Written and Directed by Răzvan Georgescu
Original title: Testimonial
Romania/ Germany, 2008, 90 min.
Cinematography: Ştefan Grandinetti, Hans Zimmermann, Torsten Lapp, Enrico Wolf
Featuring: Jörg Immendorff, Bill Viola, Katherine Sherwood, Helmut Dubiel, Peter Jecza, Remus Georgescu, William Finn
Production: Starcrest Media, Pelegrin Film, ZDF, ARTE, TVR
Festivals & Awards: Prix Europa 2008 for Best European Documentary; Special Jury Prize and Audience Award at DOCUMFEST Timişoara 2008

Diagnosed with a brain tumor and given three years to live, filmmaker Răzvan Georgescu decides to overcome the solemnity of this prognosis to explore the realm between life and death by interviewing some of its prominent inhabitants:  famous artists who have had a traumatic brush with mortality and were given a limited amount of time to live. Can death and illness be a motor for creativity? Can creativity arm us against oblivion? “This documentary transforms in a surprising way a very hard and frightening private situation into a constructive and thoughtful journey about our life on this earth. The director succeeds in giving his own illness a philosophical approach to time, life and art and he reminds us of the simple message that we have to live when we are alive. This outstanding programme tells the never ending story about life and death and life again.” – The Jury of Prix Europa