The Last Dream for THE MOON

"July, 1969. The space race for Moon exploration between the Americans and Soviets gets to its final moments.
The first human beeing is going to land shortly on the Moon. But, an incident in Carpathians Mountains and a misterious footage,
revealed by prof. Werner, take the Moon exploration stories to some new fantastic posibillities."

  • Octavian Repede
    Director
  • Octavian Repede
    Writer
  • Octavian Repede
    Producer
  • Teodor Porumb
    Key Cast
  • Paul Bondane
    Key Cast
  • Camiku Repede
    Key Cast
  • Dan Ioan Bogdan
    Key Cast
  • Maria Tomoiaga
    Key Cast
  • Tudor Porumb
    DoP
  • Alexandru Repede
    Music
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Ultimul Vis pentru LUNĂ
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi, Mystery, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    30 minutes 9 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 25, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    4,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Romania
  • Country of Filming:
    Romania
  • Language:
    English, Romanian, Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 4k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Southern States Indie FanFilmFest 2017
    Biloxi, Mississippi
    United States
    January 2, 2018
    North American Premiere
    Best Director of a Featurette
  • Short Stop International Film Festival 2017
    Iasi
    Romania
    December 11, 2017
    AUDIENCE AWARD & SPECIAL MENTION
  • Dracula Film Festival 2017
    Brasov
    Romania
    October 21, 2017
    Official Selection
  • The Black Sea Film Festival 2017
    Vama Veche
    Romania
    August 8, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Bucharest Film Awards
    Bucharest
    Romania
    Winter`16 Official Selection
  • Sci-Fi Underground FilmFest
    Munich
    Germany
    February 12, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Saigon Underground FilmFest
    Saigon
    Viet Nam
    May 20, 2017
  • DonQuest Film Festival 2017
    Doncaster
    United Kingdom
    May 27, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Paris Online Film Festival 2017
    Paris
    France
    Nomination Best SF/Fantastic
  • Râșnov Science Fiction Festival 2017
    Râșnov
    Romania
    July 22, 2017
  • Atlantikron 2017 - Insula Viitorului
    Capidava
    Romania
    August 4, 2017
  • Antares SF Fest 2017
    Brasov
    Romania
    September 9, 2017
Director Biography - Octavian Repede

Born in Sibiu, Romania, he graduated The Journalism Faculty in 2008, specialised in TV producing. Since then works as an independent filmmaker and videographer for worldwide clients. President of the film and literature association Nova Polaris, of Sibiu. Deeply in love with the antiquity art, painting and the seaside.

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Director Statement

Actually the movie had three main inspiration sources.
- An 1969 poem of a Romanian schoolboy called "The Last Song for The Moon", suggesting the demythisation and desacralisation of The Moon starting with the US 1969 astronauts landing.
2. The Columbia 2003, space shuttle crash, when a Texan farmer finds an astronaut helmet on his lands.
3. The character of prof. Werner, saxon form Transylvania (Romania) is a later projection of the famous prof. Hermann Oberth, also born in Transylvania, one of the parents of astrophysics along with Tiolkovsky and Robert H. Goddard .