Remote

a film by Dana Rogoz

23min - 2023 - Romania - Drama & Thriller

Synopsis
A woman who works in the corporate environment takes her friend on a trip to the rural area of Romania, where she hopes to find a house to move into in the near future, continuing to work remotely. In order to have a more authentic countryside experience, they prefer to sleep overnight at the house of an old lady from the village, instead of a touristic guesthouse. During the night, a local man appears at the door of their accommodation, aggressively demanding his borrowed money.
The two friends are starting to be afraid, thinking that they are staying exactly in the debtor’s room, and that the villager will come in to them, in any second. The situation escalates and they witness crimes they’ve never anticipated.

Dana Rogoz
Dana Rogoz is a Romanian actress and public figure. She started her acting career as a child, starring in numerous children’s films and different TV series. In 2008 she graduated the National University of Theatre and Film "I.L.Caragiale". In 2013 she performed together with Christoph Waltz and Lucas Hedges in "The Zero Theorem" directed by Terry Gilliam. Many other roles followed in theater and film. In 2019 she had the premiere in main competition at Sarajevo Film Festival with the film MO/INDECENCY directed by Radu Dragomir, as the lead actress, a role that brought her several nominations and awards for best actress and also international acclaim. This year she will have her debut as a director and scriptwriter, with her short film REMOTE.

Awards
Audience Award - Nice Short Film Festival (France)
Best Actress - Nice Short Film Festival (France)

Festivals
Festival du film francophone de Namur (Belgium) - In competition
Anonimul International Film Festival (Romania) - In competition
Bucharest International Film Festival (Romania) - In competition
Festival Delle Migrazioni (Italy) - In competition
Tirana International Film Festival (Albania) - In competition
Mediterranean Film Festival (France) - In competition
IBIZA Independent Film Festival (Spain) - In competition
Festival International Music & Cinema Marseille (France) - In competition
Star Film Fest Barcelona (Spain) - In competition
Short Film Breaks (Romania) - In competition
Clujshorts - In competition
Dallas Independent Film Festival (USA) - In competition
ESTE film festival (Romania) - In competition
Kraljevski filmski festival (Serbia) - In competition
MED - 17e edition « U Filmu Cortu » (Corsica) - In competition 
Basta fest 11 (Serbia) - In competition
Kraljevski Film Festival (Serbia) - In competition
Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival (Greece) - In competition
CinEast (Luxembourg) - In competition
ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival (Romania) - In competition
International Kolkata Short Film Festival (India) - In competition
International Festival of Local Television Golden Beggar (Slovakia) - In competition
Catania Film Fest (Italy) - In competition
The Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival (Canada) - In competition
Goa Short Film Festival (India) - In competition
International Film Festival KineNova Skopje (Macedonia) - In competition
BARCIFF - Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival (Spain) - In competition
West Bengal Short Film Fest (India) - In competition