The Headlight

Farul/The Headlight

Genre: Fiction
Country: Romania
Year: 2017
Duration: 16 min

Director: Ionut Gaga
Scenario: Ionut Gaga, Bogdan Iliesu

Cast: Andi Vasluianu, Adrian Titieni, Andrei Crisan

Programme selection: Up to 10.000 Bucks

Schedule on the Cinema City festival:
Sunday, Sep 3, 2017 @ 20:30 - Rampin put Open Air

Synopsis: 

God upholds there are still honest men in the world, but the Devil disagrees. A bet worth ten thousand souls is settled. Those souls will hang in the high moral principles balance of Radu Iovan. Rushing to meet his daughter who is leaving the country, he is pulled over because of a broken headlight.

Director:
 
Winner of the Short Screenplay Competition Special Jury Award at Barcelona International Film Festival, 2017, Spain, with the script "6th of September"; Winner of the Screenwriting Competition, short film section, at the Independent European Film Festival (ECU), 2016, Paris, France, with the script "6th of September"; Semifinalist at the Bucharest Shortcut Cinefest, 2016, Romania, within the screenwriting competition with the script "6th of September"; Official selection at the International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema Berlin, 2016, Germany, within the screenwriting competition with the script "6th of September"; Participation at the Talents Sarajevo (screenwriting department) at the Sarajevo Film Festival, 2014, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the script "Change of Hearts"; Participation at the Transylvania Talent Lab (screenwriting development) at the Transylvania International Film Festival, 2014, Cluj Napoca, Romania, with the script "Change of Hearts"; Finalist at the HBO Romania National Screenwriting Competition, 2011, short film section, with the script "Penny".