Short Film Factory @ Uzina Foto, Târgu Mureș
September 13, 2025
The second evening of Short Film Factory 2025 continues on September 13 with a bold and eclectic program. From dramedy and social drama to experimental cinema and nocturnal journeys, these films reflect the diversity of global short filmmaking.
Audiences will experience eight shorts from North America, Europe, and Central Asia — each one offering its own lens on identity, art, memory, and human connection.
Screening Line-up
Johnny Malibu
- Genre: Dramedy
- Duration: 15 min
- Country: USA
- Director: Will Mazzola
- Synopsis: Johnny, a single father struggling to provide for his daughter, runs into his former agent who tempts him to return to the porn industry and relive his “glory days.”
Kebab City
- Genre: Short Documentary
- Duration: 23 min
- Country: Germany
- Director: Eren Ates
- Synopsis: A glimpse into three different döner buffets in Berlin, each connected to the city through its own unique style.
- Website: kebabcityfilm.art
SUNYATA
- Genre: Art, Experimental
- Duration: 7 min
- Country: France
- Director: Quentin Kwiatkowski
- Synopsis: A sound engineer’s poetic quest to understand the meaning of silence. A contemplative invitation to listen to the spaces between sounds — where presence reveals itself.
Maria
- Genre: Drama Comedy
- Duration: 9 min
- Country: Belgium / France
- Director: Olivier Panier
- Synopsis: After a drunken night, Manuella wakes to find Maria gone. Hungover and panicked, she searches the streets of Carpentras to piece together what happened.
- Instagram: Pol_Basket890
The Day Job: Second Excerpt
- Genre: Experimental
- Duration: 9 min
- Country: Canada
- Director: Christian Nicolay
- Synopsis: An ongoing project since 2003, The Day Job hides art within unexpected spaces. This excerpt from the vast archive reveals fleeting “silent graffiti” moments that challenge perception and linger in liminal space.
- Instagram: @nicolaychristian
Your Scissors Near My Ears
- Genre: Fiction
- Duration: 12 min
- Country: Spain
- Director: Carlos Ruano
- Synopsis: On the night before his wedding, a desperate client enters a cheap barbershop for a last-minute haircut. But when the barber recognizes him from the past, the encounter takes a startling turn.
Dert
- Genre: Social Drama
- Duration: 12 min
- Country: Kazakhstan
- Director: Ali Zhetpis
- Synopsis: In the Kazakh steppe, two strangers arrive at a traditional family’s home, leaving behind a mysterious slot machine. Young Merey becomes entranced, as tension and time unravel around him.
Nightfaces
- Genre: Drama
- Duration: 23 min
- Country: Austria / Germany / Spain
- Directors: Martin Winter & Stefan Langthaler
- Synopsis: In rain-soaked Vienna, a disillusioned taxi driver and a determined homeless woman embark on a nocturnal journey of survival, hope, and reconciliation.
- Instagram: @nachtgesichter.film | @mwairnttienr | @stef.anius
Day Two of Short Film Factory 2025 offers a wide spectrum of perspectives — intimate, raw, and experimental — inviting audiences to explore cinema that pushes boundaries while staying deeply human.
📍 Location: Uzina Foto, Târgu Mureș
📅 Date: September 13, 2025
⏰ Start time: 7:00 PM
🎟️ Admission: Free
