Dan Chișu

Dan Chișu

Born: July 21, 1955
in Brăila, România
Dan Chisu is the organizer of DaKINO International Film Festival. The oldest film festival in Romania, held every year in Bucharest since 1991.

He made a series of documentaries for television: Around the World in 80 Days (2004), Reality of a Myth - Peruvian Shamans (2007), The Earth's Taste in 80 Spices (2008). He produced and starred in a TV Show called "I Eat, Therefore I Am" which was broadcast four years on a national television.

He also published books: "Alone Under the Shower" (2004) and "The Studio in the Forest of Cranes", "100 Times About", "Stories About Recipes" - 2 volumes.

In 2008 directed his first feature film, "WebSiteStory". An independent production, released in 2010. His second film, "Ursul (The Bear)" released in the spring of 2011. "Si Caii Sunt Verzi pe Pereti (Chasing Rainbows)", his third film, released in November 2012.

Currently he is in post-production with 2 feature projects: Deja Vu (dir. Dan Chisu, feature film) and Youtube Bazaar (dir. Dan Chisu, feature documentary).

Movies for Dan Chișu...

Phoenix. Har/Jar
Title: Phoenix. Har/Jar
Character: Self
Released: January 20, 2023
Type: Movie
Documentary on the Romanian rock band Phoenix.
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Nine Stories of Love and Hate in Isolation
Title: Nine Stories of Love and Hate in Isolation
Character: Self
Released: May 10, 2020
Type: Movie
Dan Chisu made a new film, while in isolation. Some of the most famous Romanian actors performed, by filming themselves with their mobile phones.
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Excursion
Title: Excursion
Released: April 5, 2014
Type: Movie
Following a TV News which announce the landing of aliens in Romania, Eugen (9) steals a camera from the shop where his father works as a guard and starts filming his everyday life and then disappears. When he is found, the little boy's footage is misinterpreted by the media.
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Déjà Vu
Title: Déjà Vu
Character: Mihai
Released: November 15, 2013
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of a man, Mihai, who is going through midlife crisis. After a 15 years marriage, he tries to regain control over his own life and starts an affair. Though Mihai is the main character of the film, he is never seen onscreen, but his personality is shown through his mistress, mother and wife, as well as through gestures and attitude.
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Asphalt Tango
Title: Asphalt Tango
Character: L'inconnu
Released: November 13, 1996
Type: Movie
A desperate husband chases a bus full of beautiful women headed for Paris, France.
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The Snails' Senator
Title: The Snails' Senator
Character: Reporter
Released: June 2, 1995
Type: Movie
This Romanian dramatic comedy offers metaphorical commentary on life after Ceausescu's reign as it tells the story of a rural community turned topsy-turvy in their mad quest for the snails a prominent senator has requested for his dinner. The trouble begins when a rather imposing, pompous senator comes to visit a small rural Romanian town for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new hydro-electric dam. After he finishes his speech, the senator is accosted by a Swiss film crew eager to interview him. The senator is inordinately concerned with presenting a positive image of Romania to the world at large and so when he learns that he and the journalists are to stay at the same villa, does everything he came to make sure that they see nothing scandalous.