Christiana caught the attention of the film world in 2015 when she filmed her first action role. In the same year, she appeared as the lead in a music video and landed a contract as a stunt double for the lead actress in an international film.
In 2021, together with her husband, historian and sports journalist Octavian Budica, Christiana made an independent project called Ter Chono - a Mongolian story. This historical short film, in which Christiana plays the lead role of the Mongolian warrior princess Ter Chono, won numerous international awards. The film was based on an original idea by Octavian Budica, who wrote the story and produced the film.
IMDB - Christiana Budica
Christiana Budica wins again
Ter Chono, a Mongolian story Awards:
- 2022 World Premiere at Buffalo International Film Festival New York, USA
- 2022 Best Short Movie, awarded by Centre Film Festival Pennsylvania, USA
- 2022 Best Director, awarded by Ideal Film Festival India
- 2022 Best Actress, awarded by Ideal Film Festival India
- 2022 Best Short nominee, awarded by Weyauwega International Film Festival Wisconsin, USA
- 2023 Best Director nominee by Wyoming International Film Festival Wyoming, USA
- 2023 Best Shorts nominee by Maryland international Film Festival Maryland, USA
- 2023 Best Actress nominee by Flowers Against Bullets Film Festival Wien, Austria
- 2024 2nd Place Best International Short, Nieves Christian Film Festival, Florida, USA
- 2024 Best Edition at Ural Shorts, International Short Film Festival, Russia
Cristiana Mongol a lăsat ringul pentru un film istoric
Christiana Mongol, campioană în ring, premiată în film
- Back to the edge trailer - negative character
- NoGoA - international film, leading actress double stunt
- Ter Chono, a Mongolian story - lead role
- The Yellow tie - role woman ruin
- Vlad's night - role Christian mother
