Marie

Marie 2018

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The director’s observational camera enters the home of a family living in a village in the Danube Delta, where the birth of another girl arouses more tension stemming from the uneasy life of the extended family. In her short film, the director thematises a conflict between generations of three women reliant on each other, while Maria, a ten-year-old girl who has to take care of her younger sisters, comes into focus. In the timelessness of traditional rural relationships, shown in a slow pace of everyday life, Maria’s childlike innocence is exposed to harsh orders of her grandmother who requires respect and proper conduct.

2018

Dancing at my Parents' Wedding

Dancing at my Parents' Wedding 1970

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25 years after her parents' wedding, a filmmaker discovers the VHS recording of the event. By watching and rewatching the images, she tries to discover more about her family, but eventually finds herself trapped in a world of hidden memories.

1970

Thoughts on Memory

Thoughts on Memory 1970

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A small part of Ion Tarara's photographic archive is put in sentimental order by his daughter, on which occasion she rethinks the poetics of archivism.

1970

Us, Aged Five

Us, Aged Five 1955

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In December 1955, the professional community around Sahia celebrate the fifth anniversary of their institution by producing this films meant to be screened in the opening of the anniversary party and only for insiders of the studio. The film copy available at the National Film Archive has no credits therefore we cannot be specific about the type of involvement of each member of the studio in the making of this film.

1955

Several Culprits and One Victim

Several Culprits and One Victim 1970

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Commissioned by the Ministry of Oil and filmed in the summer of 1970, in Argeș and Ilfov counties, southern Romania, this film was meant to prevent a dangerous practice particularly widespread among people living in rural areas: the transfer of methane gas into homemade containers as a way of stockpiling ‘emergency’ supplies. The film shows a number of accidents of varying levels of gravity, identified after sixteen days of research in the two counties. Via several sync-sound interviews recorded in villages around the region, this stark educational film reveals the vulnerability of a rural world where, as a result of ignorance and lack of education – and also due to limited availability of regulation gas canisters, an issue which remains unmentioned in the film – people ignored basic safety rules on a daily basis and suffered fatal accidents as a consequence.

1970

Ion Marin's Letter to the Spark

Ion Marin's Letter to the Spark 1949

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Ion Marin writes a letter to the editor of his local newspaper extolling the virtues of collective agriculture.

1949

Andreea și Tramvaiul

Andreea și Tramvaiul 2005

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Andreea, a young tram driver, has a special relationship with the tram she drives every day. Her boyfriend, Marcel, resents what he perceives as a growing affection between Andreea and a machine.

2005

fisheye

fisheye 2024

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A fish dreams of a relationship.

2024