In the Light of Memory

In the Light of Memory 2010

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The film explores sites and practices of memory in post-socialist Bucharest, twenty years after the fall of Romanian communism. It was shot in Cismigiu Gardens, one of the oldest public parks in Bucharest. This central, urban space attracts people from all walks of life. It is a place for social interaction, solitary reflection, reverie, and memory. Interweaving recollections of the past with present-day scenes from the park, the film presents a montage of stillness and motion, images and voices, landscapes and people.

2010

Memory Objects, Memory Dialogues

Memory Objects, Memory Dialogues 2011

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A split-screen animated film that explores the complex nature of memory in contemporary post-communist Romania. Using a collection of everyday, household objects as windows into the past, it features 16mm stop-motion animations of these artifacts, projected alongside selections of interviews from the ethnographic research with the objects’ owners.

2011

Documentary about...

Documentary about... 1981

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A handful of young documentary filmmakers have to make a report on a lathe machine enterprise. Only that Documentary About… is also a playful, almost cheeky film about its own making.

1981

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

The Sun and its Double

The Sun and its Double 2014

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Up in the sky, the sun, and another sun, the other’s double. A simple superimposition invokes with all its strength the imaginary and poetics of anticipation, raising, at the same time, the problem of the double. What does the supreme singular represent for our culture of mass reproduction?

2014

For Our Heirs, More Stories About Bucharest

For Our Heirs, More Stories About Bucharest 1980

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A cine-postcard directed at the Bucharest of 2080, For Our Heirs… is a charming time capsule whose innocuous humour and visuals will soon stand in sharp contrast to the harsh reality of the decade’s austerity measures.

1980

Rhythms

Rhythms 1970

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One of the very rare Romanian abstract films. Rhythms presents concrete objects that break down into all sorts of colours, shapes and shifting substances.

1970

Eden

Eden 2023

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Following a triggering experience, Eden, the titular character, retreats into her inner world. There she goes through a process of self-discovery, starting from a sense of discomfort with her queer, non-conformist side, and finally reaching self-acceptance and a renewed courage to face the outside world.

2023

CELELALTE CUVINTE - 40

CELELALTE CUVINTE - 40 1970

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Intro, This World, Characters, Late At Night, I Will, Temptation, That's My Life, Armageddon, Cursed Nation, Thought Sickness, WWW, It's Getting Bad, Steam, The Fountain, Between Dreams, Love Letters, An End is a Beginning, If You Want, Weed Through the Hair.

1970

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

Searching for the lost simplicity

Searching for the lost simplicity 1970

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Shot in various romanian traditional villages on Prahova Valley, the film explores the simple life of isolated villagers of all ages, throughout all four seasons.

1970

Songs from the Backyard

Songs from the Backyard 2022

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Shot in a cinéma verité style, a group of students make a film in Botosani penitentiary. They start to follow Gheorghita, a worker from the kitchen. He is working hard to gain the trust of the guards and to blend in with his fellow inmates. As the students get closer to him, they realise how the environment ends up shaping the identity of the individual.

2022

LI8E9

LI8E9 1970

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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.

1970

Remember Iuliu Maniu - 1986

Remember Iuliu Maniu - 1986 1970

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"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.

1970