Sabin Dorohoi

Graduated the Film Academy from Bucharest as film director. In 2013 he founded WTS – Western Transylvania Studios, a production company in the western part of Romania, to provide full production services for international projects from Western Europe or US. He produced short films and TV documentaries, some of them selected and awarded in film festivals around the world. His most internationally acclaimed creation was the short film “Way of the Danube” (2013), which won the grand prize at Oscar qualifying Chicago International Children’s Film Festival – USA, was the only Romanian film ever to be screened partially during Eurovision Song Contest Viena 2015, won a Cinematography award at Capalbio – Italy, the Young Public Award at CINEMED – Montpellier – France and was selected in many festivals around the world such as Palm Springs ShortFest, Nordkapp, Vilnius or California Independent Film Festival. “Clara” (shot in 2022) will be his first feature film. The development started in 2018 when the project won the CNC (Romanian Film Fund) on the first position (highest score for the script). In 2019 it participated in the Baltic Event Co-Production Market – Tallinn where the German co-producer was attached: Eyrie Entertainment. And in autumn 2021 ZDF/ARTE also came on board. After shooting the film in March 2022, “Clara” also participated at MIA – Work in Progress – Rome and also during the Work in Progress session of Les Films de Cannes a Bucharest.

Filmography (Selection):

2025 Banat Seasons – Feature Documentary

2023 Clara – Feature film, Romania-Germany co-production with the support of ZDF/ARTE

2017 The Birthday Boy – Short narrative

2013 Way of the Danube – Short narrative (most awarded work) – 20 international awards and nominations in film festivals, including Oscar qualifying.

2011 Transylvania Girl – Short narrative – 9 international nominations in film festivals

Filmography in our catalog