An improvised fiction about a film crew that wants to make a movie with a homeless woman as the actress, but ends up, under the pretense of goodwill, tarnishing her image and not truly offering her a role. In other words, it's about the hypocrisy in the film industry.
International Short Film Competition
Claudia (Working Title)
ENGLISH TITLE:
Claudia (Working Title)
ORIGINAL TITLE:
Claudia (Titlu în lucru)
DIRECTOR:
Adrian Sitaru
PRODUCER:
Anamaria Antoci
MAIN COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION:
ROMANIA
GENRE:
FICTION
YEAR:
2024
LENGTH:
20
DIALOGUES:
Romanian
CAST:
Claudia Maftei, Kocsardi Levente, Adrian Sitaru, Vlad Popa, Anamaria Antoci, Ana Voicu, Cătălina Pistol, Anda Ionescu, Mona Donici, Carmen Tofeni, Gianmarco Caramia, Codruța Corocea, Adrian Cârlugea, Adrian Silișteanu, Cristina Popa
A QUOTE FOR THE FILM:
The ending is that we’re going to put 'final' or 'the end' at the end, and that’s the ending. It’s arthouse, not Hollywood.
SELECTIVE LIST OF FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:
2024 - On Vous Ment Festival 2024 - Transilvanian International Film Festival, off competition 2024 - Ceau, Cinema! Film Festival 2024 - Anonimul International Film Festival 2024 - Sao Paolo- Curta Kinoforum, International Short Film Festival 2024 - Riga International Short Film Festival International Short Film Competition 2024 - Zagreb Film Festival, Festivals in the Spotlights program 2024 - Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), REBELS WITH A CAUSE
DIRECTOR’S BIO:
Adrian Sitaru is a renowned Romanian director and screenwriter. His works include FIXEUR (2016, Oscar submission), ILEGITIM (2016, Berlinale), DOMESTIC (2012, Mar del Plata), and shorts like WAVES (2007, Locarno) and ART (2014, Venice). His latest film, BLINDSIGHT, is in post- production.
