Short Summary

Folk music isn't dead! In fact, genuinely talented people can make it sound so contemporary, that it will keep you pushing that replay button over & over again.

100 Risings is a documentary film about these people! 

It is a music anthropology journey. It aims to explore our genuine folk through the eyes of a musician from a completely different cultural background, Stefan Haslebacher (Sha) - Switzerland, who will try to discover the authenticity of this cultural space by experiencing the daily routine in Moldova and Romania, interacting and jamming with our greatest musicians and by travelling through our beautiful landscape - including a legendary place at the border between Romania and Moldova named '100 Risings', a destination left unknown even for many local people.

The Team

There's only 5 of us on the film set! Well, except our protagonists, of course. And except people who won't actually be on the film set, but helped us through endless chats, coffee breaks, design suggestions and constructive dialogues. 

We also managed to become 500 on our facebook page in less than a month! 

Lidia Scarlat (the producer of the film, graduated with a 1st Class Media Arts Degree at the University of London) and Max T. Ciorba (the director of the film, final year student at Moldova's Arts Academy) are the two main people talking to you in the pitch. 

Sergiu Sili (our soundie) and Andrei Moraru (our camera operator) are hovering in the background during the pitch, they're both currently studying at the Academy of Arts, Republic of Moldova.

The 5th member of our crew is the DoP Nicu Bors , who graduated as a top Masters student in Cinematography, Academy of Arts, Republic of Moldova.

The Impact

100 Risings focuses on the cultural space shared by Moldova and Romania, two countries that recently witnessed a flux of contemporary music inspired by folk music. 

Last, but not least, Moldovan cinema is still in its embryonic phase and we're proud to try our best and revive the artistic potential hidden behind the unstable economical background of our people. 

Sha & his journey to our lands

Stefan Haslebacher is a musician from Switzerland, one of the best jazz musicians in Europe, he performed on the world's biggest jazz stages. You might be familiar to the 2 main projects he's in: Nik Bärtsch's Ronin

and Sha's Feckel.

Sha experimented with elements such as minimalism, European jazz, Indian rhythm and Japanese music. 100 Risings will document Sha's his Eastern European journey and his interactions with the best musicians from Moldova and Romania.

Musicians from Moldova

Our summer has been both productive and inspirational. We decided to choose the perfect crew for our project and shot some video tests featuring some of the musicians you will see in the film. Grab your headphones, shut your phone down and relax listening and watching our clips.

Anatol Ștefăneț - Master of the viola music instrument, leader of Trigon ethno jazz band and creator of the Ethno Jazz Music Festival, one of the most important music festivals in Moldova. 

Alex Calancea - Master of the bass guitar, he managed to collaborate with most of the artists from Moldova, currently performing through hundreds of concerts in Russia, Asia and Baltic countries. 

Alexandru Arcuș - Masters the saxophone despite being only 27 years old. Performed together with Trigon on the world's biggest jazz stages. Also performed at the BBC Saxophone Massive, London, UK.

Musicians from Romania

Alexe Marius Andrei aka Bean - Hip Hop vocalist of the hugely successful Romanian group Subcarpati, believes in the existence of urban and underground folklore.

Argatu - DJ, he's a 19 year old medicine student, yet has a wide experience mixing traditional folk music with drum'n'bass, house, electro and therefore, along with Subcarpati, brings folk music closer to the young generation.

We are currently discussing with a few more ROCK and CLASSICAL musicians  from Moldova and Romania, so keep an eye on our facebook page and indiegogo updates for new artists featured in the film!

WHAT WE OFFER FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Other Ways You Can Help

Some of you might not have the possibility to contribute, but you can still help us!

Using the Indiegogo share tools, spread the word about our film project! 

Keep updated through our facebook page and share it to your folks! www.facebook.com/100Risings

Would you want to be creatively involved in our project? Message us through our facebook page (we obsessively check it hundreds of times/day) and we'll find a way to collaborate!