Vinsælt Frá Romania

After a long life of hard work, 94-year-old Maria outsmarts a priest in her Romanian village.

In a not so distant time females run the world and one day, they stumble upon a couple of artists.

This is a Kitsch manifesto celebrating clichés, pop culture, eroticism & fetishes. Kitsch has become a typical product for modernity and consumerism but also a way to escape from everyday reality. NEO-KITSCH explores the theme of artificiality, sexuality and the race for the perfect body promoted by social media, press and fashion. NEO-KITSCH is investigating the body, the gender stereotypes and the theme of masculinity-femininity.

Gogulic is an unemployed man chased by bad luck who has some adventures in the industrial periphery of Bucharest. Burlesque comedy

This video essay deepens loneliness, poverty and depression by developing the tragic story of a boy from the Jiu Valley who commits suicide because of his mother’s absence.

A rural experiment filmed with an 8mm camera captures the Transylvanian landscape around the town of Beius. Blurred lines, warm colors, depth of space, and soothing scenes: the impression of an oil painting is disturbed by the agitated camera movements, vertical swoops, image inversions, and overlaying of shots.

This celebratory ode to the life of the potato explores the structures and shapes of the root vegetable with a monumental orchestral accompaniment and the help of a dynamic camera. Dazzling rays of sunlight penetrate the wicker incubator and illuminate in backlight the impressive tangle of roots and wrinkled skin of the agricultural crop.

After a self-exploratory workshop called “Primitive Voice”, Mihai and Octavia decide to embark on a painful and uncomfortable journey within themselves. Using their voices in unconventional ways along this transformative process, they both confront memories, emotions and patterns of behaviour which have kept them stuck into their past. Guided by the voice therapist Jean-René Toussaint and by a strong desire to find their inner freedom, they come to realize that meeting themselves brings them closer to the ones they love.

A shocking testimony of the times when Romania was a giant prison fenced with barbed wire and guarded by indoctrinated border guards ready to machine-gun the dream of freedom of any reckless person who would dare to escape the absurdity of communist dictatorship. Some managed to escape. Others ended up shot near the border or drowned in the Danube. Some survived the border crossing attempts, but were left broken, traumatized and mutilated for life. This is their true story.

Banned for 20 years during the communist regime in Romania, this short film depicts New York City through the eyes of a director and a writer.

The story of a young man who only begins to live after he dies. The main hero is given the chance to live one last 365 days. This is how he discovers God and true values.

A little bear cub grew up very lazy. Spring came, but the little bear did not want to wake up and went to chase after the cold Winter's sleigh. Soon Bear got to the palace of Santa Claus, where he had many funny adventures. Here the little boy understood a lot, learned a lot. Now Mishka will no longer be a layabout.

While working in the store Radu rapped to himself, preparing for that night's concert. Everything would have gone smoothly if it were not for the girl he saw in the store. He recognized her after 16 years. His first love.

A documentary about love, dance and music, freedom and prison.

From neighbourly disputes over garlic-heavy cooking to memories of Ceausescu's heatless winters, this film explores the universe of a Romanian apartment building. It follows the story of the ambitious block's administrator.

An animated fairy tale movie about the funny adventures of a bear cub who went to congratulate his uncle and present him with a cake.