imaginary youth (2024)
Directed by Ruxandra Gubernat
Production: Monica Lazurean-Gorgan/Manifest Film (Romania)
Feature Documentary (84 mins)
Three Romanian teens—a rapper, an environmental activist, and a teen actress—plan to leave their families and country after high school in search of a future that matches their ideals. Habet dreams of making it as a trap artist in London, Stefania wants to study climate issues across Europe, and Una envisions a creative life in Berlin. But with family ties, social pressures, and a pandemic in the way—will they go through with their plans?