ALEXANDRU OITA
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Film & Commercial
Director

Trained at UNATC Bucharest and FAMU Prague. Directing stories that sit between fiction and documentary.

Every subject holds a cinematic truth. Mine started in Bucharest and kept going in Prague.

Selected
Work

Trapped in His
Own Movie

DIRECTOR, WRITER

A documentary tracing a forgotten Romanian director's career through the eyes of a young filmmaker discovering his story.

DOCUMENTARY 2023 · 11 AWARDS INCL. MARCHÉ DU FILM, CANNES
The Fifth Step DIRECTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER 2023 · BFI FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL NOMINEE
SHORT DRAMA
To the Sky and Never Back DIRECTOR, WRITER 2024 · UCIN PRESIDENT'S AWARD
SHORT FILM
The Perfect Family DIRECTOR, CO-WRITER 2025 · SHORT
SHORT FILM
Moving Day DIRECTOR, CO-WRITER, PRODUCER 2026 · SHORT
SHORT FILM
About the Artist CREATIVE DIRECTOR 2023 · CAMPAIGN FILM
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Grand Hotel Yerevan CREATIVE DIRECTOR, DOP 2025 · GRAND HOTEL YEREVAN
COMMERCIAL
Alexandru Oita presenting a film

About

I'm a Romanian director, trained at UNATC 'I.L. Caragiale' in Bucharest and FAMU in Prague. My work moves between fiction and documentary: from 'The Fifth Step' a short drama nominated for Best International Short Film at BFI Future Film Festival 2025, to 'Trapped in His Own Movie' a documentary that went on to collect 11 awards and selections including Cannes.

In 2025 I took part in the Linz Talent Academy. I now split my time between personal film projects and directing commercial work for brands who want that same narrative sensibility applied to their story.

15+ AWARDS, SELECTIONS & NOMINATIONS
2 FILM SCHOOLS: UNATC & FAMU
CANNES MARCHÉ DU FILM, OFFICIAL SELECTION

BEHIND THE SCENES

A few moments from the shoots behind the work above.

MOVING DAY · ON SET DAY 1, PRAGUE 2026
TO THE SKY AND NEVER BACK · ON SET DAY 5 2024
THE PERFECT FAMILY · DAY 1, PRAGUE 2025
THE FIFTH STEP · ON SET DAY 3 2024
PREMIERE TRAPPED IN HIS OWN MOVIE - ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2022
TO THE SKY AND NEVER BACK · ON SET DAY 1 2024

Recognition

Fifteen and counting, across Cannes, BFI, Tbilisi and beyond.

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Other Projects

Stills, scouting frames and fragments from the cutting room floor.

A.01 MARY - ISTI - MUSIC VIDEO - DOP
A.02 BBSHOW - FASHION SHOW - DIRECTOR & DOP
FIELD NOTES

What the final cut doesn't show.

A.03 SKATE - SHORT DOCUMENTARY - CO-DIRECTOR
A.04 SELF - SHORT FILM - DOP

The next
frame.

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