Hypno, a visionary director who calls Bucharest his first canvas, has spent years absorbing his surroundings and turning them into unrepeatable pieces of art. Immersing himself in visual playgrounds, he explores unseen perspectives and anchors his films in the layers of his experiences. So inextricably unique in his vision, you could call him an alien who has ascended in the directing world by seeing ideas backwards and forwards through time and then making them part of himself. Hypno’s poetic and introspective filmmaking approach is a testament to his brute curiosity and rare aptitude for unearthing nuance.