Tonel and Vieru or About the Meaning of the Ballad

Tonel and Vieru or About the Meaning of the Ballad 1995

6.00

The memory of a tragedy of passion – a double murder that took place in a shepherd’s village 50 years ago – is preserved in the form of a ballad. The villagers recall the events and the musicians talk about the birth of this song that lacks the victim’s point of view, because the assassin is the one who commissioned them to compose this ballad.

1995

God was Here!

God was Here! 2020

1

In a rural community full of religious certainty, right on the place where God came, young shepherd Lucian seems to be stranded between belief and disbelief.

2020

Monster

Monster 2020

6.00

Living a constant adolescent drama with the monster in her head, a young girl embarks on a spiritual journey in order to make peace with herself and with the ones around her.

2020

Only Good About the Dead

Only Good About the Dead 2005

6.00

After a staged senators' son death the drug operation behind them begins to unravel.

2005

Sibiu 825

Sibiu 825 2017

1

Sibiu is a city at the heart of Transylvania. This film tells the (short) story of the place from the moment it was born 825 years ago up to our present days. The storyline winds among centuries spotlighting troubled and perilous moments when the very existence of the city was under threat, as well as through happier times of prosperity that show a thriving city commanding a dominant position as Transylvania's prominent and respected commercial, military, administrative and cultural centre.

2017

The Cursed Flower

The Cursed Flower 2019

1

While traveling to Maramures, Sara comes across Doina who offers her to stay at her place. They both have a glass of wine when they start hearing sounds of people dancing from the forest.

2019

The Gypsy Revenge - The Deadly Hat and the Nazi

The Gypsy Revenge - The Deadly Hat and the Nazi 2016

1

Somewhere next to the citadel walls, a flower selling gypsy, probably a witch, has an apocalyptic vision: In a very short time, tens of thousand of gypsies from Hungary and Romania will be killed or deported. She decides to use her powers to help them.

2016

The Man Who Would Be Free

The Man Who Would Be Free 2019

7.00

Have you ever considered that talking to a complete stranger could open your eyes and make you abandon everything that gave meaning to your life? A wandering philosopher, a guru or just a charlatan? This is the story of Cezar Mititelu, a man who decided to find true freedom for himself and realized, along the way, that he needs to change the others. A group of young people tried to escape the conformism and the constraints of an authoritarian society and found themselves castaway in irrelevance at the edges of history.

2019

Cartier

Cartier 2001

3.70

Drugs and crime somewhere in Romania.

2001

God the Mother

God the Mother 2019

1

After an encounter with an Asian missionary who preaches about God the Mother, Mihai reconsiders the nature of his mother’s late pregnancy.

2019

New Eldorado

New Eldorado 2004

6.50

A village called Rosia Montana (Verespatak in Hungarian) is going to be eradicated because it is situated near mountains containing 300 tons of gold and silver. Hundred-year old houses, graveyards and churches will be destroyed, people living there for all of their lives will be moved away in order to allow a Canadian-Romanian company to install the largest gold extraction facility of Europe. The planned 800-hectare cyanide pool can be considered as of fearsome proportion, especially in the light of the cyanide catastrophe of the year 2000, which left the Tisza river completely and utterly devastated.

2004

LubaBen

LubaBen 1970

1

LUBABEN is the encounter between Luba, a Belorussian immigrant, and Ben, a French tramp who lives by the Forgotten Lake. In an attempt to find her a place to sleep for the night, they wonder around the outskirts of Paris and search for ways of communicating. A story of journeys and languages.

1970

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

Conu Leonida fata cu reactiunea

Conu Leonida fata cu reactiunea 1985

1

Acid political satire with minimal means. In a patriarchal slum, high political issues are debated. As "heroic" as Garibaldi, poor Leonidas hides under the table for fear of the reaction, which turns out to be a simple party of revelers.

1985

Povestea din cartierul de est

Povestea din cartierul de est 1993

1

In order to cure his patients, a doctor makes a show using mad people, presented to other mad people. From innocent games, the show gradually leads to unsetting occurences.

1993

The Flower of Life

The Flower of Life 2026

1

A documentary which aims to dig deeper into the origins and meanings of traditional Moldovan ornaments.

2026

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