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Place under the sun

A talented pianist and his 8-year-old son struggle to find a place to sell vegetables at the biggest market in Moldova's 2000'. When the father seems to give up under the burden of his precarious existence, a gesture from his son brings new hope.

  • Vlad Bolgarin
    Director
  • Vlad Bolgarin
    Writer
  • Vlad Bolgarin
    Producer
  • Grigore Bechet
    Key Cast
    "The father"
  • Samson Hatman
    Key Cast
    "The son"
  • Nicu Dragan
    Director of Photography
  • Vlad Bolgarin
    Editing
  • Elena Porumbescu
    Production Design
  • Lilia Ixari
    Costume Design
  • Roman Bordei
    Sound Design
  • Marian Ungur
    Music
  • Anatol Stefanet
    Soundtrack
  • Trigon
    Soundtrack
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Loc sub soare
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Comedy, Social
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 19, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    30,000 EUR
  • Language:
    Romanian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.62
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Shanghai International Film Festival
    Shanghai
    China
    June 15, 2024
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Baku International Film Festival
    Baku
    Azerbaijan
    October 5, 2024
    Azerbaijan Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Festivalul filmului de acasa
    Chisinau
    October 9, 2024
    Domestic Premiere
  • Foyle Film Festival
    Derry
    United Kingdom
    November 23, 2024
    European Premiere
  • Bastau International Film Festival
    Almaty
    Kazakhstan
    December 11, 2024
    Kazakhstan Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Usak International Short Film Festival
    Usak
    December 14, 2024
    Turkish Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Dhaka International Film Festival
    Dhaka
    Bangladesh
    January 11, 2025
    Bangladesh Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Paradox Film Festival
    London (online)
    United Kingdom
    April 1, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Musiad Altincark Film Festival
    Istanbul
    April 9, 2025
    Golden Wheel for Best International Short Film
  • Lebu International Film Festival
    Lebu
    Chile
    April 23, 2025
    South American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Alexandria International Short Film Festival
    Alexandria
    Egypt
    April 28, 2025
    African Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Accesible Film Festival
    Ankara
    May 25, 2025
    Official Selection
  • San Jorge International Film Festival
    Montelibano
    Colombia
    May 30, 2025
    Colombian Premiere
    Bocachico Dorado for Best International Short Fiction Film
  • Cine en las Montañas International Film Festival
    Salento
    Colombia
    June 1, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Jeunesse tout courts IFF
    Remalard en Perche
    France
    June 6, 2025
    French Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Euboea International Short Film Festival
    Skyros
    Greece
    June 24, 2025
    Greek Premiere
    Best Film Award
  • Islantilla Cine Forum Film Festival
    Islantilla
    Spain
    August 5, 2025
    Spanish Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Stony Brook Film Festival
    Stony Brook
    United States
    July 26, 2025
    North American Premiere
    Closing Night Short Film Award
  • El Pecado International Short Film Festival
    Llerena
    Spain
    July 26, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Inventa un Film - Lenola Film Festival
    Lenola
    Italy
    July 30, 2025
    Italian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Almagro International Film Festival
    Almagro
    Spain
    August 5, 2025
    Official Selection
  • SFR Serile filmului românesc
    Iași
    Romania
    August 9, 2025
    Romanian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Bengaluru International Short Film Festival
    Bengaluru
    India
    August 10, 2025
    Indian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Câmpulung Film Fest
    Câmpulung moldovenesc
    Romania
    August 13, 2025
    Audience Award - Buzduganul de Aur
  • Bistrița Romania International Film Festival
    Bistrița
    Romania
    August 15, 2025
    Best Comedy Short
  • Jordan Children’s Film Festival
    Amman
    Jordan
    August 17, 2025
    Jordan Premiere
    Special Mention
  • Movieboli Film Festival
    Eboli
    Italy
    August 23, 2025
    Special Mention
  • Cinetoile International Short Film Festival
    Nabeul
    Tunisia
    August 26, 2025
    Tunisian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Mangalia Youth Fest
    Mangalia
    Romania
    August 28, 2025
    Special Mention
  • Daejeon International Short Film Festival
    Daejeon
    August 31, 2025
    South Korean Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Dzada Film Fest
    Podgorica
    Montenegro
    September 2, 2025
    Montenegrin Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Festival Kratkog Metra Novigrad
    Novigrad
    Croatia
    September 5, 2025
    Croatian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Short Focus Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    September 14, 2025
    English Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Svitlo Film Festival
    Kyiv
    Ukraine
    September 15, 2025
    Ukrainian Premiere
    Best Leading Role
  • Lviv International Film Festival Wiz-Art
    Lviv
    Ukraine
    September 19, 2025
    Official Selection
  • BAIQONYR Film Festival
    Almaty
    Kazakhstan
    September 20, 2025
    Official Selection
  • International Alexandria Short Film Festival
    Alexandria
    Greece
    August 25, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Orange International Film Festival
    Catania
    Italy
    November 8, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Gutterbliss Film Festival
    Wilmington (NC)
    United States
    September 27, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Sugar Loaf Film Festival
    Chester (NY)
    United States
    September 27, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Kaaffilm International Short Film Festival
    Milan
    Italy
    October 1, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Tangier Film Festival
    Tangier
    Morocco
    October 1, 2025
    Moroccan Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Ponferrada International Film Festival
    Ponferrada
    Spain
    October 2, 2025
    Retina Short Looks Award for Best International Short
  • Àger International Film Festival
    Ager
    Spain
    October 3, 2025
    Special Mention
  • Malabo International Music & Film Festival
    Malabo
    Equatorial Guinea
    October 3, 2025
    Equatorial Guinea Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Heart of Gold International Short FF
    Gympie (QL)
    Australia
    October 9, 2025
    Australian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • TAKT Film Fest
    Novi Sad
    Serbia
    October 9, 2025
    Serbian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • CinEast Central & East European Film Festival
    Luxembourg
    Luxembourg
    October 10, 2025
    Luxembourg Premiere
    Official Selection
  • International Dicle Documentary and Short Film Festival
    Diyarbakir
    October 14, 2025
    3rd Place Best International Short
  • Edukino Empowering Film Festival
    Warsaw
    Poland
    October 15, 2025
    Polish Premiere
    Official Selection
  • International Unseen FF (Cine invisible Bilbao)
    Bilbao
    Spain
    October 17, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Klein Film Festival
    Vukovar
    Croatia
    October 17, 2025
    Bronze Hugo Award
  • Vila-seca International Short Film Festival
    Vila-seca
    Spain
    October 17, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Benalmadena International Short Film Festival
    Benalmadena
    Spain
    October 18, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Jakarta Film Week
    Jakarta
    Indonesia
    October 22, 2025
    Indonesian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Gandhara Independent Film Festival
    Karachi
    Pakistan
    October 24, 2025
    Pakistan Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Souq Film Festival
    Milan
    Italy
    October 24, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Al Batinah International Film Festival
    Suhar
    Oman
    October 27, 2025
    Oman Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Kineko International Film Festival
    Tokyo
    Japan
    October 31, 2025
    Japan Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Accordi Disaccordi International Short Film Festival
    Napoli
    Italy
    November 3, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Cottbus Film Festival
    Cottbus
    Germany
    November 7, 2025
    German Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival
    Istanbul
    November 5, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Matera Film Festival
    Matera
    Italy
    November 8, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Punto di Vista Film Festival
    Cagliari
    Italy
    November 10, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Carazinho International Film Festival
    Carazinho
    Brazil
    November 13, 2025
    Brazilian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Goa Short Film Festival
    Goa
    India
    November 15, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Amarcort Film Festival
    Rimini
    Italy
    November 24, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Salerno International Film Festival
    Salerno
    Italy
    November 25, 2025
    Best Foreign Short Film
  • Young Polis Film Showcase
    San Jose
    Costa Rica
    November 27, 2025
    Costa Rica Premiere
    Special Mention
  • EuroShorts International Film Festival
    Gdansk
    Poland
    December 1, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Macau International Short Film Festival
    Macau
    Macao
    December 2, 2025
    Macau Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Nuovo Rasegna Paradiso
    Napoli
    Italy
    December 5, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Athens Marathon International Film Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    December 20, 2025
    Honorable Mention
  • Sahar International Short Film Festival
    Oldham
    United Kingdom
    December 12, 2025
    Best Social Realism Film Award
  • Batumi International Art-House Film Festival
    Batumi
    Georgia
    September 13, 2025
    Georgian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Cairo International Short Film Festival
    Cairo
    Egypt
    December 16, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Ahmedabad International Children’s Film Festival
    Ahmedabad
    India
    December 26, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Caracas Film Festival
    Caracas
    Venezuela
    December 20, 2025
    Venezuela Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Fukuoka International Film Festival
    Fukuoka
    Japan
    December 25, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Ooty Short Film Festival
    Ooty
    India
    December 26, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Link International Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    December 28, 2025
    Official Selection
  • International Golden Rod Film Festival
    Istanbul
    February 10, 2026
    Official Selection
  • Santander International Independent Film Festival
    Bucaramanga
    Colombia
    February 24, 2026
    Official Selection
  • Pambujan International Film Festival
    Pambujan
    Philippines
    February 20, 2026
    Philippines
    Official Selection
  • Julob International Film Festival
    Owerri
    Nigeria
    March 6, 2026
    Nigeria Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Boundless Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    March 10, 2026
    Official Selection
  • One Country One Film
    Apchat
    France
    March 15, 2026
    Official Selection
  • Shortcutz Lima
    Lima
    Peru
    March 18, 2026
    Peru Premiere
    Best Short Film of March 2026
  • Positively Different Short Film Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    March 18, 2026
    Official Selection
  • Selma Cinema Festival
    Selma
    United States
    March 27, 2026
    Alabama state Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Paris European Film Festival - L'Europe autour de l'Europe
    Paris
    France
    April 5, 2026
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Vlad Bolgarin

Film director and producer based in Republic of Moldova. Studied Filmmaking at the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts from Chisinau. Head of VOLT Cinematography – film production and post-production services studio. Known for the short films „SIGH” and “Place under the sun” (Shanghai IFF, Sarajevo FF, Busan ISFF, Cottbus FF); and the Moldovan-American series "Lost in Moldova" (LA Shorts, Seriencamp, Berlin Webfest). Alumnus of Sarajevo Talents, Vilnius Talents and MIDPOINT Shorts.

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