Emanuel Pârvu Explained

Birth Date:	^[1]
Birth Place:	Bucharest, Romania

Emanuel Pârvu (born 1979) is a Romanian actor and filmmaker.

Career

Pârvu studied acting at the I. L. Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film.

After working as a stage and screen actor, Pârvu made his directorial debut with the short film A Family in 2009. This was followed by in subsequent years by the short films Chicken, Fries, and Coke, 2, Square One, and Meda.

Pârvu won the Best Director award at the 2017 Sarajevo Film Festival for his feature debut, Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things. His second feature film, Mikado, premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2021.^[2]

Pârvu's third feature, Three Kilometres to the End of the World, was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, and won the Queer Palm award.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Actor	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Tales from the Golden Age				The Party Inspector	"The Legend of the Official Visit" segment	^[4]
	A Family				Husband	Short film
2010	Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man				Cpt. Seciu		^[5]
2012	Chicken, Fries, and Coke					Short film
2013	2					Short film
	Square One					Short film
2016	Meda					Short film
	Graduation				Prosecutor Ivascu
	The Fixer				Prosecutor Ivascu
2017	Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things
	The Anniversary				Sandu		^[6]
2019	5 Minutes Too Late				Coman		^[7]
2020	9 povesti de dragoste si ura in izolare						^[8]
	Unidentified				Marius Preda		^[9]
2021	Mikado
	The Ladder				Prezan
	Miracle				Marius Preda
2023	Familiar				Dragos Binder		^[10]
2024	Three Kilometres to the End of the World						^[11]

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Actor	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Catherine the Great				Alexei Orloff	TV movie
2006					Oliver Allen	TV movie	^[12]
2006–2007	La urgenta				Edi Leonte	7 episodes	^[13]
2009–2018	În Puii Mei!				Various	64 episodes	^[14]
2018	Hackerville				Tomi Damaschin	4 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Sarajevo Film Festival	Best Director	Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things
2021	Gopo Awards	Best Supporting Actor	5 Minutes Too Late
2024	Cannes Film Festival	Palme d'Or	Three Kilometres to the End of the World
		Queer Palm			^[15]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emanuel Pârvu . IFFR . 8 May 2024.
2. News: Balaga . Marta . Romania’s Emanuel Parvu Set to Follow San Sebastian-Bound ‘Mikado’ With ‘Three Miles to the End of the World’ . 8 May 2024 . Variety.
3. Web site: Trei Kilometri Pana La Capatal Lumi . Cannes Film Festival . 8 May 2024.
4. Web site: Tales from the Golden Age . MUBI.
5. Web site: Marocco/Mikado . San Sebastian International Film Festival . 10 May 2024.
6. Web site: The Anniversary (2017) . MUBI . 10 May 2024.
7. Web site: Blaga . Iulia . Dan Chișu Questions Objectivity in 5 Minutes Too Late . Film New Europe . 10 May 2024.
8. Web site: Interviu Exclusiv: Dan Chisu a facut “9 povesti de ura si dragoste in IZOLARE”, lungmetraj filmat in izolare. Cu: Adrian Titieni, Emanuel Parvu, Andrei Hutuleac. . Urban.ro . 10 May 2024.
9. Web site: Neidentificat/Unidentified . Romanian Film Festival DC . 10 May 2024.
10. Web site: Familiar . MUBI . 10 May 2024.
11. News: Goodfellow . Melanie . Goodfellas Boards Cannes Competition Title ‘Three Kilometers To The End Of The World’ . 10 May 2024 . Deadline.
12. Web site: Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes . A.V. Club . 10 May 2024.
13. Web site: Emanuel Pârvu "I thank my mother for all the trust she gave me even when I didn't deserve it." . Urban.ro . 10 May 2024.
14. Web site: În Puii Mei! . A.V. Club . 10 May 2024.
15. Web site: Cannes Film Festival 2024: Queer Palm for Emanuel Parvu's Three Kilometers to the End of the World . Sortir a Paris . 25 May 2024.