Palestinian teenager Nasser and his older brother Yassin have been living in a Greek refugee camp, awaiting a decision on their asylum application. They pass the time recording comedy sketches, fantasizing of making zombie films and moving to Sweden. Nasser, however, feels increasingly trapped in this no-man’s-land....See more details

Cristina, a 35-year-old secretary living in an alienating and hostile Bucharest, is trying to understand what it means being a bills-paying, ready-to-settle, social-ladder-climbing adult while still desperately wanting to be a good child for the single mom that raised her. She is also a character in a novel that a theatre director is turning into a feature....See more details

After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Claudia decides to make her final journey in Switzerland. Flavio, who hasn’t left her side for over forty years, decides to accompany her on this one-way trip.

Ex-con Kermek and his beloved Eva want to give up their crime-ridden lives in the steppes of Kazakhstan. He has a dream: to build a cinema in the mountains. Will Kermek's love for Alain Delon be strong enough to keep them away from crime gangs' violent clutches?

Artificial Intelligence fuels our dreams and nightmares. But while tech giants promise the advent of a new humanity, behind the scenes millions of workers around the world prepare the data that will feed Big Tech’s voracious algorithms, at the cost of their mental and emotional health... Are they the collateral damage of this promised future?

Doru Chirodea fled to America in the 1980s and started writing poetry in English without actually knowing the language. Back in Romania, he prints books of poetry at his own expense, for an increasingly narrow audience. A serene meditation on the end of a bohemian, rebellious lifestyle.

Oscar is stuck with a crappy medical contract and is still hooked on his ex. Ana, without a partner or a job, feels lost and plans to move away. But on 1 January 2016, they meet and fleeing loses its meaning. Over the next ten years, they will have to face the passage of time and the decisions they make.

Director of Photography: Alexandru Mavrodineanu Editor: Alexandru Mavrodineanu, Eugen Kelemen Cast: Ciprian Panaite, Oana Panaite, Mihail Ristea, Roxana Ristea Producer: Alexandru Mavrodineanu Production: Almafilm Production FILMOGRAPHY Love Hurts (doc, 2025), Caisă (doc, 2018), One Night for Love (sm/short, 2016), The Birdman (doc, 2014), Music in the Blood (sm/short, 2010), The Boxing Lesson (sm/short, 2007), Oven Baked Apples (sm/short, 2005) Love Hurts is an intimate documentary about the fragility and power of love, which tells the true stories of two couples over two years of suffering, separations and reconciliations....See more details

Screenplay: Mihai Gavril Dragolea, Radu Mocanu Director of Photography: Mihai Gavril Dragolea, Radu Mocanu Editor: Andrei Gorgan Producer: Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan, Elena Martin, Rok Biček Production: Manifest Film Festivals: Cracovia 2025 FILMOGRAPHY Mihai Gavril Dragolea Tooth and Nail (doc, 2024), Aurică, a Dog’s Life (sm/short, 2022), Everything for Riana (sm/short, 2020), PhoeniXXX (doc, 2017), The Golden Robot (doc, 2015) Radu Mocanu Tooth and Nail (doc, 2024), PhoeniXXX (doc, 2017), The Golden Robot (doc, 2015) Two filmmakers follow an entrepreneur turned eco-activist as he exposes Romania's timber mafia....See more details

Ingrid is a hired killer with a special power: she can use the darkness to enter a parallel world and reappear somewhere else in the real world. This allows her to get into the homes of her victims and get out again without leaving any trace. However, using this power is turning her into something that isn’t human...