Horia

Ana-Maria
Comanescu

Ana-Maria Comănescu is a Romanian screenwriter and director based in Bucharest. She made three short films during her studies at UNATC Bucharest, all screened and awarded in various European student film festivals. After graduation, she worked as an assistant director and freelance director for various audiovisual projects. While writing and developing her debut feature project, “Horia”, she participated in multiple film workshops and pitching markets, such as Sarajevo Talents in 2017 and MIDPOINT Feature Launch in 2019. In 2022, she started her PhD in Cinema and tutors in UNATC as assistant to the professors of Directing. Currently, she is eager to see her two latest projects emerge on the cinema screen in autumn 2023: “Cat Funeral”, an independently funded short film, premiering in Thessaloniki, and “Horia”, a co-production between Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria, premiering in Tallinn.

Restless teenager Horia takes off on his father’s old motorbike on a cross-country journey to reunite with his love. On the road, he is joined by sassy Stela (13), and an unlikely friendship blooms.