"With an impressive economy of means, Mincan’s screenplay creates a powerful dynamic of power and powerlessness."

CINEUROPA
  • Archive - Festival 38
  • Director: Mihai Mincan
  • Romania, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Czech Republic 2022
  • 123 minutes
  • English, , Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Mandarin
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

1996, open sea. During his shift on a transatlantic ship's deck, Joel, a religious Filipino sailor, discovers Dumitru, a Romanian stowaway hidden between some containers. If he is spotted by the Taiwanese officers running the vessel, Dumitru is at risk to be thrown overboard. Joel decides to hide him, as a sign of his gratitude towards God. Soon, a dangerous cat and mouse game begins.

To the North comes to Haifa directly from its world premiere at the Venice Festival. The psychological thriller is based on a true story and filmmaker Mihai Mincan explains that it was Joel's moral choices that drew him to the story.

Feature Debut

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  • Director Mihai Mincan
  • Production Poli Angelova, Cyriac Auriol, Ioana Lascar, Mikulas Novotny, Radu Stancu, Nickolay Todorov, Konstantinos Vassilaros
  • Script Mihai Mincan
  • Cinematography George Chiper-Lillemark
  • Editing Dragoș Apetri
  • Music Marius Leftărache, featuring Alessandro Cortini
  • Festivals Venice
  • Actors Soliman Cruz, Nikolai Becker, Bartholome Guingona, Olivier Ho Hio Hen
  • Source Best Friends Forever