FILM LONDON LODESTARS: Raluca Petre
WHAT WE SAY
Raluca has worked on a number of Film London/NETWORK shorts over the last few years including the impressive The Riley Sisters from Julia Jackman. She has feature credits and a main editor feature credit upcoming. On the most recent NETWORK short she took 22 mins of strong material which the director found hard to lose and helped them tell that same story in in 15. Most impressive was an important two-handed conversation building from friendly to flirtatious which always flowed naturalistically regardless of the running time it was cut to!
BIO
Raluca Petre is a British-Romanian editor, living in South London. Her work screened at the Venice Film Festival, Sundance, BFI London Film Festival, Annecy, winning an RTS Award and nominated for a BIFA.
Raluca graduated with distinction from the National Film and Television School’s MA in Editing and is a Berlinale Talents and BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Crew alumna. She won Best Editing at Female Filmmakers Berlin for the short Sandstorm and was nominated in the same category at Underwire Film Festival for Beyond Beauty.
She enjoys being creative with form to shape compelling and empathetic stories, her process being one of discovery and experimentation. Her work displays an intuitive feel for rhythm and timing, drawing on her musical background. She has edited several BFI NETWORK shorts, via Film London (The Riley Sisters, Better and Roses), Film Hub Midlands (Personal Best) and Film Hub North (Half Way).