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

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

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

Blue Planet

Blue Planet 1970

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Five simple people past their first youth have the band "Dio Family". Two taxi drivers, a painter, a baker and a nurse try to get out of the monotony of everyday life through their passion for music. Lack of money, free time, fatigue, failures are at every step, but nothing stops them, because they feel that if they give up they will lose this last bet to find their happiness.

1970

Blue

Blue 2024

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Rodica is a Romanian expat living in Belgium who works hard to support her family. Her love for her children is at once powerful and suffocating. Shot in stark black and white, and with the camera staying within close proximity to its protagonists, the film’s minimalist approach offers a glimpse into the complex intimacies of this family. This is a film about love, fear, anxiety and the complicated emotions that emerge at their intersection.

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

Her Birthday Present

Her Birthday Present 2017

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She drives with him to buy booze for her birthday party. Also, he wants to buy her a present on their way, but he has no idea what that could be.

2017

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

For Our Heirs, More Stories About Bucharest

For Our Heirs, More Stories About Bucharest 1980

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A cine-postcard directed at the Bucharest of 2080, For Our Heirs… is a charming time capsule whose innocuous humour and visuals will soon stand in sharp contrast to the harsh reality of the decade’s austerity measures.

1980

10, Autumn Street

10, Autumn Street 2022

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A man in his 40s comes home one night, and finds an unknown woman in his apartment.

2022

Fructul interzis

Fructul interzis 1970

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What if as a result of the Original Sin, God didn't cast out both Adam and Eve from Paradise? What if the actual punishment were more sinister than that? If you had to wait an entire life just to see your lover, could you endure it?

1970

Four Questions

Four Questions 1967

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An unusual attempt at cinéma vérité, in which people are asked if they are happy, while city lights flood the summer nights to the strains of a tender croon.

1967

Rhythms

Rhythms 1970

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One of the very rare Romanian abstract films. Rhythms presents concrete objects that break down into all sorts of colours, shapes and shifting substances.

1970

WARF

WARF 1970

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During World War II, several young people capture a German soldier on the roof of the building they defend and in which they most probably live. One of them ends up staying in the same room with the man for a longer time, keeping an eye on him at gunpoint. The relationship that develops between them, in spite of the language barrier, is suddenly halted by another gun(shot), one that comes from outside the room.

1970

Everything for Riana

Everything for Riana 2020

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Kalo, a 24-year-old man roams Italy selling fake iPhones and Samsung phones on street corners to other neighborhood boys, generally immigrants. Amalia, a young mother fights for the life of her newborn daughter Riana, in a hospital in Bucharest. She hopes that her daughter will be sent as soon as possible to Milan, where Riana can have heart surgery to survive. In Everything for Riana we find out how everything will end for the young family.

2020