38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Room to live

Simon Everson, Marian Stoica

Image Room to live
United Kingdom
1991 Fiction 37 min
In Lodz, a Polish city marked by economic recession, a family by necessity lives in a single room.
Image : Simon Everson, Marian Stoica
Sound : Simon Everson, Marian Stoica
Editing : Simon Everson, Marian Stoica
This film was made during an exchange with students from the NFTS and the Polish Film School in Lodz. Simon Everson studied graphic art and majored in photography, video and cinema. He worked for various companies for two years, then travelled to India from 1986 to 1987 for a personal photography project linked to studies in architecture and anthropology. Marian Stoica of Romania origin, lives and works in Germany, England and Poland. In 1987, he was in charge of the video department at Berlin University, where he made his first film "Ubi, Andreas and family Ferko". In 1988, he entered the NFTS and co-directed "Cop Shop" with Simon Everson.