Another Romanian success in Cannes: "Megatron", by Marian Crisan, wins Palme d'Or award

The „Megatron” short film, directed by 31-year old Marian Crisan, won the Palme d’Or award for short films on Sunday. „I didn’t hope to win, but I am overwhelmingly glad that I did”, said Marian Crisan for the HotNews.ro reporter.

Megatron is the third award for a Romanian short film, after „Scurta istorie” (A Brief History) by Ion Popescu Gopo and „Trafic” by Catalin Mitulescu.

The 15-minute film is about a boy from a village near Bucharest who gets to celebrate his birthday in a McDonald’s restaurant. Arriving in Bucharest, he tries to find his father instead.

Crisan is currently working at a new film, „The Last Day”, inspired by the life of a local hip-hop star.