Mihai Dragolea

Mihai Gavril Dragolea b 1989 is a film director screenwriter and cinematographer he works and lives in Bucharest Romania Dragoleas documentaries focus on the world of the marginalized and those who are not represented in the media trying to bring the viewer a new version of reality His artistic practice aims at observational modes of expression their use to generate empathy between the viewer and the social actors on the screen through a direct involvement of the audience in the film He is currently developing projects and working in the fields of cinematography and independent journalism the last such project being focused on the COVID19 pandemic a web series called EuRoPandemic which is broadcasted on the independent journalism platform dela0ro His films have participated in international festivals including Docuart Fest Bucharest 2015 One World Romania Bucharest 2016 Jihlava International Film Festival 2017 Pärnu International Documentary Film Festival 2018 TIFF ClujNapoca 2018 2020 CREA Conference Kathmandu 2019 In addition he is working on a theoretical research that took the form of a doctoral dissertation entitled Representations of the marginal in the Romanian observational documentary and teaches practical courses and seminars at the Faculty of Theater and Film Department of Cinematography Photography and Media His films include The Golden Robot 2015 produced by Vagabond Film PhoeniXXX 2017 produced by Vagabond Film One month of their life 2017 produced by dela0ro and Totul pentru Riana 2020 produced by Vagabond Film and deFilm His films have participated in international festivals including Astra Sibiu International Film Festival Sibiu Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival Jihlava 2017 Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival Belgrade 2018 Parnu International Film Festival RIga 2018 Film broadcast at the international conference for womens rights CREA Kathmandu 2019 TIFF Cluj Napoca 2018 One World Romania Kine Dok selection Bucharest 2016 Film Festival of Independent Producers Bucharest 2016