Octav Chelaru

Octav Chelaru (born 30 September 1991) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the short films Black Clothes (2017)[1] and The Parallel State (2020)[2] which both premiered in Pardi di Domani at Locarno Festival. His feature film directorial debut[3][4][5][6] called A Higher Law (2021)[7] and starring Mălina Manovici and Alexandru Papadopol, had the World premiere at the 62nd edition of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and the Asian premiere at the 52nd International Film Festival of India.[8]

Octav Chelaru
Octav Chelaru at Locarno Film Festival, before the premiere of "Black Clothes"
Born (1991-09-30) September 30, 1991
Piatra Neamț, Neamț County, Romania
EducationAlexandru Ioan Cuza University
Occupation
  • film director
  • screenwriter
Notable work
A Higher Law (2021), The Parallel State (2020), Black Clothes (2017)

Filmography

Director
  • A Higher Law (2021)
  • The Parallel State (short, 2020)
  • Black Clothes (short, 2017)
  • Private Party (short, 2017)
  • Occupied (short, 2015)
  • False Positive (short, 2014)

Writer
  • A Higher Law (2021)
  • The Parallel State (short, 2020)
  • Black Clothes (short, 2017)
  • Private Party (short, 2017)
  • Occupied (short, 2015)
  • False Positive (short, 2014)

References
  1. "Locarno 2017".
  2. "Locarno 2020".
  3. "Cineuropa: Octav Chelaru to start production for first feature".
  4. "Film New Europe: Romanian/German/Serbian Coproduction Balaur Goes into Postproduction".
  5. "Screen Daily: Four new Romanian projects presented at Transilvania's Closed Screenings showcase".
  6. "Variety: Karlovy Vary, MIDPOINT Launch Program for Projects In Development".
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