Short Film Factory @ Uzina Foto, Târgu Mureș
September 12, 2025
The first evening of Short Film Factory 2025 opens on September 12 at Uzina Foto, transforming the open-air terrace into a space for international cinema. The program brings together diverse voices and visual languages, from essay films and social dramas to experimental works and music-video sci-fi. Eight short films from seven countries will be presented, each awarded or showcased at festivals worldwide.
Screening Line-up
The City Without You
- Genre: Essay, Documentary, Non-Fiction, Portrait of place
- Duration: 18:23
- Country: Chile / U.S.
- Director: Catalina Jeanneret Calderón
- Synopsis: La ciudad sin ti is an essay film that reflects on the history of modern Santiago through visual fragments. Archival footage, love letters, old movies, and street conversations reveal how the practice of writing love is tied to memory, place, and resistance.
- Instagram: @cata.jeanneret
Paris Olympics (By the Chinese)
- Genre: Documentary
- Duration: 29:57
- Country: China
- Director: DJ Clark
- Synopsis: A documentary investigation into the Chinese people and technology underpinning the Paris Olympics.
Mercenaries of Love
- Genre: Sci-Fi / Music Video
- Duration: 5:00
- Country: Brazil
- Director: Pedro Capello
- Synopsis: Tiago and Gabriel (Doce Delix) are attacked during a romantic encounter and escape through a magical portal that transports them to another world. Animated through experimental techniques mixing MagicaVoxel, shader animation, and pixel art.
- Social Media: @mercenariosdoamor / @todo.tanto / @pedrocapello / @docedelix
A Wild Life
- Genre: Drama
- Duration: 19:45
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Marie-Andree Lemaire
- Synopsis: Chester’s suicide plan collides with a young boy scout’s plea for help, sparking an unexpected journey.
- Instagram: @goldmanpicturecompany @goodbadmad @marie_a_lemaire @double_j_productions
Placenta
- Genre: Experimental / Philosophical
- Duration: 5:11
- Country: Iran
- Director: MJ Golzari
- Synopsis: An abstract interpretation of human life, exploring existence as a newborn growing, struggling, resisting, and carrying the burden and beauty of creation.
- Instagram: @mj.golzari
Masai Mara
- Genre: Documentary
- Duration: 3:00
- Country: Italy
- Director: Andrea Bufi
- Synopsis: A cinematic tribute to the primordial beauty of Kenya — children’s smiles, Masai dances, and the wild breath of the savannah merge into an authentic visual journey.
- Instagram: @bufidirector
- Facebook: Andrea Bufi
Take Care of Yourself
- Genre: Social Drama
- Duration: 2:26
- Country: Italy
- Director: Sara Jane Lessio
- Synopsis: A poetic short about exhaustion, silence, and the possibility of rebirth after facing one’s deepest self.
- Instagram: @aleofilm
- Facebook: Aleofilm
Portal
- Genre: Drama
- Duration: 29:00
- Country: France
- Director: Tess McLee
- Synopsis: James and Flora, lost in the Portuguese countryside, discover a spiritual sanctuary where time stands still, awakening old wounds and hidden truths.
- Instagram: @tessmclee
Day One of Short Film Factory 2025 promises a vibrant mix of cinematic visions, reaffirming the power of short films to surprise, provoke, and connect audiences.
📍 Location: Uzina Foto, Târgu Mureș
📅 Date: September 12, 2025
⏰ Start time: 7:00 PM
🎟️ Admission: Free
