STILL NIA
- Documentary film
- Recommended age 12+
71 min.
05.02.2026
Thursday
19:30
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Emerging from years of self-induced amnesia, Stefania reveals the overwhelming memories of her childhood, spent in Romanian hospitals due to a misdiagnosis. Today, at around 30 years of age, she tries to reconnect with her estranged body and her inner child, Nia, through dance. This becomes a new language on the path to healing her wounds and her relationship with her mother.
Director’s note
Both Stefania and I are originally from Romania and met in France, where we live and work as artists. For me, she embodies the spirit of our generation, those who are not satisfied with answers from the outside world—whether from doctors or family—and who seek a certain meaning within themselves. For many years, Ștefania ran away from her past, trying to erase her childhood memories, developing several forms of extreme anxiety—exacerbated by loneliness—hypochondria being just one of them. I was fascinated by her struggle to come to terms with her childhood, not only intellectually, but also physically, through her body, art, and imagination. This inspired me to create a film that looks at healing and the different paths it can take. The film captures a fragment of a process that lasts a lifetime.
Team
Director: Paula Oneț
Screenplay: Paula Oneț
Cinematography: Carmen Tofeni, Paula Oneț
Editing: Alexandra Diaconu
Music: Ștefania Becheanu
Sound designer: Marius Leftărache
Producers: Diana Caravia, Ada Solomon (microFILM, Romania), Cédric Bonin (Seppia, France)
Cast: Ștefania Becheanu, Maria Becheanu
Digital / color / dialogue: Romanian, French
Distributed by microMULTILATERAL from January 30, 2026 in theaters
Rating: AP 12
Selections: Astra Film Festival 2025 (October 22, 2025), Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival (October 27, 2025 – international premiere)
Biography
Both cinematographer and film director, Paula Oneț is involved in documentary films and transdisciplinary projects. The short documentary “După Fel și Chip” premiered at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and has been screened at many festivals around the world (Dok Leipzig, TIFF, Zagreb Dox, etc.), winning awards for Best Film, Best Documentary, Best Short Film, and the Audience Award. Another short film, “Sarmale,” is part of the international “Grandmas Project,” a web series cited by The New York Times.
Her multimedia projects include hybrid short films, dance films, the multimedia installation “Site Under Construction” (presented at the Venice Architecture Biennale), and the interactive installation “4GenWomen” (presented at the National Gallery of Art in Prague and other galleries in Turkey, Romania, and Spain).
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