The Man and His Shadow

Director: Dragoș Hanciu

Editor: Ciprian Cimpoi

Composer: Vlad Feneșan & Filip Mureșan

Radio Artist: Jasmina Al-Quaisi

Sound Design: Filip Mureșan

Producers: Dragoș Hanciu, Cătălin Neagoe

Associate producer: Bianca Oana

Production company: Monogram Film (Romania)

Georges, a flamboyant analogue photography lab technician from UNATC state film school in Bucharest, will be replaced by the new management, ending his lifelong career. In the process of making this hybrid observational-participatory film, Georges bonds with the director in what becomes a bosom and unpredicted friendship.

On the backdrop of Romania’s biggest anti-corruption protests against the governing populist party, the film turns a humanistic gaze towards an institution that works as a mirror to the higher governing forces of its country. Georges’ fight for his job becomes a matter of life and death, more than a technological transition.

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Transylvania International Film Festival 2021 - Romanian Competition

Astra International Film Festival 2021 - Romanian Competition

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