38th edition
17-25 january 2026

A Trip to the City

Calatorie La Oras

Corneliu Porumboiu

Image A Trip to the City
Romania
2003 Fiction 19 min
Today is the birthday of a small-town mayor who wants to receive some WC roses. As for the young teacher whose passion is computer science, his one desire is to get the entire community connected to the Internet. So he goes off to the city with the mayor's chauffeur on a turbulent yet instructive quest...
With : Constantin Dita, Ion Sapdaru
Screenplay : Corneliu Porumboiu
Image : Bogdan Talpeanu
Sound : Alexandru Dragomir
Music : Zdob si Zdub
Editing : Roxana Szel
Production : UNATC
Corneliu Porumboiu was born in Roumania in 1975. He graduated from the Universitatea de Arta Teatrala si Cinematografica (UNATC) in Bucharest. Among his short films are Graffiti (2000)and Gone with the Wine (2002). Calatorie La Oras was screened at several festivals and won many awards. He won second prize at the Cinéfondation Awards during the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.