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Vasile Todinca
Romania, 2025, 15′, col.
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Tatiana, an unemployed woman, spends her days selling her personal things in order to survive. Today she has an important deadline and she might end up selling a piece of her body in order to keep a roof over her head.
Director Vasile Todinca Screenplay Vasile Todinca Editing Marc Solomon Photography Marius Panduru Sound Iulian Nunu Production Design Mălina Ionescu Costumes Simona Alecu Casting Viorica Capdefier Cast Florentina Năstase, Ilinca Manolache, Gabriel Spahiu, Cătălina Romaneț, Ana Sechereș, Valentino Rudolf, Ada Solomon, Marinela Chelaru, Sabina Rudolf Executive Producer Ioana Bogdana Producer Diana Caravia, Ada Solomon CoProducer CarmenRizac Production microFILM Co-Production Avanpost International Sales The Open Reel
VASILE TODINCA
Vasile Todinca is a young filmmaker from Romania. He studied acting and directing at Babeș-Bolyai University, where he was mentored by Radu Jude. This led to him working as an assistant director on Radu Jude’s film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (awarded the Golden Bear in 2021) and the international production The Watcher (Sundance, 2022), among others. He directed the short film Try Again (2018), as part of his university degree, which was selected in Transilvania IFF and received the Best Script award at OKaua Festival, and the short film Jackpot (2024), co-directed with Vlad Popa, which was selected for Tallinn Black Nights IFF. He has also produced the short film The Bed of Procustes (Locarno, 2018) and participated in workshops such as IDFA Academy, Aristoteles, and FILM+.