Toma Enache (born 1 November 1970) is a

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n film director and actor. Being of Aromanian ethnicity, he directed '' I'm Not Famous but I'm Aromanian'', the first film in the

Aromanian language The Aromanian language (, , , or ), also known as Macedo-Romanian or Vlach, is an Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance language, similar to Megleno-Romanian language, Megleno-Romanian, Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian and Romania ...

. Enache has also directed two other films. Activities of him outside of the world of cinema are related to poetry and theatre.

Biography

Toma Enache was born on 1 November 1970 in

Mihail Kogălniceanu Mihail Kogălniceanu (; also known as Mihail Cogâlniceanu, Michel de Kogalnitchan; September 6, 1817 – July 1, 1891) was a Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania on October 11, 1863, ...

. He is an ethnic Aromanian, and speaks Aromanian fluently. He has taught the language to his son Anton, which he had with his wife Elena, a

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from

Maramureș County Maramureș County () is a county (județ) in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Мараморо́щ� ...

. After ending his secondary education in

Constanța Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...

, Enache inscribed to the Faculty of Zootechnics of the

University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest The University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest (Romanian: Universitatea de Ştiinţe Agronomice şi Medicină Veterinară din Bucuresți) is the oldest and largest institution of higher agricultural sciences and veterin ...

, as he liked animals. But since he also liked poetry, which in turn pushed him closer to theatre, he also entered the Faculty of Theatre of the

Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film The Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Națională de Artă Teatrală și Cinematografică "I.L. Caragiale") is a public university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1954. It is named in honour of pla ...

. Thus, Enache would graduate from the former in 1996 and from the latter in 1997. Following this, Enache made several theatrical performances in

and abroad, all in the Aromanian language. Enache has also published three volumes of personal poems in Aromanian and has translated several poems and theatrical plays into Aromanian. Enache directed the film '' I'm Not Famous but I'm Aromanian'', released in 2013. This was the first film in the Aromanian language, and it received several awards. Motivated by this, he directed another film dedicated to the Aromanians, ''Aromanians, from the Famous Manaki to I'm Not Famous'', from 2015. In 2019, he directed ', the first film dedicated to the Pitești Experiment of the communist-era

Pitești Prison Pitești Prison ( ro, Închisoarea Pitești) was a penal facility in Pitești, Romania, best remembered for the reeducation experiment (also known as ''Experimentul Pitești'' – the "Pitești Experiment" or ''Fenomenul Pitești'' – the "Pit ...

. Enache was also among the acting cast of

Nicolae Mărgineanu Nicolae Mărgineanu (born 25 September 1938) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 15 films since 1978. His 1983 film '' Return from Hell'' was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Spe ...

's 2019 film '.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Enache, Toma 1970 births Living people People from Constanța County Romanian people of Aromanian descent Aromanian film people Romanian film directors Romanian film producers Aromanian actors 21st-century Romanian male actors Aromanian poets Romanian poets Aromanian theatre people Romanian theatre people University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest alumni Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film alumni