* Co-presented with Northwest Film Forum and Making Waves New Romanian Cinema on the occasion of  The Romanians, 30 Years Of Cinema Revolution, a film series coming to NWFF and other Seattle locations in 2020, dedicated to the Romanian Revolution of 1989! ** Videograms of a Revolution is a compilation and distillation of footage shot throughout the latter days of 1989 in […]

Welcome to Virtual Cinema of Eastern Europe! Since we cannot gather in theaters anymore, we will bring to you unforgettable cinematic stories that will quench your curiosity and longing for far away lands. Our program offers a retrospective of the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle, together with other Eastern European Films that are not accessible to the large […]

   THE ROMANIAN FILM FESTIVAL, 7TH EDITION: “One Eye Laughing, One Eye Crying: Resilient Together”  WHEN: NOVEMBER 13-22, 2020 The 7th edition of the Romanian Film Festival will be like no other. Our amazing story for the past six years will go on in a new creative format, responding to our vital need to stay […]

ARCS and our partners ARCHER-American Romanian Coalition for Human and Equal Rights invite you to virtually attend the special event "Remembering Roma Enslavement." The event is a recognition and celebration of 165 years of Roma Emancipation. The event "Remembering Roma Enslavement" consists of two parts. In the first half hour Otilia Baraboi, Executive Director at American Romanian Cultural Society […]

Verse meets visuals in Cadence: Video Poetry Festival at Northwest Film Forum, April 16–25! Celebrate National Poetry Month with a pass to this online festival featuring five thematic showcases of recently created video poetry focused on identity, belonging, and calls for racial justice, as well as a feature length film poem! Tickets are sliding scale […]

 Join us for a Netflix Teleparty of Daniel Sandu's The Father Who Moves Mountains/Tata Mută Mountains, follwed by a live Q&A with the director on zoom. You can also watch the film before and join us for the Q&A only at 9pm PDT.  The film was No#1 on TOP Worldwide Netflix within days from its official launch. Instructions:  • Before […]

THE ROMANIAN FILM FESTIVAL, 8TH EDITION: “One Eye Laughing, One Eye Crying: Back to Wonderland” WHEN: NOVEMBER 12-21, 2021WHERE: Northwest Film Forum (online platform) BUY TICKETSBUY PASSES After a successful virtual edition in 2020, the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle brings you back to Wonderland, this time with exclusively new film productions from Romania and Europe, showcasing the creative […]

Please join us for a Q&A about the award-winning documentary Lives, Not Grades, Nov. 4 at 4:30pm PST. We'll be joined by director Daniel Druhora and cinematographer Teodora Totoiu. Moderated by Radu Smîntînă, ARCS board member. About the documentary: A team of USC college students travels to Moria Camp in Greece, known as "the worst refugee […]

THE ROMANIAN FILM FESTIVAL, 9TH EDITION: "HomeLands" WHEN: NOVEMBER 11-27, 2022WHERE: Online, Nov. 11-27Northwest Film Forum, Nov. 11-13 and Nov. 18-20 Nov. 11, 7:30pm - MetronomNov. 12, 6pm - Things Worth Weeping ForNov. 13, 5pm - The IslandNov. 18, 7:30pm - Blue MoonNov. 19, 6pm - Metronom The 9th edition of the RFF titled Homelands reflects on […]

The Romanian Film Festival Seattle is excited to celebrate its 10th anniversary edition this year. Running Nov. 4-12, the festival will mark the return to SIFF Uptown Cinema Nov. 4-5 (its home until 2020), and will continue the following weekend at Northwest Film Forum. The online program will be available for the duration of the […]

10 Romanian and Moldovan feature films will be screened in Seattle on November 1-3, during the 11th edition of the Romanian Film Festival Seattle. Buy a festival pass or tickets here. The Cultural Association Control N (based in Romanian) is joining ARCS this year as co-organizer of the 11th edition of Romanian Film Festival Seattle, working […]