I'll call you later

What later means to you or your parent? Time has different definitions and implies diverse expectations; sometimes, a thin line between comparative and superlative.

  • maria scutaru
    Director
  • maria scutaru
    Writer
  • maria scutaru
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    1 minute
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Romania
  • Country of Filming:
    Romania
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - "Octav Bancila" National College of Art, Iasi
  • СВЕТ МИРУ. ДЕТИ
    Yaroslavl
    Russian Federation
    May 27, 2020
    GRAND PRIX
  • Ipiales Cine Sin Fronteras
    Ipiales
    Colombia
    June 2, 2020
    official selection
  • BAM! Festival
    Angleton, Texas
    United States
    2020 – Official Selection
  • Athens ANIMFEST
    Athens
    Greece
    March 22, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Fest Anča
    Žilina
    Slovakia
    August 27, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Festival Corto Ciudad Real
    Barcelona
    Spain
    June 22, 2020
    Non-official competition
  • Long Distance Film Fest
    online event
    June 19, 2020
    Semi-Finalist
  • Indie For You Film Festival

    June 12, 2020
    Best Mini-Animation
  • Super International Teenager Film Festival
    Bucharest
    June 11, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Dumbo Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    Semi-Finalist April-May
  • XIX Videominute International Contest. Universidad de Zaragoza
    Zaragoza
    Spain
    Finalist
  • 28th Croatian One-Minute Film Festival

    Croatia
    Official Selection
  • DYTIATKO International Children’s Media Festival
    Kharkiv
    Official Selection
  • Curtas de Moscatell
    Teulada, Alicante
    Spain
    Official Selection
  • Medjunarodni Festival Kratkog Filma KRATKA FORMA

    Serbia
    Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Invisible Film Sozialak
    Bilbao
    Spain
    Official Selection
  • BIT Noida, International Online Animation Film Festival

    India
    Official Selection
  • Warsaw Animation Film Festival
    Warsaw
    Poland
    Official Selection
  • Balkan Film Food Festival
    Pogradec
    Albania
    Official Selection
  • ZINETXIKI - International Film Festival for Children and Youth
    Bilbao
    Spain
    Official Selection
  • 60 Second Intl. Film Festival
    Islamabad
    Pakistan
    Official Selection
  • Animator FEST
    Jagodina
    Serbia
    Official Selection
  • WOFFF20
    London
    United Kingdom
    Official Selection
  • Radiant Angel Film Festival
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    Official Selection
  • Elizabethtown Film Festival
    Elizabethtown
    United States
    Award Winner
  • TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival
    Batumi
    Georgia
    Official Selection
  • Reel Youth Film Festival
    Vancouver
    Canada
  • Chaniartoon International Comic & Animation Festival
    Chania
    Greece
    Official Selection
  • Newark IFF Youth Festival
    Newark
    United States
    Official Selection
  • International Women’s Film Festival Kin
    Yerevan
    Armenia
    Official Selection
  • The Roughcut 60 Second Film Challenge

    SEMI-FINALIST
  • Depict

    Official Selection
  • Down East Flick Fest
    Greenville
    United States
    Award Winner
  • Manchester Animation Festival
    Manchester
    United Kingdom
    Official Selection
  • Festival AZYL

    Slovakia
    finalist
  • AnimMate Australia Animation Film Festival

    Australia
    Official Selection
  • The Revere International "Student" Festival

    United States
    Official Selection
  • International Student Animated Film Animafantasia Festival
    Iasi
    Romania
    finalist
  • Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation
    Montreal
    Canada
    Official Selection
  • AGM International Short Film Competition

    Turkey
    finalist
  • Animest international film festival
    Bucharest
    Romania
    Official Selection
  • International Teen Short Film Festival
    Beijing
    China
    Special Mention
  • Baku International Short Film Festival

    Azerbaijan
    finalist
  • Amarcort Film Festival
    Rimini
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • HECare Film Festival

    Canada
    Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional de Cinema Escolar de Alvorada

    Brazil
    Official Selection
  • Anilogue International Animation Festival
    Budapest
    Hungary
    Official Selection
  • C(H)orta - Festival de Curtas do Faial

    Portugal
  • Faludi International Film Festival

    Hungary
  • International Film Festival ZOOM
    ZBLIŻENIA
    Poland
    Official Selection
  • Veracruz World Film Festival

    Mexico
    Official Selection
  • The Stone Flower Youth Film Festival

    Russian Federation
    Honorable Mention
  • TIAF - Tbilisi International Animation Festival

    Official Selection
  • Fresh International Film Festival
    Limerick
    Ireland
    Award Winner
  • Short Film Breaks
    Dudu, Chiajna
    Romania
    Official Selection
  • Demetera International Short Film Festival
    Paris
    France
    Official Selection
  • PIAFF, Paris International Animation Film Festival
    Paris
    France
    Official Selection
  • IPIFF INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS INDIE FILM FESTIVAL

    Romania
    Official Selection
  • Corti a Ponte - grande festival

    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Serbest International Film Festival (SIFF)

    Moldova, Republic of
    Official Selection
  • MM Fest

    Serbia
    Official Selection
  • INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL DETMOLD

    Germany
Director - maria scutaru
Director Statement

Maria Scutaru (b. 2004) is a student at the "Octav Băncilă" National College of Art in Iași. She began drawing in watercolor and tempera with elements of the family environment, her works gradually seeking to define the state of "home". Starting from illustration, social poster and cartoon, with national and international participations and awards, she went through successive stages that helped her become a 2D animator. "My heroes used to share apples" and "I'll call you later" are the animated films that have been noticed by the profile festivals, highlighting the importance of the small and trivial things in everyone's history, which, in fact, define our life, all expressed by light and warm colors. For her, challenges are those monsters we meet throughout our lives, whether artistic or personal, but who do not know that within her there is that individual who will bring them down.