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SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival Seattle\, 10th Edition
DESCRIPTION: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 festival. \nStarted in 2014 with the scope of bringing Romanian cinema to audiences in Seattle\, the festival has adapted and blossomed over the years. It soldiered through the pandemic\, thanks to a loyal audience that followed it as it transformed to a virtual program. This year it continues to enjoy a hybrid format\, with an online selection available in the continental US and in-person screenings at SIFF Cinema Uptown and Northwest Film Forum. \nThrough the years\, each edition has brought thought-provoking and award-winning productions from Romania and Eastern Europe\, giving a platform to upcoming and established directors alike. \nThis year’s theme “One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying” is a nod to its first edition in 2014 - the duality of the Romanian spirit that propels it forward in spite of constant hardships. The first year saw an overwhelming success following a grassroots effort to mobilize the Romanian community in the greater Seattle area.  \nThis year’s nuanced edition celebrates the rich cultural fabric of Romania\, while exploring current topics with the unflinchingly honest perspectives that fans of the festival have come to expect from Romanian cinema. The program will comprise of critically-acclaimed films and newly released films\, and featuring special guests from Romania. \nDaniel Ursache\, the graphic artist behind the festival posters over the years\, has once again turned his creative eye to reflect the unstopping energy of the festival. \nMark your calendars and let’s keep the story going! \nIf you have a business or reprezent an organization\, please check out our sponsorship package and let us know if you would like to benefit from our advertising opportunities.  \nFestival Official Partners and Co-organizers:       Festival Institutional Partners:           \nSupporting Sponsors:                \nFestival Ambassadors:                      FilmsFundraising CampaignThank you for your generosity! Our goal is to raise $20\,000 to cover costs associated with programming\, publicity\, technical support and film distribution rights. We will keep the fundraising campaign open on our website and Facebook. Raised$19\,949Goal$20\,000 \n\n                \n                        How much would you like to donate?(Required)\n			\n					\n					$25 Many ThanksWe will integrate a special thank you credit on our website.\n			\n			\n					\n					$50 Festival FriendSpecial thank you credit on our website!\n			\n			\n					\n					$100 Festival SupporterSpecial thank you credit on our website and free access to two films showing at the festival.\n			\n			\n					\n					$250 Festival BenefactorSpecial thank you credit on our website and free access to four films showing at the festival.\n			\n			\n					\n					$500 Festival AmbassadorSpecial thank you credit on our website and free access to eight films showing at the festival\, thank you credit after the each film screening and special thank you credit on our website (with your company logo\, if applicable). \n			\n			\n					\n					$1\,000 Supporting SponsorWe are offering up to three full festival passes\, credit before the screenings\, special thank you credit on our website with your logo and link to your website. \n			\n			\n					\n					$5\,000 Festival Official Partner and Co-OrganizerWe are offering up to five full festival passes\, credit before the screenings\, special thank you credit as a festival official partner and co-organizer on our website with your logo and link to your website.\n			Total\n							\n						Payment MethodPayPal Checkout\n                                    American ExpressDiscoverMasterCardVisaSupported Credit Cards: American Express\, Discover\, MasterCard\, Visa\n                                    Card Number\n                                    \n                                 \n                                            \n                                                Expiration Date\n                                                \n                                            \n                                                Security Code\n                                                \n                                                 \n                                             \n                                        \n                                            Cardholder Name\n                                            \n                                         \n          \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n        \n                        \n                        \n		                \n		                \n\n\nChecks are welcome. Please address them to: \nAmerican Romanian Cultural Society1931 E Lynn StSeattle\, WA 98112 TrailerBoss by Bogdan Mirică\n2022\, Thriller\, 126 min(Romania\, Luxembourg\, Sweden) \n    \n        Bogdan\, an innocuous ambulance driver\, becomes involved in an armed robbery to support his ailing mother's medical needs. While fleeing from the scene\, he accidentally hits a witness\, who ends... \n        Bogdan\, an innocuous ambulance driver\, becomes involved in an armed robbery to support his ailing mother's medical needs. While fleeing from the scene\, he accidentally hits a witness\, who ends up in a coma. As Bogdan's paranoia intensifies\, he immerses himself further into the lives of his accomplices\, while causing major problems in his own. \n        Read More\n    \n	 TrailerBetween Revolutions by Vlad Petri\n2023\, Hybrid documentary\, 70 min (Romania\, Croatia\, Qatar\, Iran) \n    \n        “Between Revolutions" illuminates the letters exchanged between Maria\, a Romanian\, and Zahra\, an Iranian\, who forge a deep connection while studying together at medical school in 1970s Bucharest. The letters... \n        “Between Revolutions" illuminates the letters exchanged between Maria\, a Romanian\, and Zahra\, an Iranian\, who forge a deep connection while studying together at medical school in 1970s Bucharest. The letters poignantly illustrate the challenges faced by everyday people\, especially women\, during the Iranian Revolution and Ceaucescu's repressive rule in Romania\, juxtaposed with documentary footage portraying daily life and the widespread propaganda in their respective societies.  \n        Read More\n    \n	TrailerPlayback by Iulia Rugină\n2023\, Documentary\, 77 min (Romania) \n    \n        In communist Romania of the 80s\, DJs were the only ones who brought outside music to the people. Tracks were trafficked on vinyl or secretly recorded from foreign radio stations... \n        In communist Romania of the 80s\, DJs were the only ones who brought outside music to the people. Tracks were trafficked on vinyl or secretly recorded from foreign radio stations and played to dancing crowds. Playback offers a present-day portrait of one of the most famous DJs of those times while recreating a selective chronology of the musical events that changed the face of a society to the democracy of today. \n        Read More\n    \n	TrailerTaxi Drivers by Bogdan Theodor Olteanu \n2022\, Dark comedy/drama\, 106 min (Romania\, Bulgaria) \n    \n        Taxi Drivers Liviu and Lică navigate the nocturnal life of Bucharest\, picking up passengers who turn to them for therapy\, political discussions\, assistance in criminal enterprises\, and more. Each driver... \n        Taxi Drivers Liviu and Lică navigate the nocturnal life of Bucharest\, picking up passengers who turn to them for therapy\, political discussions\, assistance in criminal enterprises\, and more. Each driver must decide what's more important to him: the wild ride or their lives off the meter. \n        Read More\n    \n	 TrailerMen of Deeds by Paul Negoescu \n2022\, Dark comedy/drama\, 106 min (Romania\, Bulgaria) \n    \n        Ilie settles in the countryside as a policeman\, seeking a more tranquil lifestyle. However\, his relaxed approach to his job entangles him in a violent crime. When he finally starts... \n        Ilie settles in the countryside as a policeman\, seeking a more tranquil lifestyle. However\, his relaxed approach to his job entangles him in a violent crime. When he finally starts to become a justice seeker\, he quickly learns the unbecoming consequences of getting involved in others’ affairs. \n        Read More\n    \n	 \n TrailerWhy Do They Write On Walls? by Alin Boeru2023\, Documentary\, 85 min (Romania)     \n        "Why Do They Write on the Walls?" delves into the history and ideology of Romanian street art and graffiti\, interwoven with interviews of the country's most renowned street artists. Started... \n        "Why Do They Write on the Walls?" delves into the history and ideology of Romanian street art and graffiti\, interwoven with interviews of the country's most renowned street artists. Started as an objective analysis of a counterculture\, the film transforms into an intimate coming-of-age story of a young corporate employee who gets sucked into a world that is in total opposition to his own.  \n        Read More\n    \n	TrailerE Pericoloso Sporgersi by Nae Caranfil\n1993\, Romantic comedy\, 104 min(Romania) \n    \n        Horațiu\, an army recruit\, is hot on the heels after Cristina\, a senior in high school. She’s not necessarily against it\, but only after a mandatory engagement\, something he will... \n        Horațiu\, an army recruit\, is hot on the heels after Cristina\, a senior in high school. She’s not necessarily against it\, but only after a mandatory engagement\, something he will soon give up on with the appearance in town of Dino\, a second-rate actor\, but reputed provincial Casanova. \n        Read More\n    \n	TrailerPhoenix Har/Jar by Cornel Mihalache\n2022\, Music documentary\, 70 min (Romania) \n    \n        "Phoenix. Har/Jar" reunites the members of the legendary rock band from the period before they left communist Romania in 1977\, and highlights the important moments in the band's tumultuous chronology\,... \n        "Phoenix. Har/Jar" reunites the members of the legendary rock band from the period before they left communist Romania in 1977\, and highlights the important moments in the band's tumultuous chronology\, from the first appearances in 1962 under the name "Sfinții" (the Saints) to the present day. The documentary presents\, for the first time\, the events that the musicians went through in the country\, the relationship with the Securitate\, the communist political police\, their departure from Romania and the band's activity before and after the 1989 Revolution. \n        Read More\n    \n	TrailerThe Chalice. Of Sons and Daughters by Cătălina Tesăr and Dana Bunescu\n2022\, Documentary\, 84 min(Romania) \n    \n        The documentary follows Peli and Nina\, a young Roma couple striving to conceive a son in order to comply with local custom. While they live under tremendous strain and keep... \n        The documentary follows Peli and Nina\, a young Roma couple striving to conceive a son in order to comply with local custom. While they live under tremendous strain and keep taking fertility and ultrasound checks\, their respective families are disputing their rights in the chalice pledged by Peli’s father to Nina’s family when they arranged the couple’s match. The intricacies of this marriage are teased out by Peli’s sister\, Bara\, who provides a gripping confession about the lived female condition in this community. \n        Read More\n    \n	 Guests\nIulia RuginăIulia Rugină is a Bucharest based director and screenwriter. She has a BA and a MA degree in film and television directing at Bucharest’s National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC). In 2020 she completed a PhD on low budget cinema at the same university.\n\nShe has written and directed twelve shorts and three feature films\, among which Stuck on Christmas (2010)\, Love Building (2013)\, Dying from a Wound of Love (2014)\, Breaking News (2016). In 2018 she made her theater debut with the multimedia show Neverland\, which she wrote and directed. In 2020 she directed six of the eight episodes of the HBO Max series Ruxx.\n\nSince 2099 she is also actively involved in cultural management (through Control N\, the cultural NGO she has co-founded)\, and film education (through various projects she has participated in\, as a film tutor)\, having worked with professional screenwriters\, amateur filmmakers\, children\, ethnic minorities\, inmates and drug addicts.\n\nShe taught screenwriting at the National University of Theater and Film in Bucharest for 10 years\, before switching to script consultancy in national and international projects.\n\n  \nIulian PostelnicuIulian Postelnicu graduated from the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest with a Bachelor's Degree in acting.\n\nHe played several supporting characters in films such as Domestic (2012)\, A Decent Man (2018)\, and One Floor Below (2015) for which he received a Gopo nomination as Best Supporting Character. In 2019 he played the character of Vali in Arrest\, for which he won the Gopo Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.\n\nHis more recent characters include Costin in Otto the Barbarian (2020)\, nominated for the Gopo Award as Best Supporting Character\, Daniel in the HBO TV show Ruxx (2022)\, Sorin in the HBO TV show Spy/Master (2023)\, and Ilie in Men of Deeds (2022)\, for which he won the Best Performance Award at FIFF Namur\, the Outstanding Individual Performance Award at FilmFestival Cottbus\, and the Gopo Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.\n\nIn addition to his acting career\, Iulian Postelnicu worked as a writer for several Romanian TV shows like Mondenii\, SRC\, and Las Fierbinti. He co-wrote\, together with Bogdan George Apetri\, the screenplay for Unidentified (2020)\, for which they won the Gopo Award for Best Screenplay. Supporters\nPrivate donors\n\nSupporting sponsor · $1\,000 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Mihai and Gabriela Aluaș\n\n\n	Ana and Radu Bacioiu\n\n\n	Cosmin and Elena Catrinescu\n\n\n\nFestival ambassador · $500 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Dana and Catalin Cozmei\n\n\n	Gabriel and Teodora Ghizila\n\n\n	Andreea Larhs\n\n\n	Tracy Sharpe and Roxana Arama\n\n\n	Alexandrina Maicaneanu and Radu Simionescu\n\n\n	Mary Sherhart\n\n\n	Nick Voicu\n\n\n	Gabriel and Raluca Hera\n\n\n	NW Family Dental - Daciana Buse\, DDS\, MSD\n\n\n\nFestival benefactor · $250 and more\n\n\n\n\n	\nIoana and Doru Nica\n\n\n	Tudor and Otilia Baraboi\n\n\n	James Augerot and Ileana Marin\n\n\n	Allergy & Asthma Care of Manhattan\, PLLC\n\n\n	Lavinia Serban\n\n\n	Marius and Alina Popa\n\n\n	Roxana Teodorescu\n\n\n	Claudiu and Dana Raileanu\n\n\n	Ramona and Marian Pungan\n\n\n	Cristi and Irina Salvan\n\n\n	Nicoleta and Andrei Zlati\n\n\n	Isabella Fu and Radu Palanca\n\n\n	Luana and Marian Stanescu\n\n\n\nFestival supporter · $100 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Mihaela Giurca\n\n\n	Camelia and Ciprian Clinciu\n\n\n	Oana Stepan\n\n\n	Laura Romanschi\n\n\n	Cristina Houston\n\n\n	Smaranda Lieuallen\n\n\n	Corina Varlam\n\n\n	Michele Anciaux Aoki\n\n\n	Claudia Jensen\n\n\n	Cristian and Ana Maria Ilac\n\n\n	Catalin Alaci and Mirela Dinu\n\n\n	Ligia Cicos\n\n\n	George Roth\n\n\n	Monica Poinescu\n\n\n	Carmen and Bogdan Răutu\n\n\n	Elizabeta and Adrian Iliescu\n\n\n	Helene Kaplan\n\n\n	Carl Winter\n\n\n	Edward Blau\n\n\n	Lavinia Serban\n\n\n	NomNom Creative\n\n\n\nFestival friend · $50 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Georgiana Lucache\n\n\n	Magda Nica\n\n\n	Sheila Speirs\n\n\n	George Strajan\n\n\n	Mihaela Armanasu\n\n\n\nSpecial Thanks · $25 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Florina Gusu\n\n\n\n\n\nSpecial thanks · $10 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Cristina Amaral\n\n\n	Tatiana Chihai\n\n\n	Anonymous
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LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109
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SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival Seattle - 11th Edition
DESCRIPTION: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. \nBuy a festival pass or tickets here. \nThe 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 as a bridge between Romanian filmmakers and the American public. \nSee the full press release about the festival and our new collaboration here. \nLaunched in 2014 in order to promote Romanian film to diverse American audience\, including the Romanian diaspora in Washington State\, the festival has grown over the past 10 years\, becoming one of the most important events of its kind on the west coast\, a platform for facilitating access to the most recent internationally awarded Romanian films and for Romanian filmmakers\, directors\, actors and producers\, attending the festival. \nThe Romanian Film Festival in Seattle will take place November 1-3 at SIFF Cinema Uptown\, an important cultural setting and promoter of European film. \nFor the past three years\, alongside the screenings organized in Seattle\, the festival has also had editions during the same period in Detroit\, MI and Phoenix\, AZ with a number of films selected\, and organized by two other sister organizations\, ARCS Arizona and ARCS Detroit. The three festivals share the same brand and visual identity\, created by Daniel Ursache\, a Romanian artist settled in Montreal\, Canada. This year's festival theme is Rhythms of Life. \nThe festival is organized with the support of 4Culture and the National Center for Cinematography in Moldova. \nWe are excited to welcome special guests\, Dorian Boguță\, main actor and producer of Another Lottery Ticket\,  Ruxandra Ghițescu\, screenwriter of Clara\, and Sergiu Cumatrenco Jr.\, producer of Carbon! \nIn the meantime\, please support our fundraising efforts.  The longevity of this festival is a testament that its success relies on your support. Your donations will help us pay for rental fees\, event insurance\, publicity\, distribution rights\, as well as for lodging and travel expenses for our guests.  \nWe welcome sponsors! Check out our sponsor package here. This project did not benefit from the support of the Romanian state. \nDo you want to help out during the festival? Check out the volunteer slots and sign up today! \nFestival Official Partners and Co-organizers:            \nFestival Institutional Partners:     \nSupporting Sponsors:                 \nFestival Ambassadors: \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFundraising Campaign\nThank you for your generosity! Our goal is to raise $20\,000 to cover costs associated with programming\, publicity\, technical support and film distribution rights. We will keep the fundraising campaign open on our website and Facebook. \nRaised$19\,625Goal$20\,000 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n                        How much would you like to donate?(Required)\n			\n					\n					$25 Many ThanksWe will integrate a special thank you credit on our website.\n			\n			\n					\n					$50 Festival FriendSpecial thank you credit on our website!\n			\n			\n					\n					$100 Festival SupporterSpecial thank you credit on our website and free access to two films showing at the festival.\n			\n			\n					\n					$250 Festival BenefactorSpecial thank you credit on our website and free access to four films showing at the festival.\n			\n			\n					\n					$500 Festival AmbassadorSpecial thank you credit on our website and free access to eight films showing at the festival\, thank you credit after the each film screening and special thank you credit on our website (with your company logo\, if applicable). \n			\n			\n					\n					$1\,000 Supporting SponsorWe are offering up to three full festival passes\, credit before the screenings\, special thank you credit on our website with your logo and link to your website. \n			\n			\n					\n					$5\,000 Festival Official Partner and Co-OrganizerWe are offering up to five full festival passes\, credit before the screenings\, special thank you credit as a festival official partner and co-organizer on our website with your logo and link to your website.\n			Total\n							\n						Payment MethodPayPal Checkout\n                                    American ExpressDiscoverMasterCardVisaSupported Credit Cards: American Express\, Discover\, MasterCard\, Visa\n                                    Card Number\n                                    \n                                 \n                                            \n                                                Expiration Date\n                                                \n                                            \n                                                Security Code\n                                                \n                                                 \n                                             \n                                        \n                                            Cardholder Name\n                                            \n                                         \n          \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n        \n                        \n                        \n		                \n		                \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChecks are welcome. Please address them to: \nAmerican Romanian Cultural Society1931 E Lynn StSeattle\, WA 98112 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFilms\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrailer\n\n\n\nAnother Lottery Ticketby Paul Negoescu\n7:00pm\, Nov. 1 Q&A with lead actor Dorian Boguță \n2023\, Comedy\, 86 min(Romania) \n    \n        Dinel\, Sile and Pompiliu want to get rich by mining crypto but they soon manage to lose the USB stick with their digital fortune. \n        Dinel\, Sile and Pompiliu want to get rich by mining crypto but they soon manage to lose the USB stick with their digital fortune. \n        Read More\n    \n	 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrailer\n\n\n\nRefugeby Liviu Marghidan\n11:05am\, Nov. 2 \n2023\, Drama\, 83 min (Romania) \n    \n        A family of four\, having been affected by a divorce\, undertake their annual trip to the mountains\, meant to get the children and their parents closer\, as they live in... \n        A family of four\, having been affected by a divorce\, undertake their annual trip to the mountains\, meant to get the children and their parents closer\, as they live in different countries\, France and Romania. Their holiday is turned upside down when the children vanish\, running away on the pathway to a mountain hut\, thus creating a tense atmosphere filled with frantic searches\, confrontations between the adults and a climatic ending. \n        Read More\n    \n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrailer\n\n\n\nNoraby Carla-Maria Teaha\n12:50pm\, Nov. 2 \n2023\, Documentary\, 85 min(Romania) \n    \n        Poet\, novelist and translator\, 91-year-old Nora Iuga is a unique character on the Romanian contemporary literature scene. This is largely due to the author’s particular mix of playfulness and charisma\, which is reflected in her writing at... \n        Poet\, novelist and translator\, 91-year-old Nora Iuga is a unique character on the Romanian contemporary literature scene. This is largely due to the author’s particular mix of playfulness and charisma\, which is reflected in her writing at every level. With her books being banned for eight years under the communist regime\, accused of a “morbid eroticism”\, the documentary follows Nora Iuga for the duration of 3 years and tries to gently discover where her eroticism comes from and how it still influences her work. In a very intimate exploration of her mind and soul\, we are invited to discover the secret of always staying young and to relentlessly searching for love\, towards which Nora has a very special approach. \n        Read More\n    \n	 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrailer\n\n\n\nHoly Week (US Premiere)by Andrei Cohn\n2:40pm\, Nov. 2 \n2024\, Drama\, 133 min(Romania) \n    \n        The Holy Week\, around 1900\, somewhere in Romania. The tense relationship between the Jewish innkeeper Leiba and Gheorghe\, his Christian employee\,reaches the point where the innkeeper decides to expel the... \n        The Holy Week\, around 1900\, somewhere in Romania. The tense relationship between the Jewish innkeeper Leiba and Gheorghe\, his Christian employee\,reaches the point where the innkeeper decides to expel the latter. Revengeful\, Gheorghe promises Leiba that he will return on Easter Night to “settle” his accounts. This threat comes as a last straw against Leiba’s attempts to cohabit with his hostile\, anti-Semitic environment. From then on\, Leiba will struggle distinguishing between the real danger and the one fabricated by his anxieties\, engaging onto a path of transformation leading toextreme consequences. \n        Read More\n    \n	 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrailer\n\n\n\nFreedomby Tudor Giurgiu\n5:20pm\, Nov. 2 \n2023\, Drama\, 109 min (Romania\, Hungary) \n    \n        In the chaotic days of the December 1989 revolution that overthrew the Communist regime\, the Transylvanian city of Sibiu becomes the scene of a violent assault on a Police unit... \n        In the chaotic days of the December 1989 revolution that overthrew the Communist regime\, the Transylvanian city of Sibiu becomes the scene of a violent assault on a Police unit that quickly escalates into a bloody confrontation between soldiers\, policemen\, civilian protesters and representatives of the secret police. In a desperate attempt to escape the siege\, Police captain Viorel is captured by the army and thrown into an empty swimming pool along withhundreds of prisoners accused of being terrorists. \n        Read More\n    \n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrailer\n\n\n\nClaraby Sabin Dorohoi\n7:35pm\, Nov. 2Q&A with screenwriter Ruxandra Ghițescu \n2023\, Drama\, 85 min (Romania) \n    \n        Clara is a divorced Romanian mother who babysits a little girl in a German town by the Danube River. Her son\, feeling abandoned\, runs away from home in an attempt... \n        Clara is a divorced Romanian mother who babysits a little girl in a German town by the Danube River. Her son\, feeling abandoned\, runs away from home in an attempt to reach his mother by traveling on a small boat upriver. \n        Read More\n    \n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrailer\n\n\n\nGone Wildby Dan Curean\n11:05am\, Nov. 3 \n2012\, Documentary\, 88 min(Romania) \n    \n        In the waterlogged lands of the Danube Delta\, in Romania\, some horses were abandoned\, when the collective farms collapsed at the same time as the Communist regime.  They survived and... \n        In the waterlogged lands of the Danube Delta\, in Romania\, some horses were abandoned\, when the collective farms collapsed at the same time as the Communist regime.  They survived and in time they went wild\, forming a unique colony of wild horses that is increasing. Meanwhile the local people\, who were similarly left to their own devices\, are struggling to survive. The film explores  this extraordinary paradox: an increasing herd of horses and a decreasing number of villagers - and the threat to both groups\, through the eyes of Ivan\, a young village boy\, who over the years has developed a unique and powerful bond with the horses. \n        Read More\n    \n	 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrailer\n\n\n\nWhere Elephants Go (US Premiere)by Cătălin Rotaru and Gabi Șarga\n1:00pm\, Nov. 3 \n2024\, Drama\, 115 min(Romania) \n    \n        Nine-year-old Leni is witty and wise for her age and quite a match for the homeless intellectual Marcel\, who is a 23-year-old child. Leni's mother Magda refuses to accept the... \n        Nine-year-old Leni is witty and wise for her age and quite a match for the homeless intellectual Marcel\, who is a 23-year-old child. Leni's mother Magda refuses to accept the failure of Leni's medical treatment and rebuffs Marcel's friendship\, even as he and Leni demonstrate every step through life can be a joyous adventure. \n        Read More\n    \n	 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrailer\n\n\n\nNasty (US Premiere)by Tudor Giurgiu\, Cristian Pascariu\, Tudor D. Popescu\n3:25pm\, Nov. 3 \n2024\, Documentary\, 104 min(Romania) \n    \n        This ultimate film about Ilie Nastase\, the legendary sportsman coming from an unknown country behind the Iron Curtain\, charts his impressive achievements\, his one-of-a-kind antics and uncontrolled bursts of anger.... \n        This ultimate film about Ilie Nastase\, the legendary sportsman coming from an unknown country behind the Iron Curtain\, charts his impressive achievements\, his one-of-a-kind antics and uncontrolled bursts of anger. Lovable\, charming and generous\, yet temperamental\, arrogant and obscene\, Mr. Nice’n’Nasty was tennis’ first global rockstar. \n        Read More\n    \n	 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrailer\n\n\n\nCarbonby Ion Borș\n5:55pm\, Nov. 3Q&A with producer Sergiu Cumatrenco Jr. \n2022\, Dark comedy\, 103 min(Moldova\, Romania\, Spain) \n    \n        Moldova\, early 90s: Dima\, a tractor driver\, wants to be enrolled in the military troops to take part in the local war on the Transnistrian border. Vasea\, an Afghanistan war... \n        Moldova\, early 90s: Dima\, a tractor driver\, wants to be enrolled in the military troops to take part in the local war on the Transnistrian border. Vasea\, an Afghanistan war veteran\, joins him. While on their way to the front\, they find a carbonized body. Authorities ignore them without helping to identify the body. Dima and Vasea decide to bury the corpse according to the proper Christian rituals\, but shortly they will go\, together with the body\, on an absurd journey to discover his identity. \n        Read More\n    \n	 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuests\nDorian BoguțăActor Dorian Boguță\, best known for "The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu" (2005) and "Francesca" (2009) was born in Kishinev\, USSR (now Chișinău\, The Republic of Moldova) on April 24\, 1971. He graduated from Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University in Georgia in 1992 and started his acting career at the National Theatre in Chișinău\, where he played numerous noticeable lead roles. In 1999 he moved to Bucharest and started acting in films\, gaining recognition with the TV series "Lombarzilor 8" (2006) and later with "Francesca" (2009. In 2009 he made his debut in directing\, with the short-film "10"\, marking the beginning of a series of highly successful short-films\, including "From now on" (2012)\, "Kazimir” (2014) and “Finale” (2015). He later on made his debut in feature film with the drama “Legacy” (2019). Following his passion for acting and directing\, he founded actoriedefilm.ro with fellow actors\, Dragoș Bucur and Alexandru Papadopol\, which encompasses both an acting school and a producing company. Their purpose is to introduce their students to an acting style that is realistic and comes naturally. In 2013\, they produced box office hits like “Love Building\,” “Another Love Building”\, “Two Lottery Tickets” (2016) and “Another Lottery Ticket”(2023)\, all of which Dorian both produced and acted in. \n\n \nRuxandra GhițescuRuxandra Ghițescu is a Romanian visual artist and filmmaker. She is a graduate student of the Media Art School\, in Karlsruhe\, Germany. Ruxandra is currently working as a director on films\, commercials and as a scriptwriter. She was selected to participate in Berlinale Talents in 2015\, as well as in Sarajevo Talents and Transylvania Talents in 2014. Her debut feature Otto the Barbarian\, a Romanian-Belgian coproduction\, was part of L’Atelier de Cinefondation 2017\, Berlinale Script Station 2016\, CineLink Sarajevo 2016 - winner of the Macedonian Film Institute Prize\, CineLink Work in Progress 2019 and premiered in 2020 at Sarajevo IFF.\n\n  \nSergiu Cumatrenco Jr.Sergiu Cumatrenco Jr. is one of the leading producers from Moldova. He is CEO and a co-founder of the YOUBESC Creative Institute\, Executive Director of the Art Consumers Association and the founder of the RAVAC International Film Festival. A member of the Moldavian Filmmakers Association and a member of the European Film Academy\, he has produced and co-produced 15 film projects\, among them six international co-productions. Among the most recent films created in co-production with partners from Moldova\, Romania\, Spain\, the USA\, Germany\, France and Austria the following stand out: BILLION\, CARBON\, ANOTHER LOTTERY TICKETS\, VARVARA\, THUNDERS\, MMXX\, TRANSIT TIMES. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupporters\nPrivate donors\n\nSupporting sponsor · $1\,000 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Mihai and Gabriela Aluaș\n\n\n	Cosmin and Elena Catrinescu\n\n\n	Otilia & Tudor Baraboi\n\n\n\nFestival ambassador · $500 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Mary Sherhart\n\n\n	Tracy Sharpe and Roxana Arama\n\n\n	Adrian Potra\n\n\n	Dana Cozmei\n\n\n	Luana and Marian Stanescu\n\n\n	Nick Voicu\n\n\n	Raluca and Gabriel Hera\n\n\n	Alexandrina Maicaneanu and Radu Simionescu\n\n\n	Irina & Cristi Salvan\n\n\n\nFestival benefactor · $250 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Ileana Marin\n\n\n	Ramona and Marian Pungan\n\n\n	Anonymous\n\n\n	Roxana Teodorescu\n\n\n	Andrei Marinescu\n\n\n	In loving memory of Eugenia Lup and Rodica Gutan\n\n\n	Oana and Doru Nica\n\n\n	Vasi Rusu\n\n\n	Thomas Richardson\n\n\n	Marius Popa\n\n\n	Claudiu Raileanu\n\n\n	Maya Bacioiu teen fundraiser\n\n\n	Alexandru Popa\n\n\n	Miruna Ticrea\n\n\n	Tudor and Adina Trufinescu\n\n\n	Isabella Fu and Radu Palanca\n\n\n\nFestival supporter · $100 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Helene Kaplan\n\n\n	Irina Mork\n\n\n	Anca and Catalin Zaharia\n\n\n\n	Smaranda Lieuallen\n\n\n	Irina VanPatten\n\n\n	Margareta Christian\n\n\n	Michele Anciaux Aoki\n\n\n	Cristian and Ana Maria Ilac\n\n\n	Alexandrina and Adrian Muntianu\n\n\n	Veronica Guea\n\n\n	Carmen Rautu\n\n\n	Adriana Popescu\n\n\n	Adrian Fanaru\n\n\n	Monica Poinescu\n\n\n	Elizabeta Iliescu\n\n\n	Carl Winter\n\n\n	Raluca Herman\n\n\n	Edward Blau\n\n\n	Ionut Tulai\n\n\n	Cristina Houston\n\n\n	Mihai and Monica Ene-Pietrosanu\n\n\n	Nicoleta and Andrei Zlati\n\n\n	Camelia and Ciprian Clinciu\n\n\n\nFestival friend · $50 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Linda Morris\n\n\n	Daniela Stafie\n\n\n	Marina Lyons\n\n\n	In honor of Ana Bacioiu\n\n\n	Adriana Guiman\n\n\n	Casey Choi\n\n\n	Elena Apreutesei\n\n\n\nSpecial Thanks · $25 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Silviana Ciurea Ilcus
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LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109
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SUMMARY:The New Year That Never Came - Romanian Film at SIFF
DESCRIPTION:Romanian Film at SIFFARCS is a proud supporter of The New Year That Never Came\, an official selection of the 51st Seattle International Film Festival and a debut feature by director Bogdan Mureșanu. About the film: Six lives intertwine in the days leading up to the 1989 Romanian revolution in this darkly funny ensemble film about living under Communist rule. Winner of the 2024 Venice Film Festival’s Horizons Award and the Palm Springs New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize. Playing May 18th and May 19th at AMC Pacific Place.  Get your tickets here. Enjoy $3 off with our special discount code\, ARCS51. Click here for redemption instructions. Awards: Venice International Film Festival 2024 (Best Film: Horizons\, FIPRESCI Prize)\, Palm Springs International Film Festival 2025 (New Voices New Visions Prize) See you at the movies!
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SUMMARY:Happy Hour
DESCRIPTION:Happy Hour at Pizzeria La Rocca\nWe're kicking off the countdown to the Romanian Film Festival Seattle at Pizzeria La Rocca! Join us for a laid-back evening of drinks and film talk.Share your most anticipated films\, chat themes and get ready for an exciting new edition of the film festival. \n📌October 27 at 7pm Pizzeria La Rocca8404 Greenwood Ave NSeattle\, WA 98103 RSVP Here
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LOCATION:Pizzeria La Rocca\, 8404 Greenwood Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98103
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SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival Seattle - 12th Edition
DESCRIPTION:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/RFF25-trailer-small.mp4 \n  Tickets and passes on sale now!The Romanian Film Festival in Seattle returns for its 12th edition November 7-9 at SIFF Cinema Uptown\, an important cultural setting and promoter of European film. The Cultural Association Control N (based in Romania) is joining ARCS for a second year as co-organizer of the film festival\, working as a bridge between Romanian filmmakers and the American public. \nThis year’s theme\, Unifying Stories\, illustrates the breadth of our shared human experiences touching on ideas of ambition\, ethical dilemmas\, and displacement\, alongside funny struggles spiced with the proverbial dark Romanian humor. The festival will continue to showcase the best of the newest film productions across genres from Romania and the Republic of Moldova\, promoting outstanding directors and actors\, both established and up-and-coming. Our special guests this year are directors Tudor Giurgiu and Natalia Shaufert\, and cinematographer Boróka Biró. \nLaunched in 2014 in order to promote Romanian film to diverse American audience\, including the Romanian diaspora in Washington State\, the festival has grown over the past 11 years\, becoming one of the most important events of its kind on the west coast\, a platform for facilitating access to the most recent internationally awarded Romanian films and for Romanian filmmakers\, directors\, actors and producers\, attending the festival. \nThe festival is organized with the support of 4Culture. \nIn the meantime\, please support our fundraising efforts.  The longevity of this festival is a testament that its success relies on your support. Your donations will help us pay for rental fees\, event insurance\, publicity\, distribution rights\, as well as for lodging and travel expenses for our guests. \nWe welcome sponsors! Check out our sponsor package here.  \nCheck out volunteer opportunities here. \nFestival Official Partners and Co-organizers: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            \nFestival Institutional Partner:           \nSupporting Sponsors: \n             \nFestival Ambassador: \n                \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFilmsTickets and Passes\n\nFundraising Campaign\nThank you for your generosity! Our goal is to raise $20\,000 to cover costs associated with programming\, publicity\, technical support and film distribution rights. We will keep the fundraising campaign open on our website and Facebook. \nRaised$18\,570Goal$20\,000 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n                        How much would you like to donate?(Required)\n			\n					\n					$25 Many ThanksWe will integrate a special thank you credit on our website.\n			\n			\n					\n					$50 Festival FriendSpecial thank you credit on our website!\n			\n			\n					\n					$100 Festival SupporterSpecial thank you credit on our website and free access to two films showing at the festival.\n			\n			\n					\n					$250 Festival BenefactorSpecial thank you credit on our website and free access to four films showing at the festival.\n			\n			\n					\n					$500 Festival AmbassadorSpecial thank you credit on our website and free access to eight films showing at the festival\, thank you credit after the each film screening and special thank you credit on our website (with your company logo\, if applicable). \n			\n			\n					\n					$1\,000 Supporting SponsorWe are offering up to three full festival passes\, credit before the screenings\, special thank you credit on our website with your logo and link to your website. \n			\n			\n					\n					$5\,000 Festival Official Partner and Co-OrganizerWe are offering up to five full festival passes\, credit before the screenings\, special thank you credit as a festival official partner and co-organizer on our website with your logo and link to your website.\n			Total\n							\n						Payment MethodPayPal Checkout\n                                    American ExpressDiscoverMasterCardVisaSupported Credit Cards: American Express\, Discover\, MasterCard\, Visa\n                                    Card Number\n                                    \n                                 \n                                            \n                                                Expiration Date\n                                                \n                                            \n                                                Security Code\n                                                \n                                                 \n                                             \n                                        \n                                            Cardholder Name\n                                            \n                                         \n          \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n        \n                        \n                        \n		                \n		                \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChecks are welcome. Please address them to: \nAmerican Romanian Cultural Society1931 E Lynn StSeattle\, WA 98112 \n\nTrailerThe Moromete Family 3: Father and Sonby Stere Gulea\n7:00pm\, November 7Q&A with producer Tudor Giurgiu \n2024\, Drama\, 112 min(Romania) \n    \n        The year 1954 puts Niculae Moromete to the test: the tumultuous love affair with a married woman\, the crisis of political conscience and the loss of confidence in the literary... \n        The year 1954 puts Niculae Moromete to the test: the tumultuous love affair with a married woman\, the crisis of political conscience and the loss of confidence in the literary guild overwhelm him. The providential appearance in his life of a young poet offers him a way out of his professional and personal dilemmas\, inspiring him to publish the novel The Moromete Family. \n        Read More\n    \n	 TrailerThe Spruce Forest (US Premiere)by Tudor Giurgiu\n12:00pm\, November 8Q&A with director Tudor Giurgiu \n2025\, Hybrid documentary\, 75min(Romania) \n    \n        This gripping hybrid documentary\, the latest film by renowned director Tudor Giurgiu\, recreates the struggles faced by a Romanian community in Bassarabia while under Soviet occupation during World War II.... \n        This gripping hybrid documentary\, the latest film by renowned director Tudor Giurgiu\, recreates the struggles faced by a Romanian community in Bassarabia while under Soviet occupation during World War II. A dramatic separation of a young couple becomes the least of their problems when the wife and two little girls are deported to Siberia\, and the young husband escapes to Romania crushed by the guilt of losing the loved ones. Yet\, the unfathomable happens and the two meet later in life. It is through the mastery of the actors who perform the theatrical reenactment that the story is revived and becomes a comment on our own times. \n        Read More\n    \n	 TrailerHigh School Thievesby Tudor Petremarin\n2:10pm\, November 8 \n2024\, Comedy drama\, 110 min(Romania) \n    \n        In order to fulfill their dreams\, four teenagers decide to make money by selling the SAT prompts online.Sofi wants to raise money to pay for her college in Switzerland\, Alex... \n        In order to fulfill their dreams\, four teenagers decide to make money by selling the SAT prompts online.Sofi wants to raise money to pay for her college in Switzerland\, Alex dreams to build his own recording studio\, Amalia seek to impress her senator father\, and Tomiță looks for an adventure.Everything is going well until they are all forced to face the reality around them and the consequences of their actions. \n        Read More\n    \n	 TrailerInk Washby Sarra Tsorakidis\n4:25pm\, November 8 \n2024\, Drama\, 90 min(Romania\, Greece\, Denmark) \n    \n        Seeking shelter in her work from the pain of a breakup\, Lena\, a painter turning 40\, is commissioned to decorate a brutalist hotel nestled in the depths of a Romanian... \n        Seeking shelter in her work from the pain of a breakup\, Lena\, a painter turning 40\, is commissioned to decorate a brutalist hotel nestled in the depths of a Romanian forest. There\, where the Danube ends its course in seemingly miraculous springs\, Lena’s moral views are confronted with an overwhelmingly corrupted community. The beautiful cinematography records the subtle interaction between landscape\, human sensibility\, and art. \n        Read More\n    \n	 TrailerThe Dreamby Cătălin Saizescu\n6:20pm\, November 8 \n2023\, Comedy drama\, 136 min(Romania) \n    \n        Alex\, a downcast actor facing both romantic and professional failure\, starts an unusual creative project: staging Pyramus and Thisbe (from Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream) inside a prison. What begins as... \n        Alex\, a downcast actor facing both romantic and professional failure\, starts an unusual creative project: staging Pyramus and Thisbe (from Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream) inside a prison. What begins as an artistic experiment evolves into a transformative experience for the inmates\, culminating in an unexpected moment where art\, hope\, and escape collide in front of a live audience. \n        Read More\n    \n	 TrailerTWST: Things We Said Todayby Andrei Ujică\n11:25am\, November 9 \n2024\, Hybrid documentary\, 85 min(Romania\, France) \n    \n        By famous documentarist Andrei Ujică\, TWST takes as its starting point the arrival of the Beatles in New York for their August 1965 concert at Shea Stadium\, and as its... \n        By famous documentarist Andrei Ujică\, TWST takes as its starting point the arrival of the Beatles in New York for their August 1965 concert at Shea Stadium\, and as its title a Beatles song that already anticipates a time when the present moment will have become a haunting past\, neither retrievable nor forgettable. But the frame of reference steadily broadens. Adjacent realities of 1965 are juxtaposed—the New York World’s Fair\, the Watts riots filtering through from the East Coast on television. It becomes a cinematic poem of that generation embedded in its own history. \n        Read More\n    \n	 TrailerComatogenby Igor Cobileanski\n1:00pm\, November 9 \n2024\, Drama\, 110 min(Romania\, Moldova) \n    \n        Trying to get money to cover a debt for her son\, who is in danger of going to prison\, Alina\, a nurse\, faces an unexpected ethical problem. In a city... \n        Trying to get money to cover a debt for her son\, who is in danger of going to prison\, Alina\, a nurse\, faces an unexpected ethical problem. In a city of social disparities\, the rich have neither time nor empathy for the poor\, while the poor cannot afford resisting financial temptations. Will Alina give in and abandon her faith and morality? \n        Read More\n    \n	 TrailerMoldovan Talesby Vlad Bolgarin\, Evgheni Dudceac\, Adriana Vasilcov\, Ioana Vatamanu-Mărgineanu\, Natalia Shaufert\n3:30pm\, November 9Q&A with director Natalia Shaufert \n2024\, Comedy\, 104 min (Moldova) \n    \n        A diverse and hilarious cast of characters in contemporary Moldova encounters surprising opportunities and obstacles through a series of unexpected adventures\, all capturing the essence of humor\, struggles\, and spirit... \n        A diverse and hilarious cast of characters in contemporary Moldova encounters surprising opportunities and obstacles through a series of unexpected adventures\, all capturing the essence of humor\, struggles\, and spirit of both rural and urban life. \n        Read More\n    \n	TrailerThe New Year That Never Cameby Bogdan Mureșanu\n6:00pm\, November 9Q&A with cinematographer Boróka Biró \n2024\, Comedy drama\, 138 min(Romania\, Serbia) \n    \n        Six people find themselves in the eye of the storm without realizing it\, as Ceaușescu's regime is on its last legs. A TV director has to find a way to... \n        Six people find themselves in the eye of the storm without realizing it\, as Ceaușescu's regime is on its last legs. A TV director has to find a way to save his New Year’s show after the key actress defects. The solution lies with a distressed theatre actress who can’t reach her ex-boyfriend in Timișoara. Meanwhile the director’s son\, a student\, plans to flee to Yugoslavia by swimming across the Danube. Watching the son is an officer of the Securitate secret police\, who struggles to move his mother from her soon-to-be-demolished house to a new apartment she cannot stand. The move is being executed by a factory worker\, who panics after his son writes a letter to Santa Claus revealing that  his father wants Ceaușescu dead. All these lives\, under constant and invisible surveillance by the Securitate\, converge in Bodgan Mureșanu’s  tragicomedy. \n        Read More\n    \n	 Guests\nTudor GiurgiuMember of the European Film Academy\, Tudor Giurgiu is the founder and President of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF)\, the most prestigious film-related event in Romania. His directorial debut feature Love Sick was selected in Panorama section of 2006 Berlinale and awarded in several int’l festivals. His short Superman\, Spiderman or Batman (2011) won Best European Short at the 2012 edition of European Film Academy Awards. Tudor’s 2nd feature\, Of Snails and Men\, was awarded in Warsaw IFF and Valladolid IFF. Why Me?\, an unsettling legal thriller based on a real case of corruption in present-day Romania\, premiered in 2015 Berlinale Panorama. His most recent films are Libertate / Freedom (2023)\, a story inspired by real events that happened during the Romanian Revolution and Nasty (2024)\, a documentary about the Romanian tennis legend Ilie Năstase co-directed alongside Cristian Pascariu and Tudor D. Popescu\, which premiered as a Special Screening at Festival de Cannes in 2024. \nNatalia ShaufertNatalia Shaufert is a Moldovan-American playwright\, screenwriter\, and film director. She is a graduate alumnus of the Dramatic Writing Department at New York University 2025. She writes slightly distorted real-life stories that emphasize\, hyperbolize and satirize societal dilemmas and tragic\, man-made fates. Nataliaholds a film degree and an MFA in Directing animation from Academy of Arts in Moldova. She has been internationally awarded for her films Ana\, Mother Nature\,  You and Me\, and Resentment. \nBoróka BiróBoróka Biró is a Bucharest-based emerging cinematographer and alumna of the National University of Theatre and Film “I.L. Caragiale” (MA). She is a Berlinale Talents 2021 and Sarajevo Talents 2017 alumna. She began her career in the camera department during her studies\, quickly advancing from focus puller to camera operator\, contributing to acclaimed productions such as Sieranevada (dir. Cristi Puiu)\, Touch Me Not (dir. Adina Pintilie)\, and Wednesday (dir. Tim Burton\, Netflix). Her feature debut as a cinematographer\, It Takes Two to Fence (dir. Andrei Gheorghe)\, premiered at Mons International Film Festival and earned her the Young Hope Award at the Gopo Gala for cinematography. Most recently\, she lensed Bogdan Mureșanu’s The New Year That Never Came\, which had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival\, where it won Best Film in the Orizzonti section\, the FIPRESCI Award\, and the Bisato d’Oro Award for Best Screenplay. For her work\, Boróka received the Premio Autrici Under 40 “Valentina Pedicini” Special Mention for cinematography. \n  Moderators\nArtur ErhanArtur is a Seattle-based screenwriter\, film and music-videos director. Artur graduated from the Academy of Music\, Theater and Fine Arts of Moldova\, with a degree in Cinematic Arts. He is a former "TIFF Transilvania Pitch Stop Screenplay" winner (KAZIMIR - 2025)\, "Final Draft Big Break" finalist (NIGHT LIGHT - 2025)\, and "Write A Screenplay For..." (CIULEANDRA - 2023). He is currently working on a number of projects with filmmakers from Romania\, Moldova\, and the United States. His latest film "HOTARUL / (THE WALL)" that he wrote and produced\, is set to be released in February 2026.\n\n  \nIleana Marin\, Ph.D.Ileana Marin teaches interdisciplinary courses at the University of Washington in Seattle and at the Center of Excellence in Image Studies at the University of Bucharest. Her long-standing academic career on both sides of the ocean has given her the opportunity to establish contacts between Romanian and American scholars\, artists\, and institutions. She\, thus\, initiated the first UW Exploration Seminar to Romania\, and to Eastern Europe\, and opened the fund for Romanian Studies\, hoping that Romanian language will be taught regularly in Seattle. With a BA in Romanian and a PhD. in Comparative Literature from the University of Bucharest (2000)\, and one in Textual Studies from the UW (2011)\, Ileana is a strong believer in the power of education and bilingualism. In ARCS\, she advocates the expansion of the Romanian language programs in the US and for disseminating the most recent Romanian cultural achievements. On her agenda as president\, Ileana Marin has two major tasks: board development and recruitment to ensure the successful implementation of ARCS mission through meaningful programs. \nOtilia Baraboi\, Ph.D.Before coming to Seattle in 2000 from Romania\, Otilia worked as a literary journalist and published short-fiction\, translations and articles. She holds university degrees in French and English literatures from Romania\, Switzerland\, and the US. She has a Ph.D. on the politics of translation from the University of Washington\, where she taught French language and literature for 17 years\, and where she is currently co-teaching a course on Romanian literature and film. In 2013\, she co-founded ARCS and was President of the Board for five years before becoming ARCS’ first Executive Director. For Otilia\, ARCS has been a wonderful opportunity to remain connected with the vibrant culture of her birthplace\, while contributing to the artistic and cultural vitality of the Pacific Northwest. As part of her work\, Otilia has been managing the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle and ARCS community-based school for Romanian heritage students\, as well as more than 300 cultural and educational events over the past 9 years. Her priorities are to create sustainable\, community-building programs and partnerships\, as well as develop ARCS' brand identity in accordance with its mission and values. Most of all\, Otilia hopes that her work will have a direct\, long-lasting impact on the ways in which future generations will define\, celebrate and pass on their heritage. Otilia is also the President of the Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest and a board member of Romanian United Fund. \n  \n  SupportersPrivate donors Supporting sponsor · $1\,000 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Cosmin and Elena Catrinescu\n\n\n	Tracy Sharpe and Roxana Arama\n\n\n	Mihai and Gabriela Aluaș\n\n\n	Alexandrina Măicăneanu and Radu Simionescu\n\n\n\nFestival ambassador · $500 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Otilia & Tudor Baraboi\n\n\n	Mary Sherhart\n\n\n	Cătălin and Raluca Olteanu\n\n\n	Betty and Jeff Gossett\n\n\n	Vasi Rusu\n\n\n	Nick Voicu\n\n\n	Irina and Ola Mork\n\n\n	Ana and Radu Băcioiu\n\n\n	Adrian Potra\n\n\n	Luana and Marian Stănescu\n\n\n	Gabriela and Teodora Ghizilă\n\n\n\nFestival benefactor · $250 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Dana Cozmei\n\n\n	Ileana Marin\n\n\n	Anca and Catalin Zaharia\n\n\n	Marius Bunescu\n\n\n	Andrei Zlati\n\n\n	Ramona and Marian Pungan\n\n\n	Roxana Teodorescu\n\n\n	Claudiu and Dana Raileanu\n\n\n	Anonymous\n\n\n	Andrei Marinescu\n\n\n	Gabriel and Raluca Hera\n\n\n\nFestival supporter · $100 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Michele Anciaux Aoki\n\n\n	Rebecca Carpenter\n\n\n	Ionela Popescu\n\n\n	Carmen Rautu\n\n\n	Helene Kaplan\n\n\n	Smaranda Lieuallen\n\n\n	Elena Boris\n\n\n	Cristian and Ana Maria Ilac\n\n\n	Horatiu Dicher\n\n\n	Zachariah Wolfe\n\n\n	Elena Apreutesei\n\n\n	In honor of Ana Bacioiu\n\n\n	Elizabeta Iliescu\n\n\n\nFestival friend · $50 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Linda Morris\n\n\n	Lena Stavig\n\n\n	In honor Ana Bacioiu\n\n\n	Cristina Sega\n\n\n\nSpecial Thanks · $25 and more\n\n\n\n\n	Florin Teodorescu\n\n\n\n\n\n  
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-film-festival-seattle-12th-edition/
LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109
CATEGORIES:Film
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