World Premiere – Transilvania International Film Festival, 2026
Moldova, Romania
Written and directed by Valeriu Andriuta
Victor Nofit, Andrei Cazac, Silviu Boinceanu, Ion Munteanu, Vanessa Andriuta, Mihail Petrov, Constantin Bîrsan, Nicolae Chițu, Nicu Suveică, Veaceslav Mereuță, Eugeniu Prisăcari, Anatolie Cotrobai, Dumitru Mamei, Ciprian Răcilă, Ina Ilașciuc, Anatolie Spătaru, Sergiu Burlacu, Gheorghe Crudu, Constantin Stavrat, Ivan Mustea, Ghennadii Boiarchin, Marc Philipps, Lilia Țîbîrnă, Oxana Gabrielyan, Elena Cebotaru, Sandy Brînză.
New Year’s Eve, 1999. During a hunting party in a rural area, a man is fatally shot. The local prosecutor quickly classifies the case as an accidental hunting death. Agachi, a young investigator at the beginning of his career, is sent from the capital to confirm the official version. Intrigued by inconsistencies in the case, he begins an informal investigation that disrupts the fragile balance of a community shaped by fear, personal ties, and the lingering reflexes of the old system. What initially appears to be a simple formality gradually turns into a test of conscience.
SHORTS
In 2017, Valeriu Andriuta embarked on his directorial project, a trilogy of shorts inspired by Moldova, his birthplace.
World Premiere – Transilvania International Film Festival, 2017
Moldova, Romania
Written and directed by Valeriu Andriuta
Christmas Eve, somewhere in the East, in a village, inside a school. A few teachers are waiting for the school principal to discuss the budget for the following year. To pass the time, they check students’ homework, relate their dreams, discuss global issues and everyday matters. Eventually the Principal arrives and brings them two pieces of news – a bad one and a very good one. A Christmas miracle is about to happen, however a small detail brings everyone back to reality.
World Premiere – Vukovar International Film Festival, 2018
Moldova
Written and directed by Valeriu Andriuta
A village Mayor together with the local policeman, “interrogate” a supposed thief. But a phone call from chief-town radically changes the situation. For the next day, he is told, an unexpected visit from the leading party bosses is scheduled, together with a delegation from America. Two years ago, the American guests planted two thousand trees on the meadow at edge of the village. Now, they want to see how their plantation is doing. The Mayor postpones his “interrogation” and quickly heads to the meadow to check the state of the plantation. Much to his dismay, the villagers’ goats have already eaten all the trees.
World Premiere – Moscow International Film Festival, 2020
Moldova
Written and directed by Valeriu Andriuta
Dorin to the capital to attend an exam for a Bachelor’s degree. Not his own exam but on behalf of someone else. To assume the other student’s identity, he meets his mother to discuss details and negotiate a price. With no place to sleep in the city, he decides to spend the night in his ex-girlfriend’s dorm, who left to Italy. He spends the night with no sleep, while getting drunk and witnessing an attempted rape. Next day, he attends the exam.
Just One More, 15 MIN
World Premiere – 46th Huesca International Film Festival, 2018
Moldova
Written and directed by Valeriu Andriuta
Marina, accompanied by her three children pays a visit to her sister Ioana to tell her she is pregnant again but thinks about an abortion. She has done his analyzes, and that all went well, except one.