Worldwide gross sales firm Cercamon has boarded world gross sales on Romanian filmmaker Mihai Mincan‘s “Milk Enamel,” which can world premiere within the Horizons competitors on the Venice Movie Competition.
The drama, set in the course of the ultimate days of Nicolae Ceausescu’s dictatorship in 1989, follows 10-year-old Maria who turns into the final witness to her sister’s mysterious disappearance in a small, remoted city. Caught between actuality and fantasy, political oppression and the emergence of the “new world” on the daybreak of the Nineteen Nineties, Maria embodies a misplaced era of youngsters who believed in freedom solely to appreciate their voices would go unheard.
The movie stars Emma Ioana Mogos, Marina Palii, Igor Babiac and Istvan Teglas.
For director Mihai Mincan, the venture attracts from private expertise whereas avoiding sentimentality. “Though largely created from private recollections, the world of ‘Milk Enamel’ tried to keep away from any type of nostalgia,” he stated. “Fascinated about these days, after I was a toddler and Romania was about to alter its id from Socialism to democracy, I realised not solely that childhood had nothing ‘stunning,’ ‘pure’ or ‘naive.’ However quite the opposite, in its pressure, its sense of concern and confusion, we will discover a reflection of our world immediately.”
“We have been instantly drawn to the daring imaginative and prescient of ‘Milk Enamel’ and the emotional depth of its characters,” stated Sebastien Chesneau, CEO at Cercamon. “Mihai Mincan delivers a hanging movie that speaks to common themes via a uniquely Japanese European lens. We’re proud to signify such a strong and resonant work on the worldwide stage.”
“Milk Enamel” is produced by deFilm (Romania) in coproduction with Remora Movies (France), Ström Photos (Denmark), StudioBauhaus (Greece) and Screening Feelings (Bulgaria). The manufacturing obtained assist from a number of European movie funds together with Romania’s Nationwide Cinema Middle, France’s CNC, the Danish Movie Institute and Bulgaria’s Nationwide Movie Middle.
Cercamon has bought extensively Gaza-set documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Stroll,” directed by Iranian-French filmmaker Sepideh Farsi.
“We’re delighted to welcome Cercamon because the gross sales agent for Milk Enamel,” stated producers Radu Stancu and Ioana Lascar from deFilm. “Their experience and dedication to distinctive cinema make them the best associate to carry the movie in the direction of audiences worldwide.”
For Mincan, “Milk Enamel” marks his second characteristic following “To the North,” which additionally premiered in Venice’s Horizons competitors in 2022. The filmmaker, who graduated from the College of Philosophy in Bucharest and later earned an MBA from the College of Poitiers, started his profession as a journalist earlier than transitioning to filmmaking in 2008.
The venture participated in TorinoFilmLab 2023, the place it obtained each the Manufacturing Award and Inexperienced Filming Award, in addition to the Baltic Occasion Co-Manufacturing Market and ECAM Discussion board 2025.
