Sandor Vlad
Directing
Biography
A teenage filmmaker from Cluj-Napoca, passionate about cinema since childhood. He began by creating independent short films and worked as a volunteer videographer at Nestwork Media and the Transylvanian Philharmonic. He has collaborated with the Linia Frontului Group and showcased his work at film festivals both in Romania and abroad. Notable films include A Hall of Mirrors (Audience Award at 3Generations), Whole Burnt (nominated at SWIFF), Echo Sonata (selected at Ca' Foscari and First Cut Youth FilmFest), Where the Ravens Fly (finalist at Zuma, Ahmedabad, and Fantasticon), and Fear (2nd prize at Ethnokino).
Known For
Set in the dense forests of 1940s Eastern Europe, this story reveals the supernatural encounters that challenge three soldiers' understanding of life and death.
Where the Ravens Fly
March 1945, on the frontlines of the Tatra Mountains, Romanian and German soldiers prepare for battle, bound by the same hidden fear. In the chaos of combat, beyond bullets and grenades, a harsh truth emerges: in war, they are all just humans.
Fear
After a brutal battle, two knights wander a field of the dead, searching for the body of a fallen noble. As silence thickens and faith begins to decay, they face not just the weight of death, but the absence of divine order.
...and God was Silent
During the anti-communist uprisings of the late 1950s, a writer of comedic poems against socialism was constantly pursued by Securitate troops.
Maledictis
The wife of a former general in the German army received a letter in witch she was informed that her husband has to enlist in the German army and fight on the frontline. Affected by this news, she opposed the commanders who brought the letter, which shot her on the site. Her husband, in an act of revenge, starts being a hero on the frontline, violating orders and deciding the fate of the battle of Verdun.
Life Of A Soldier
As his son is drafted into the army, a father volunteers months later to serve in the same regiment, determined to protect him from the horrors of war — even if it means never coming home again ...
The Third Day
During The Second World War, a Nazi officer is open against the Holocaust and anti-Semitism, until his roommate hears his ideas and decides to give him a lesson.
Whole Burnt
In the 1950s, a communist country. The film follows a retired detective who investigates two enigmatic murders. Both murders are connected to a murder exposing an old secret about a corrupt officer that causes controversy throughout the city and alerts the political security. As he uncovers clues, the detective plunges deeper and deeper into a maelstrom of political and personal intrigue that leads him to a final revelation.
Echo Sonata
A teenager struggles to overcome his addiction to video games, while rediscovering the beauty of nature.
A Hall of Mirrors
The story of a lonely, emotional and almost psychotic freshman’s in his first year of High School.
Freshman's Ballad
An architect revisits his past as the boundary between reality and imagination begins to unravel.