The Road Home

TITLE

The Road Home

DIRECTOR

Marian Fărcuț

COUNTRY

Romania

YEAR

2025

DURATION

17′

GENRE

Fiction

Overview

The Road Home

Petre is returning from a farm with a pig he wants to slaughter up for Christmas. In the field he meets Zoli and offers to take him to town. The two spend the night together looking for a way home.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Marian Fărcuț

Marian Farcut, film director, born in 29.07.1999 in Salonta, Romania, debuted with the short film The Inheritance in the Romanian Film Days section at TIFF, where he won the Jury’s Special Mention, and was later nominated in international festivals such as Cottbus, IndieLisboa, Brest. His most recent short film, The Road Home, received a Special Mention at the Trieste International Film Festival.

Credits

Marian Fărcuț

Marian Farcut, film director, born in 29.07.1999 in Salonta, Romania, debuted with the short film The Inheritance in the Romanian Film Days section at TIFF, where he won the Jury’s Special Mention, and was later nominated in international festivals such as Cottbus, IndieLisboa, Brest. His most recent short film, The Road Home, received a Special Mention at the Trieste International Film Festival.

Specifications

SELECTIONS & AWARDS

Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema
Cottbus
November 7, 2025
International Premiere
Spectrum
Germany

Trieste International Film Festival
Trieste
January 21, 2026
Italian Premiere
International Competition – Special Mention Award
Italy

South East European Film Festival Los Angeles
Los Angeles
May 1, 2026
North American Premiere
International Competition
United States

Este Film Festival
Sibiu
June 5, 2026
National Premiere
National Competition – Special Mention Award
Romania

Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove
Valencia
June 25, 2026
Spanish Premiere
International Competition
Spain

Still Photos