Synopsis
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On a hot summer day, Vasile, a 50-something-year old peasant, refuses to accompany his wife Lucretia to a religious ceremony and finds a good excuse: he has to finish the ditch in front of their house to avoid paying a fine. Scared by the hard work ahead of him, he tries desperately to find somebody to help him. Petre, a Gypsy young man seems to be the right person. But what will be Lucretia’s reaction?

Director
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Adrian Silisteanu graduated Cinematography in Bucharest, while also studying Digital Cinematography at The National Audiovisual Institute in Paris. Romanian Director Adrian Sitaru’s film debut “Hooked” was also Silisteanu’s first film as Director of Photography. He shot the next four feature films of Sitaru and many shorts. He worked as cinematographer with the well known Romanian theater director Silviu Purcarete for his first motion picture “Somewhere in Palilula” and he was cinematographer for the two seasons of Romanian version of HBO TV show “In treatment”. In 2012, Adrian Silisteanu directs his first short film, “The Ditch” and 4 years later, in 2016, makes ''Written/Unwritten''.

Awards+
Festivals
  • Audience Award
    7th NEXT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Competition, Bucharest Romania
  • 12th TRANSYLVANIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Romanian Days, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • 10th ANONIMUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Competition, Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania
  • 24th SAO PAOLO INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Int'l Competition, Sao Paolo, Brasil
  • 2nd PLOIESTI INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Ploiesti, Romania
  • 11th PORTO 7 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Int'l Competition, Porto, Portugal
  • FESTIVALUL DE FILM VICTORIA – PRIMA EDITIE Victoria, Romania
  • CINEAST CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL Luxembourg
  • FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU CINÉMA MÉDITERRANÉEN DE MONTPELLIER Shorts - Panorama, Montpellier, France
  • 44th TAMPERE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL International Competiton, Tampere, Finland
  • SHORTS UP The Short Comedy Weekend, Bucharest, Romania
details
team
  • Director
    Adrian Slilișteanu
  • Scriptwriter
    Claudia Silișteanu
  • Producer
    Adrian Silișteanu, Adrian Sitaru, Adrian Titieni
  • Cinematographer
    Adrian Silișteanu RSC
  • Editor
    Andrei Gorgan
  • Production Designer
    Oana Novicon-Panaite
  • Costume Designer
    Claudia Silișteanu
  • Sound Designer
    Constantin Fleancu
Aspects
Technical
  • Running Time
    18mins
  • Shooting Format
    Digital
  • Screening format
    DCP, Bluray, mov, mp4
  • Aspect Ratio
    1:2.35
  • Sound
    stereo