Waiting for August
Georgiana Halmac is turning 15 this winter, but she has no time for teenage dreams when her mother, who's on unemployment, moves to Torino to find work. Georgiana is left in charge of her six siblings in a social housing condo on the outskirts of Bacau, Romania. Caught between adolescence and the responsibilities of adulthood, Georgiana does the best she can, improvising with parenting advice from the television and the occasional phone call with her mother. As she handles her own issues and high-school dramas, Georgiana must also deal with admonishing neighbours who threaten to turn the whole family into social services. With incredible calm and stoicism, Georgiana amazes as she holds everything together in an ingenious and delicate balance.
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Teodora Ana Mihai Director
United States release September 26, 2014 · Produced in Romania, Belgium · Production A Private View
Production
Clin d'oeil Films
Production
A Private View
Production
Romania · Belgium
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Romanian
Release dates
Switzerland · April 26, 2014
Digital
United States · September 26, 2014
Camden International Film Festival
Belgium · October 12, 2014
Limited theatrical
Australia
October 11, 2014 · Antenna Documentary Film Festival
Brazil
October 20, 2014 · São Paulo International Film Festival
Canada
April 29, 2014 · Hot Docs
Chile
October 7, 2014 · Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia
Croatia
October 20, 2014 · Zagreb Film Festival
Czechia
July 9, 2014 · Digital
Iceland
September 25, 2014 · Reykjavik Film Festival
Ireland
November 12, 2014 · Cork International Film Festival
Japan
March 24, 2016 · TV premiere
Kosovo
August 17, 2014 · Dokufest
Netherlands
October 12, 2014 · Limited theatrical
Norway
September 24, 2014 · Bergen International Film Festival
Russia
June 28, 2014 · Moscow Film Festival
Singapore
December 7, 2014 · Singapore International Film Festival
Sweden
January 26, 2015 · Göteborg Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 12, 2014 · Theatrical
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