On the occasion of its anniversary edition marking 10 years of documentary film and social change in Moldova, the MOLDOX Festival team proudly announces the results of the selection for the national competition of Moldovan medium- and feature-length documentaries.
The call for entries was launched on 4 August 2025 as part of a dedicated festival section aimed at recognising and supporting the strongest voices in Moldovan documentary cinema. For the first time, six Moldovan co-productions — medium- and feature-length — have been selected to be screened in national premiere during the 2025 edition of MOLDOX Festival, taking place from 26 to 30 November at Cineplex Loteanu.
The selected documentaries will compete for the Green Vine Award, worth EUR 1,000, offered by one of the festival’s strategic partners – the Innovate Moldova Project, funded by Sweden. Symbolising energy, growth and vitality, the essence of the Green Vine Award is to encourage new directions and the development of new projects in Moldovan documentary cinema.
Selected documentaries (in alphabetical order):
- Consider a Tomato/Ține cont de-o pătlăgică
Director: Marina Sulima
Kingdom of the Netherlands, 2025, 74 min - Electing Ms Santa
Director: Raisa Răzmeriță
Republic of Moldova/Romania, 2025, 96 min - Green Light/Undă verde
Director: Pavel Cuzuioc
Austria/Romania, 2025, 101 min - Last Letters from my Grandma/Ultimele scrisori ale bunicii
Director: Olga Lucovnicova
Kingdom of the Netherlands/Republic of Moldova/Belgium/Romania, 2025, 94 min - Sailing with Babushkas/Băbuțe pe bărcuțe
Director: Călin Laur
Republic of Moldova/USA, 2025, 80 min - Ultimate Weapon/Arma Supremă
Director: Dragoș Turea
Republic of Moldova/Romania, 2024, 76 min
Jury of the National Moldovan Documentary Competition:
- Mara Prohaska Marković – art historian and curator. Over the years, Mara has held various positions at Beldocs IDFF, including PR manager, main producer, and executive director. Since 2020, she has been the festival director in Serbia.
- Nadja Tennstedt – Director of DOK Industry at DOK Leipzig. Nadja studied film production in New York and worked in marketing, sales, and acquisitions for US distributors Zeitgeist Films and Milestone Films. After returning to Europe in 2011, she collaborated with international film festivals and markets such as the Locarno Film Festival and the Berlinale.
- Victor Morozov – film critic and selector for One World Romania. Victor collaborates with Scena9 and Films in Frame. Between 2017 and 2025, he was a film columnist for Dilema veche. Victor is currently pursuing a PhD at Trinity College Dublin, with a thesis entitled “The Romanian Revolution as an Audiovisual Experiment.” His film essays and reviews have been published in Cahiers du cinéma, Libération, MUBI Notebook, and Variety.
The six documentaries selected for the national competition will be screened throughout the festival, from 26 to 30 November, at Cineplex Loteanu. The festival programme will be announced soon.