When Flamingos Fall From the Sky

Cast: Daria Sandu, Richard Bovnoczki

Director and DP: Dragoș Hanciu

Screenplay: Diana Voinea

Editor: Bogdan Orcula

Composer: Vlad Caia

Set design and costumes: Mălina Ionescu

Sound design: Andrei Nechifor

Producer: Laura Mușat 

Co-producer: Dragoș Hanciu

Production companies: Castalia Pictures (Romania), Monogram Film (Romania)

With the support of Studioset, Dash Film, Static VFX

In the winter of 2019, a baby flamingo got lost during migration and landed on the frozen lake of a post-industrial Romanian town. Playing with the line between memories and imagination, ”When Flamingos Fall from the Sky” tells the story of a girl losing her sight and her doubting father, embarked on a wintry voyage. As the girl reminisces about the strange encounter, her father questions her experience.

Cairo IFF 2022 - Short Film Competition