INTERNAL ZERO by Eugen Jebeleanu

Pressbook

Cristina, a mid 30s secretary living in an alienating and hostile Bucharest, is trying to understand what it means being a bills-paying, ready-to-settle, social-ladder-climbing adult while still desperately wanting to be a good child for the single mom that raised her. She is also a character in a novel that a theatre director is turning into a feature. As the actors start setting into the story, their individual backgrounds, social circumstances and personal motivations begin to overlap with the fiction they were offered, making it their own, questioning it and shaping it. The result is what it’s supposed to be: a playful mesh of perceived reality and fabrication.
Film adaptation of Lavinia Braniște´s novel INTERIOR ZERO.

Smart 7 competition 2025: Vilnius FF, Indie Lisboa, Transilvania FF, Filmmadrid, New Horizons IFF, Reykjavik IFF, Thessaloniki IFF

Cast
Cristina Drăghici, Cendana Trifan, Valentina Zaharia – Cristina / Katia Pascariu – Liliana / Cristi Popa – Mihai / Vlad Udrescu – Dan / Alexandru Potocean – Traian / Irina Movilă – Mother / Ada Galeș – Otilia

Crew
Director: Eugen Jebeleanu / Writer: Ioana Moraru / Cinematorgrapher: Marius Panduru / Editor: Cătălin Cristuțiu / Sound: Alex Dragomir / Art Director: Mălina Ionescu / Producer: Velvet Moraru / Production Company: Icon Production

Technical Information
Original Title: INTERIOR ZERO / shot digital/ available for screenings in DCP (24 fps) / color / scope 2.39 / 100 min / sound format 5.1 SURROUND / original language: Romanian, French, Spanish with English subtitles / 2025 Icon Production, Romania