A movie about chickens and kids. The film was made in 1985, but screened only in 1990 for reasons that even Communist censors found hard to explain. A chicken farm that was very modern for its time included a kindergarten reserved for the employees’ children. The film uses the parallel between raising chicken and human babies as the starting point for a meditation on human nature.
The film tells the story of Nicoleta Giurcanu, who was arrested at only 14 years old, along with her father and brother, while protesting for freedom and democracy during the 1989 revolution. Later, Nicoleta was taken to the police station, then in the most feared prison in Romania and even in a torture chamber. 33 years later, Nicoleta is a Civic Education teacher, fights for the truth and teaches young people what true freedom is.
"Remember Iuliu Maniu-1986" is a documentary film produced by the "Iuliu Maniu" Memorial House in Bădăcin. The film talks about the courage of a group of young people to commemorate Iuliu Maniu, 33 years after his death.
Maria, Tirloi and their relatives have no choice: in their Romanian Roma village there is no work. In order to survive and provide for their families at home, they go begging in Hamburg.
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.
Two people who seem absolutely typical meet, befriend and find themselves in their similarities... Or at least their legs do.
Gogulic is an unemployed man chased by bad luck who has some adventures in the industrial periphery of Bucharest. Burlesque comedy
A few years before Kubrick in "2001", although in a more farcical way, Ion Popescu-Gopo shows the evolution of a strange creature named man from the time he started to rub flint stones to nowadays when he has managed to split the atoms.
In 1917 a village which lies directly on the front line at Marasesti is evacuated. One of the few who decide to stay is an old man together with his 12 year old granddaughter named Mariuca. The girl befriends a Romanian radio operator who had set up an artillery observation post in their yard.
A visit to a Romanian disco where the rhythms of songs like Iko Iko and Invisible Sun interweave with. The edited footage from dance floors, concert halls, and stages is a multi-channel remix of the original recorded material with the filmmaker’s edited appropriated documentary footage.
One of the most ingenious documentaries of a period not at all devoid of fanciful and provocative attempts in the history of the "Alexandru Sahia" studio.
Booze, grief and guilt arouse repressed emotions in Eli. Momentarily she loses control, however ultimately she will have to let go of the past. Layered, penetrating portrait of family ties, guilt and the role of traditions.
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 road trip full of remorse, doubt and darkness. Starring Marina Voica, a Romanian pop singer.
