Heavy Metals

Blitz Film independent production | ROMANIA • 2023 • BLACK& WHITE • 9 min • 16:9 / Stereo

Trailer

Synopsis

A sunny day on the Black Sea shore. Something unsettling is floating in the air.

Director Statement

An aerial accumulation of words, meaning and heavy metals, seen from above and felt from the dismorphed organism below.


Director’s bio

Mihai Ghiță is a writer-director based in Bucharest, Romania. After graduating with an MA in film directing at UNATC „I.L. Caragiale”, his short film, God the Mother, has been screened at Sarajevo IFF and Transylvania IFF. Mihai is currently in post-production with his debut feature documentary “Coqs”. He is also a PhD student in visual anthropology, at the University of Craiova, Romania, working on a thesis about generative memory in post-cinematographic media.


Crew

  • Marius Apopei : DoP
  • Stefan Ruxandra : Sound
  • Mihai Ghita: Script, Direction, Edit, Music
  • Ana-Maria Gheorghe: Production, Distribution
  • Dimitrie Tuduciuc : Credits, Poster
  • Production company: BLITZ FILM


FESTIVALS

  • Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival 2023
  • Alter-Native Film Festival 2024
  • Taifas – Festival de film și cultură balcanică 2024