Romanian director Bogdan Mirică, best known for "Dogs" and HBO's "Shadows", is preparing a new film titled "Magnum Opus", a tragicomedy about the creator economy and society's obsession with curated self-image. The project will be presented at the Venice Gap-Financing Market, with Mirică saying constant use of cameras and social media has transformed how people construct and become "imprisoned" by their public image.

The film follows fictional filmmaker Alex as he tries to prove his famous actor father sabotaged his latest movie, triggering family conflict, clashing egos and unravelling secrets, blending satire, black comedy and detective elements. Producers Ioana Lascar and Radu Stancu, who discovered Mirică's work at the Transylvania International Film Festival, are backing the project through a co-production between Romania's deFilms, Poland's Lava Films, Bulgaria's Screening Emotions and Moldova's 609 Film. The cast is led by Vlad Brumaru, Vlad Ivanov and Iulian Postelnicu, with shooting due to begin in mid-September, straight after the Venice festival.