On the 20th of December, 1989, a few days after Ceaușescu’s bloody repression in Timișoara, a father’s quiet evening turns to sheer ordeal as he finds out that his little son has mailed a wish letter to Santa. As the kid understood, his father’s desire was to see Ceaușescu dead...
A Christmas Gift
Cadoul de Crăciun
59th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Bogdan Mureșanu
- Script: Bogdan Mureșanu
- Cinematography: Tudor Platon
- Editing: Andrei Bălășoiu
- Sound: Sebastian Zsemlye
- Actors: Adrian Văncică, Ioana Flora, Luca Toma, Mircea Andreescu, Gabriela Hamzescu
- Production: Kinotopia
- Producers: Bogdan Mureșanu, Vlad Iorga, Victor Dumitrovici
- Format: HDCam
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Romania
- Production Year: 2018
- Duration: 23΄
- Contact: Mailuki Films, mailukifilms@gmail.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Best Short Award (Romanian Days) – Transylvania IFF 2018
Bogdan Mureșanu
Bogdan Mureşanu is a scriptwriter and director who has shifted from literature and advertising to cinema with equal success. His scripts won several awards in festivals and development funds. His short script The Human Torch won the HBO TIFF Scriptwriting Competition. In 2012, he produced and directed his first short film Half Shaved, based on his own script. The film won the Audience Award at Anonimul IFF in Romania and was shown in festivals in Montreal, Cinequest, Cleveland, Reykjavik, and more. In 2016, he just finished his second short film Spid. In the same year, a short art film Negruzzi 14 was showcased at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest.
Filmography
2012 Tuns, ras și frezat | Half Shaved (short)
2014 Negruzzi 14 | Negruzzi 14 (short doc)
2016 Spid (short)
2018 Cadoul de Craciun | A Christmas Gift (short)
