). The festival, founded in 1996, is dedicated to sustaining the new generation of filmmakers and recognizing new and original voices in the new world cinematography.

Palm Beach International Film Festival
SOUTH AMERICAN PREMIERE IN MONTEVIDEO
The Phantom Father was selected in the 30th edition of the Uruguay International Film Festival, organized by the Montevideo Cinematheque between March 29th and April 8th 2012.

South American premiere in Montevideo
LUCIAN GEORGESCU and BARRY GIFFORD – guests of CHICAGO'S prestigious GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER
The Phantom Father was selected in the 15th Annual European Union Film Festival which took place in March in Chicago at the Gene Siskel Film Center, the most important local cinematographic art center.

Lucian Georgescu and Barry Gifford - guests of Chicago's prestigious GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER
THE PHANTOM FATHER - TOURING THE GLOBE
The Phantom Father, was on tour on two continents during March, being shown at renowned festivals in Africa and Australia, and all around it has been extraordinarily well received.

The Byron Bay International Film Festival hosted the film's absolute Australian premiere on March 7th. Now in its sixth edition, the festival is a young and on the rise cinematographic event which awards local cinematographic excellence and also presents a selection of the best international motion pictures of the year. Audiences in the summer resort near Brisbane, New South Wales have responded very well to the film.

The Fantom Father - Touring the globe
House of Film acquires THE PHANTOM FATHER movie
Beverly Hills based sales agent House of Film (www.houseoffilm.com) has picked up Lucian Georgescu's first feature film, Phantom Father produced by GAV. The company is a Tribeca Institute partner, specialized in both traditional and non-traditional distribution and will represent the movie worldwide. It is the first time that a Romanian producer signs directly with a North American ISA.

House of Film acquires Phantom Father
THE PHANTOM FATHER in the MONS International Love Film Festival competition
The Phantom Father, directed by Lucian Georgescu, was selected in the official competition for debut features at the 28th edition of the Mons International Love Film Festival (24th of February to 2nd of March, 2012), one of the most important thematic festivals in the world, self-described as a "window opened towards a brave and original cinema which rejects overused romantic clichés".

Since its first edition onward, the Mons International Love Film Festival has treated the Belgian audience to an impressive number of films uniting the so-called intellectual cinema with the more popular cinema and has received several hundreds of international cinema personalities such as Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de Almeida, Emilie Dequenne, Gaspard Ulliel, Claude Lelouch, Andrzej Zulawski, Nathalie Baye, Audrey Tautou, Marion Cotillard, Jeanne Moreau, Charlotte Rampling, John Madden, Lauren Bacall, Valéria Golino, Josiane Balasko, Gérard Darmon, Gérard Jugnot, Patrick Bruel, etc.

Read more
THE PHANTOM FATHER in the MANNHEIM-HEIDELBERG IFF Official Competition
The Phantom Father, was selected in the official competition of the 60th edition of the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (10th-20th of November 2011), one of the oldest film festivals in the world - and the second oldest in Germany.

Read more
THE PHANTOM FATHER, selected in the official competition of Montreal Film Festival
The Phantom Father, directed by Lucian Georgescu, was selected in the official competition for debut features at the 35th edition of the Montreal Film Festival (18th to 28th of August, 2011), the only A Class competitive event in North America.

Read more
THE PHANTOM FATHER, brings Barry Gifford & Marcel Iureş to Cluj - TIFF
The second day dedicated to Romanian cinema will bring at Florin Piersic Cinema two absolute premieres, which will ensure the presence of iconic guests at the tenth edition of the festival.

Read more
THE PHANTOM FATHER COMPLETED - A Sales & Festival screener is awaited as of March 2011
Bucharest / Berlin, February, 3rd 2011 - Generic Audiovizual (GAV) - Romania - and Von Vietinghoff Film Productions - Germany - are announcing the completion of The Phantom Father feature production.

Read more
BARRY GIFFORD to star in The Phantom Father movie production
Famous author Barry Gifford is awaited in Bucharest for three days of shooting on the set of The Phantom Father movie. Mr. Gifford will be starring in the role of Jack, the visionary friend of Robert Traum.

Read more
JOHANNES MALFATTI to compose the soundtrack for The Phantom Father
Bucharest, January 3rd 2009 – Johannes Malfatti, German musician, will be signing the soundtrack of The Phantom Father. His musical style ranges from experimental electronic music to orchestral arrangements.

Read more
OCTOBER 2008 1st Official Press Release
Bucharest / Berlin, November 3rd 2008 - Generic Audiovizual (GAV) - Romania - and Von Vietinghoff Film Productions - Germany - are thrilled to announce the start of principal photography for The Phantom Father feature production.

Read more
CREDITS