Sebastian Mihăilescu is a filmmaker whose debut feature documentary, "You Are Ceausescu to Me" (2021), won awards at Ji.hlava IFF and DocLisboa. His fiction debut "Mammalia" (2023) premiered in Berlinale Forum and was subsequently selected in Karlovy Vary – Imagina Section and the Smart7 Competition in Vilnius IFF 2023, IndieLisboa IFF 2023, TIFF 2023, Filmmadrid IFF 2023, among others. Sebastian’s latest hybrid feature, "Vampire Zombie", premiered at Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest in 2024.
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Selected filmography
- Writer & DirectorVAMPIRE ZOMBIEFiction featureRomania2024Festivals: Les Films de Cannes a Bucarest
- Writer & DirectorMAMMALIAFiction featureRomania, Germany, Poland2023Festivals: Berlinale Forum 2023, Smart7 Competition in Vilnius IFF 2023, IndieLisboa IFF 2023, TIFF 2023, Filmmadrid IFF 2023, Reykjavík International Film Festival 2023, Karlovy Vary IFF 2023 - Imagina Section, New Horizons IFF 2023, Thessaloniki IFF 2023, Perth International Film Festival 2023 (Revelation Competition), Odesa International Film Festival - Official Competition (Ukraine), Tirana International Film Festival 2023 (PerspecTIFF Competition), Nouveau Cinema Film Festival Montreal (Les nouveaux alchimistes Section), Cinemod Debuts - International Film Festival (Estonia), Festival Internacional de Cine de La Serena, FECILS (Chile), SANFICI – Santander Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente 2024 (Official Competition), ValdarnoCinema Film Festival in the Official Competition
- DirectorYOU ARE CEAUȘESCU TO MEDocumentary featureRomania2021Festivals: Jihlava IFF - Best Central and East European Documentary Film, Best Cinematography, DocLisboa - New Talent Award, ZagrebDox, Transylvania IFF - Best Documentary, Anonimul FF