CINEMAIUBIT
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
ONLINE
UNATC – I.L.CARAGIALE
9-13 december 2025
29-th EDITION
CINEMAIUBIT International Student Film Festival was founded in 1996 and after only two editions it has become international. Since then it has been developing continuously, being not an ordinary festival, but also a cultural and educational platform for the cinema lovers.
Along its 29 editions, CINEMAIUBIT has become a launch pad for the young Romanian filmmakers, a space where the public gets in contact with students productions, and with the future of the Romanian cinema, an absolutely necessary test in the formation of a professional future.
Over time, CINEMAIUBIT has rewarded names that shortly became emblems of the New Romanian Cinema (NRC): Cristian Mungiu, Corneliu Porumboiu, Cătălin Mitulescu, Călin Peter Netzer, Dana Bunescu, Marius Panduru, Cătălin Cristuțiu, Paul Negoescu, Adina Pintilie, Ivana Mladenovic, Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, Lucia Chicoș etc.
Over decades, the Festival is currently not only a guarantor of quality, but also an event already consecrated in the Romanian Cultural landscape.
BEST FILM
offered by UCIN
A NEW GARDEN
Lea Marie Lembke (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
“CRISTIAN NEMESCU” AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
offered by UCIN
INKUBUS
Sam Mosadegh (Hamburg Media School)
“LUCIAN PINTILIE” AWARD FOR BEST ROMANIAN FILM
offered by DACIN SARA
ATUNCI CÂND SUNTEM ÎMPREUNĂ
Alexia Drăgan (UNATC)
ROMANIAN FILMMAKERS UNION PRESIDENT AWARD
offered by UCIN
OUR TENDER MOMENT
Zsofia Polacsek (Sapientia, Cluj-Napoca)
“CĂTĂLIN COCRIȘ” AWARD FOR BEST SCRIPT
offered by ZUMZET Cultural Association
BEWARE OF GOOD DOG
Adelina Borets (Krzysztof Kieslowski Film School)
CRITICS AWARD
offered by UCIN
FURSECURI ȘI LAPTE
Andrei Tache-Codreanu (UNATC)
“ANDREI (OTTO) TONCU” AWARD FOR BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A ROMANIAN FILM
offered by Elena and Horia Toncu & UCIN
GHEORGHE ȘI SABIN
Cezar Lixeanu (UNATC)
“SORIN BOTOȘENEANU” AWARD FOR BEST PHOTO
offered by Icon Production
Andreea Groza (UNATC)
“PAUL CĂLINESCU” AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
offered by UCIN
LOST GARDENIAS
Galatia Lagoutari (Aristotle University)
“ION BOSTAN” AWARD FOR BEST ROMANIAN DOCUMENTARY
offered by DACIN SARA
KARATISTA
Alessia Borangic (UNATC)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY OF A ROMANIAN FILM
offered by SONY
O NOAPTE CALDĂ and INTERVIU
Andreea Ștefănescu (UNATC)
BEST EDITING OF A ROMANIAN FILM
offered by THE CANDY SHOP
ATUNCI CÂND SUNTEM ÎMPREUNĂ
Montajul: Rareș Savu (UNATC)
“RSC” AWARD FOR THE BEST ROMANIAN FILM
offered by Sony și Romanian Society of Cinematographers
INKUBUS (Hamburg Media School)
Imaginea: Luca Louis Hain
SPECIAL MENTION FOR IMAGE IN ROMANIAN FILM:
offered by Romanian Society of Cinematographers & American Cinematographer
CUM AM ÎNVĂȚAT SĂ NU MĂ OMOR
Laurențiu Manolescu (UNATC)
BEST ACTRESS
offered by UCIN
Rubi Schimmelpfening
A NEW GARDEN (Filmakademie Baden-Württenberg)
BEST ACTOR
offered by UCIN
Philip Günsch
WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU (Hamburg Media School)
BEST ANIMATION FILM
offered by UCIN
DO SOMETHING
Sofija Zivkovic (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
“ION TRUICĂ” FOR BEST ROMANIAN ANIMATION FILM
offered by DACIN SARA
ÎN NOAPTEA DE MOȘ NICOLAE
Emy Mirel Ivașcă (UNATC)
“VICTOR ILIU” AWARD
offered by director Nicolae Cabel
SIGNS FROM BELLOW
Maude Vuillez (La Femis)
“NINA BEHAR” AWARD
offered by Vladimir Eli
FIRST LAST MONTH (Warsaw Film School)
Elena Vatamanu-Mărgineanu
HIGHSCHOOL JURY AWARD
offered by DACIN SARA
FIRST LAST MONTH (Warsaw Film School)
Elena Vatamanu-Mărgineanu
SPECIAL MENTION
UMWELT
Elko Van Raemdonck (Luca School of Arts)
AJUTOARE
Valentin Rareș Fogoroș (UNATC)
“CINEMAIUBIT 2026” POSTER AWARD
offered by UCIN
Ecaterina Pancu (UNATC)
MENTION FOR ANIMATION FILM
ORA DE CULCARE.
Gabriel Stoiciu (UNATC)
FUTURE PERSPECTIVES AWARD
offered by ZUMZET Cultural Association
It was offered by public vote. The films were displayed on the CINEPUB platform and were watched by 13.968 viewers. From a total of 1.358 votes, the winning film had 487 votes.
PEȘTI
Maria Filipache (UNATC)
“CINEMASCRIS” COMPETITION – SCREENWRITING AWARD “DUMITRU CARABĂȚ”
offered by CONTROL N Cultural Association
REVELION 2010
Carla Pantilie (UNATC)
REFRAMED SECTION
Awards offered by CINEPUB
AWARD FOR VIDEO ESSAY
COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS IN CRISTI PUIU’S FILMS
Alex Constantin Mandea (UNATC)
AWARD FOR MOVIE TRAILER
Stone Wedding
Luca David Dragodan (UBB)
Jury of the International Student Film Festival
CineMAiubit 2024
Animation Competition Jury
Alina Gheorghe – Animation film director
Lavinia Petrache – Technologist and self-taught animator
Filip Mănișor – Cultural management and member of Animest Film Festival
Documentary Competition Jury
Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan – Documentary film director, Producer
Sara Budrală – Filmmaker with a background in graphics, anthropology, and directing
Bogdan Iancu – Anthropologist, university lecturer
Critics Jury
Dana Duma – Film critic and historian, Professor, UCIN Critics’ Association Secretary
Mihai Fulger – Film critic and historian
Dinu Ioan Nicula – Film critic
“Dumitru Carabăț” Screenwriting Award Jury
Andreea Borțun – screenwriter and film director
Sarra Tsorakidis – screenwriter and film director
George Cornilă – novelist, creative writing trainer
Melania Oproiu – film editor
Călin Boto – film critic, festival programmer
Elena Călinoiu – screenwriter, CINEPUB editor
“Sorin Botoșeneanu” Photo Award Jury
Andreea Mihalcea – Film critic
Cristina Iliescu – Documentary film director
Bogdan Maraloiu – Film director
Highschool Jury
The Jury brings together students from three Bucharest high schools: “Mihai Viteazul” National College, “Nicolae Tonitza” Fine Arts High School, “Școala Centrală” National College.
The members of the jury are participants of the film education workshop FILM EDU, organized by UNATC, through the Center for Pedagogy and Study of the Image “Sorin Botoșeneanu”.
The world needs brave young artists now more than ever, individuals who keep their eyes open to the realities around us. CineMAiubit, now 29 years old, serves as a platform for young filmmakers to showcase their work, showing us, through their films, their unique perspectives of the world. Their original creations inspire a range of emotions, from wonder, anger, outrage or – why not – even a tremendous burst of laughter. As we celebrate the 29th anniversary of our festival, we encourage these generous artists to offer us a fresh perspective.
Bonne chance to everyone involved! Living gaze that watches what watches us, stay vigilant for us!
We truly need you!
29 years in a row, CineMAiubit, you know what I mean!
Liviu Lucaci
Rector of UNATC
Although it is difficult to dissociate a festival from the idea of prizes and competition, I believe it is healthy to return each year to the Latin origin of the word, to the concept of celebration, gaiety, and joy.
Just as it is healthy to return again and again to the victorious feeling we had when we were admitted at IATC – ATF – UNATC.
That the whole world is at our feet.
That freedom has no boundaries.
That the journey is creation.
And we never stop playing.
Doru Nițescu
President of the UNATC Senate
Festival’s Director
To convince a mature audience, even for a short while, to forget that they are in a dark room, that it is cold outside and that there is a lot of bitterness in the world, means being able to convince children that Santa is real, it is not their parents. During this period, I like to imagine Film Faculty as a school for Santa Clauses, and student festivals as the first celebrations where they can find out how believable they are.
Cinema is a Santa born in December, who for 130 years still manages to bring magic to the screen. As long as we don’t wonder between the two credits of the film how it was produced, how well or not it was performed, whether Santa’s helpers are CGI or AI elves, we can still enjoy the magic.
The “Christmas Celebration” CineMAiubit will also be visited by debutant Santas from all over the world at the 29th edition. In exchange for the gifts on the screen, we don’t have to recite poems. We can offer them applause, occasionally criticism, and the jury won’t let the most convincing ones leave empty-handed.
Merry CineMAiubit!
Vlad Ioachimescu
Dean of the Film Faculty
