The Roads I Have Wandered

The Roads I Have Wandered 1982

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A look at Romania's increasing mechanization in the seventies told from the perspective of a wanderer.

1982

Remember

Remember 1973

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The gradual opening-up of Romania during the 1960s continued with the reorganisation, in 1972, of the national strategy for culture and tourism promotion, and the establishment, as part of the new Council for Culture and Socialist Education (CCES), of a special commission in charge of the national strategy for incoming foreign tourists. It was in this context that the National Tourrism Office (ONT) strategically commissioned, via its media arm Publiturism, a series of films meant to persuade various communities from the Romanian diaspora to spend their holidays – and their money – “back home” in Romania.

1973

A Wedding in Leresti

A Wedding in Leresti 1976

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“Wedding in Leresti: American couple gets married in the Orthodox tradition as local priest is appointed Texan sheriff” – this was the title of a feature published in the August 1973 issue of Tribuna României, a trilingual (French-English-German) Romanian publication targeted at foreign audiences. The unusual event was documented in a Sahia film commissioned by Publiturism, the media arm of Romania’s National Tourism Office, which credited Paul Anghel, the editor-in-chief of the periodical, as scriptwriter.

1976

Love, Your Son

Love, Your Son 2021

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For Luca's 18th birthday, his parents buy him a new car as a gift. Meanwhile, their son is bleaching his hair. The mother has the impossible mission of hiding the two surprises.

2021

I Am Also Part of the Three Turns

I Am Also Part of the Three Turns 1970

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A small town in Buzau province is affected by a destructive flood during the time of an aggressive nationalistic program of urbanization in Communist Romania.

1970

Little Ones Describe the Big World

Little Ones Describe the Big World 1960

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Little Ones Describe the Big World is not so much relevant as a sample of the directorial work of filmmaker Gabriel Barta as much as it is as an example of the early writing of one of Romania’s most peculiar and prolific writers, Radu Cosașu, who, at the time, worked closely with the Sahia studio after going through a difficult patch with the political establishment. The film is structured through the father-daughter dialogue written by Cosașu to lend colour and a narrative to the aforementioned exhibition. The style of his writing combines the wit, irony, and casual tone that have become his trademark: here, however, these qualities are put to work for the benefit of the socialist state’s political agenda.

1960

Heiduque

Heiduque 1985

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Follows the people's avenger, leading the fight against injustice and cruelty

1985

Ajde maestro

Ajde maestro 1970

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Musical documentary essay on Romanians in the metro in Paris in December 2004.

1970

As You Like It

As You Like It 1970

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The documentary gathers stories of people who face their own gravestone photo while still alive. If you could choose one photograph of yourself that others will always remember you by, which one would you choose?

1970

Quietlands

Quietlands 2024

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A young queer woman finds herself in an inhospitable alternate world, and has to choose between conforming to the rules and hide her identity or accept her true identity and face the monsters that seek to destroy her.

2024

Yes Mom, Your Son is Gay

Yes Mom, Your Son is Gay 2022

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Before leaving for Paris to see his boyfriend, Daniel tells his mother that he is gay and that he has been in a relationship with him for almost a year.

2022

15

15 1970

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1970

Sisyphus

Sisyphus 2015

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"Sisyphus" is a take on insignificance, repetition and the invisible chains that bind us to the routine of our daily lives.

2015