contact: anavijdea@gmail.com

Ana Vijdea studied Cinematography and Media at Babes-Bolyai University (RO), and Film Directing at Syracuse University (USA), on a Fulbright scholarship. Throughout her studies she made several films that were screened and awarded at various international film festivals such as IDFA, True/False, DocEdge among others. In 2017 she was named one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Cinema” by Filmmaker Magazine. 

Ana is currently pursuing a master’s degree in documentary filmmaking through DocNomads. Her first semester film, May the Earth Become the Sky, premiered at Doclisboa, where it won the Best Short Film award.

FILMOGRAPHY: 

• May the Earth Become the Sky / short documentary / 2022 / as director, cinematographer, producer
• December, Radio Romania / documentary / 2021 / as director, producer, cinematographer
• Dinners / short documentary, VR / 2019 / as director, producer, cinematographer
• John 746 / short documentary / 2017 / as director, cinematographer
• Rehearsals / documentary / 2015 / as director, cinematographer

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

• May the Earth Become the Sky / Doclisboa / National Competition / Lisbon, Portugal / 2022 / Best Short Film
• May the Earth Become the Sky / Visions du Reel / DA Selection / Nyon, Switzerland / 2023
• May the Earth Become the Sky / Zinebi – International Film Festival Bilbao / Shorts Competition/ Bilbao, Spain / 2022
• May the Earth Become the Sky / Astra Film Festival / DocFilmSchool Competition / Sibiu, Romania / 2022
• May the Earth Become the Sky / Jihlava International Film Festival – Silver Eye Award Nominee / Jihlava, Czech Republic
• May the Earth Become the Sky / IsReal – Festival di Cinema di Reale / Shorts Competition / Nuoro, Italy / 2022
• May the Earth Become the Sky / In the Palace Short Film Festival / Student Competition / Sofia, Bulgaria / 2023
• May the Earth Become the Sky / Go Short – International Film Festival Nijmegen / Off competition / Nijmegen, The Netherlands / 2023
• December Radio Romania / Doclisboa / Opening Film Green Years Competition / Lisbon, Portugal / 2021
• Dinners / IDFA / DocLab / Amsterdam, The Netherlands / 2019
• Dinners / Festival dei Popoli / VR Competition / Florence, Italy / 2020 
• Dinners / Doc Edge New Zealand / VR Competition / Auckland, New Zealand, 2020
• John 746 / Doclisboa / Green Years Competition / Lisbon, Portugal / 2017
• John 746 / True False Film Festival / Columbia, Missouri, USA / 2018
• John 746 / Dokufest / Prizren, Kosovo / 2018, among others