Experimental

Live action mixed with animation, 15min, 35mm, Romania. Columbia University Thesis Film. 

Broadcasted nationally in the US under a 3 year contract with IFC. 

Creative note: in 2004, when the Bush administration made a first attack on women's reproductive rights, I was new to the American soil, but I was paying attention. As a Romanian born under the communism, I had to tell this tale about women's beauty, complexity and resilience. Unfortunately, as a first Eastern European  woman to attend the Columbia University MFA program, most of my teachers wanted me to make a film about the Romanian Revolution that happened a decade before. I politely declined and created Still Center. Over a decade later, this film stays relevant, and is rediscovered by new generations of women on both US and Europe. 

Log line:

When Eerie finds out she is pregnant with triplets she needs to face the world - from her philosophical boyfriend, to her mother and the state of (women's) things. A Romanian dramedy of love, doubt and tough decisions

Fiction, HD 15min 

Before the talk of "diversity" and the #metoo movement in Hollywood, The Empty Morning tackled a fiction tale about hypocrisy related to race and identity through an interracial love story. Inspired by Carina's work with inner city youth struggling with gun violence. Executive Produced by Reno Wilson and Mona Garcea (The Big Bang Theory)

Comedy, 5min HD USA

It's not the size that matters, but your perception of it.