Sand Men

Neculai, Aurel and Raj all left their homes in Romania for the same reason - to seek a better life for their family. Now, in Britain, with their loved ones depending on them, they survive by creatingsand sculptures on London’s streets.

Sand Men is a short documentary film I have directed, produced, shot and edited. The film was produced in 2017, screened at film festivals in 2017 - 2018, and was subsequently released online in 2018.

Awards

Winner: Vimeo Staff Pick, 2018
Winner: Sarasota Film Festival, 2018 - Best Documentary Short
Winner: Signes de Nuit International Festival, 2017 - Best Short Documentary
Winner: Newburyport Documentary Film Festival, 2017 - Best Short Documentary
Winner: Shots International Independent Short Film Festival, 2018 - Best Documentary
Winner: Social Machinery Film Festival, 2017 - Best Drama
Winner: Pennine Film Festival, 2017 - Best Short Documentary
Winner: Gdansk DocFilm Festival, 2017 - Special Jury Award
Winner: Southampton International Film Festival, 2017 - Best Short Documentary
Winner: Austrian Film Festival, 2017 - Special Mention

Official selections

Brooklyn Film Festival, 2017
American Documentary Film Festival (AmDocs), 2017
Savannah Film Festival (SCAD), 2017
Cinequest Film Festival, 2018
L’Alternativa Independent Film Festival, 2017
Tirana International Film Festival, 2017
German International Ethnographic Film Festival, 2018
Sarasota Film Festival, 2018
Signes de Nuit International Festival, 2017
Newburyport Documentary Film Festival, 2017
View Point Documentary Film Festival, 2018
Eastern Oregon Film Festival, 2017
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, 2017
DocuWest Documentary Film Festival, 2017
Gdansk DocFilm Festival, 2017
Shots International Independent Short Film Festival, 2018
One World Romania International Film Festival, 2017
Pärnu Documentary Film Festival, 2017
Wolves International Independent Film Festival, 2017
Still Voices Film Festival, 2017
Social Machinery Film Festival, 2017
Short to the Point, 2017
Pennine Film Festival, 2017
Euregion Film Festival, 2018
Austrian Film Festival, 2017
Spotlight Documentary Film Awards, 2017
Wales International Documentary Film Festival, 2017
World Film Festival, 2017
Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival, 2017
The Shortest Nights, 2017
Flatpack Film Festival, 2017
Nottingham International Film Festival, 2017
Southampton International Film Festival, 2017
Vasteras Film Festival, 2017
Norwich Film Festival, 2017
Saratov Film Festival, 2017
London International Documentary Festival, 2017
Pori Film Festival, 2017
Ethnografilm Paris, 2018
Peloponnisos Documentary Film Festival, 2018
In the Palace International Short Film Festival, 2018
Norman Film Festival, 2018

• https://vimeo.com/732142687
• https://talamiran.com/Sand-Men