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| Reenactment / Reconstituirea |
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After one drink too many, two friends start a tavern brawl and end up hurting the bartender. The authorities force them to reenact their fight in front of the camera with the purpose of making an” educational” film. The reconstructed Banned by the authorities for 22 years before the fall of communism in 1989, |
| The Paper Will Be Blue / Hartia va fi albastra |
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Lieutenant Neagu's armored unit is ordered to patrol the suburbs. The unit's |
| 4 months, 3 weeks & 2 days / 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile |
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Otilia and Gabita are university students in communist Romania. Gabita is pregnant and decides to have an abortion. But abortion is illegal so they need |
| Elevator / Elevator |
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Two high school kids, a boy and a girl, hide in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of town, trying to spend some time away from the world, and get stuck in the cargo elevator. There is no one around to hear them. Nobody knows their whereabouts. They find themselves confined to a universe smaller than a room. Tension rises after each failed attempt to escape… |
| Francesca / Francesca |
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Francesca, a kindergarten teacher, decides to immigrate to Italy in pursuit of a better life. Although she hears unsettling rumors about mistreatment of Romanian immigrants in Italy, she sticks to her decision. Her boyfriend plans to join her there later, but things get out of control… |
| The Legend of the Party Activist / Legenda activistului in inspectie |
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An unconventional personal history of the late Communist period in Romania. 2009 - Cannes Film Festival |
| Cold Waves / Razboi pe Calea Undelor |
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This is the unique story of a love and hate triangle built around something one cannot see, touch or weigh: radio waves. “I grew up with these voices, without seeing their faces. I heard them but I was not interested. Politics was disgusting. There was nothing we could do, anyway. But my father listened every night to Radio Free Europe. If he turned ours off, you could hear the neighbors’ radio.” (Alexandru Solomon) |
| Architecture and Power / Arhitectura si putere |
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Power always betrays its intentions through architecture.
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| Liviu's Dream / Visul lui Liviu |
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A recurring dream forgotten in the morning and a lingering feeling of unease make Liviu look with resignation upon the world he lives in. Awakening to reality might coincide with the birth of his child... "Liviu’s Dream" tells the story of a young man who was born by mistake. 2006 - Forum Berlinale
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| A Lineman's Cabin / Canton |
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Two railroad men are living in a lineman’s cabin. Nothing to do, the days are the same, one after another. Alone in the middle of nowhere. One night, though, a stranger has an accident on the beach, nearby. An accident that would for ever change everything… |
| The Apartment / Apartamentul |
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A man stands outside an apartment building, lighting a cigarette. He 2004 - Grand Prize in Venice International Short Film Festival |
| Waves / Valuri |
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A beautiful foreign woman asks a Gypsy boy to watch her four-year-old child while she is taught how to swim by a flirtatious married man, before she disappears into the sea. |
| Humanitarian Aid / Ajutoare umanitare |
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One sunny day, three young men driving a van full of long-awaited humanitarian aid arrive in a village in Romania. The welcoming toasts begin and soon their visit turns into a series of feasts. |
| Life’s Hard / La drumul mare |
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In the Bucharest gridlock, a thief strikes up a strange relationship with his female victim. |
| Tube with a Hat / Lampa cu caciula |
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Seven year old Marian wants to watch Bruce Lee on TV but the set is broken. He and his father embark on a long and arduous journey to town to fix the TV set. 2007 – Grand Prix of the Jury, International Short Films Section, Sundance |
| The Amateur / Amatorul |
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Damian works in a supermarket, but he has a secret job in his spare time. |
| Cigarettes and Coffee / Un pachet de Kent si o cafea |
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A young successful businessman meets his 60 year old father in a Bucharest restaurant. Their tense discussion and inability to connect highlight the enormous cultural and social gap between their generations. Golden Bear for Best Short Film, Berlin Film Festival 2004 |
| Do You Have a Minute… That’s Great!/ Daca aveti un minut… foarte bine! |
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An in-training door salesman finds his own voice … and something more. |
| Auditions for a Revolution / Auditii pentru o revolutie |
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In December 2005 Irina Botea invited students and teachers from the |