Laurentiu Garofeanu
Self Shooting Producing Director
Shot and produced prime-time docuseries in London and New York for Discovery, Animal Planet, CBS, CH5.
Won Civil Society Pitch, Documentary Campus Masterschool, Balkan Watchers Grand Prize.
Secured CNC Romania funding for my first independent feature documentary, Lost and Found.
Built Mekanism Media in Bucharest to serve NGOs, brands, and broadcasters.
What drives me now
Developing human-interest stories to start conversations about policy and shift perspectives and still feel cinematic.
Where I’m headed
Real-time virtual production and mixed-reality docs.
Generative tools that let audiences shape the narrative. Always focus on finding solutions, not the problem.
Need to know more?
The extended crew is formed from freelance creatives, filmmakers, journalists, and open-box tinkerers.
We shoot, cut, and grade from Bucharest, but our stories travel everywhere.
Our Mission
Turn real lives into moving cinema that shifts perception, sparks conversation, and leaves audiences changed.
What We Do
- Documentaries
- Impact Films for NGOs
- Brand & Corporate Docs
- Social Media
- Social-First Shorts
- Legacy & Family Films
Our 6-D Process
01.
Discover
We start with a call and a coffee. We listen, ask the hard “why” questions, sift the research, and spot the real story.
02.
Deepen
We go the extra mile to find what really works.
Field visits, pre-interviews, late-night notes.
03.
Draft
We map the narrative and sketch the visuals and blueprint: script, build the narrative arc, storyboard, shot list, budget, schedule.
04.
Direct
We shoot fast, light, and with heart.
Two cameras, or more. We roll light and fast, chasing the unscripted sparks that make the edit feel alive.
05.
Distill
Mastered files for streaming, broadcast, or vertical socials, plus launch strategy and teaser clips ready to come alive.
06.
Deliver
We launch at festivals, online, or midnight on phone screens.
We launch strategy and teaser clips ready to come alive.