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2025, 104’, subtitles

d. Mihai Mincan

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Friday, November 14, 7:00 PM

Romania, 1989. The twilight of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s dictatorship. In a small, isolated town, Maria, a ten-year-old girl, becomes the last witness to her sister’s mysterious disappearance. Torn apart by the loss, she tries to make sense of a new, terrifying reality. Can she summon up the courage to grow up in a collapsing world?

Director Mihai Mincan

Mihai Mincan was born in Bucharest, graduated from the University of Philosophy in Bucharest and later pursued an MBA at the University of Poitiers. He directed the shorts ALASKA (2014), THE COMET (2017), IDYLL (2019), and HUNTERS IN THE SNOW (2024). He co-directed the feature documentary films BONDOC (2015), EMIGRANT BLUES: A ROAD MOVIE IN 2 1/2 CHAPTERS (2019), and THE MAN WHO WOULD BE FREE (2019). He wrote and directed the feature TO THE NORTH, which premiered in Venice’s Horizons competition in 2022.

Selections: Venice Film Festival – Horizons; Toronto International Film Festival – Centrepiece; Bangkok International Film Festival – Main Competition; Thessaloniki International Film Festival – International Competition.