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General information

Country:
ROMANIA
Genre:
Romanian Short Films
Year:
2018

Technical data

Format:
Color:
Color
Duration:
23' 9''
Sound:
Stereo

Credits

Director:
Bogdan Mureșanu
Producer:
Daniel Burlac, Victor Dumitrovici, Bogdan Mureșanu
Screenplay:
Bogdan Muresanu
Cinematography:
Tudor Platon
Music:
Mircea Andreescu
Sound:
Ina Bozdog, Sebastian Zsemlye, Mirel Cristea
Editing:
Andrei Balasoiu
Set decoration:
Ramona Vartosu
Costumes:
Ramona Vartosu
Cast:
Adrian Văncică, Luca Toma, Ioana Flora, Gabriela Hamzescu, Mircea Andeescu

Synopsis

A son's letter to Santa for Christmas turns his father's evening into a thriller he did not ask for.
On the 20th of December, 1989, a few days after Ceausescu's bloody repression in Timisoara, a father’s quiet evening turns to sheer ordeal as he finds out that his little son has mailed a wish letter to Santa. As the kid understood, his father’s desire was to see Ceausescu dead.

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Awards
* Best Actor for Adrian Vancica at Brussels Short Film Festival 2019
* Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2019
* Main Prize at Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema 2018
* Audience Award, Best Fiction & Prix UIP Tampere (European Short Film) at Tampere International Short Film Festival 2019

Director CV Bogdan Mureșanu

Bogdan Mureșanu
He produced and directed his first short film in 2012, based on his own script, “Half Shaved”. It won the Audience Award at “Anonimul” IFF Sf. Gheorghe (Romania) and was shown in festivals in Montreal, Cinequest, Cleveland, Reykjavik, York, Oaxaca, Maremetraggio, Lille, Reggio.
“Half Shaved” (2012, drama, 12’)
In 2016, Bogdan finished his next short called “Spid”. Same year, a short art film “Negruzzi 14” was show-cased at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in 2016.
In 2017, the short animation called The Magician was undergoing pre-production while the short fiction The Christmas Gift was shot in March.

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