MILK TEETH

Press & Industry Screenings: THU, 28 August, 19:00, Sala Volpi
THU, 28 August, 22:00, Sala Casinò
World Premiere: FRI, 29 August, 17:00, Sala Darsena
Screening: SAT, 30 August, 14:15 PM, PalaBiennale

Director Mihai Mincan and main actors Marina Palii, Igor Babiac, and Istvan Teglas are available for interviews.

MILK TEETH (DINȚI DE LAPTE) by writer-director Mihai Mincan is world premiering in the Orizzonti Competition at the Venice International Film Festival 2025. MILK TEETH tells the story of a young girl dealing with the aftermath of a tragedy, as she tries to make sense of a confusing and cruel world that suddenly unfolds before her.

Caught between two dimensions – reality and fantasy, political oppression and the emergence of the so-called „new world“ at the dawn of the 1990s – a young girl embodies a „lost generation of children“ who believed in freedom, only to realize that their voices would go unheard.

SYNOPSIS
Romania, 1989. During the last days of Ceausescu’s dictatorship, in a small, isolated town, Maria, a ten-year-old girl, becomes the last witness to her sister’s mysterious disappearance. Torn apart by the loss, she is trying to make sense of a new,terrifying reality. Can she summon up the courage to grow up in a collapsing world?

Mihai Mincan graduated from the University of Philosophy in Bucharest and later pursued an MBA at the University of Poitiers. He worked as a journalist for some of Romania’s leading newspapers and magazines. His transition to filmmaking began in 2008, when he wrote his first script, The Palm Lines – a short film that went on to be selected at prestigious international festivals including Locarno, Rotterdam, and Cottbus. Over the years, Mihai has written and directed short films, all of which premiered at notable festivals in Europe and Romania, and also co-directed several television documentaries. His debut feature, To the North, premiered in the Orizzonti Competition at the Venice Biennale in 2022. Milk Teeth is his second feature film.

MILK TEETH features Emma Ioana Mogos, Marina Palii, Igor Babiac, and Istvan Teglas.

MILK TEETH is produced by deFilm (Romania), in coproduction with Remora Films (France), Ström Pictures (Denmark), StudioBauhaus (Greece), and Screening Emotions (Bulgaria).
With support of Centrul Național al Cinematografiei, Guvernului României – Oficiul de Film și Investiții Culturale, CNC Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, Institut Francais, Aide aux cinemas du monde, Danish Film Institute, Bulgarian National Film Center, Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center – Creative Greece / National Recovery & Resilience Plan – Greece 2.0 – Co-production Window, Media Investment Communication, ARTE Kino, Creative Europe Media, ERT SA, TorinoFilmLab Production Award & Green Filming Award, Cinema City, Televiziunea Română, Avanpost, Radio România.

The film participated at TorinoFilmLab 2023 – Production Award & Green Filming Award; Baltic Event Co-Production Market, Industry @ Tallinn of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2020; ApostLab Mentorship Program 2023-2024; ECAM FORUM 2025.

World sales are handled by Cercamon.

Main Production Company:
de Film
office@defilm.ro
https://www.defilm.ro/

World Sales:
Cercamon
Sebastien Chesneau
sebastien@cercamon.biz
www.cercamon.biz

 

104 min. / Romania, France, Denmark, Greece, Bulgaria 2025 / feature

©/CREDITS:

Stills: ©