Film catalog
Limba paternă / In my father’s words
- Drama
- Short
After her mother's death and a wrecked marriage, a woman tries to reconnect with her father, although more than 30 years of silence stand between them.
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Director: Cristina Juks
Language: Romanian
Limba paternă / In my father’s words
Cristina Juks
Cabbage, potatoes and other demons / Varză, cartofi și alți demoni
- Documentary
1 village, 1.000 tractors, 100.000 tons of cabbages & potatoes each year - which are hardly sold and eventually destroyed. Is there any way out? citeste mai departe
Director: Șerban Georgescu
Language: Romanian
Cabbage, potatoes and other demons / Varză, cartofi și alți demoni
Șerban Georgescu
Tierra del Mal
- Documentary
The deforestation is the main subject of world wide debates nowadays, but meanwhile, in the Paraguayan El Chaco, 2000 hectares of forest disappear each day. citeste mai departe
Director: Fausta Quattrini and Daniele Incalcaterra
Language:
Tierra del Mal
Fausta Quattrini and Daniele Incalcaterra
POPEASCA
- Documentary
She's 80, she's beautiful and she's everywhere. The most popular actress in Romania reveals her life, her loves and her struggles. The show must literally go on for her because she's never done, not even when time is against her. citeste mai departe
Director: Stanca Radu
Language: Romanian
POPEASCA
Stanca Radu
Le système miroir
- Documentary
- Fiction
- Short
Pictures escape from a dream. A curious forest made out of neurons where the young director wanders every night; a dream that brings together brain and cinema, memories and scientific experiments. She tries to understand the link which is being woven between Neuroscience and films. A poetic journey at the heart of the Mirror System, the mechanism by which we feel or not empathy for other, whether in the real world or on the screen. citeste mai departe
Director: EVA ZORNIO
Language: French
Le système miroir
EVA ZORNIO
Anathema
- Drama
- Fiction
ANATHEMA shows a world of intolerance and poverty, a world in which people are not living, but surviving. Two stories of revolt cross paths on the sun burnt fields in the conventional countryside of southern Romania. Teenage Ana returns to her childhood village to bury her grandfather, in her own way. Two local peasants, Lia and Profira, share an unspoken bond in a remote hut in the fields. Every story hides a secret, which if revealed would bring exclusion from their communities. citeste mai departe
Director: Andreea Cristina Bortun
Language: Romanian
Anathema
Andreea Cristina Bortun
Nourathar
- Documentary
Nourathar explores the relationship between art and technology, as seen through the eyes of 6 artists who use new technologies in their own artworks. This documentary is a poetic investigation of the technological trends in the visual arts, as well as an open question about their extension in our real lives.
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Director: Milla Quixote and Jérôme Monnot
Language: French
Nourathar
Milla Quixote and Jérôme Monnot
4:15 P.M. The End Of The World / 4:15 P.M. Sfârșitul Lumii
- Drama
- Short
A courier takes a hitchhiker on the road. When the hitchhiker warns him that the end of the world is around the corner, the courier labels him as crazy, without knowing this accidental encounter will change his life forever. citeste mai departe
Director: Gabi Virginia Șarga, Cătălin Rotaru
Language: Romanian
4:15 P.M. The End Of The World / 4:15 P.M. Sfârșitul Lumii
Gabi Virginia Șarga, Cătălin Rotaru
The Greek Slave
- Documentary
Any free person who marries a slave will become a slave as well. citeste mai departe
Director: Germain Kanda
Language: Romanian
The Greek Slave
Germain Kanda
The Miracle of Tekir / Miracolul din Tekir
- Drama
- Mystery
- Fiction
In the heart of the Danube Delta, superstition and religion blend together, like the earth and the water that make up the mysterious mud from Tekir’s area, not far away. Chased away from her village because of her mysterious pregnancy, Mara finds herself employed at the Tekir Hotel, providing treatment for infertile women using this miraculous mud. As she meets the rich and eccentric Mrs. Lili, Mara questions her beliefs and intuitions. The relationship between the two women is the key of the miracle of Tekir, between magic and power, tradition and modernity.
Official website: www.themiracleoftekir.com
Producer’s website: www.elefantfilms.ch citeste mai departe
Director: Ruxandra Zenide
Language: Romana
The Miracle of Tekir / Miracolul din Tekir
Ruxandra Zenide
Robbery / Jaful
- Short
Edy and Laura turn into first-time thieves. After a night without sleep, they decide to make their first hit. While they are searching the “victim’s” apartment, Edy discovers that it belongs to the secret lover of Laura’s mother. The two of them start a violent argument. Finally, they decide to leave the apartment as soon as possible, but as they open the door, they run into two young Evangelists. Edy is panicked and threatens the Evangelists. He forces them to take off all their clothes, ties them to a chair and hurries out of the apartment, dragging Laura with him, leaving the two Evangelists, Larry and Frank, with a dilemma: would they steal clothes from the apartment in order to save themselves? Their decision will gather the four of them once again. citeste mai departe
Director: Radu Mihai
Language: Romania
Robbery / Jaful
Radu Mihai
The World Below
- Mystery
- Fiction
Georges and Danaé met during a dive in the Red Sea and since then are deeply in love. When Danaé’s lab receives a mysterious underwater organism, she prepares an expedition to the cave where the organism was found, but then she goes missing. George decides to follow her, convinced that Danaé is not dead, but somehow trapped in the underwater cave. His diving expedition goes beyond all expectancies. citeste mai departe
Director: Alex Iordăchescu
Language: Romanian / French / English
The World Below
Alex Iordăchescu
Plecarea / Family Trip
- Drama
- Short
A young father’s days are spent shuffling between work and family. His son’s anniversary and the promise he made to his family are threatened by the rush against time through the overcrowded city as other people depend on his work. citeste mai departe
Director: Cătălin Drăghici
Language: Romanian
Plecarea / Family Trip
Cătălin Drăghici
Andrea’s Tramway / Le Tramway d’Andrea
- Short
Andrea, a young tram driver, has a special relationship with the tram she drives every day. Once she climbs in the cabin she feels stronger, convinced that the tram has the power to protect her. Her boyfriend, Marcel, resents what he perceives as a growing affection between Andrea and a machine. citeste mai departe
Director: Alex Iordăchescu
Language: Romanian
Andrea’s Tramway / Le Tramway d’Andrea
Alex Iordăchescu
Perrenial Plants / Plante Perene
- Drama
- Short
Left alone in the world, a retired widow decides to make all the preparations for her 'last journey'. citeste mai departe
Director: Roxana Stroe
Language: Romanian
Perrenial Plants / Plante Perene
Roxana Stroe
Filtsch
- Drama
A biopic about a fascinating young musician. citeste mai departe
Director: Brigitte Drodtloff
Language:
Filtsch
Brigitte Drodtloff
The demolishers / Les Demolisseurs
- Short
Antoine and his friend Alain have a demolition company. Actually, most of the time they are stealing whatever they can, whenever a building is being demolished. When Antoine meets the beautiful Estelle, he doesn't doubt that this might be a trap. Estelle is looking for someone able to revenge her and she cannot afford to hire a professional. When Antoine discovers the truth, things get worse. citeste mai departe
Director: Alex Iordăchescu
Language: French
The demolishers / Les Demolisseurs
Alex Iordăchescu
Replika
- Sci-Fi
- Fiction
- Short
As she is forced to terminate her only daughter, a dysfunctional 13- year-old android, a loving mother tries to convince her husband to adopt a human kid. But in a materialistic and functional world, safety takes precedence over emotions.
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Director: LUC WALPOTH
Language: French
Replika
LUC WALPOTH
Love Locker
- Short
Rita and Mino are secretly in love. They have been planning their escape since they were children and now, on the day the railway closes and the last train leaves the town of Lete, they will manage to fulfill their love dream and be sweet runaways. citeste mai departe
Director: Andreea Cristina Borțun
Language: Romanian
Love Locker
Andreea Cristina Borțun
Offstage
- Drama
- Comedy
- Short
A failed theatre director, Maria is projecting her own dreams and failures on her only son, obsessively wanting to make a great actor out of him despite his obvious lack of talent. How far is she willing to go? citeste mai departe
Director: Andrei Huțuleac
Language: Romanian
Offstage
Andrei Huțuleac
SPID
- Action
- Comedy
- Short
Two quarreling youngsters get into a cab at night without knowing that the driver is madly desperate to re-conquer his ex-girlfriend and willing to do anything to have her back, including a car crash. citeste mai departe
Director: Bogdan Mureșanu
Language: Romanian
SPID
Bogdan Mureșanu
În ataș / In the sidecar
- Drama
- Short
1989, Chisinău, Moldavian Sovjet Socialist Republic. From the psychiatric hospital where he is detained, the Afghanistan war veteran Vova calls his comrade Andrej. With Andrej’s help, Vova tries to break free, but remains trapped inside his posttraumatic syndrome. citeste mai departe
Director: Mircea Bobină
Language: Romanian / Russian
În ataș / In the sidecar
Mircea Bobină
L’âge de feu
- Short
Hugo is 16 years old and has to spend Easter vacation at the country house, with his mother. He rediscovers Céline, his childhood friend, the caretaker's daughter. It has been a long time since they last saw each other. She has changed and so has he. He discovers a world in which he does not master the codes of conduct. citeste mai departe
Director: Léo Haddad
Language: French
L’âge de feu
Léo Haddad
Black Friday
- Drama
- Short
During the Communist era, queuing for food was the norm. Despite a long wait on an empty stomach, Mihail doesn't receive his food ration. The next day, he tries to be first in line. citeste mai departe
Director: Roxana Stroe
Language: Romanian
Black Friday
Roxana Stroe
The Dabija Brothers
- Documentary
Brothers night in with a touch of digital communication and consumerism. citeste mai departe
Director: Cătălin Drăghici
Language: Romanian
The Dabija Brothers
Cătălin Drăghici
Teodora the Sinner / Păcătoasa Teodora
- Documentary
How to live love without the body of a loved one?» Teodora, sinner: women in black. Women in mourning. Brides, engaged, married. With the same person. In mourning for that person. And in mourning for their own person. It is a film about the flesh and the love of the souls that inhabit these bodies for a lover without a body.
With the support of:
Zenith Media
CinéCinéma
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) citeste mai departe
Director: Anca Hirte
Language: Romanian
Teodora the Sinner / Păcătoasa Teodora
Anca Hirte
6999 doors
- Documentary
They say that The Palace of Justice in Paris counts 6999 doors, 3150 windows and 28 kilometers of hallways. Along the thread of this labyrinth - the meetings and the history hidden behind these walls - the material form of the abstract concept of justice starts taking shape. citeste mai departe
Director: Yamina Zoutat
Language:
6999 doors
Yamina Zoutat
LOVE BUS (2014)
- Drama
“Love Bus” is an omnibus film composed of five different episodes, each of them taking place in a different district of Bucharest, Romania. The film was shot independently, with a micro budget, by students and recent graduates of the National Film School UNATC “I.L. Caragiale” and represents their collective debut on the big screen. citeste mai departe
Director:
Language: Romanian
LOVE BUS (2014)
Green Oaks
- Short
George looks after his little sister in a remote village in Romania. They're all alone in the world. And even if fate over-takes them, life will reassert its claims. citeste mai departe
Director: Ruxandra Zenide
Language: French / Romanian
Green Oaks
Ruxandra Zenide
The Way Beyond / L’Enfance d’Icare
- Drama
- Sci-Fi
- Thriller
Jonathan Vogel would like to turn back the clock and undo the accident that led to his disability and destroyed his life. When he learns that Stivlas Karr, a well-known professor and geneticist, has developed a gene therapy for regenerating the human body, he makes an appointment with him for some clinical tests. But the therapy doesn’t go according to Professor Karr’s plan and leads to unexpected results. Jonathan, whose life is now in danger, has become aware that there is only one person who can help him: Alice, the professor’s daughter. citeste mai departe
Director: Alex Iordăchescu
Language: French
The Way Beyond / L’Enfance d’Icare
Alex Iordăchescu
La frange des filles
- Short
Lancelot is a bighearted clumsy teenager whose best friend is Guinevere, his turtle. He enjoys smoking pipes and dreams of Albion. He might have found in Emily his Jane Birkin, but needs to come out of his shell. citeste mai departe
Director: Arthur Touchais
Language: French
La frange des filles
Arthur Touchais
Apartament interbelic, în zonă superbă, ultra-centrală / Old luxurious flat located in an ultra-central, desirable neighborhood
- Drama
- Short
The family car must be sold immediately. The wife meets with a high-school friend, now working at an auto park. The husband remains home waiting. He tries to call her severaltimes as the night grows darker. citeste mai departe
Director: Sebastian Mihăilescu
Language: Romania
Apartament interbelic, în zonă superbă, ultra-centrală / Old luxurious flat located in an ultra-central, desirable neighborhood
Sebastian Mihăilescu
The Water and the Wall / Le Mur et l’Eau
- Documentary
- Short
Adulthood and childhood, fathers and sons: after seeing The Kid with a Bike an 11-year old child from a foster family sends his thoughts about those topics to Luc Dardenne. A long distance debate starts. The poetry of pedagogy and the pedagogy of poetry come into play. The result is a surprising film which reveals cinema as an instrument of freedom.
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Director: Alice Fargier
Language: French
The Water and the Wall / Le Mur et l’Eau
Alice Fargier
O noapte în Tokoriki / A night in Tokoriki
- Short
In an improvised night club called "Tokoriki" the whole village celebrates Geanina’s 18th birthday. Her boyfriend and Alin will give her a most surprising gift, one that nobody will ever forget. citeste mai departe
Director: Roxana Stroe
Language: Romanian
O noapte în Tokoriki / A night in Tokoriki
Roxana Stroe
Laundry / Les Lessiveuses
- Documentary
- Short
Laundry and three mothers. They sort, wash, stretch, iron, perfume, fold and put away. Then they do it all over again. All these women are doing their son’s laundry, sons have been in jail for years. The film observes the hollow bodies of the sons, and the full bodies of the mothers and the gentleness and violence that passes between them all. citeste mai departe
Director: Yamina Zoutat
Language: French
Laundry / Les Lessiveuses
Yamina Zoutat
Negruzzi 14
- Documentary
- Short
NEGRUZZI 14 / Fill in the blanks / The last day of a house
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Director: Bogdan Mureșanu
Language: Romanian
Negruzzi 14
Bogdan Mureșanu
Human / Omul
- Drama
- Short
He is a silent man. He walks the streets, watching, looking for the right place. He finds it in the middle of a market. He sets up a stand. But instead of selling his goods, the silent man gives them away for free. The other sellers watch. They feel provoked. The situation escalates. They lose control. But, in the end, there is hope. citeste mai departe
Director: Brigitte Drodtloff
Language: Romanian
Human / Omul
Brigitte Drodtloff
Rezoluții 2014
- Documentary
- Comedy
Alex is the managing director of a multinational marketing company. He lives in Bucharest with his girlfriend, Ingrid which he met two months before. He spends his last days of 2013 giving Ingrid driving lessons and thinking how to lay off about 30 people from the company he works for. His main concerns are for his professional life but for also for more general things. citeste mai departe
Director: Mihai TRANCA
Language: Romanian
Rezoluții 2014
Mihai TRANCA
The City of Ghosts
- Drama
- Fiction
- Short
October 1996. For septuagenarian watchmaker Jakob Selimovic, life follows its monotonous, seemingly tranquil pace, until a wristwatch bearing an all-too-familiar inscription finds its way into his shop, prompting the old man to set out on a quest for answers that takes him deep within the grieving heart of a city torn by conflict, where history awaits to reveal its painful truth.
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Director: Victor Dragomir
Language: N/A
The City of Ghosts
Victor Dragomir
In the name of the Mayor / În numele primarului
- Documentary
Piatra Neamț in Romania. In a small office near the Town Hall, petitioners line up to complain to the only staff member who is present.
With the support of:
Région Ile-de-France citeste mai departe
Director: Anca Hirte
Language: Romanian
In the name of the Mayor / În numele primarului
Anca Hirte
Half shaved / Tuns, ras și frezat
- Drama
- Short
At the beginning of 1991, after the Romanian Revolution, an old barber meets by chance his former torturer who came in for a shave. Quickly, the parts are inverted though the client refuses to acknowledge that he has been recognized. He says that it is a mistake but to no avail because the barber is convinced he is right. And while latter holds the razor against the client's neck, he gets scarier and scarier wishing for revenge and payback time. Will the victim spare his former torturer? citeste mai departe
Director: Bogdan Mureșanu
Language: Romanian
Half shaved / Tuns, ras și frezat
Bogdan Mureșanu
Blue Spring
- Short
A day in the life of a solitary woman in her thirties, as she has to part from her teenage lover. citeste mai departe
Director: Andreea Cristina Borțun
Language: Romanian
Blue Spring
Andreea Cristina Borțun
AGON
- Drama
Saimir and his younger brother, Vini are Albanian. They both try to integrate in the life of Thessaloniki a town in north of Greece in their own way. Saimir is engaged to a Greek young woman and works as a repairman in his father-in-law's repair shop. He tries his best to help his brother Vini become self-sufficient and respectful through work. However, Vini lacks both the patience and persistence that his brother has. He is compelled to work in jobs that his brother finds for him, but is systematically fired.
Hurt and chopfallen, he does not want to be dependent on Saimir and seeks to show to him that he can walk on his own. Trying to overcome the despair at a bar near the harbour, he gets acquainted with Ben, a tiny trafficker of human beings, who is closely related to the local Albanian mafia. Thus, the page of disillusioned Vini's life is turning. He earns easy money and lives in luxury, but in the meantime he discovers the nightmare of clandestine prostitution as well as the terrible destiny of many girls who have emigrated with the hope for a better life. He falls in love with Majlinda, a victim of prostitution, and will do his utmost to get her out of the claws of Keno, leader of the local mafia. High-minded and immature, he will seek the help of his brother Saimir and will pull him to the swirl of violence until the final drama. citeste mai departe
Director: Robert Budina
Language: Albanian
AGON
Robert Budina
Chororo – Muzica Europei dincolo de prejudecăți / Chororo – Music of Europe Beyond Prejudice
- Animated
- Short
The short animation film, “Chororo – music of Europe beyond prejudice” develops the story of a Roma boy, who, during the Second World War, is traveling from Bucharest to Paris through a war-torn Europe, hoping to find his idol: renowned jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt. The journey will change his life, and others, forever… citeste mai departe
Director: Valentin Urizceanu
Language: Romanian, French
Chororo – Muzica Europei dincolo de prejudecăți / Chororo – Music of Europe Beyond Prejudice
Valentin Urizceanu
Tamara, Echelon
- Comedy
- Short
The story follows Tamara, a 75 year old widow, over a two day period. It all starts in a cemetery that Tamara visits on a daily basis, where she cleans her late husband's grave, in an almost ritualistic manner. citeste mai departe
Director: Kristina Cepraga
Language: Romanian
Tamara, Echelon
Kristina Cepraga
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