Emigrant Blues: a road movie in 2 ½ chapters

Emigrant Blues: a road movie in 2 ½ chapters 2019

9.00

A 55 hours journey, from Bucharest to Madrid, in a bus packed with Romanians sleeping on the floor, spending time in empty parkways or eating in small restaurants from the highways. A collective portrait of the children of Romanian emigrants in Spain, through the short clips they have in their mobile phones and their stories of nostalgia. The final trip of a Romanian to his native country, in the back of a hearse, with two Romanian undertakers who make all the mistakes they could have made. Three fragments from the lives of people who are dreaming about the day they will return home, but are too scared to completely reset, once again, their whole lives.

2019

Piano

Piano 1970

6.00

He wants her. She wants him. Both of them in one bed. Even though they have been declaring their love for each other for more than a year now, it’s still not enough for their love affair to resist even though they've seen each other so many times already. It’s not routine. It’s not boredom. It’s something we all face at one point. And when you think everything will work out, here comes reality knocking everything down.

1970

Seven Words

Seven Words 2015

8.00

Seven Words is the story of a man who spent 21 years behind bars, fighting for his beliefs

2015

Bucharestless

Bucharestless 2011

6.00

A city-vérité conceptual movie shot in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. With an outside-the-box cinematic perspective, a full-encompassing soundtrack, a sequential narrative approach and no dialogues, the film slices through the urban soul and the contemporary spirit of a city formerly known as "Little Paris".

2011

30-40-50

30-40-50 2012

1

Three different stories about three different women with different ages 30 40 , 50 years old

2012

Romanian

Romanian 2014

5.20

A fantastic short documentary that explores an event that is staged in a cave in one of the oldest forests in Romania. The premise of the film - that people are bored and need something to do or perform is beside the point - there are people in Romania who will move an entire orchestra into a cave in the forest and thousands of people will arrive to watch a classical performance there. Breathtaking and fun at the same time.

2014

Love Changes Everything

Love Changes Everything 1970

1

In a small Eastern European city, Adrian’s joyful proposal to Lena is shattered when her father firmly opposes their marriage, citing fear, responsibility, and an unfinished future. Caught between love and parental authority, the couple is forced to confront tradition, pride, and sacrifice. In the end, it is Lena’s simple, unwavering declaration of love that proves strongest—showing that love, when honest and brave, can change everything.

1970

The Journals of Hrib

The Journals of Hrib 1974

1

By the time Slavomir Popovici filmed this documentary, his protagonist was already famous for the museum of history and folk art he had established in his house in Arbore village. His museum was visited by thousands of tourists each year, while the journals that he had kept for four decades had been published in 1972 as The Chronicle from Arbore. Hrib was a peasant autodidact from Bucovina, North Romania. Although he was an eccentric, he was also the perfect film protagonist for 1970s Romanian documentary.

1974

Familia

Familia 1976

1

A father and his children are preparing for the New Year. The eldest daughter is almost 30 years old and is used to playing the role of mother to the others, sacrificing her education to raise them, after the death of her real daughter. The second daughter is in high school and has difficulties in physics, for this reason she is punished to stay at home and solve problems in this subject. Of the two boys, one is the pride of the father, being the first and only student in the family. In a cordial atmosphere, punctuated from time to time by surprising musical fragments, the story develops around daily events. But the very next day, the appearance of a young woman who is important to the eldest son inspires the father to reconsider the sometimes too authoritarian relationship he has cultivated with his children.

1976

Fata Morgana

Fata Morgana 1967

1

In the ruins of a religious building, a council-orchestra of elders sits enthroned in carved chairs in the abandoned space marked by the passage of time. A military band crosses the empty streets of a residential neighborhood and attracts people, chairs and buildings like a vacuum cleaner in its festive and monotonous cadence. A young star who keeps waiting ends tragically in the middle of the crowd gathered to witness the performance.

1967

Justiție capturată

Justiție capturată 2025

1

After several years in which Justice has almost completely disappeared from the public agenda, Romanian society has woken up to a difficult reality, in which high-level corruption cases are systematically buried. Famous defendants acquitted on appeal after receiving heavy years of imprisonment in the first instance, trials delayed until the acts reach the statute of limitations, final convictions that are re-evaluated and wiped clean. In addition, suspicions have begun to hover over the DNA regarding the blocking of criminal investigations.

2025

Revederea

Revederea 1990

1

While waiting for her teenage son, Tia works around the house and organizes her memories. The film is composed of small domestic moments with the two, overlaid with glimpses of images and sounds recalled by the protagonist - tensed scenes from the factory, letters from her late husband, photos from when she was little. A certain childhood episode keeps coming back and overlaps a meeting with a familiar-looking man, whom Tia doesn't want to make future plans with.

1990

Great Union

Great Union 2025

1

A young nationalist and AUR (Alliance for the Union of Romanians) supporter goes to visit his friends in Bucharest, to convince them to go to the December 1st Parade. During the evening, the group of friends have discussions about the political situation in the country and get drunk. The next morning, none of them make it to the parade.

2025

Missed Calls

Missed Calls 1970

1

Claudia confronts her phobias and fears, and a bathtub filled with water will convince her that, in the end, everything can turn out all right.

1970

The Fire

The Fire 1970

1

Animated advertisement for ADAS, the State Administration of Insurances.

1970