Mihai Mitrică got his MSc degree in Public Management and has been involved in film festivals for the last 16 years.
He is one of the founders and the director of Animest International Animation Film Festival, taking place in Bucharest with follow-ups and special editions in various cities of Romania and the Republic of Moldova. He is a short film curator and selector for various international festivals, his main areas being animation, Romanian short film and horror film in general. Since 2014, Mihai has been a producer of Romanian animation short films, working with some of the best representatives of the new generation of local animators, with Safe Frame Studio.