The film, called VIRGO, is a journey through the unique territory
and virgin forests of Romania.
An environmental non-verbal conservation story that want to
strikes people’s emotions.
OFFICIAL TRAILER
More than 5000 Km
More than 70 different locations
across Romania
55 days on the road
Romania has the most unique biodiversity and virgin ecosystem in Europe. However, its forests are threatened by illegal deforestation and a lack of conservation awareness.
Romania is the last country of Europe dealing with existing Virgin Forests. This treasure is not even known and understood by most of its people.
We had the chance to meet an countless number of people and smiles while explaining our project and asking permission to capture images.
The corruption is still very present in Romania and the wood industry took advantage of the public lands and properties at the end of Communism.
Our aim is to inspire change. To encourage conservation and good actions for all forms of life. To collaborate with passionate people, with hard-working leaders that want to make of this world a better place.
We want to take advantage of the power of storytelling and film-making to raise awareness about the importance of their conservation.
But also;
♥ Remind the Romanian people themselves the beauty of their territory, the abundance of cultural and natural treasures and the power they have in their hands in order to keep this unique habitat alive for their children.
♥ Show the European people the luck and duty they got. Europe is a country of wonders and dreams. Our differences are our biggest strenght. We must open the eyes about what it is to be saved and protected right now.
♥ In the largest scale, show to the world one example of mission we must all focus on, coming back to realise the gratitude we got for Nature itself. By taking our viewers to unique corners of this country, we want to rescue an ancient human-nature relationship.
A connection that, today, seems to be lost.
WATCH THE MOVIE !
NOTE,
Virgo is a non-verbal meditative experience,
The Biggest Screen the better,
The Best Sound System the better !
Enjoy !
PRESS / ARTICLES
PLANET SAVE - VIRGIN FORESTS AND THEIR UNIQUE BIODIVERSITY: A FILM IN THE MAKING
Virgin forests — also known as old-growth, primeval, or even ancient woodlands— have the distinction of being very old and nearly untouched by humans. They are rare, in that much of our world’s forests have been razed one or even several times. Virgin forests exhibit unique ecological features such as species richness, wilderness, conservation value, and resilience.
ON PASSE A L'ACTE - PORTER SECOURS AU ``POUMON DE L'EUROPE`` EN LE VALORISANT DANS UN FILM
L’équipe internationale Volod Hendrix Media Production a décidé de produire, d’écrire, de réaliser et de diffuser un film visant à sensibiliser le public à la préservation de la biodiversité des forêts vierges de Roumanie, aussi appelées « poumon de l’Europe ».
GREENTUMBLE - SAVING ROMANIA'S FORESTS
International media production team VolodHendrix are fundraising through kickstarter to film Virgo, a documentary which will take viewers on a trip across Romania’s virgin forests. The documentary will explore about 4,000 kilometres in 70 different locations to showcase Romania’s unique biodiversity which is important for the whole of the European continent and indeed the world.
GENERATION ERASMUS + FRANCE - FAIRE UNE RENCONTRE ET CHANGER DE VIE
Elle est Française, il est Roumain, ils se sont rencontrés en Norvège, lors de leur voyage Erasmus en 2015. Toujours amoureux, mais plus étudiants, Lise et Vlad travaillent aujourd’hui ensemble sur un projet vidéo.
MAXISCIENCES - UN PERIPLE DE 5000 KM A TRAVERS LA ROUMANIE
La Roumanie abrite la plus grande surface de forêts vierges d’Europe. Mais ces forêts ont perdu en quelques décennies des centaines de milliers d’arbres coupés illégalement pour alimenter le marché du bois. Un fléau que Volod Hendrix, une équipe de jeunes réalisateurs, a décidé de mettre en lumière dans son futur documentaire : VIRGO.
L'INFO DURABLE MAG - VIRGO : UN DOCUMENTAIRE IMMERSIF AU COEUR DES DERNIERES FORETS VIERGES D'EUROPE
Voyage contemplatif et poétique au cœur des forêts vierges de Roumanie, le documentaire Virgo nous rappelle que les derniers poumons verts de l’Europe sont aujourd’hui menacés de déforestation. Les deux réalisateurs Lise Hendrix (Française) et Vlad Sacaleanu (Roumain) seront présents à la première diffusion française du film, samedi 5 janvier, à Paris. Interview.
GEO MAG - VIRGO, UNE PLONGEE IMMERSIVE POUR ALERTER SUR LA DISPARITION DES FORETS VIERGES DE ROUMANIE
Deux jeunes réalisateurs, Lise Hendrix et Vlad Săcăleanu, ont réalisé un périple de 5.500 kilomètres au coeur des dernières forêts vierges de l’Europe, en Roumanie. Un voyage qui leur a permis de réaliser VIRGO, un documentaire immersif qui alerte sur la déforestation dont ces forêts sont victimes.
FESTIVALS / EVENTS
Serile Filmului Romanesc AVANT-PREMIERE // 9 JUNE 2018 Iasi, Romania
Pelicam PREMIERE // 21 – 24 JUNE 2018 Tulcea, Romania
Filmul de Piatra SPECIAL SCREENING // 12 – 15 JULY 2018 Piatra Neamt, Romania
Asociatia STUP – Social Trading Urban Place & Uleiosul – GREEN DAY EVENT// 14 JULY 2018 HUBRICA Iasi, Romania
Zlatna International Ethnographic Film Festival (ZIEFF) – SELECTED// 10 AUGUST 2018 – Romania
Taratsa International Film Festival – SELECTED // 22 AUGUST 2018 – Thessaloniki, Greece
SHORT to the Point – SELECTED // 13 SEPTEMBER – Bucharest, Romania
Universal Kids Film Festival – SELECTED// 20 SEPTEMBER 2018 – Tuzla, Istanbul
ZERO PLUS International Film Festival – SELECTED // 1 – 7 OCTOBER 2018 Tyumen city, Siberia
Sandalia Sustainability Film Festival – SELECTED // 6 OCTOBER 2018 – Sassari, Italy
China International Green Film Week – SELECTED // 10 OCTOBER – Beijing, China
GNG Green Earth Film Festival – SEMI FINAL // 19 – 21 OCTOBER 2018 – Los Angeles, USA
Docuart Fest – SELECTED // 6 NOVEMBER, 2018 – Bucharest, Romania
Volda University College – STUDENT PROJECTION // 8 DECEMBER 2018 – Volda, Norway
Ground Control – CULTURAL EVENT // 5 JANUARY 2019 – Paris, France
Cinema e ambiente Avezzano – SELECTED // 26 MARCH 2019 – Avezzano, Italy
Transilvania Shorts (International Short Film Festival) – SELECTED // 11 JULY 2019 – Transilvania, Romania
Tulum World Environment Film Festival – SELECTED // 15 JULY 2019 – Tulum, Mexico
Green Montenegro International Film Festival – SELECTED // 3 AUGUST 2019 – Montenegro
Weniff Film Festival – SELECTED // 24 OCTOBER 2019 – Alesund, Norway
VIRGO BAGS !
These beautiful Virgo hang bags were created with the help of @REDU.
The funds we’ll get from those goodies will go directly in the Virgo project, helping us to cover the festivals fees in order to send our little movie all world around and spread more of Romania love and beauty !
Big Thank you to Ivan Dujmusic & Lise Hendrix for the Designs
.
If you are interested to get one of them, contact us !
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#virgoproject #virgothemovie #volodhendrix
POSTCARDS VIRGO
Get your set of Postcards from the Virgo project!
The funds will go directly to the Virgo project as well.
