Dan Popa

film maker + director

Dan Popa is a Montreal based filmmaker, of Romanian origin, who directs and photographs his own work. He studied filmmaking at Concordia University and has worked as a freelancer in both film and design. In 2006, he started NATALI film, his own film production company. His main interest is opposing artificial environments to social interactions. His research focuses on the exploration of contradictions, both esthetically and formally, through new cinematic approaches. He is currently working on a poetic feature film, filmed on four continents, about the rise and fall of a republic that never existed.

Filmography

2010 The Metropolitan
Short experimental fiction
24 minutes, HDCAM

2010 Off-road to Mexico
(in production) documentary
52 minutes

2010 The republic of MIRA
(in production), fiction
72 minutes

2008 Midi (Noon)
fiction, 6 minutes

2008 Beyond the Valley
documentary, 35 minutes

2007 Neon Colony
documentary short, 12 minutes