Tigru

31-year-old Vera is a vet in a small-town zoo veterinarian in Transylvania. After losing her new-born baby, she becomes obsessed with giving him the proper Eastern Orthodox burial rituals, spends more time at work and subsequently drifts apart from her husband, Toma. One day a tiger escapes from the zoo.

Biography Andrei Tănase

Andrei TĂNASE (1982, Romania) graduated from the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest. He worked as a translator, tour guide and writer-director for television shows before participating in Sarajevo’s 2010 Talent Campus, where he made short films. “First Night” (2016) premiered at Venice Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Short Film. Selected for IFFR 2023, “Tigru” is his debut feature.