One late night, while scavenging on some random blogs for inspiration for my advertising projects, I accidentally came across a beautiful story that strangely no one seemed to have heard of. Totally forgotten, buried by time and by Ceausescu’s communist regime under layers of indifference, there it was the extraordinary journey of four students, "ambassadors" of Romanian popular costume, folklore and traditions, who travelled around the world on foot for six years, crossed five continents and three oceans, through 76 countries and over 1.500 cities, wearing out 497 pairs of opinci, the Romanian traditional footwear made of pig skin. So, if you thought that around the world in 80 days was fantastic, what would you think about this six years journey around the world on foot?
Based on a true story.
* Best Animation, UCIN 2020
* Best Animation, Santiago Independent Film Awards 2020
* Official Selection, CINEQUEST 2020
* Coup de Coeur Canal+ Award, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, CFISFF 2020
* Audience Prize, Filmfest Eberswalde 2020
* Best Animation, Bucharest Short Film Festival, BSFF 2020
* Best Short Film, Romanian Days Award, TIFF 2019
* Best Romanian Animation, Animest 2019
* Best Film, Tbilisi International Animation Festival, TIAF 2019
Starring: Marcel Iures, Tamara Buciuceanu
Directed by Anton & Damian Groves
A Studioset, Framebreed & Bagan Films production
Opinci (Sandals) is now on HBO MAX
Or watch the full movie here - www.vimeo.com/317422034 - PM me for password