Luchian Ciobanu

Movies

You Who Never Arrived
Cinematography
Most experiences are unsayable; they happen in a space that no word has ever entered. And still, there are words that connect people over time and shape their lives into having an inextricable link. The journey of three men, part dance into the unknown, part quest for meaning.
Monsters.
Director of Photography
A long time married couple comes to decide within 24 hours, through encounters with strangers, that letting go might be their biggest proof of love.
One and a Half Prince
Director of Photography
A trio of quirky lifelong friends create a makeshift family, but their tight bond is tested when one of them falls in love with a writer.
Marita
Director of Photography
Costi (30) suddenly comes up with the idea of visiting his father, Sandu, and arrange a surprise reunion with the rest of the family that Sandu has neglected all his life. It's Costi's way of running away from his own couple issues for a day.
The Bridges of Sarajevo
Director of Photography
Thirteen European directors explore the theme of Sarajevo; what this city has represented in European history over the past hundred years, and what Sarajevo stands for today in Europe. These eminent filmmakers of different generations and origins offer exceptional singular styles and visions.
Three Interpretation Exercises
Director of Photography
Three films based on Three Conversations by Russian writer and philosopher Vladimir Solovyov.The actors' 'exercises' develop into a minimalistic trilogy on cinema and literature, social and spiritual life, acting in film and in real life.
Turn Off the Lights
Cinematography
After years behind bars, three young men begin to rediscover lives of aggression and excess in their raucous Roma community. Among them is Alex, a captivating figure with a disturbingly blasé attitude toward violence, women, and guilt. In this absorbing documentary, offering a rare peek into contemporary Roma culture, Alex and his fellow ex-cons reconcile the outside world with the gray-shaded areas of morality with which they all struggle.
Aurora
Camera Operator
An apartment kitchen: a man and a woman discuss Little Red Riding Hood, their voices hushed, mindful of waking the little girl sleeping next room. Waste land on the city outskirts: behind a line of abandoned trailers, the man silently watches what seems to be a family. The same city, the same man: driving through traffic with two hand-made firing pins for a hunting rifle. The man is 42 years old, his name - Viorel. Troubled by obscure thoughts, he drives across the city to a destination known only to him.