FEATURE FILM

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In the final days of Ceaușescu’s Romania, a ten-year-old girl becomes the last witness to her sister’s mysterious disappearance — and must find the courage to grow up in a collapsing world.


  • Production country: Romania | France | Denmark | Greece | Bulgaria
  • Produced by deFilm in co-production with Remora Films | Strom Pictures | StudioBauhaus | Screening Emotions
  • With the support of: ROMANIAN FILM CENTER | ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT – OFIC THE OFFICE FOR FILM AND CULTURAL INVESTMENTS | CNC CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE, INSTITUT FRANÇAIS, ‘AIDE AU CINEMAS DU MONDE | DANISH FILM INSTITUTE | BULGARIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTER | GREEK FILM CENTRE, NATIONAL RECOVERY & RESILIENCE PLAN – GREECE 2.0 | MEDIA INVESTMENT COMMUNICATION | CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA | TORINO FILM LAB PRODUCTION AWARD | TORINO GREEN FILMING AWARD | CINEMA CITY
  • With the participation of: ARTE KINO | ERT HELLENIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION | TVR | AVANPOST MEDIA | RADIO ROMANIA
  • Running time: 105 min
  • Genre: Coming of age, Mystery, Fantasy
  • Original language: Romanian
  • To be released in: 2025
  • Torino Film Lab | Feature Lab 2023
  • ApostLab Mentorship Program 2023-2024
  • Baltic Event Co-Production Market, Industry@Tallinn of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2020
  • TFL Production Award
  • Green Filming Award

Mihai Mincan’s acclaimed feature debut TO THE NORTH premiered in Venice Biennale – Orizzonti, and Thessaloniki in 2022.


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