Matei Rugină

Lucas, a boy suffering from anxiety, tries to find a place of comfort while discovering things about himself.

M is writing a story about himself being cursed by his friend during a game of checkers. Soon he becomes confused with what is real and what is fiction.

A washed up dream artist is invited to a podcast to talk about the last dream he published, almost 3 years ago.

Short abstract film revolving around a swing.

A mysterious call from his estranged father leads the prodigal son on a quest which is best described as absurd.

Menti, a tough, gritty detective comes home from the bar only to discover Petrulive, his old partner, in his apartment. Together they must solve a mystery revolving around the assassination of a mysterious character, Charlie Charlison.

Menti is miraculously revived after his suicide attempt and tries to make sense of the events following Charlie Charlison's murder. However things aren't like he originally thought as a new player reveals himself in the plot.

Petrulive, left mute and paralyzed, tries to conceive a plan to stop The Prodigal Son for good.

Chronicles the events that lead to Charlie Charlison's untimely death employing a cinéma vérité approach.

Told in three parts, the film serves as a metaphor for the stages of life and presents itself as a determinist statement piece from a philosophical point of view.

A man struggles with the fragments of his own identity, trying to piece together a broken part of himself. Through quiet, minimal scenes, the film explores themes of inner conflict, isolation, and the painful journey toward self-understanding.

A young man attempts to find out the origin of the mysterious message written on his chest after a drunken night out.