A young man meets his father for the first time in 22 years during a hunting trip. While waiting for the prey, they get to know each other. Everything seems normal, until the son starts to ask some taboo questions about his father’s violent past, trying to find the real reason for his parent’s divorce.
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
THE DEER HUNTING
SHORTS O’CLOCK I, Saturday, March 5, at 14:30 GMT +2
English title:
The Deer Hunting
Original title:
Vânătoarea de cerbi
Director:
Andrei Olănescu
Country:
România
Genre:
fiction
Year:
2020
Length:
22’
Dialogues:
RO
Subtitles:
EN, LT
Cast:
Valeriu Andriuță, Andrei Gurlui
A quote for the film:
I didn't know how to communicate either.
Selective list of festivals and awards:
Cinemaiubit ISFF 2020 - Lucian Pintilie Award for Best Romanian Film; Romanian Filmmakers Union President Award; Best Cinematography of a Romanian Film, Premiul Radu Gabrea-Central European Film Festival Timișoara 2021, Nominalizare GOPO 2021-Tânăra speranță pentru imagine Cătălin Rugină, Nominalizare GALA UCIN 2021-Speranţe Cinematografice Andrei Olănescu
Directors’ bio:
Andrei Olănescu was born in Râmnicu Vâlcea (Romania), on the 22th of January 1996. Andrei graduated Arts High School in 2015 and shifted his focus from studying architecture to film directing. He studied Film & TV Directing at the National University of Theatre and Film "I.L. Caragiale" from 2016 to 2019 (class of Prof. Doru Nitescu) and is now pursuing a Master’s degree in Film Directing at the same university.
