September 2018
FEMILIST: SEPTEMBER 2018 * FEMALE CREATORS * Ioana Uricaru / Lemonade Ioana Uricaru is a Romanian writer-director whose first feature, Lemonade , just won the Best Director award at the Sarajevo film festival this month. Her work is not only beautiful and moving, but also socially and politically important. As with her previous work, Lemonade is a poignant look into our country’s immigration issues and serves as a twist on the American Dream--a sort of reverse-fairytale. The film is inspired by Iona’s own experience as a Romanian-American immigrant. Logline: While working in the US on a temporary visa as a caretaker, Mara, a 30 year-old single mother from Romania marries Daniel, an American patient she’s been caring for. She applies for a green card for her and her son but the process falls unexpectedly off course. Mara is faced with abuse of power on every level and forced to answer a dark question about herself- how far would you go to get w...