Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread 2024

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MamaPan is an artisan bakery where the female employees are social cases who would hardly find a job given that, for example, they cannot read or write. We see the harsh reality of these women, their instability and their inability to adapt, which results from all the problems they bring from home. The film presents their perspective in contact with the economic and entrepreneurial perspective and once again shows the problems in the social system related to the integration of vulnerable people in Romania.

2024

Today I was Young and Pretty

Today I was Young and Pretty 2007

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Most of the Gypsy population of Clejani, a village located some 50 km away from Bucharest, traditionally consists of musicians going back for many generations. The film shows how the musicians relate to daily life and the way their perception of reality influences their music. Firm belief in superstitions, the unavoidable blows of fate, communication with the dead, become the sources of inspiration and expression, of joy and sorrow. Alexandra Gulea’s unconventional documentary takes us on a musical journey to the origins of romanian gypsy music.

2007

I, for One, Am Alive and Well, and I Hope You Are, Too...

I, for One, Am Alive and Well, and I Hope You Are, Too... 1970

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"Aflați despre mine..." stands as a quintessential social documentary from the perspective of 1980s filmmakers, delving into the effects of labor migration from agriculture to urban industry. Filmed in bachelor accommodations, it captures the intimate confessions of residents, offering faces and voices to the societal shifts in socialist times. The documentary, set against a backdrop of dormitory life, features a nuanced soundtrack blending informal interviews with the monotony of daily routines. Panning from window to window, the camera reveals the aspirations of temporary dwellers dreaming of a future beyond provisional living and aiming to settle into homes of their own.

1970

Family Snapshots

Family Snapshots 1983

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Time passes by quickly for a young, small family: soon it will no longer be that small, the children grow up, the parents get older, and this reality in constant motion, erased and diffused, sometimes stops itself in front of the camera.

1983

Reconstruction in Landscape

Reconstruction in Landscape 1978

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A landscape is a landscape is a landscape. But in her view of the ambiguity of reality, Wanda Mihuleac composes an infinite landscape of reflections and lights.

1978

10, Autumn Street

10, Autumn Street 2022

6.00

A man in his 40s comes home one night, and finds an unknown woman in his apartment.

2022

Four Questions

Four Questions 1967

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An unusual attempt at cinéma vérité, in which people are asked if they are happy, while city lights flood the summer nights to the strains of a tender croon.

1967

People Are Not Goats

People Are Not Goats 1971

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In an unusual spaghetti western setting, a man - played by Ilarion Ciobanu - returns to his home village after spending time at the front. He finds his wife in the company of another man - played by Anușavan Salamanian - who is also raising his son. The confrontation between the two is at its most intense when they exchange glances that, in Ciobanu's case, seem to be a textbook study in Clint Eastwood's taciturn protagonist from Sergio Leone's famous trilogy. In many ways, People Aren't Goats stands out among all the other student films of the period. But the point where it proves most particular is its belonging to a genre - spaghetti western - at that time still new worldwide, whose national exponent will remain Ilarion Ciobanu, through the roles he played in the singular western trilogy, released a few years later, in which the people of the Ardennes go through all sorts of adventures.

1971

I Was, Wasn't I

I Was, Wasn't I 2022

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The life of Mara, a teenage girl from rural Romania in the 1950s, is turned upside down after her parents arrange a marriage for her with a wealthy young man from a neighboring village. Mara finds herself in a situation with no escape, and her romantic feelings for her friend, Ioana, upset her completely.

2022

heart's coming into place

heart's coming into place 2023

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There's disagreement between heart and reason. While trying to find common ground, they quarrel like blind.

2023

Dislocated. Home Away

Dislocated. Home Away 2021

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An actress remains stuck in Bucharest due to travel restrictions and clings to online conversations with her friends like a lifeline.

2021

Scultura da Passegio

Scultura da Passegio 1995

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A happening made by students from the Art Academy, inspired by one of Michelangelo Pistoletto’s sculpture-objects. The sculpture crosses the city of Bucharest and enters into dialogue with its inhabitants, against the backdrop of the 1990s.

1995

It's a Clown's Life

It's a Clown's Life 2022

6.00

The film tells the story of a man that goes through life being an actual clown. Not by choice, he is just born this way. We get to watch him going through a few crucial moments of his life like his birth, school, job, first love. We witness his downfall as life becomes harder and people become meaner.

2022

On the Banks of the Ozana

On the Banks of the Ozana 1984

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On the banks of Ozana follows the lives of children who dedicate their time to agricultural work.

1984