SEBASTIAN MIHĂILESCU
Romanian film director and producer 
Founder, METALE GRELE 


FEATURE FILMS


IN CASE OF CRISIS OR WAR (2027)

Hybrid feature, 65 min

VAMPIRE ZOMBI (2024)

Feature, 70 min
Unreleased

Press/Reviews: Scena9

MAMMALIA (2023)

Super 16mm feature, 88 min

World Premiere: Berlinale Forum

Festivals: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · Festival du nouveau cinéma (Montreal) · Transilvania International Film Festival · IndieLisboa · New Horizons International Film Festival · Thessaloniki International Film Festival · Reykjavik International Film Festival · Kino Pavasaris · Filmadrid

Awards: Best Film – Odesa International Film Festival

Press/Reviews: Cineuropa · ScreenAnarchy

YOU ARE CEAUSESCU TO ME (2021)

Feature-length hybrid documentary, 101 min

World Premiere: Doclisboa · Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

Festivals: ZagrebDox · Krakow Film Festival · Transilvania International Film Festival – What’s Up, Doc? · ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival · One World Romania

Awards: New Talent Award – Doclisboa · Best Documentary (Central & Eastern Europe) – Ji.hlava · Best Cinematography – Ji.hlava · “What’s Up, Doc?” Section Award – Transilvania International Film Festival

Press/Reviews: Blog Cărturești · Films in Frame


OLD LUXURIOUS FLAT LOCATED IN AN ULTRA-CENTRAL, DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOOD (2016)

Short, 35mm, 19 min

World Premiere: Locarno Film Festival – Pardi di Domani

Festivals: New Directors / New Films (Film at Lincoln Center / MoMA) · Hong Kong International Film Festival · Festival International du Film d’Amour de Mons · Go Short International Film Festival · ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival. 




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