Project Detail

Dance of The Spirits

Name: Dance of The Spirits
Director: Andreea-Loren Florea
Genre: Drama, Woman Director
Released: 2026
Duration: 5 min 29 sec

Synopsis

Matei, a young boy living in a village on the outskirts of Romania, finds more solace in the company of his sheep than with his abusive, alcoholic father. When Matei begins to mimic his father's violence and turn it back onto the sheep, we glimpse the anger that may lie in his future. After he publicly humiliates himself in front of the entire village, his anger only grows, made worse by the fact that his father predicted it. It seems Matei is predetermined to be whatever he is told he is, and nothing else. He is stuck in a self-perpetuating cycle of violence and humiliation. So, when Matei runs off into the woods outside his village and stares at an innocent little sheep, he finds himself at a crossroads.

Official Selection, Aesthetica 2026
Official Selection, BFI London Film Festival 2026
Official Selection, Encounters Film Festival 2026

Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 5 min 29 sec
Director: Andreea-Loren Florea
Producer: Claud Cunningham
Editor: Karin Raksanugraha
Screenwriter: Alfie Kelly
Director of Photography: Catharina Scarpellini
Production Designer: Kezia Hessam
Sound: Jacob Stone
Composer: Katrina Rose
Principal cast: Romulus Hotea, Jacob Stone, Alin Andrei Todica, Cosmin Todica
Production Managers: Chrystal Holder, Jeanet Froidurot
Character Design Assistant: Hatice Sena Balkan
Background Assistant: Ligia-Petra Prejbeanu
Animation Assistant: Dhanajay Barangule
Colouring Assistant: Georgina Carpenter, Ainara Giraldo Garcia, Livvy Seabrook - Wilkins, Anna-Maria Leventi, Ligia-Petra Prejbeanu, Elizabeth Fraser
Compositing Assistant: Andrei-Leonard Florea
Production Assistants: Anjana Jogy Antony, Humphrey Woollard

Genre

Drama Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Dandy Productions

claudcunningham@gmail.com

Sales Company

Claud Cunningham

claudcunningham@gmail.com

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