38th edition
17-25 january 2026

A Good Day for a Swim

O Zi Buna de Plaja

Bogdan Mustata

Image A Good Day for a Swim
Romania
2008 Fiction 10 min
Three young delinquents who have escaped from borstal kidnap a prostitute in a stolen van. The decide to head for the sea...
With : Florin Sinescu, Okan Kaya, George Hoffman, Cerasela Iosifescu, Marian Ghenea
Screenplay : Catalin Mitulescu
Image : Barbu Balasoiu
Sound : Dragos Stanomir, Alexandru Dragomir, Sebastian Szemlye
Editing : Bogdan Mustată, Letitia Stefanescu
Production : Axel Film // 41 Dr Staicovici, apt 2-050556 Bucarest // Tel : +402 14 11 80 99 / Fax : +402 14 11 80 99
Bogdan Mustaţă was born in Bucarest in 1975. In 2001 he graduated from the Romanian School of Drama and Cinema in Bucarest. Among the shorts he made there Daniela won the School Film prize at the International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary. In 2003, he went to Vietnam where ha made a TV series before returning to Romania in 2007. His first short made after leaving the school, O zi bună de plajă, won the 2008 Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. He is also working on a feature project, A Heart Shaped Balloon, which has already been noticed and selected in several prestigious coproduction markets.