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ANIMATION+ : Short Film Block

1957, Communist Romania. Sașa reminisces on his 45 year-long relationship with Petre, in a time when homosexuality was criminalized.

Luca Istodor is a Romanian LGBTQ+ activist and film director who recently graduated from Harvard College. Istodor started Super, a film festival in Bucharest featuring films made by teenagers. SAȘA AND PETRE is his first animated film.

Year
2019
Runtime
11 minutes
Language
Romanian
Country
Romania

Director
Luca Istodor
Screenwriter
Luca Istodor
Cast
Sașa Lupescu

10 films in package

SAȘA AND PETRE

1957, communist Romania. Sașa talks about his 45 year long relationship with Petre, in a time when homosexuality was criminalized.

ALL THOSE SENSATIONS IN MY BELLY

While transitioning gender from male to female, Matia struggles to find a genuine intimate relationship with a heterosexual man.

ARKA

ARKA follows a grandiose transoceanic cruise ship that sails the seas, revealing a story about change and the necessity and inevitability of transformation.

NORABELLE

A naïve young girl, Norabelle, learns to let go of her need to control the day and finds joy in an unexpected place.

ELUSIVENESS

Based on the Serbian folk tale Girl Faster Than a Horse, the animated film TRKIJA/ ELUSIVENESS is a story about a girl of peculiar origin and even more peculiar beauty.

COCKPERA

This short opera is inspired by Aesop's fable The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle.

Bonus Content: SAȘA AND PETRE

An interview with animator Luca Istodor

BONUS Interview: All Those Sensations in my Belly

An interview with animator Marko Djeska

BONUS CONTENT: ELUSIVENESS

Interview with animator Isidora Vulic

BONUS CONTENT: COCKPERA

Interview with animator Kata Gugic

This virtual screening is eligible for audience awards! Unlock it to cast your vote.

Protected ContentThis content can only be viewed in authorized regions: United States of America.

ANIMATION+ : Short Film Block

1957, Communist Romania. Sașa reminisces on his 45 year-long relationship with Petre, in a time when homosexuality was criminalized.

Year
2019
Runtime
11 minutes
Language
Romanian
Country
Romania

Director
Luca Istodor
Screenwriter
Luca Istodor
Cast
Sașa Lupescu