In the midst of a world where traditions are dissipating and the Church views mourning as a pagan custom, the last generation of mourners from the village of Romuli reveals a different perspective on death.
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
WE COME ONE BY ONE AND WE LEAVE AT ONE’S TIME
SHORTS O’CLOCK I, Saturday, March 5, at 14:30 GMT +2
English title:
We Come One by One and We Leave at One’s Time
Original title:
Venim pe rând și mergem pe sărite
Director:
Mihnea Toma
Country:
România
Genre:
Documentary
Year:
2020
Length:
20’
Dialogues:
RO
Subtitles:
EN, LT
Cast:
-
A quote for the film:
I enjoyed it. I didn’t live in vain, because I enjoyed it.
Selective list of festivals and awards:
GOPO Awards Nominee for Best Short Documentary (2021), Best Documentary Award @Cluj International Short Film Festival (2021), Paul Calinescu Award for Best Documentary; UNATC Rector Award @Cinemaiubit International Student Film Festival 2020
Directors’ bio:
Mihnea Toma is a Romanian film student born in 1999. He is in the final year of study at UNATC “I.L. Caragiale'' in Bucharest. He made three short films, two documentaries – Mă numesc Sebastian (2019) and Venim pe rând și mergem pe sărite / We come one by one and we leave at one's time (2020) – and the short fiction L-ați văzut pe...? (2019). In the present, he is working on his final year short fiction.
