Carla Fotea is a producer & partner at microFILM. She is the producer of the documentaries “An Almost Perfect Family” (2024), “House of Dolls” (2020), “The Exit of the Trains” (2020), and of the fiction feature “Horia” (2023). Carla also served as an executive producer on “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” (2021), “Uppercase Print” (2020) and “Ivana the Terrible” (2019). She is actively leading the development of TV series at microFILM. A graduate of ACE Producers, EAVE, EPI Series Women, and Emerging Producers workshops, Carla is a member of the European Film Academy (EFA), European Women’s Audiovisual Network (EWA), and European Producers Club (EPC).
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Selected filmography
- ProducerAN ALMOST PERFECT FAMILYDocumentary featureRomania2024Festivals: Jihlava IDFF 2024, Astra IFF - National Competition, DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Les Films de Cannes a Bucarest
- ProducerHORIAFiction featureRomania, Bulgaria, Serbia2023Festivals: Tallinn Black Nights - Just Film 2023, Sofia IFF, Belgrade IFF, Zlín Film Festival - International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Czech Republic (non-competitive section Beyond the Childhood Horizon), TIFF - Romanian Film Days, Karawan Fest 2024 (Rome, Italy), VII Festival Cine por Mujeres Madrid 2024 international competition (Special Mention), FIFF Namur 2024 (Compétition 1e Ouvre), Romanian Film Festival at Munich Filmmuseum 2024, Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival Finland
- ProducerHOUSE OF DOLLSDocumentary featureRomania2020Festivals: TIFF (Romanian Days Competition), Sarajevo IFF (Documentary Competition), Astra IFF, fARAD Film Festival, BiograFilm Festival, Zagreb Dox, Making Waves Romanian Film Festival in NY
- ProducerTHE EXIT OF THE TRAINSDocumentary featureRomania2020Festivals: Berlinale Forum, DOKUfest Kosovo (Balkans Dox Competition), Moscow Jewish Film Festival, Mostra of Sao Paulo (Brazil), Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (Hungary), Gijón International Film Festival (Spain), Mar del Plata International Film Festival (Argentina), DocLisboa 2021 (Portugal)
- Executive ProducerBAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORNFiction featureRomania, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia2021Festivals: Berlinale Competition 2021 – Golden Bear Winner, Pula IFF – Best Coproduction Award, Herceg Novi Montenegro FF - Golden Mimosa for Best Director, Finale Plzen (the festival of Czech and Slovak films) - The Golden Kingfisher Award and Student Jury Award, East-West Golden Arch Film Festival (Russia) – Best Feature Film, FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2021 – Nomination, Lux Film Fest, Vilnius IFF (Masters Section), Moscow IFF, Al Este FF Peru, Costa Rica IFF (Panorama Section), Istanbul IFF, Sarajevo FF, IndieLisboa FF (Competition), Pula Film Festival, Karlovy Vary IFF, Finale Plzen (the festival of Czech and Slovak films), The Norwegian IFF, Jerusalem IFF, Zerkalo IFF (Russia), Baska Sinema Ayvdik IFF (Turkey), Queerwave (Cyprus LGBTQ+ FF), CineFest Miskolc Hungary, New York FF, Athens FF, Helsinki FF, San Sebastian Film Festival (Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Section), International Festival of Film Actors “Baltic Pearl” Latvia, Taipei IFF, Image Forum Festival Japan, East-West Golden Arch Russia, Black Canvas IFF, Mumbai FF – Year Round Programme, Golden Apricot Yerevan IFF, Busan IFF (World Cinema Section), Zurich IFF, BFI London, Chicago Film Festival, Philadelphia Film Festival, Bogota IFF Colombia, Valvidia FF Chile, Film Fest Gent, Brisbane IFF, Sao Paolo IFF, New Zealand IFF, Cineuropa FF Spain, CPH PIX, Duholk IFF World Cinema Section (Kurdistan), Gijon IFF, Muestra Cine Segovia SE-Cine Spain, IFFI Goa India, Mar del Plata IFF, Goteborg IFF 2022 (Focus Disorder), International Film Festival of Kerala 2022 (World Cinema), Pune International Film Festival 2022 (Global Cinema), Begaluru IFF 2022 (Cinema of the World), Sofia IFF 2022 (Balkan Competition), Regional Film Festival of Kerala 2022