Quo vadis homo sapiens

Quo vadis homo sapiens 1982

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An anthology made up of numerous short films featuring Gopo's Little Man.

1982

Stremt 89

Stremt 89 2012

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The road through Stremt ends in a mountain wall. Still, in 1989 people were eagerly awaiting army tanks, terrorists and glory. Today, though partly forgotten, partly imagined, the past is crystal clear.

2012

The Second Letter

The Second Letter 1970

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A follow-up to the classic propaganda film Ion Marin's Letter to The Spark (1949). Twenty-0five years on, has collective agriculture fared as well as Ion Marin foretold?

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

The Secret

The Secret 1975

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Sahia also picked up commercial work from time to time. In this case, literally; a movie stuntman sells personal injury insurance to onlookers. Included as an extra on the Sahia Vintage DVDs.

1975

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

Lucky Girl Syndrome

Lucky Girl Syndrome 2024

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A self-reflecting collage made up of the director’s thoughts and moods while relocating to an alien, poetic Zurich.

2024

Asphalt

Asphalt 2024

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A former construction worker meticulously recounts the laborious process of paving roads. Shot on Super 8mm, the film reflects on the origins of the roads we travel every day. A vague memory of the hot days when a stretch turns into a vital artery while the air vibrates turbulently.

2024

A Dying Leaf Should Be Able to Carry the Weight of the World

A Dying Leaf Should Be Able to Carry the Weight of the World 2024

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A Dying Leaf Should Be Able to Carry the Weight of the World is a visit to the botanical garden and museum in Cluj-Napoca, a journey through time and space, a discovery of plants with unknown stories, of plants that don’t exist anymore, of plants that can tell us as much about the past as they can about the future. Fossils, herbs and botanical illustrations are witnesses of the past, proof of evolution and change, but also prophets of what is yet to come.

2024

Between Silence and Sin

Between Silence and Sin 2024

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Ana Blandiana, one of Europe’s most important poets, is a symbol in the fight for democracy and freedom of speech, values again under threat. A history refracted through poetry, 'Between Silence and Sin' explores the power of the word as the last bastion of a nation’s collective soul in the face of oppression.

2024

Isverna, la meserie

Isverna, la meserie 2022

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At the village pub, Philip meets a local celebrity, a nonchalant and extremely determined character. Gigi Meserie, a local musician, is undeterred by the pandemic. On the contrary, he manages to turn every opportunity into an opportunity. Gigi's goal is to convince the townspeople "to turn their faces towards us", the country folk.

2022

Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread 2024

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MamaPan is an artisan bakery where the female employees are social cases who would hardly find a job given that, for example, they cannot read or write. We see the harsh reality of these women, their instability and their inability to adapt, which results from all the problems they bring from home. The film presents their perspective in contact with the economic and entrepreneurial perspective and once again shows the problems in the social system related to the integration of vulnerable people in Romania.

2024