WHERE ELEPHANTS GO

HOLY WEEK
October 18, 2024
HOLY WEEK
October 18, 2024
  • 2024, 112’, subtitles

  • Director Cătălin Rotaru, Gabi Virginia Șarga

  • Followed by a Q&A with the actor Alice Cora Mihalache & film critic Mihai Fulger

Thursday, November 7, 7:00 PM

WHERE ELEPHANTS GO is a film in which no elephant appears. It is a story of love and friendship between three characters in a difficult moment of their existence: Leni, a sick little girl, but at the same time full of life; Marcel, a young man with suicidal tendencies for no reason or perhaps for all the reasons in the world; Magda, a mother who tries to forget that life is terrible. WHERE ELEPHANTS GO is a pseudo-melodrama, a puzzle film that the viewers are invited to decipher. And it's a comedy... or almost a comedy.

Directors Cătălin Rotaru & Gabi Virginia Șarga

Cătălin Rotaru and Gabi Șarga is a Romanian writer/director duo. In 2003, they graduated from the National University of Theatre and Cinema in Bucharest (UNATC) where they studied acting. They have been writing and directing for television and theatre for almost 20 years. Their debut short film, 4:15PM. THE END OF THE WORLD premiered at Cannes IFF in 2016. Their debut feature film, THOU SHALT NOT KILL, premiered at Warsaw IFF in 2018.

Awards: Two nominations at 2024 Transilvania International Film Festival: Transilvania Trophy - Best Film and Romanian Days Award - Best Feature Film.