I Was, Wasn't I

I Was, Wasn't I 2022

1

The life of Mara, a teenage girl from rural Romania in the 1950s, is turned upside down after her parents arrange a marriage for her with a wealthy young man from a neighboring village. Mara finds herself in a situation with no escape, and her romantic feelings for her friend, Ioana, upset her completely.

2022

Dislocated. Home Away

Dislocated. Home Away 2021

1

An actress remains stuck in Bucharest due to travel restrictions and clings to online conversations with her friends like a lifeline.

2021

Scultura da Passegio

Scultura da Passegio 1995

1

A happening made by students from the Art Academy, inspired by one of Michelangelo Pistoletto’s sculpture-objects. The sculpture crosses the city of Bucharest and enters into dialogue with its inhabitants, against the backdrop of the 1990s.

1995

It's a Clown's Life

It's a Clown's Life 2022

6.00

The film tells the story of a man that goes through life being an actual clown. Not by choice, he is just born this way. We get to watch him going through a few crucial moments of his life like his birth, school, job, first love. We witness his downfall as life becomes harder and people become meaner.

2022

The Chalice. Of Sons and Daughters

The Chalice. Of Sons and Daughters 2022

6.00

Traditional Roma-communities of Romania are culturally rich communities, ruled with complicated rituals and customs. Marriage is maybe the most set in stone such custom, with everything about it being under very strict community control. What keeps everyone alert is Roma marriage’s highest stake: fertility and conceiving boys.

2022

Songs from the Backyard

Songs from the Backyard 2022

1

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

Megaphone

Megaphone 2018

1

"Portavoce" (Megaphone) traces back the evolution of a culture of protest in Romania, developing in recent years, through the voices and opinions of key actors involved in social mobilization, in direct actions and in the development of a cultural scene favorable to political involvement.

2018

Extravaganzia mare, blat subțire, sos iute

Extravaganzia mare, blat subțire, sos iute 2021

5.50

Two young guys are drinking alcohol, smoking weed and making prank calls. Little they know that their fun night is about to take a whole different turn when they get an unexpected visit from two complete strangers.

2021

In search of engineer Dragomirescu

In search of engineer Dragomirescu 2022

1

In search of engineer Dragomirescu, is a documentary film directed by Dragoș Zamosteanu, which brings to the attention of the public the tragic destiny of Gheorghe Dragomirescu, an exceptional engineer, the father of six children, denounced for singing, on January 1, 1959, at the anniversary to a friend, "Deșteaptă-te, române!" and "Vântuleț de primăvară"

2022

Sanctify the Place

Sanctify the Place 2022

4.50

B.EX. falls in love with a random guy he just met. From that moment, his life will change forever. B.EL, his psychologist, talks to him in an unusual matter. He is not happy that his patient felt in love with a guy. Because of that, B.EL. tries to psychologically abuse B.EX. and make him suffer.

2022

Neo-Kitsch

Neo-Kitsch 2021

1

This is a Kitsch manifesto celebrating clichés, pop culture, eroticism & fetishes. Kitsch has become a typical product for modernity and consumerism but also a way to escape from everyday reality. NEO-KITSCH explores the theme of artificiality, sexuality and the race for the perfect body promoted by social media, press and fashion. NEO-KITSCH is investigating the body, the gender stereotypes and the theme of masculinity-femininity.

2021

Algae

Algae 2020

6.00

A complicated affair between three lovers.

2020

Silvia

Silvia 2020

6.00

Alin is a truck driver and he is having his last trip to Italy for the year, before he can return home for Christmas to his wife and son.

2020