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THE SAMCA FILE

15 years after 3 bizarre murders shook a small provincial town, a team of documentary filmmakers revisit the case, confronting theories of a satanic cult, local conspiracies, and the terrifying possibility of a killer still on the loose.

  • George ve Ganaeaard
    Director
  • Horia Cucută
    Director
  • Matthew Morrison
    Writer
  • George ve Ganaeaard
    Writer
  • Horia Cucută
    Writer
  • Alin Panc
    Producer
  • Alexandru Pop
    Producer
  • Horia Cucută
    Producer
  • Ayrton P. Bryan
    Producer
  • Dana Marineci
    Key Cast
    " Maria Costea"
  • Razvan Ilie
    Key Cast
    " Alex Danila"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Thriller, Drama, horror, Mistery
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 30 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2026
  • Production Budget:
    100,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Romania
  • Country of Filming:
    Romania
  • Language:
    Romanian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Psychoanalysis and Film Festival
    Iași
    Romania
    April 18, 2026
  • 14th Short Film Breaks
    Bucharest
    Romania
    May 31, 2026
Distribution Information
  • Papa Pictures
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - George ve Ganaeaard, Horia Cucută

🏆 George and Horia have directed their debut feature film in 2024, DISMISSED, which won the Best Feature Film in Romanian Days at the 23rd Transilvania International Film Festival.

🌿 They have also directed seven short films, with 135+ festival selections around the world and 24 awards in the United States, Spain, Romania, Greece, Colombia, Iran and Poland.

🎥 At the moment, they have just started their festival run with their second feature film, THE SAMCA FILE, and their second animated short film, MANNEQUIN, and are in production with their third animated short film, SISYPHISH.

🔗 George ve Gänæaard: www.imdb.com/name/nm5568925
🔗 Horia Cucută: www.imdb.com/name/nm8364557

𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 - 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧

As an award-winning screenwriter, Matthew loves to explore the paradoxical nature of human existence through writing expansive horror, mystery, and crime stories.

He is currently developing a pitch deck for an animated workplace comedy and a horror feature.

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Director Statement

With THE SAMCA FILE, we set out to make a fake true-crime feature, the first of its kind attempted in Romania, and we wanted to explore how this genre could resonate with Romanian audiences while still pushing the boundaries of cinematic storytelling.

Beyond the framework of mystery and suspense, the film addresses issues we believe are vital to confront. In particular, the bullying that is endemic in Romanian schools, an everyday violence that is too often minimized or swept under the rug. The crimes in the film are fictional, but the culture of silence and complicity around bullying is painfully real.

At the same time, the film is about the ethics of storytelling itself. The documentary filmmakers inside the narrative become a mirror for our industry. Their persistence often retraumatizes the very victims and witnesses whose stories they claim to honor. The producers, in turn, are only interested in ratings and sensationalism, while the filmmakers struggle with their own desire to create meaningful art. This tension, between commerce and integrity, trauma and exploitation, art and market, lies at the heart of our project.

Our hope is that audiences will not only be drawn into the mystery, but also leave with questions about the way we tell stories, the cost of those stories, and the responsibility we bear toward the people whose lives we represent on screen.