Everything for Riana

Everything for Riana 2020

6.00

Kalo, a 24-year-old man roams Italy selling fake iPhones and Samsung phones on street corners to other neighborhood boys, generally immigrants. Amalia, a young mother fights for the life of her newborn daughter Riana, in a hospital in Bucharest. She hopes that her daughter will be sent as soon as possible to Milan, where Riana can have heart surgery to survive. In Everything for Riana we find out how everything will end for the young family.

2020

The Penal Code Was Ratified [fragments]

The Penal Code Was Ratified [fragments] 1992

1

The first film produced by FAV is a sociopolitical musical featuring Valeriu Sterian and the Sound Company, from which we extracted four of the ten songs of the “album” (Escu, The future political prisoners want to know, We will be what we have been, and A plea without a bridle.)

1992

Scultura da Passegio

Scultura da Passegio 1995

1

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

Diary of a Provincial Puppeteer

Diary of a Provincial Puppeteer 1993

6.00

A portrait of the actor Călin Nemeș, who bravely faced the soldiers sent to suppress the demonstrations during the 1989 Revolution, in Cluj. Disillusioned and alone, Nemeș committed suicide in 1993.

1993

When Flamingos Fall From the Sky

When Flamingos Fall From the Sky 2022

6.00

Blurring the line between memory and imagination, the film tells the story of a girl and her father, who have embarked on a wintery voyage. As the girl loses her sight, she reminisces about a strange encounter with a baby flamingo, while her father questions her experience.

2022

The Chalice. Of Sons and Daughters

The Chalice. Of Sons and Daughters 2022

6.00

Traditional Roma-communities of Romania are culturally rich communities, ruled with complicated rituals and customs. Marriage is maybe the most set in stone such custom, with everything about it being under very strict community control. What keeps everyone alert is Roma marriage’s highest stake: fertility and conceiving boys.

2022

May the Earth Become the Sky

May the Earth Become the Sky 2022

1

Maria, a 48-year-old woman, is trapped between two worlds—one guided by asceticism, the other fuelled by the need to reconnect and be with her two sons. Through carefully composed shots and minimalistic sound, we glimpse into her everyday life, thoughts, and emotions.

2022

Extravaganzia mare, blat subțire, sos iute

Extravaganzia mare, blat subțire, sos iute 2021

5.50

Two young guys are drinking alcohol, smoking weed and making prank calls. Little they know that their fun night is about to take a whole different turn when they get an unexpected visit from two complete strangers.

2021

Sanctify the Place

Sanctify the Place 2022

4.50

B.EX. falls in love with a random guy he just met. From that moment, his life will change forever. B.EL, his psychologist, talks to him in an unusual matter. He is not happy that his patient felt in love with a guy. Because of that, B.EL. tries to psychologically abuse B.EX. and make him suffer.

2022

The Necromancer

The Necromancer 2022

6.50

After Marc and Vlad discover a mysterious artifact, they must face an ancient force returned from the darkness seeking to reclaim its rightful possession.

2022

In the Fishbowl

In the Fishbowl 2013

7.00

George and Cristina are trying to break up. But despite their efforts and violent fights something keeps them together.

2013

Alone with the Dead

Alone with the Dead 2023

1

In an infected apocalyptic world, a survivor tries to find a reason to live.

2023

The Things We Hide in Silence

The Things We Hide in Silence 2021

2.00

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.

2021

Marilena

Marilena 2008

6.00

Marilena a 40 yo Woman lives her life at maximum. She works in a furniture factory where she is sexually harassed by his boss. At home she has a new born child with the husband of her bet friend. Her lover is in Canada and he have no idea about the existence of the child. When he returns from Canada life of Marilena becomes a nightmare.

2008

Însemnări de reporter

Însemnări de reporter 1967

1

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.

1967

3x3=…?

3x3=…? 1963

1

A playful representation of the snobbery of communist middle class parents, for whom grades are more important than the real interest in their children's needs and curiosities.

1963