Cumulonimbus

Cumulonimbus

58th TIFF: Greek Premiere

A hybrid film that explores the boundaries of cinematic storytelling and enters the ground of visual anthropology, as it traces the roots of an old tradition of the Roma communities, who are marrying their children as early as possible. How can we measure the ethics of a tradition? And how can we decode meaning through child-games?

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Ioana Mischie
Script: Ioana Mischie
Cinematography: Radu Voinea
Editing: Bogdan Jugureanu
Sound: Iulian Serbanescu
Music: Flora Pop
Actors: Andreea Mihai, Iosif Costache, Alexia Chirita, Eduard Harris, Beatrice Tudor
Production: Storyscapes
Producers: Ioana Mischie
Co-production: Studioset
Art Direction: Elena Constantin, Retro Future (Anca Miron, Sonia Constantinescu)
Costumes: Retro Future (Anca Miron, Sonia Constantinescu)
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Romania
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 15΄
Contact: Storyscapes

Ioana Mischie

Ioana Mischie is a Romanian-born transmedia artist (screenwriter/director) and transmedia futurist, awarded for filmmaking, cinematic virtual reality, and innovative concepts. Fulbright Grantee Alumna of USC School of Cinematic Arts and Alumna of UNATC, her cinematic projects as writer/director have traveled to more than 100 festivals worldwide (Palm Springs ISFF, Hamptons IFF, Thessaloniki IFF) and were developed in top-notch international programs (Berlinale Talents – Script Station, Sundance Workshop –Capalbio, Cannes International Screenwriters Pavilion, Locarno Academy Meetings, MIDPOINT, and many more). Her interactive works were awarded by international playgrounds such as The Webby Awards, Golden Drums, South by Southwest Hackathon, The Steamer Salon. She has successfully collaborated as a writer/director with Channel 4 in the UK (for two doc web series with a record of views in the UK) and with the Oscars-awarded Legende Films (for the short fiction 237 Years). Her short film, Cumulonimbus, was nominated at the Gopo Awards 2018 for Best Short Film and was selected by Gus Van Sant as a finalist of the Coppola Shorts out of 1000 global entries. The expanded portfolio includes cinematic VR (The Wetland), participatory poems (Idonee), transmedia web documentaries (Unquiet Voices).