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Adina Pintilie is a successful film writer/director who is little known but should be recognized for her raw material work ​​(Goodfellow, 2018). Despite being a writer and director, she has dabbled in acting during the course of her career (Goodfellow, 2018). Her decade-long creative multi-platform study on intimacy, current body politics, and the aesthetics of extended moving image creation encompasses  performance, cinema, and virtual reality, and is supported by long-term partnerships and cross-disciplinary research (Goodfellow, 2018). All of her work consists of the same themes, expressing one's body and feelings in a natural and consistent way.

Biography/Career  

Adina Pintilie, also known as Adina-Elena Pintilie (given name at birth), was born January 12, 1980, in Romania (Goodfellow, 2018). Co-founder of Manekino Film as well as a director and film writer (Goodfellow, 2018). Adina also took on acting in one of her films. She has been in this field of work for over a decade now (Goodfellow, 2018). Using her love for art in her films to express subjects that can illustrate diverse opinions in society. She works to illustrate the issue of national representation during the last two decades (Goodfellow, 2018). It continues a conversation about who represents the nation and who is excluded, about collective shame and responsibility, in the shadow of Romanian society’s troubled history with intimacy, sexuality, and bodily diversity, and, by extension, with solidarity among the individuals who make up a perpetually fractured nation (Goodfellow, 2018). Her work is well known to convey powerful messages through different forms of film. Working to convey a strong message to society about these at times sensitive topics that are often ignored and misrepresented.

Most recognized for her “touch me not” film released in 2018. The film is an experiment in fiction and film that confronts people’s biases about intimacy (Ehrlich, 2018). It is described to be a large therapy session in which you serve as the therapist for three separate patients who are dealing with challenges connected to intimacy and human connection (Ehrlich, 2018). The movie illustrates the relationships people have with their own bodies, highlighting that most people experience shame within themselves at some point in time (Ehrlich, 2018). Trying to convey the message that bodies are beautiful and they are gifts to embrace rather than be ashamed of (Carrasco & Arocha). A thought-provoking examination of bodies and our perceptions of the other (Carrasco & Arocha). Receiving lots of backlash on it for its scenes of nudity and scenes of intimacy (Carrasco & Arocha). Adina Pintilie's honest study of intimacy and sexuality, billed as the most contentious Berlinale Golden Bear in history, persuades the audience to join in its exploratory storyline (Carrasco & Arocha). It is a unique way to interact with the views with the actors and truly engage with the storyline.

This is only one of several pieces she has published over her cinematic career. "Touch me not" is a remarkable composition not simply because of its global notoriety (Ehrlich, 2018). Also, it was the beginning of Adina's cinematic career, which has allowed her to create countless other outstanding pieces. She has composed nine other pieces of work that are listed below. She is still very active in her career, hoping to create more remarkable work.

Filmography

2003 Writer and director for EA film

2004 Writer and director for Unwatched trains and Some kind of loneliness Films

2005 Director for Nea Pintea…Model

2006 Director for The fear of Mr. G and Casino films

2007 Writer and Director for Don't Get Me Wrong film

2009 Writer and Director for Sandpit #186 Film

2010 Writer and Director for Oxygen Film

2018 Writer and Director for Touch Me Not film

2022 Director for You Are Another Me- A Cathedral of the Body

Awards

Touch Me Not, her feature film, received the Golden Bear at the 2018 Berlinale and was nominated for the European Film Academy Awards (Tizard, 2018). She was also honored for her film Don’t Get Me Wrong, receiving the best female director prize at the international film festival in Mexico City (Tizard, 2018). She also received the Dove Award in Dok Leipzig and was recognized at various film festivals for her efforts (Tizard, 2018). In Romania, the film Oxygen was nominated for best short film of 2010. In 2013, Dairy #2 was likewise acknowledged as an exceptional short film (Tizard, 2018). Among the other films, her film Man at Work 2 sandpit #186 was acknowledged (Tizard, 2018). Adina’s work has been well recognized over the years and continues to be used all over the world in film exhibitions.

References

''Adina Pintilie: You are another me. A cathedral of the body''. KAJET DIGITAL. (2022, March 2). https://kajetjournal.com/2022/03/02/adina-pintilie-you-are-another-me-a-cathedral-of-the-body/

Carrasco, S. G., & Arocha, J. B. (n.d.). Sexualidad, política del cuerpo y Función Socioeducativa del Cine En Touch Me not (Adina Pintilie, 2018). Fotocinema. Revista Científica de Cine y Fotografía. https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/fotocinema/article/view/10017

Ehrlich, D. (2018, March 15). “touch me not” review: Adina Pintilie’s berlinale winner is a sexual odyssey stuck between purity and prurience. IndieWire. https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/touch-me-not-review-adina-pintilie-berlin-international-film-festival-2018-1201939766/

Goodfellow, M. (2018, January 30). Log in - proquest. Doc & Film boards Adina Pintilie’s Berlin Copetition title “Touch Me Not” (exclusive). https://www.proquest.com/Account/Login

Tizard, W. (2018, July 4). Golden Bear winner Adina Pintilie on exploring intimacy in “Touch me not.” Variety. https://variety.com/2018/film/global/golden-bear-winner-adina-pintilie-touch-me-not-1202822245/