38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Image Bora Bora
Romania
Fiction 32 min
Ion is a fisherman living in one of the most drought-stricken areas of the country. Striving to overcome poverty, Ion sells a piece of his land to a foreigner and agrees to sow that land with seeds provided by the buyer. A few weeks later Ion receives a visit from the village policeman. Ion learns he has been arrested for allegedly growing cannabis. The police zealously burn the crops to the ground. Soon afterwards, chunky clouds of smoke spread around, causing everyone to get high – leading to a rather unexpected outcome.
With : Alex Potocean, Mirela Zeta, Teo Corban
Screenplay : Bogdan Mirica
Image : Andrei Butica
Sound : Marius Stanescu
Production : MediaPro Pictures, Strada Studioului, Nr. 1, Buftea, Jud Ilfov, Roumanie
Contact : office@mediapropictures.ro
After graduating in journalism, Bogdan worked as an editor, copywriter and novelist until 2005 when he became the youngest Creative Director in the European advertising industry. But his interests in cinema led him to study screenwriting and production at the University of Westminster, UK and then to a career in the industry. He began as a script reader in London and then he started his collaboration with MediaPro Pictures. After writing several scripts he got to direct his own project in 2010.