
Orsolya Orbán
Directing
Biography
Orsolya Orbán (1999, Brașov, Romania), film director, screenwriter, and photographer from the Hungarian minority of Romania. She completed her studies at the Hungarian Sapientia University of Transylvania, earning a BA in Film, Photography, and Media Arts, specializing in Directing in 2022, and an MA in Film Studies in 2025. She has worked on numerous projects as a production manager and is currently the sole photo and video reporter for a Cluj-Napoca-based online newspaper.
Known For

The original film, titled The Death of Dracula (Drakula Halála) was producesd in 1921 as a Hungarian-Austrian-French co-production, one year before F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu. Given its production date, it may be considered the first Dracula" film in the world. The original negative and copies of the film were destroyed during the Second World War. Although the original screenplay could not be located, a book of the same title was published by Lajos Pánczél after the film's release. A reproduction of the script was created based on the book, and then this "remake" of the original film shot using the reproduced script.
The Death of Dracula
What begins as an ordinary family outing to the Transylvanian salt baths turns into a quiet reckoning: Evelin, confronted with her father’s absence and infidelity, becomes disillusioned with the false promises of adulthood.
salinae

After a chance meeting, a boy and a girl travel through the wild Romanian landscape on a rickety motorbike.
Our Tender Moment

Erika is running from her family, her past and herself. Her only friend is the old man she cleans for. The girl from the shop looks up to her. Her lover is a married man. Consequences of past choices and trauma are revealed as she searches for safety and love living day by day.