About
Cristina is a creative documentary film producer and director. She co-founded the NoCut Film Collective based in Romania, Italy and India. She also works as a producer with deFilm, Romania. Alumna of DocNomads MA, Berlinale Talents and Aristoteles Workshop. She completed her BA in Cinematography in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Cristina sees filmmaking as a collaborative and transcultural undertaking and she is interested in working with emerging filmmakers from Eastern Europe and the Global South.
projects in progress
Matryoshka (documentary) - Directed by Maricarmen Merino Mora, in editing; co-producer. Premiere planned for 2024/2025. A mother-daughter dialogue in the quest of finding their own voices.
Zero Hour (documentary) - Directed by Nachiket Guttikar and Deeksha Ketkar, in production; co-producer and co-writer. Premiere planned for 2026. An intimate portrait of a politician from a deceptively quiet Indian village.
Mailin (essay / animation / documentary) - Directed by Maria Silvia Esteve, in editing; co-producer. Through archives and mixed media emerges the story of a girl, who for 15 years suffered the abuses of a priest that justice has set free.
Playtopia (documentary / essay / hybrid) - Directed by Bara Jichova Tyson, in development; co-producer. A playful exploration of power, money, hierarchy, and inequality through the eyes of children from all walks of life.
Untitled (documentary) - Directed by Cristina Haneș, Isabella Rinaldi and Arya Rothe, in development; co-producer, co-director, cinematographer. A second part to "A Rifle and a Bag".
finished projects
No Winter Holidays (documentary) - Directed by Rajan Kathet and Sunir Paney, 79 min, Nepal/South Korea/Romania, 2023; co-producer. Premiere at Sheffield DocFest.
A Rifle and a Bag (documentary) - Directed by Cristina Haneș, Isabella Rinaldi and Arya Rothe, 89 min, India/Romania/Italy/Qatar, 2020; producer, director, cinematographer, editor. Premiere and awarded at Rotterdam IFF.
António e Catarina (essay / documentary) - Directed by Cristina Haneș, 40 min, Portugal/Romania, 2017; co-producer, director, cinematographer, co-editor. Premiered and awarded at Locarno Film Festival.
News
new project / Untitled / Cristina Haneș / New project has been added - 14.03.2024
new project / Playtopia / Cristina Haneș / New project has been added - 14.03.2024
new project / Mailin / Cristina Haneș / New project has been added - 14.03.2024
Producer Cristina Haneș updated promo video - 13.11.2023
new project / Zero Hour / Cristina Haneș / New project has been added - 11.10.2023
new project / Waiting for a Miracle / Cristina Haneș / New project has been added - 11.10.2023
new project / Matryoshka / Cristina Haneș / New project has been added - 11.10.2023
new project / António e Catarina / Cristina Haneș / New project has been added - 11.10.2023
new project / A Rifle and a Bag / Cristina Haneș / New project has been added - 11.10.2023
new project / No Winter Holidays / Cristina Haneș / New project has been added - 11.10.2023
Production company
Name: NoCut Film Collective and deFilm
Address: General Leonard Mociulschi, no. 16, ap. 7A, 410088 Oradea, Romania
Contact number: +40 744 227 192
E-mail address: nocutcristina@gmail.com / cristina@defilm.ro
Website: www.nocutfilmcollective.com / www.defilm.ro
