FICTION 7
12 december 2025
SALA CINEMA UNATC – 07.00 PM – 09.00 PM
Time: 07:00 PM
A warm night
Fiction
12 min, 2025 – Romania, UNATC
Director: Andreea Ștefănescu
Screenwriter: Andreea Ștefănescu
Director of Photography: Andreea Ștefănescu
Editor: Vlad Buga
Sound Designer: Vlad Buga
Producer: Andreea Ștefănescu
Cast: Rareș Pîrlog
Synopsis: Mike has just finished his shift and returns to the motel room he’s rented for a few days. There, an envelope full of cash awaits him. The thin motel walls let every creak and whisper from the neighboring rooms reach him. Surrounded by the hum of life outside, he sinks into the heavy warmth of the night – the night before the crime.
Time: 07:12 PM
Two and a Half
Fiction
17 min, 2025 – France, La Femis
Director: Gauthier Gervaise
Screenwriter: Valentin Noel, Gauthier Gervaise
Director of Photography: Tommy Boulet
Editor: Laura Castellan, Liza Journot, Sacha Kouprianoff
Sound Designer: Yvan Butttaud Gallot Lavalée, Guillaume Bensaou, Lana Limar
Producer: Adele Fressoz, Florian Glasgall, Astrid Issaverdens
Cast: Oscar Lesage, Hugo Gervaise, David Clavel, Adrien Casse, Cyril Durel
Synopsis: Two brothers, Louis and Noah, compete in an enduro race. As the competition heats up, their ambitions start to clash, threatening to jeopardize the balance of their relationship.
Time: 07:29 PM
AID
Fiction
16 min, 2024 – Romania, UNATC
Director: Valentin Rareș Fogoroș
Screenwriter: Valentin Rareș Fogoroș, Adrian Ionescu
Director of Photography: Adrian Pădurețu
Editor: Cristina Popa, Ilinca Miroșanu
Sound Designer: Iacoban Marian Ioan
Producer: Valentin Rareș Fogoroș
Cast: Cristian Bota, Pavel Bota, Mândru Cătălin Ștefan, Ina Ilasciuc, Radion Ghilaș, Ionuț Achivoaie, Anastasia Toderișan, Gabriel Dumitrescu
Synopsis: Disguising his smuggling operation as humanitarian aid, Fane ventures into Ukraine to retrieve contraband cigarettes. His mission is complicated when a young refugee, Oleg, sneaks into his van with no way for them to understand one another.
Time: 07:45 PM
Cold Toast
Fiction
9 min, 2025 – Germany, iFS
Director: Juliane Bürckel
Screenwriter: Jakob Gautason
Director of Photography: Jonathan Birk
Editor: João Wolf May
Sound Designer: João Wolf May
Producer: Joshua Coen
Cast: Justus Rosenkranz, Eric Haarhaus
Synopsis: On New Year’s Eve, a young man attempts to commit suicide with a toaster in the bathtub. When the toaster breaks, he is faced with the problem: keep replacing it multiple times – or solving his problems.
Time: 07:54 PM
Halfway House
Fiction
23 min, 2024 – Germany, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Director: Konstantin Münzel
Screenwriter: Luis Martinson
Director of Photography: Paul Ader
Editor: Emanuel Ramin Funck
Sound Designer: Vincent Egerter
Producer: Bianca Beer, Helena Zeppenfeldt
Cast: Florian Geißelmann, Liel Malka, Samia Chancrin, Lorenzo Angiero, Henry Boehncke, Felix Bründlinger, Esrom Fishage, Erion Namani, Oliver Weiss
Synopsis: In a juvenile detention center, Jurek, an inmate, finds himself caught in a delicate situation, oscillating between attraction and aggression toward the newcomer Sascha.
Time: 08:17 PM
Kissaki Eros
Fiction
10 min, 2025 – Romania, UNATC
Director: Tudor Dițu & Iris Reșit
Screenwriter: Mircea Cinteză & Tudor Dițu
Director of Photography: Tudor Dițu
Editor: Horia Buzățelu
Sound Designer: Horia Buzățelu
Producer: Tudor Dițu, Iris Reșit & Horia Buzățelu
Cast: Andrei Giurgea, Alexandru Petcu, Adrian Anghel, Ștefan Oprea, Luca Olteanu, Cristi Păun
Synopsis: In a remote village, two mobsters in a samurai-inspired clan hide a secret affair fueled by katana fantasies. When discovered, they must duel to decide who remains in the clan.
Time: 08:27 PM
Sunny
Fiction
21 min, 2025 – Romania, UNATC
Director: Andreea Parfenov
Screenwriter: Andreea Parfenov
Director of Photography: Răzvan Roșca
Editor: Ștefan Epuran
Sound Designer: Iulian Nunu
Producer: Bianca Isofache
Cast: Karina Jianu, Valeriu Andriuță
Synopsis: Sara goes on a fishing trip with her father before leaving for college. Their time spent together in the heart of the Danube Delta gives them either a chance to grow closer or a stark realization of the distance that separates them.