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Ştefan Dobroiu


898 articles available in total starting from 23/03/2010. Last article published on 13/08/2025.

Review: Don’t Let Me Die

Review: Don’t Let Me Die

Andrei Epure’s eerie first feature cheekily asks us whether we are a little bit dead inside  

13/08 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Dan Radu Mihai starts post-production on Monarch, a rare Romanian sci-fi flick

Dan Radu Mihai starts post-production on Monarch, a rare Romanian sci-fi flick

The film, set in the near future, centres on a man who has the ability to control electricity  

04/08 | Production | Funding | Romania/Czech Republic

Teodor Mirea explores “futile daily existence” in his first feature F.E.Z.Z.

Teodor Mirea explores “futile daily existence” in his first feature F.E.Z.Z.

The film follows several characters whose lives delve into chaos following a mysterious death  

31/07 | Production | Funding | Romania

Radu Potcoavă picture-locks Kîzîm, the first Romanian fiction feature set in the Tatar community

Radu Potcoavă picture-locks Kîzîm, the first Romanian fiction feature set in the Tatar community

The film tells the story of a teenager who must choose between her love for a Christian boy and the expectations of her Muslim family  

30/07 | Production | Funding | Romania

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Locarno Filmmakers of the Present entry Don’t Let Me Die

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Locarno Filmmakers of the Present entry Don’t Let Me Die

Andrei Epure’s debut feature, about a young woman preparing the funeral of her mysterious neighbour, boasts a peculiar atmosphere  

24/07 | Locarno 2025 | Filmmakers of the Present

Ivana Mladenović to premiere her third fiction feature, Sorella di Clausura, at Locarno

Ivana Mladenović to premiere her third fiction feature, Sorella di Clausura, at Locarno

The film tells the story of a Romanian woman obsessed with meeting her idol, a Serbian musician  

11/07 | Production | Funding | Romania/Serbia/Italy/Spain

Radu Jude poised to make Dracula great again at Locarno

Radu Jude poised to make Dracula great again at Locarno

The Romanian director’s take on his country’s most famous (and apocryphal) historical character will be competing for the Swiss festival’s top award  

10/07 | Production | Funding | Romania/Austria/Luxembourg

Andrei Epure’s Don’t Let Me Die to debut in Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present

Andrei Epure’s Don’t Let Me Die to debut in Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present

Described as “half-comedy, half-horror”, the Romanian filmmaker's debut feature follows a young woman mourning the loss of a neighbour  

09/07 | Production | Funding | Romania/Bulgaria/France

The New Year That Never Came sweeps the Romanian Gopos

The New Year That Never Came sweeps the Romanian Gopos

Bogdan Mureşanu’s first feature has taken home the Gopos’ “big five”, while Emanuel Pârvu’s Three Kilometres to the End of the World was almost completely overlooked  

30/04 | Festivals | Awards | Romania

Review: Internal Zero

Review: Internal Zero

Five years after his feature debut, Poppy Field, Eugen Jebeleanu seems undecided as to whether he wants to make a film or the making-of of a film  

21/03 | Vilnius 2025

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