DUPĂ CIOATE / TOOTH AND NAIL

Romania, Slovenia, 2025

Runtime: 85’

Documentary

A film by Mihai Gavril Dragolea and Radu Mocanu

Synopsis: 

Two filmmakers follow an entrepreneur turned eco-activist as he exposes Romania’s timber mafia. Their journey takes a dramatic turn when, in the middle of a forest, the three are attacked by a group of 12 angry men. The cameras are destroyed, and all footage is lost. Faced with this harsh reality, each of them tries to manage the situation as best they can, confronting their own doubts and limitations.

Short bio

Mihai Gavril Dragolea (Romania, 1989) specialises in documentary and hybrid fiction filmmaking. His films focus on alternative and peripheral humans or other types of sentient beings, on which subject he is also doing a Ph.D. Mihai’s documentaries have been shown in festivals in Europe and distributed in more than 15 countries. He lectures on Documentary Practice at the Faculty of Theater and Film of Babeș-Bolyai University. Mihai is also working in the ecological and animal protection domain.

Radu Constantin Mocanu graduated in journalism at Lucian Blaga University in 2005. He got a job working at a TV station and later moved to Paris to study cinema at Ecole Superieure de Realisation Audiovisuelle, where he got a degree in 2009. Returning to Romania, he began working on his feature debut documentary: The Golden Robot (2015). Radu currently works as an independent documentary filmmaker.

Festivals:

Transilvania International Film Festival 2025

One World Romania 2025