BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ARCS Project - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:ARCS Project X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://arcsproject.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ARCS Project REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20130101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251107T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251109T200000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20250410T145418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T221359Z UID:10000207-1762542000-1762718400@arcsproject.org 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 \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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/campania_RFF600x379.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251027T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251027T190000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20250921T171129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T213120Z UID:10000228-1761591600-1761591600@arcsproject.org 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 URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/happy-hour/ LOCATION:Pizzeria La Rocca\, 8404 Greenwood Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98103 CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Happy-Hour-at-7-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250518T181500 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250519T180000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20250424T184310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T164513Z UID:10000213-1747592100-1747677600@arcsproject.org 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! URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/the-new-year-that-never-came-romanian-film-at-siff/ LOCATION:AMC Pacific Place CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/NewYearThatNeverCame.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241101T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241103T200000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20240729T203728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250825T014825Z UID:10000170-1730487600-1730664000@arcsproject.org 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 URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-film-festival-seattle-11th-edition/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109 CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/New-RFF-2024-poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231113 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230816T193331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T070813Z UID:10000011-1699056000-1699833599@arcsproject.org 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. 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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. 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As Daniel Ursache’s poster illustrates\, movies remain\, year after year\, our main path and answer\, when everything else seems out of place. \nAfter two successful virtual editions in 2020 and 2021\, the festival will continue to showcase the best of the newest film productions from Romania and Europe\, promoting outstanding directors\, both established and up-and-coming. It will also keep its partnership with Northwest Film Forum\, Romanian Film Fest Arizona and its sister-organizations ARCS Arizona and ARCS Detroit. The Romanian Film Festival Arizona\, will have its in person screenings November 19-20 at Majestic Tempe 7 in Tempe\, AZ. \nWe will offer you virtual opportunities to interact with local\, national and international special guests.In the meantime\, please support our fundraising efforts. So far we raised over $16\,000 from 60+ donors through Facebook and the ARCS website and we could not be more grateful to you! Will you help us reach our next target of $17\,000? No amount is too small! Our goal is to raise $20\,000 in two months. Let’s keep the story going for the 9th time!If 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: This project is carried out with the support of the Department for the Romanians Abroad. (Acest proiect este realizat cu sprijinul Departamentului pentru Românii de Pretutindeni.) \nCommunity Partners - Thank you for helping us spread the word about the film festival:         \nPlease follow the Festival on social media!     \nFILM FORMATS: \nAll virtual film programs in the 2022 festival are available to view ONLY in the U.S. You can purchase our films and watch them when it is most convenient for you\, during the period of the festival. 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Please address them to: \nAmerican Romanian Cultural Society1931 E Lynn StSeattle\, WA 98112 FilmsTrailerImmaculateby Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark2021\, Drama\, 114 min(Romania) \n When her junkie boyfriend ends up in prison\, Daria is taken by her parents to rehab to quit heroin and become a good daughter again. Inside the clinic\, Daria’s unwavering... \n When her junkie boyfriend ends up in prison\, Daria is taken by her parents to rehab to quit heroin and become a good daughter again. Inside the clinic\, Daria’s unwavering loyalty to her boyfriend makes her exceptional in the eyes of the male junkies and saves her from their sexual pressures. Being desired yet protected by everyone makes Daria feel special for the first time in her teenage life. She relishes her position until a new mysterious patient is committed. His arrival confronts Daria with her own desires\, triggering wild competition among the men. Suddenly trapped between everyone’s clashing expectations\, Daria must find her own path. \n Read More\n \n  TrailerMetronomby Alexandru Bell2022\, Drama\, 102 min (Romania\, France) \n Bucharest\, 1972. Ana\, 17\, dreams of love and freedom. One night\, while partying with her friends\, they decide to send a letter to Metronom\, the musical program which Radio Free Europe broadcasts... \n Bucharest\, 1972. Ana\, 17\, dreams of love and freedom. One night\, while partying with her friends\, they decide to send a letter to Metronom\, the musical program which Radio Free Europe broadcasts clandestinely in Romania. It is then that the Securitate\, Ceausescu’s secret police\, arrives... \n Read More\n \n TrailerMan and Dogby Ștefan Constantinescu2022\, Drama\, 107 min (Romania\, Bulgaria\, Sweden\, Germany) \n After having received a mysterious text message\, Doru (42) returns home from Sweden in the midst of the Corona outbreak due to the suspicion that his wife is having an affair.... \n After having received a mysterious text message\, Doru (42) returns home from Sweden in the midst of the Corona outbreak due to the suspicion that his wife is having an affair. His family is a bit concerned about his unexpected visit\, suspecting that he might have been fired from the job that they all rely on; at the same time\, they are delighted to see him. As the days pass by\, it becomes clear that Doru is pursuing an investigation. Alongside his mother’s rowdy dog\, Amza\, he is shadowing his wife around town\, trying to uncover the possibilities of her betrayal. \n Read More\n \n TrailerWoodby Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan\, Michaela Kirst\, Ebba Sinzinger2020\, Documentary\, 97 min (Austria\, Germany\, Romania) \n Illegal logging is a global business worth billions. Alexander von Bismarck\, descendant of the Iron Chancellor and head of the Environmental Investigation Agency in Washington D.C.\, successfully pursues the machinations of the... \n Illegal logging is a global business worth billions. Alexander von Bismarck\, descendant of the Iron Chancellor and head of the Environmental Investigation Agency in Washington D.C.\, successfully pursues the machinations of the timber mafia worldwide – with dyed hair\, a concealed camera and sound recording equipment. His primary concern isn't to expose a scandalous situation\, but rather to promote a change in the consciousness of politics and civil society and to bring about a new code of conduct for the global economy and consumers. WOOD is an environmental thriller that draws its tension from sad everyday reality. \n Read More\n \n  TrailerA Higher Lawby Octav Chelaru2021\, Drama\, 125 min(Romania) \n Ecaterina\, a high school Religion teacher and wife of the town priest\, gets involved with Iuliu\, a 16-year-old student with a troubled past. Ecaterina tries to keep him under control\,... \n Ecaterina\, a high school Religion teacher and wife of the town priest\, gets involved with Iuliu\, a 16-year-old student with a troubled past. Ecaterina tries to keep him under control\, but she loses her own control in the process. As Ecaterina faces a genuine crisis of faith\, Iuliu’s infatuation turns increasingly dangerous when he takes his sins to the priest\, her husband. \n Read More\n \n  TrailerThe Islandby Anca Damian2022\, Animation\, 84 min(Romania\, France\, Belgium) \n Discover a musical fable on the Robinson Crusoe myth: The Little Prince meets Monty Python. Robinson is a doctor and his solitude is voluntary in an island invaded by migrants\, NGOs... \n Discover a musical fable on the Robinson Crusoe myth: The Little Prince meets Monty Python. Robinson is a doctor and his solitude is voluntary in an island invaded by migrants\, NGOs and guards. He saves Friday\, a castaway\, the only survivor of his illegal refugee boat. During his journey on the island\, Robinson encounters extraordinary beings and events. He will confront current affairs through visual poetry and symbolism in a world where everybody looks for its own paradise. \n Read More\n \n  TrailerThings Worth Weeping Forby Cristina Groșan2021\, Comedy/Drama\, 87 min (Hungary) \n Maja’s life is finally coming together and her boyfriend couldn’t be more pleased. In the midst of moving out from their student flat\, Maja’s evening takes a surprising turn when... \n Maja’s life is finally coming together and her boyfriend couldn’t be more pleased. In the midst of moving out from their student flat\, Maja’s evening takes a surprising turn when she stumbles upon an old relative who is without a doubt\, dead. As she waits for the authorities\, Sara\, Maja’s childhood friend\, joins. Hours pass and absurd situations arise. Are they allowed to eat next to a dead person? Did the woman just move her hand? And what is the proper way to say goodbye to someone you didn’t actually know? \n Read More\n \n TrailerUs Against Usby Andra Tarara2020\, Documentary\, 74 min (Romania) \n The director and her father take a camera in hand and film each other during interviews in which they discuss schizophrenia\, their own pasts\, and their personal conceptions of happiness. The film... \n The director and her father take a camera in hand and film each other during interviews in which they discuss schizophrenia\, their own pasts\, and their personal conceptions of happiness. The film is a personal statement of two people affected by or marked by a mental disorder - a father forced to live with it and a daughter who had to grow up with a sick and often absent father. During filming\, they try to find understanding for each other while revealing their inner traumas. One of the secondary topics is what it is like to undergo treatment for a mental disorder in Romania\, as the father expresses frustration with the way he and his condition are viewed by the local healthcare system. \n Read More\n \n TrailerThe Certainty of Probabilitiesby Raluca Durbacă2021\, Documentary\, 90 min(Romania) \n As an instrument of ideological domination\, language\, both verbal and visual\, defines\, describes\, delimits and dissimulates the manner in which the social\, political and economic reality of a society is... \n As an instrument of ideological domination\, language\, both verbal and visual\, defines\, describes\, delimits and dissimulates the manner in which the social\, political and economic reality of a society is perceived. In order to critique a dominant group's ideology\, one must fragment and recontextualize its discourse. The Certainty of Probabilities seeks such a critique. Comprised entirely of archival footage produced during 1968\, one of the most optimistic and prosperous years in the history of socialist Romania by the most important state-run documentary film studio\, this essay film surveys the efforts undertaken by the state in order to ensure social stability in a society claiming to have quashed all exploitative and alienating labour relations. \n Read More\n \n  TrailerPlastic Semioticby Radu Jude2021\, Stop motion short\, 22 min(Romania\, France\, Belgium) \n The life of human beings\, seen from birth to old age. Only that this generic life is not represented with humans\, but with the artifacts that we the humans have... \n The life of human beings\, seen from birth to old age. Only that this generic life is not represented with humans\, but with the artifacts that we the humans have created for our children (or should we say “cubs”?)\, in order to prepare them for life: the toys. So\, the film is a collage of scenes in which the toys help us understand better a possible essence of our life. \n Read More\n \n  TrailerThe Man Who Would Be Freeby Mihai Mincan and George Chiper-Lillemark2019\, Documentary\, 106 min (Romania) \n July 1999\, Bucharest. A dead man’s body is found in a small apartment. The case is quickly classified by the police as suicide. That man’s name was Cezar Mititelu and... \n July 1999\, Bucharest. A dead man’s body is found in a small apartment. The case is quickly classified by the police as suicide. That man’s name was Cezar Mititelu and he was 54 at the time of his death. Throughout his life\, Cezar Mititelu never had any kind of property. He refused to be ever employed and referred to “paid work” as “corruption”\, something that stood in the way of living as a truly free and responsible person. He fathered a son\, but he had no true family\, nor did he ever wish for one. In the eyes of the communist authorities\, he was a “social parasite”\, hunted all his life by the Secret Police and sent to prison twice. For some people\, however\, Cezar Mititelu was a teacher\, a bearer of light in a world made of lies and ignorance. For his followers\, this man was the proof that a life of complete freedom was really possible\, with one condition: stepping outside of the lies and the hypocrisy created by “modern life” and starting the search for the true humanity that’s inside each of us. This is the story of Cezar Mititelu. The story of a man who embarked on a radical pursuit of finding true freedom and discovered\, along the way\, that he needs to change the entire world. \n Read More\n \n TrailerUkrainian Sheriffsby Roman Bondarchuk2015\, Documentary\, 85 min (Ukraine\, Latvia\, Germany) \n Like a bird\, the Ukrainian flag flies along perched on the car of two affable "sheriffs" deputized by the mayor of a village in southern Ukraine. There's a sly bum... \n Like a bird\, the Ukrainian flag flies along perched on the car of two affable "sheriffs" deputized by the mayor of a village in southern Ukraine. There's a sly bum whose gift is not to work. There's a guy who puts an anaconda in his woman's shed. The advent of Euromaidan\, and draft-dodgers abound. Town folks are dipping in icy water and laughing\, but are they divided in their loyalty? These sheriffs are taking you along for the ride. \n Read More\n \n TrailerSpiralby Cecília Felméri2020\, Drama\, 98 min(Hungary\, Romania) \n Spiral is about letting go. A strange triangle story by a mysterious lake\, between one man and two women. Sometimes we can’t let go and this might result in consequences that... \n Spiral is about letting go. A strange triangle story by a mysterious lake\, between one man and two women. Sometimes we can’t let go and this might result in consequences that end in tragedy. There’s only one thing we can do: face ourselves. \n Read More\n \n  TrailerAmokby Balázs Turai2022\, Animated short\, 14 min(Hungary\, Romania) After losing his fiancée and his good looks in a freak accident\, Clyde must confront his inner demon.TrailerBlue Moonby Alina Grigore2021\, Drama\, 85 min (Romania) \n The film follows a girl’s psychological journey to her dehumanizing process. While struggling to achieve higher education and escape the violence of her extended dysfunctional family\, Irina metamorphoses from victim... \n The film follows a girl’s psychological journey to her dehumanizing process. While struggling to achieve higher education and escape the violence of her extended dysfunctional family\, Irina metamorphoses from victim into abuser as a result of subtle violent contexts. An ambiguous sexual experience with an artist gives her the strength to fight the violent approach of the males in her family. \n Read More\n \n TrailerThe Deer Passed in front of Meby Vlad Petri\n2020\, Documentary short\, 27 min (Romania) \n \n During the Covid-19 lockdown the director's grandmother passed away. As he sifted through personal archives\, he found an audio recording of her and some old photo albums. Composed entirely from photographs\, this... \n During the Covid-19 lockdown the director's grandmother passed away. As he sifted through personal archives\, he found an audio recording of her and some old photo albums. Composed entirely from photographs\, this is the story of her life against the backdrop of the historical changes Romania have been through in the 20th century. \n Read More\n \n TrailerThe Marshal's Two Executionsby Radu Jude2018\, Historical fiction short\, 10 min (Romania) \n The film confronts two different views of the execution of General Ion Antonescu\, Romania’s leader during the Second World War. On one side is silent black-and-white footage of the execution as... \n The film confronts two different views of the execution of General Ion Antonescu\, Romania’s leader during the Second World War. On one side is silent black-and-white footage of the execution as recorded in 1946 by cameraman Ovidiu Gologanl; on the other are scenes from a biographical film shot in 1994 by director Sergiu Nicolaescu. \n Read More\n \n Opening Night Reception\nWhen: Nov. 11\, 2022 at 6:00 PM PSTWhere: Northwest Film Forum. \nAfter two years of clinking our glasses virtually\, we are excited to celebrate the 9th edition of the festival in person! Please join us Nov. 11 at 6pm for the Opening Night Reception at Northwest Film Forum. We'll enjoy light refreshments and some catching up. After the reception\, there will be a screening at 7:30pm for "Metronom" by Alexandru Belc.Q&A SessionsQ&A with director Cristina Groșan  When: Nov. 13\, 2022 at 10:00 AM PSTWhere: OnlineRegister HERE for the live discussion.  Q&A with director Anca DamianWhen: Nov. 14\, 2022 at 10:00 AM PSTWhere: OnlineRegister HERE for the live discussion. Moderated by Ileana Marin\, Ph.D.  Q&A with director Ștefan Constantinescu and actress Ofelia PopiiWhen: Nov. 15\, 2022 at 10:00 AM PSTWhere: OnlineRegister HERE for the live discussion. Q&A with director Andra TararaWhen: Nov. 17\, 2022 at 12:00 PM PSTWhere: OnlineRegister HERE for the live discussion.Q&A with director Raluca DurbacăWhen: Nov. 18\, 2022 at 10:00 AM PSTWhere: OnlineRegister HERE for the live discussion.Q&A with director Cecília FelmériWhen: Nov. 19\, 2022 at 9:00 AM PSTWhere: OnlineRegister HERE for the live discussion.Q&A with director Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan and Michaela KirstWhen: Nov. 19\, 2022 at 11:00 AM PSTWhere: OnlineRegister HERE for the live discussion.Q&A with directors Mihai Mincan and George Chiper-LillemarkWhen: Nov. 20\, 2022 at 9:00 AM PSTWhere: OnlineRegister HERE for the live discussion.Q&A with director George Chiper-Lillemark and actress Ana DumitrașcuWhen: Nov. 20\, 2022 at 11:00 AM PSTWhere: OnlineRegister HERE for the live discussion.Q&A with director Alina Grigore and actress Ioana ChițuWhen: Nov. 21\, 2022 at 12:00 PM PSTWhere: OnlineRegister HERE for the live discussion. Moderated by Luiza Pîrvu.  Q&A with director Alexandru Belc and actress Mara BugarinWhen: Nov. 22\, 2022 at 10:00 AM PSTWhere: OnlineRegister HERE for the live discussion. Moderated by film critic Robert Horton. Q&A with director Roman Bondarchuk and Andrei DăscălescuWhen: Nov. 23\, 2022 at 10:00 AM PSTWhere: OnlineRegister HERE for the live discussion. Moderated by Kateryna Ruban.Guests\nCristina GroșanCristina Grosan is a Hungarian-Romanian filmmaker and visual artist working on fiction films screened at festivals worldwide. Her award-winning short “Holiday at the Seaside” exploring a mother-daughter relationship screened at more than 40 festivals.\n\nCristina is keen on connecting to the places she’s lived in\, working in both her homecountries\, Hungary and Romania. Her debut feature “Things Worth Weeping For” premiered at the Sarajevo International Film Festival's main competition and received several nominations for Best Film at film festivals. The film’s lead actress\, Nóra Rainer-Micsinyei was awarded Best Actress at the Bosphorus International Film Festival in 2021. Her second feature\, “Ordinary Failures”\, was developed with Czech writer Klára Vlasákova. The film premiered at the Giornate degli Autori competitive section in September 2022\, as part of the Venice Biennale where Cristina was awarded the  “Autrici under 40 - Valentina Pedicini award” for Best Director.\n\n  \nAnca DamianAnca Damian studied at the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Bucharest where she majored in cinematography and later obtained a doctor’s degree in Arts\, Cinema and Media. She worked as a director\, screenwriter\, and producer for several documentaries on art related topics. She was director of photography of two long feature films and several shorts. Her second feature the animated documentary\, “Crulic: The Path to Beyond” (2011\, Cristal Award in Annecy)\, has been selected in more than 150 international festivals like Locarno IFF\, Telluride\, New Director new films\, and received more than 35 international prizes. Her extensive filmography includes Crossing Dates (2008)\, A Very Unsettled Summer (2013)\, The Magic Mountain (2015)\, Moon Hotel Kabul (2018)\, and Marona′s Fantastic Tale (2019). Her films were distributed worldwide and she has been awarded with numerous international prizes\, including Cristal for Best Feature Film Award at Annecy\, Best Director Award at Warsaw\, Mirada International Award at Madrid\, and Audentia Award by Eurimages. The Island is her seventh feature. \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. \nŞtefan ConstantinescuŞtefan Constantinescu (1968\, Bucharest) is a Romanian filmmaker and artist. He works in multiple mediums\, including film\, photography\, artist books and painting. He has studied classical painting\, film and video at the Bucharest Academy of Art and Film and at the Royal Art Academy in Stockholm. In 2009 he represented Romania at the Venice Biennale with the film Troleibuzul 92. In 2012 his short film Family Dinner screened in Semaine de la Critique in Cannes\, and in 2013 his short film Six Big Fish premiered in the competition of the Locarno Film Festival. His feature length documentary My Beautiful Dacia (2009) went on to numerous international festivals (IDFA\, Jihlava\, Montreal\, among others) and received the Jury Prize in Documenta Madrid. "Noah’s Ark – An Improbable Space Survival Kit" is a book he created alongside Corina Ilea. \nOfelia PopiiOfelia Popii is a prolific Romanian film and theater actress. She graduated from The Faculty of Theater of the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca in 2001. She holds a PhD in Theater and Performance Arts. In 2001\, she played first role in the movie Grand Hotel Victoria. In 2015 she won the Gopo Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the film Quod erat demonstrandum by Andrei Gruzsniczki. In 2019 she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Moon Hotel Kabul by Anca Damian.\n\n  \nAndra TararaAndra Tarara (b.1994) is an artist working in cinema\, video art\, photography. She is a UNATC Bucharest graduate in Film (2016) and a master's degree graduate in Visual Anthropology from SNSPA Bucharest (2018).\n\nUs Against Us (premiered at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival 2020) is Tarara’s first feature film\, a documentary made in collaboration with her father\, which explores their relationship through an authentic dialogue about the illness that affected both their lives. It was selected in various Romanian and international film festivals\, won Best Romanian Film Award at Astra Film Festival 2021\, and it was also part of cultural initiatives that aim to fight against the stigmatization of mental illnesses. \nRaluca DurbacăRaluca Durbacă (b. 1983) is a Romanian director and film critic. She is a graduate of the National  Film and Theatre School in Bucharest (2015) with a degree in Film Studies and of the National  School for Communication and Public Relations (2006) with a degree in Political Communication.  She has been a contributing editor for well-known Romanian film magazine Film Menu from 2012  to 2016 and has published film studies essays in two editions of the collective volume The Politics  of Film in 2014 and 2018. She has has over 10 years experience in film production and development  and is an alumni of Talents Sarajevo 2014 and Torino FilmLab's 2012 AdaptLab programe. The  Certainty of Probabilities is her first feature documentary. \nCecília FelmériCecília Felméri (b.1978) graduated from the Sapientia University of Cluj-Napoca and then at the Bucharest I. L. Caragiale National Film Academy finished masterclass of filmmaking. She is currently the Assistant Professor at the Sapientia University Film-Photography-Media School in Cluj-Napoca. She is a one of the founding member and vice-president of the Hungarian Film Association of Transylvania.\n\nFilmography as a Director:\n2012 The Pill of Happiness – short fiction film\, 12 min\n2011 Infinite Minutes – short fiction film\, 19 min\n2010 Matthias\, Matthias – animated documentary\, 13 min\n2008 Cuckoo - short fiction film\, 17 min \nMonica Lăzurean-GorganMonica Lăzurean-Gorgan was the delegate producer of Adina Pintilie's Golden Bear Winner Touch Me Not. With her newly established company Manifest Film\, she produced Acasă\, My Home\, recipient of the Special Jury Award for cinematography in the World Cinema Documentary at Sundance 2020. She also directed A  Mere Breath (2016)\, which won Best Documentary at LET'S CEE Film Fest and in Sarajevo.\n\nFilmography:\n\nFree Dacians (2018)\, A Mere Breath (2016)\, My Vote (2011) \nMichaela KirstMichaela Kirst worked for many years as a journalist in New York and has headed the Berlin office of Sagafilm since 2011. She creates documentaries for TV and cinema as director and/or producer. Her films like DISGUSTINGLY HEALTHY\, BROWN BABIES – GERMANY'S LOST CHILDREN or CRIME SCENE RAIN FOREST have won many awards. Filmography: Darwin on Times Square (2020)\, Himmel über Peking (2013)\, Tatort Regenwald: Undercover gegen die Holzmafia (2012)\, Jesus Loves You (2011). \nMihai MincanMihai Mincan is a Philosophy graduate from the University of Bucharest. Between 2004 and 2016 he worked as a journalist\, editing many articles and investigative materials for the most important newspapers in Romania. In 2008 we wrote the script for the short film "The Palm Lines"\, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival. Since then he wrote and directed the shorts The Comet (2017) and Idilă (2019) and the documentaries Bondoc (2015)\, Emigrant Blues (2019) and The Man who would be free (2019). In 2022 his feature film debut To the North had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section\, and received the Bisato d'Oro prize for best film.\n\n  \nGeorge Chiper-LillemarkGeorge Chiper-Lillemark is a director of photography and director living in Copenhagen. He has photographed numerous feature and short films\, including Touch Me Not (2018) by Adina Pintilie. He also co-directed the short The Sandpit #186 (2009) with Adina Pintilie and The Man who would be free (2019) with Mihai Mincan. His short The Palm Lines (2009) was screened by Locarno and Rotterdam IFF. The drama Immaculate\, which he co-directed with Monica Stan\, was selected as Romania's entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 2023 Oscars. \nAna DumitrașcuAna Dumitrașcu was born on December 5 1997 in Dragasani\, Romania. She studied Acting at the National University of Theatre and Film "I.L.Caragiale" in Bucharest\, Romania. Before graduating\, she played her first leading part in Immaculate (2021)\, awarded the Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut at the 2021 Venice Film Festival. Ana Dumitrașcu's performance was praised in Cineuropa\, ICSfilm along with several Romanian publications. Immaculate is Romania's Oscar entry for 2023\, and it won the Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut at the Venice Film Festival in 2021\, GdA Directors' Award in Giornate degli Autori Section\, and the FIPRESCI award at TIFF Romania and a few other prizes and nominations. Ana is also a member of the Berlinale Talents community as she participated in Sarajevo Talents Program this year\, in the Acting Studio Section. She is also known for several theatre shows and several short films including the musical "Crezi că-i grav" (2019)\, the queer drama "Our home" (2021)\, and the upcoming experimental\,\,Arcane/Anarhe’’. She started her career as a producer in 2021 by enrolling in the MA Program for film production at the same university\, and she started producing several short films including Alin Duruian’s \,\,Payday” and a feature\, the upcoming \,\,Loyal Customers’’ directed by Bogdan Balla. She is also a writer for the film publication \,\,Film Menu’’ where she constantly challenges her vision upon cinema. \nAlina GrigoreAlina Grigore has a bachelor degree at UNATC - Bucharest\, Acting/Directing department\, Adrian Titieni’s class. She is now a PhD student at the same university and an assistant researcher at CINETIC “International Research and Education Center for Innovative and Creative Technologies” in Bucharest.\nWhile preparing the release of Blue Moon and its festival track for 2021\, she is producing her second feature “Some Irrelevant Stories about Moms” (working title) having attached the Oscar winning actress Melissa Leo (The Fighter\, Frozen River\, 21 Grams\, Prisoners) to star in it.\n\n-Alumni Berlinale Talents 2018\n-Best Actress\, Subtitle Film Festival\, Ireland 2016 for Illegitimate\n-Best Script\, Subtitle Film Festival\, Ireland 2016 for Illegitimate\n-Best Actress Europe\, Autour De L’Europe Film Festival\, France 2016 for Illegitimate \nLuiza PârvuLuiza Pârvu is a filmmaker and educator based in Tempe\, AZ. She is a member of the European Film Academy. She holds an MFA in Film Production from New York University - Tisch School of The Arts\, New York\, USA. She is an experienced media maker with professional working knowledge of all areas of production and post-production. Her directing and editing work covers a variety of genres\, in both fiction and creative non-fiction: documentary\, multimedia installation\, and immersive media.\n\nHer debut feature documentary\, Ubi Bene Ibi Patria\, is currently in post-production. Shot across Europe and the US\, the film explores the theme of immigration and issues of ethnicity\, gender and class in the form of an urgent and personal movie diary.\n\nThe award winning films she has directed or edited so far have been recognized in over 150 film festivals and events worldwide such as Karlovy Vary IFF\, Sundance FF\, BFI London\, Busan IFF\, Transilvania IFF\, Tribeca FF or Abu Dhabi IFF. In 2012\, she was a nominee in the Rising Star category at the GOPO Romanian Film Industry Awards for directing her short film Draft 7. \nAlexandru BelcAlexandru Belc was born in 1980 in Romania. He graduated from the Bucharest Film School in 2007 and obtained a master’s degree in political sciences in 2012. During his studies\, he made several short films and documentaries. He then worked as an Assistant Director for Corneliu Porumboiu and Cristian Mungiu. He worked as script supervisor on Cristian Mungiu's 4 MONTHS\, 3 WEEKS AND 1 DAY (Palme d'Or in 2007). His first feature documentary\, MARCH 8th\, about women in the workplace\, screened in numerous international festivals in 2013. His second feature documentary\, CINEMA MY LOVE\, a portrait of a Romanian art-house exhibitor\, was distributed by Outplay Films in France and released in theaters in May 2017. METRONOM\, his first fiction film\, is in the Official Selection Un Certain Regard at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. \nMara BugarinMara Bugarin is a Romanian film and theatre actor\, who was born in 2001 in Timisoara\, Romania. She graduated from the German High School in 2020\, and next year she will complete her studies at the National University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography. Mara played the leading role of ‘Ana Stefan’ opposite Vlad Ivanov in Alexandru Belc’s feature film METRONOM\, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at this year’s Cannes Film Festival\, and which won the director’s prize there. Mara also played the part of ‘Alice’ in the television series EXPORT ONLY\, which was directed by Cristina Iliescu. She is a frequent collaborator with the German Theatre in Timisoara\, and since 2012 she has performed in plays with SAS Theatre in Bucharest. Next year\, Mara will star in two major new productions in Romania. \nRobert HortonRobert Horton is the film critic for Seattle Weekly and the Everett Herald\, and a longtime contributor to Film Comment. He curated the Magic Lantern film-discussion program at the Frye Art Museum for ten years\, teaches film at Seattle University\, and is a guest speaker for Smithsonian Journeys. His books include Frankenstein (Columbia University Press) and Billy Wilder: Interviews (University Press of Mississippi) as well as the zombie-Western graphic novel Rotten (Moonstone Books)\, and he blogs on movies at The Crop Duster (roberthorton.wordpress.com). He is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. In 2012 he curated the Museum of History & Industry's "Celluloid Seattle: A City at the Movies" exhibit. \nRoman BondarchukRoman Bondarchuk graduated from the Kyiv state University of Theatre\, Cinema and TV. His teacher was Yuriy Illenko – one of the founders of Ukrainian Poetic Cinema school. Roman has created a number of short films\, documentaries and music videos. He's an author of the book of novels\, photography and contemporary art exhibitions. He's also been an award-winner at national and international film festivals. Roman works as art director and member of Selection Committee of International Human Rights documentary film festival Doucdays UA. As a documentary director he collaborated with MDR\, ZDF\, Arte and other TV channels. Among his famous films "The taxi-driver"\, "Radunytsia"\, "Cafe "Voyage"\, "Euromaidan. Rough cut". "Ukrainian Sheriffs" is his first feature-length documentary. \nAndrei DăscălescuAndrei Dăscălescu is an established Romanian documentary film director\, cinematographer and editor. His first two feature documentaries\, Planet Petrila (2016) and Constantin and Elena (2008) have won prestigious awards (including awards at IDFA and Sarajevo Film Festival)\, have been selected in major international film festivals across the world (IDFA\, San Francisco\, Vancouver\, Krakow\, DocLisboa\, Docaviv\, Sarajevo\, Montpellier etc.). Andrei was nominated 4 times and won "Best Documentary Award" in 2018 at the Gopo Awards (the Romanian equivalent to Academy Awards) with his documentary\, Planet Petrila. His third documentary\, Holy Father (2020) premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival\, where it won the Jury Award. It also won the Audience Award at Astra Film Festival (Sibiu\, Romania)\, the Best Director Award at Qara Film Festival (Almaty\, Kazakhstan) and has been screened at festival such as Black Nights Tallinn\, Magnificent 7 Belgrade\, Go East Wiesbaden\, Trieste Film Festival\, Zagreb Dox and others). He is the founder and owner of FilmLab production company since 2007. \nKateryna RubanKateryna Ruban is a Ukrainian historian. In September 2022 she received a PhD from New York University. In her dissertation\, Dr. Ruban explores the role of abortion in Soviet life. Earlier\, she earned masters degrees in Central European University in Hungary and in Kyiv Mohyla Academy in Ukraine. Before coming to the US\, Kateryna was a part of the Visual Culture Research Center in Kyiv. Starting from December 2022\, Dr. Ruban will be a Junior Visiting Fellow at the Institute for European\, Russian\, and Eurasian Studies at the George Washington University and will focus on turning her dissertation into a book. 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Moderated by Radu Smîntînă\, ARCS board member. \nAbout the documentary:\nA team of USC college students travels to Moria Camp in Greece\, known as “the worst refugee camp on earth\,” to design and build innovations that can improve the lives of the refugees fleeing wars and natural disasters. \nThe film is available to stream on PBS for free. Sign up for the Q&A here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Druhora\n\n\nDaniel has worked on the development and post-production of feature films The Land\, Gangster Squad\, and The Lego Movie. Following his own experience as an émigré to the U.S. in the aftermath of Romania’s 1989 Revolution\, Daniel has been involved in humanitarian development work in several countries which influences his work. His screenplay “Climbers” about Rwanda’s Olympic cycling team has been optioned by Paris-based Forecast Pictures. Daniel is the co-founder of U.K.-based Safe Passage Films and is currently producing I Am Sarah about Olympic swimmer\, humanitarian and accused “criminal mastermind” Sarah Mardini for European broadcasters ARD and ARTE. His short film “Elie’s Overcoat” won an MPSE Golden Reel Award. Daniel teaches “Innovation in Engineering and Design for Global Crises” – a course open to all majors – and serves as an advisor to student teams launching social innovation startups. He is also the creator and co-host of “Escape Velocity\,” a podcast about the human side of engineering. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTeodora Totoiu\n\n\nTeodora Totoiu is a Romanian-American cinematographer based in Seattle. Her background in anthropology and photography inspires her creative approach when shooting scripted narrative and documentary film. With a passion for visual storytelling\, she enjoys collaborating and working creatively to echo each director’s vision through texture and movement that best supports story. Her recent work includes “Waterschool” (2017)\, which is currently streaming on Netflix\, “Francesco” (2020) directed by Academy Award-nominated Evgeny Afineevsky and most recently\, “Lady Cameraman” (2020) which premiered at EnergaCAMERIMAGE in November 2020. Her work spans internationally with projects in Brazil\, Italy\, Greece\, Czech Republic\, Austria\, Romania\, Uganda\, India\, China and across the U.S. \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRadu Smîntînă\n\n\nRadu was largely raised in Western Washington\, alongside several Romanian families who immigrated approximately the same time as his own. Since moving to the States as a child\, his Romanian community has become a second family that he is immensely proud of\, and grateful for. \nAs a former English Language Learner and high school teacher\, he is passionate about bettering outcomes for students in public education. After transitioning out of his teaching role with Denver Public Schools\, Radu moved back to Washington to work at an education non-profit. He attended the University of Washington as an undergrad and graduate student\, earning a Master’s in Public Administration with a focus on Education Policy. He currently works at OneAmerica as the education coalition manager where he partners with educators\, families\, and community members to move work that benefits immigrant and refugee students. \nHe is excited to join ARCS in promoting Romanian culture\, particularly among second generation Romanian Americans. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/lives-not-grades/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/319-Lives_not_grades-3.png.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211122 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230831T201353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250108T225156Z UID:10000032-1636675200-1637539199@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival - 8th Edition DESCRIPTION: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) \nBUY TICKETSBUY PASSES \nAfter 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 spirit and resilience of young\, or more established directors. Moreover\, the festival expands with a new branch in Detroit and a partnership with Arizona Romanian Film Festival. More details will be shared soon.  \nDaniel Ursache has worked his magic again designing the visual concept of the 8th edition of the festival. Get comfortable under the dim light of your home screen or projector for a two-week feast of films that you can watch together with your loved ones between November 12-21\, 2021. \nWe will offer you virtual opportunities to interact with local\, national and international special guests. Stay tuned to find out about our exciting partnerships\, line-up\, guest list\, and schedule.    \nIn the meantime\, please support our fundraising efforts. Let’s keep the story going for the 8th time!  \nIf you have a business or reprezent an organization\, please check out our sponsorhip package and let us know if you would like to benefit from our advertising opportunities.  \nFestival Official Partners and Co-Organizers: \n                          \nFestival Institutional Partners:  \n                     \nCulture & Politics Program (SFS) Georgetown University \n    \nCommunity Partners - Thank you for helping us spread the word about the film festival:  \n                                                              \n                                                                  \n  \nFILM FORMATS AND WATCH PARTIES: \nAll film programs in the 2021 festival will take place online between Nov. 12–21\, and are available to view ONLY in the U.S. You can purchase our films and watch them when it is most convenient for you\, during the period of the festival. You have between 2-5 days to finish watching a film after you start playing it. Few restrictions may apply to certain films\, please read the instructions carefully.  \n**All screenings in Romanian Film Festival in Seattle 2021 include a live discussion or filmmaker Q&A\, available on zoom and livestreamed on FB. All panels and talks take place over Zoom\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist on Northwest Film Forum's Eventive virtual cinema for viewing throughout the fest. (Please note: all festival programs\, but the opening\, closing night mixers and other talks\, are available only to viewers in the U.S.) ** FilmsÎntregaldeby Radu Muntean\n2021\, Drama\, 104 min \n \n In Radu Munean’s latest feature film\, well-meaning urban professionals drive up muddy unpaved mountain roads on their annual humanitarian trip bringing aid to the remote village of Intregalde. As night... \n In Radu Munean’s latest feature film\, well-meaning urban professionals drive up muddy unpaved mountain roads on their annual humanitarian trip bringing aid to the remote village of Intregalde. As night falls and temperatures drop they take shelter in an abandoned sawmill with a jabbering senile old man. It tests their altruism in the face of having reached their own limits and questions the ethics of their motivations as benefactors. This film was recently selected in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section at Cannes. \n Read More\n \n  The Campaignby Marian Crișan \n2020\, Comedy\, 93 min  \n \n The Campaign\, also known as Berliner\, is Marian Crișan’s most recent feature\, a political comedy\, starring Ovidiu Crisan\, Ion Sapdaru\, and Ioana Chitu\, among excellent young actors. Inspired by Gabriel... \n The Campaign\, also known as Berliner\, is Marian Crișan’s most recent feature\, a political comedy\, starring Ovidiu Crisan\, Ion Sapdaru\, and Ioana Chitu\, among excellent young actors. Inspired by Gabriel Andronache’s novel Ich bin ein Berliner\, the famous quote from President J.F. Kennedy\, the film follows the mishaps of a Romanian politician (Ion  Sapdaru) running for the European Parliament in hopes to escape charges of corruption once elected and given immunity. His car breaks down near a farm. He immediately sees the opportunity to make the villagers into his voters by adopting the façade of a commoner\, the “old friend” of the farmer. Compromise doesn’t pay very well\, but well enough for Viorel (Ovidiu Crisan). Filmed in Crisan’s native Salonta\, under the mater cinematographer Oleg Mutu\, The Campaign / Berliner was nominated for several “Best Film” awards at international festivals and won the main competition at the Moscow International Film Festival in 2020. Crisan had previously won the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film with Megatron at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. In 2010\, he won the Special Jury Prize at the 63rd Edition of the Locarno Film Festival with his first feature film Morgen\, which was also the Romanian entry for the 84th Academy Awards.  \n Read More\n \n No Rest for the Old Lady by Andrei Gruzsniczki\n2021\, Comedy drama\, 99 min \n \n No Rest for the Old Lady is Andrei Gruzsniczki’s drama which was premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival earlier this year. Tackling fundamental issues of life—friendship\, faith\, respect for... \n No Rest for the Old Lady is Andrei Gruzsniczki’s drama which was premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival earlier this year. Tackling fundamental issues of life—friendship\, faith\, respect for the dead\, religious rituals\, as well as the routine of everyday life— Gruzsniczki’s film tells the story of Emil (Mircea Andreescu)\, a nonbeliever\, who is challenged by the faith of his best friend Titi (Valer Dellakeza) and his confession: Emil’s late wife has moved in with Titi and haunts him. This delicate\, impeccably acted comedy-drama gives viewers an honest glimpse into the life of the elderly.  Nominated for the Tiatan Award at the Beijing International Film Festival\, No Rest for the Old Lady adds to Gruzsniczki’s list of awards\, among which is the 2008 Main Award\, FIPRESCI Award at CinePecs Moveast IFF\, and the 2009 Best Romanian Film at Transylvania IFF for The Other Irene; and the 2013 Special Jury Award at Rome IFF for Quod Erat Demonstrandum. \n Read More\n \n Occasional Spiesby Oana Giurgiu \n2020\, Documentary\, 119 min  \n \n Occasional Spies follows newly recruited young Jews living in Palestine return to their home countries of Romania\, Yugoslavia\, Slovakia and Austria\, helping the local resistance to fight the German invaders... \n Occasional Spies follows newly recruited young Jews living in Palestine return to their home countries of Romania\, Yugoslavia\, Slovakia and Austria\, helping the local resistance to fight the German invaders during World War Two. The film highlights the little known history of these heroic acts\, not through grand gestures\, but through the voices of genuine people. By using both genuine archival and recreated photos based on retellings\,the film amplifies the fears and hopes of these young Jewish heroes navigating an increasingly hostile and violent Europe- one they used to call home. \n Read More\n \n  Mia Misses Her Revengeby Bogdan Theodor Olteanu\n2020\, Comedy\, 82 min \n \n Mia\, a young actress\, finds herself back at her parent’s home after her boyfriend slaps her on the face. She struggles with her own feelings and trauma surrounding the event\,... \n Mia\, a young actress\, finds herself back at her parent’s home after her boyfriend slaps her on the face. She struggles with her own feelings and trauma surrounding the event\, turning to friends and family to process her feelings\, as well as developing her own plan for revenge. Mia Misses Her Revenge tackles the complicated intersection of personal turmoil and uncertainty in a world full of strong opinions and the inherent need to broadcast them. \n Read More\n \n Unidentifiedby Bogdan George Apetri\n2020\, Drama\, 123 min  \n \n Detective Florin Iespas\, despite facing his own personal issues\, decides to take on a seemingly dead-end case. While making progress and even finding a suspect\, Florin faces more obstacles as... \n Detective Florin Iespas\, despite facing his own personal issues\, decides to take on a seemingly dead-end case. While making progress and even finding a suspect\, Florin faces more obstacles as his colleagues dismiss his work and persist that he give up. He is forced to take his own measures\, and the case ends up putting up much more than just one suspect on trial. \n Read More\n \n  Servants by Ivan Ostrochovský\n2020\, Drama\, 80 min \n \n This chilling drama set in a seminary explores the tortuous choice students must make in 1980 totalitarian Czechoslovakia. Will Michael and Juraj choose to capitulate to the Communist Party-approved program... \n This chilling drama set in a seminary explores the tortuous choice students must make in 1980 totalitarian Czechoslovakia. Will Michael and Juraj choose to capitulate to the Communist Party-approved program the seminary tutors try to shape them into or endure draconian surveillance by the secret police? \n Read More\n \n  Poppy Field by Eugen Jebeleanu\n2020\, Drama\, 81 min \n \n Poppy Fields follows the life of gendarme Cristi as he tries to navigate his pluralistic identity as a gay man in a macho\, hierarchal workplace and increasingly religious society. While... \n Poppy Fields follows the life of gendarme Cristi as he tries to navigate his pluralistic identity as a gay man in a macho\, hierarchal workplace and increasingly religious society. While his long-distance boyfriend visits Bucharest\, Cristi is ordered to deescalate a homophobic protest at a local movie theater. In turn\, Cristi struggles with his own inner demons and how his largely secretive double-life affects those he loves most. \n Read More\n \n Holy Fatherby Andrei Dăscălescu\n2020\, Documentary\, 85 min \n \n Andrei and his girlfriend\, soon to be parents\, are both looking for role-models they have never had in their own lives. Holy Father presents a story of reconciliation\, taking care... \n Andrei and his girlfriend\, soon to be parents\, are both looking for role-models they have never had in their own lives. Holy Father presents a story of reconciliation\, taking care of unfinished business\, parenthood\, healing wounds from growing up in a broken family to rewrite the history and break the pattern. The documentary is emotional\, powerful\, insightful and inspiring\, capturing Andrei’s search for his long-lost father who became a monk on  Mount Athos in Greece. \n Read More\n \n  Kids Rockby Claudiu Mitcu\n2021\, Documentary\, 88 min  \n \n Claudiu Mitcu’s documentary Blană Bombă (Kids Rock) follows four boys between 11 and 13 years old\,  members of the rock band Blană Bombă for an entire year. In this coming-of-age film\, the brave Nicholas... \n Claudiu Mitcu’s documentary Blană Bombă (Kids Rock) follows four boys between 11 and 13 years old\,  members of the rock band Blană Bombă for an entire year. In this coming-of-age film\, the brave Nicholas Butacu (drums)\, Rareș Stănescu (guitar)\, Rareș Rădulescu (bass guitar)\, and Zoran Ion Stănescu (lead singer) are observed both on the path of artistic transformations and on the road from childhood to adolescence. Warmly received by adolescents as well as by the public at large\, the documentary was invited to Transylvania IFF and to Alba Iulia Music and Film Festivals as well as to prominent concert halls in Romania. \n Read More\n \n Wild Romaniaby Dan Dinu & Cosmin Dumitrache\n2021\, Documentary\, 123 min \n \n This exquisitely filmed award-winning documentary\, 10 years in the making\, shares the abundance and beauty of Romania’s natural diversity above and below water\, in forests and wetlands\, through the seasons\,... \n This exquisitely filmed award-winning documentary\, 10 years in the making\, shares the abundance and beauty of Romania’s natural diversity above and below water\, in forests and wetlands\, through the seasons\, in day and night. It focuses on the Carpathian Mountains and Danube Delta enhanced by a sweeping musical score. We are challenged to preserve and steward this treasure for future generations. \n Read More\n \n Salix Capreaby Valeriu Andriuță\n2018\, Short\, 30 min  \n \n Salix Caprea (“Goat Willow” tree) is the type of tree that was supposed to cover a large meadow area in a small village in the Republic of Moldova. As part... \n Salix Caprea (“Goat Willow” tree) is the type of tree that was supposed to cover a large meadow area in a small village in the Republic of Moldova. As part of a donation from foreign investors\, a couple of thousands of trees were planted by the Americans. After a couple of years\, during a visit along with delegation from the state\, they wanted to see the growth of the trees. In a comedic investigation\, the mayor and the police officer discovered the area all empty and the “goat willow” trees were all gone\, eaten by…the goats. \n Read More\n \n  The Dead Nation by Radu Jude\n2017\, Documentary\, 83 min \n \n In this documentary essay\, Radu Jude juxtaposes Romania’s fascist past via the experience of Legionnares\, as well as the country’s increased anti-Semitism during the WWII. Using excerpts of Jewish doctor... \n In this documentary essay\, Radu Jude juxtaposes Romania’s fascist past via the experience of Legionnares\, as well as the country’s increased anti-Semitism during the WWII. Using excerpts of Jewish doctor Emil Dorian’s diary written during the same period\, Dead Nation highlights the disparity between the Jewish experience during the war as a victim\, and the political propaganda of the war’s perpetrators. \n Read More\n \n  Cradleby Paul Mureșan\n2020\, Animated Short\, 4 min  \n \n The young director Paul Mureșan’s short animation Cradle touches people’s hearts as it  reveals how much damage long-lasting wounds can do if left unaddressed. The powerful\, darkened graphic\, accompanied by... \n The young director Paul Mureșan’s short animation Cradle touches people’s hearts as it  reveals how much damage long-lasting wounds can do if left unaddressed. The powerful\, darkened graphic\, accompanied by the suave\, almost whispering music of a lullaby\, depict the consequences of domestic abuse and alcoholism. Launched in 2020\, Muresan’s animation has already won three major awards: in 2020 it was selected at Warsaw IFF and at Oberhausen International Short Film Festival\, and in 2021 received the Special Mention and the Best Short Film award at Transylvania IFF.  \n Read More\n \n I Am Dorinby Valeriu Andriuță\n2020\, Short\, 23 min \n \n Morale battle\, dilemmas in assuming someone else’s identity to take the final exam in earning a bachelor’s degree\, this is Dorin’s ethical struggle. The night before the exam is filled... \n Morale battle\, dilemmas in assuming someone else’s identity to take the final exam in earning a bachelor’s degree\, this is Dorin’s ethical struggle. The night before the exam is filled with twists and turns\, negotiations\, losing sleep and getting into promiscuous situations as a preamble of the day of the exam. \n Read More\n \n Waiting for Augustby Teodora Ana Mihai\n2014\, Documentary\, 88 min  \n \n Georgiana assumed a mother figure role for her six siblings\, while their mother was in Italy as a migrant worker to provide financially for the family. Fifteen and the head... \n Georgiana assumed a mother figure role for her six siblings\, while their mother was in Italy as a migrant worker to provide financially for the family. Fifteen and the head of the household\, that is one of the real stories of many others caught up in making life work\, captured beautifully by Teodora Ana Mihai\, who wished to tell “the story behind the story”. \n Read More\n \n  31 Hoursby Claudiu Mitch\n2021\, Short\, 21 min \n \n Ștefan\, the only surgeon available\, takes on one final patient after working a 31-hour shift. In what should have been a simple procedure the 8-year old boy dies on the... \n Ștefan\, the only surgeon available\, takes on one final patient after working a 31-hour shift. In what should have been a simple procedure the 8-year old boy dies on the table. In this powerful short\, the corrupt Romanian healthcare system is put under close scrutiny upon the backdrop of sorrow\, payoffs and threats. \n Read More\n \n  Fragileby Ioana Mischie\n2021\, Documentary Shorts\, 60 min  \n \n Fragile\, Oana Mischie’s creative documentary\, gives voice through the amazing interpretation of actress Ioana Flora\, to several Romanian women who suffered abuse and trauma. Written by Ioana Flora in collaboration... \n Fragile\, Oana Mischie’s creative documentary\, gives voice through the amazing interpretation of actress Ioana Flora\, to several Romanian women who suffered abuse and trauma. Written by Ioana Flora in collaboration with Rucsandra Pop\, the script compiled real stories under one theme: “women are not made to be broken.” An accomplished actress and gifted creator\, Ioana Flora impersonates different characters with kindness and respect\, understanding and empathy. Conceived both as a mini-series and as a feature film in the form of an anthology\, this ingeniously created gem won the Fulbright Alumni Grant and was co-financed by the US Embassy in Bucharest and 8 nonprofit associations in Romania. \n Read More\n \n The Exit of the Trainsby Radu Jude & Adrian Cioflâncă\n2020\, Documentary\, 175 min \n \n In Radu Jude’s latest documentary film\, he explores the history of the Iasi pogrom through written testimonials and images of the Iasi Jewish community. Given that this event has often been... \n In Radu Jude’s latest documentary film\, he explores the history of the Iasi pogrom through written testimonials and images of the Iasi Jewish community. Given that this event has often been minimized or denied altogether\, recollecting the horrific violent acts during the pogrom and the actions of both civilians and the Romanian military is no small feat. However\, the film is not as straight-forward as it may seem- as the images are not necessarily of the victim or their family of the voice-over. In collaboration with historian Adrian Cioflâncă\, Jude explores how collective memory is shaped and can also be distorted. \n Read More\n \n Chers Amisby Valeriu Andriuță\n2017\, Short\, 20 min  \n \n A school age child is waiting anxiously outside the school in the cold weather. He is waiting for his mother to pick him up and he is waiting for his... \n A school age child is waiting anxiously outside the school in the cold weather. He is waiting for his mother to pick him up and he is waiting for his “verdict”. Inside\, the staff and teachers\, in a school council meeting\, are discussing issues concerning operations and preparation for the winter holidays. Real issue of a poor small village school\, low budget\, mother struggling to pay for food\, embarrassed by her son’s actions. \n Read More\n \n  No Singing After 8by Alex Pintică\n2021\, Musical Short\, 20 min \n \n In this delightful short musical\, Andrei and Roxana yearn for some spice in their romantic lives so invite another attractive couple over for dinner. A disgruntled neighbor returns throughout the... \n In this delightful short musical\, Andrei and Roxana yearn for some spice in their romantic lives so invite another attractive couple over for dinner. A disgruntled neighbor returns throughout the evening to enforce the “no singing after 8” rule in their apartment block.  \n Read More\n \n  The Pastor's Womenby Oana Tenter\n2019\, Documentary Short\, 27 min  \n \n The vibrant world of Pentacostal Roma in Romania is seldom seen outside that community. This short documentary explores the life of a pastor’s wife as she works tirelessly for her... \n The vibrant world of Pentacostal Roma in Romania is seldom seen outside that community. This short documentary explores the life of a pastor’s wife as she works tirelessly for her family and to improve her Roma community. She supports them all as a pillar of courage\, love and hope. We see\, too\, this life from her six daughters’ perspectives. \n Read More\n \n The B Mouseby Ioachim Strobe\n2021\, Animated Short \n \n In the quiet city of Genopolis\, Dr. Fronius\, a professor of psychology\, begins a series of experiments\, intending to overturn Darwin's theory. \n In the quiet city of Genopolis\, Dr. Fronius\, a professor of psychology\, begins a series of experiments\, intending to overturn Darwin's theory. \n Read More\n \n GuestsRadu MunteanRadu Muntean graduated from the Theater and Film Academy in Bucharest in 1994.\n\nFilmography:\n-2001 - FURIA / THE RAGE   Best Film Debut Award by The Romanian Cineastes Union and the award for the Best Cinematography at the Transilvania International Film Festival. \n-2006 - HÎRTIA VA FI ALBASTRĂ / THE PAPER WILL BE BLUE In Competition\, Locarno International Film festival\, Awards at festivals like Sarajevo IFF\, Eurasia\, Las Palmas IFF\, Cottbus IFF and Festival International de Film Francophone de Namur. \n-2008 - BOOGIE was selected for the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes -2010 - MARȚI\, DUPĂ CRĂCIUN/ TUESDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS Official Selection of Cannes Film Festival\, in Un Certain Regard section. The film was then sold in more than 30 countries and received awards in festivals in Sarajevo\, Mar Del Plata\, Gijon\, Namur\, Essone\, Bastia.\n-2011 - VORBITOR / VISITING ROOM\, a documentary produced by HBO Romania and co-directed with Alexandru Baciu. -2015 - UN ETAJ MAI JOS/ ONE FLOOR BELOW Official Selection of Cannes Film Festival\, Un Certain Regard section. The film was then selected in other important film festivals like TIFF Toronto\, London BFI\, Karlovy Vary\, Viennale\, Rio IFF\, Melbourne IFF\, Seville European Film Festival(Best Actor and Best Screenplay). \n-2018 - ALICE.T  - In Competition\, Locarno International Film festival. Award for Best Actress \n-2021 - ÎNTREGALDE  - Director’s Fortnight in Cannes\, Toronto International Film Festival\, New York Film Festival\, Busan IFF \nVlad IvanovInternationally acclaimed actor Vlad Ivanov will be one of our  special guests on November 13\, at 10 am PDT on zoom.  Winner of the LA Critics Award for his brilliant portrayal of Dr. Bebe in 4 Months\, 3 Weeks\, 2 Days (Cristi Mungiu)\, Vlad Ivanov’s versatility has established him as one of Europe’s great character actors. It’s his ability to portray both the kindly neighbour-next-door character and the deceptively evil one that marks him out as a special actor.  In 2005\, Vlad was awarded a Medal For Cultural Merit\, presented by the President of Romania.\n\nOther notable films include Police\, Adjective (Corneliu Porumboiu)\,  Tales From The Golden Age (Hanno Hofer); The Concert (Radu Mihaileanu); The Whistleblower (Larysa Kondracki) and Principles of Life (Emilian Velicanu). He featured in three films in the 2016 Cannes Film Festival: Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann\,  Graduation (Cristi Mungiu) and playing the role of Samir in Dogs (Bogdan Mirică). Vlad recently appeared as Cristi in Palme D’Or-nominated film The Whistlers.  \nValeriu AndriuțăValeriu Andriuță is a Romanian director\, actor and script writer. In 2016 Valeriu embarked on his directorial project\, a trilogy of shorts inspired by Moldova\, his birthplace. His directorial debut was Chers Amis in 2017\, a short film selected for a large number of festivals. It won numerous awards including ADAMI Media Prize for diversity and was Nominated for Best Short Film at GOPO Awards. The second part of his trilogy\, Salix Caprea\, followed and won The Moldavian Film Union Award. I am Dorin\, his latest project\, brings his Moldavian trilogy to an end\, this short was premiered at 42th International Moscow Film Festival in 2020. Last but not least\, Valeriu is best-known for his part as the priest in Cristian Mungiu's Beyond the Hills (2012). He appeared in most of Cristian Mungiu's films\, whilst also being cast in projects for important directors such as Sergei Loznitsa\, Florin Serban\, Ercan Kesal\, Pavel Lungin\, Marian Crisan and Daniel Sandu (HBO Series - Tuff Money).\n\nFilmography as director:\n\nChers amis | 20 MIN\, short (2017) | Romania\n\nSalix Caprea | 30 MIN\, short (2017) | Moldova\n\nJust one more | 15 MIN\, short | Romania\n\nI am Dorin | 23 MIN\, short | Moldova/Romania\n\nSelective filmography as actor:\n\nLove 1\, Dog - by Florin Serban\, Sarajevo IFF 2018\n\nDonbass - Sergei Loznitsa\, Un certain regard\, Cannes 2018\n\nA Gentle Creature - by Sergei Loznitsa\, Official Selection/ Cannes 2018\n\nGraduation by Cristian Mungiu\, Cannes 2018\n\nOrizont by Marian Crisan\, Locarno IFF 2015\n\nBeyond the Hills by Cristian Mungiu\, Cannes 2012\n\nOccident by Cristian Mungiu\, Cannes 2002 \nMarian CrișanMarian Crișan was born on the 8th of September\, 1976\, in Salonta\, West Romania. He received his bachelor Degree in Film and TV Directing at UNATC Bucharest in 1999. He directed the short films “Family Portrait” - 2006\, “Amateur” - 2007 and “Megatron” - 2008. The latter\, “Megatron”\, won the Palme d’OR for Best Short Film at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival\, 61th edition. In 2010\, his first feature film “Morgen” won the Special Jury Prize at the 63rd Edition of the Locarno Film Festival\, Best Director and FIPRESCI award at the 51st Thessaloniki Film Festival and was the Romanian entry for the 84th Academy Awards®. In 2012\, his second feature film “Rocker” was premiered at the 60th edition of San Sebastian IFF.  "Orizont"\, was screened in competition at Tallin Black Nights IFF.\, 2015 In 2016\, he directed the  TV mminiseries "Valea Muta/ The Valley of Silence" for HBO Europe. His last feature The Campaign (2020)\, premiered in Competition at Moscoww IFF\, 42th edition and received the KeenEye Prize for Best film. \nAndrei DăscălescuAndrei Dăscălescu is an established Romanian documentary film director\, cinematographer and editor. His first two feature documentaries\, Planet Petrila (2016) and Constantin and Elena (2008) have won prestigious awards (including awards at IDFA and Sarajevo Film Festival)\, have been selected in major international film festivals across the world (IDFA\, San Francisco\, Vancouver\, Krakow\, DocLisboa\, Docaviv\, Sarajevo\, Montpellier etc.). Andrei was nominated 4 times and won "Best Documentary Award" in 2018 at the Gopo Awards (the Romanian equivalent to Academy Awards) with his documentary\, Planet Petrila. His third documentary\, Holy Father (2020) premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival\, where it won the Jury Award. It also won the Audience Award at Astra Film Festival (Sibiu\, Romania)\, the Best Director Award at Qara Film Festival (Almaty\, Kazakhstan) and has been screened at festival such as Black Nights Tallinn\, Magnificent 7 Belgrade\, Go East Wiesbaden\, Trieste Film Festival\, Zagreb Dox and others). He is the founder and owner of FilmLab production company since 2007. \nOana GiurgiuA law and journalism graduate\, Oana Giurgiu directed television documentaries before working in film on Cristi Puiu’s 2005 Cannes Un certain regard winner\, “The Death of Mr Lăzărescu” and then on Kornél Mundruczó’s 2008 Cannes FIPRESCI winner\, “Delta”.\n\nShe produced three of Tudor Giurgiu’s films: “Love Sick” (Berlinale 2006\, Panorama); the 2012 Romanian box office hit “Of Snails and Men” (Warsaw IFF); and “Why Me?” (Berlinale 2015\, Panorama). She also produced Peter Strickland’s “Katalin Varga” (Berlinale 2009\, Silver Bear\, European Discovery of the year at European Film Academy Awards) and Cristi Puiu’s “Sieranevada” (Cannes 2016). Oana co-produced Hungarian titles “Eden”\, dir. Agnes Kocsis (Rotterdam IFF 2020) and “Spiral” (in post-production)\, dir. Cecilia Felmeri and the Slovak “The Servants”\, dir. Ivan Ostrochovsky (Berlinale 2020\, Encounters)\, and the Turkish “Before two Dawns” (in post-production)\, dir. Selman Nacar (working progress awards at Meetings on the bridge\, Istanbul IFF 2020\, and Antalia 2019)\, produced the greatest Romanian box office hit in recent years\, “Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time”\, which received ten Gopo Awards in 2019.\n\nAfter working on several television documentary productions\, she made her directorial debut with a feature-length historical documentary\, “Aliyah DaDa”\, screened in Astra Sibiu\, Jerusalem Jewish IFF\, alongside other Jewish festivals and screenings worldwide\, and recognized as Best Romanian Documentary at the Gopo Awards 2015\, now she just launched her new documentary “Occasional Spies”\, Special mention of the Jury at Astra Film Festival 2021. \nAdrian CioflâncăAdrian Cioflâncă is a historian\, director of the „Wilhelm Filderman” Center for the Study of Jewish History in Romania and a member of the Collegium of the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives. He is also a researcher with the "A. D. Xenopol” Institute of History (belonging to the Romanian Academy). He was a member of the International Commission on the Holocaust in Romania (2003-2004) and expert in The Presidential Commission for the Analysis of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania (2006)\, and a co-author of the Final Reports of the two commissions. Since 2005\, he is a member of the Romanian Delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. A “Tziporah Wiesel” Fellow of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington (2009)\, between 2010-2012\, he was a department director in The Institute for the Investigation of the Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile. Adrian Cioflâncă edited\, in collaboration\, eight volumes; the last one: “Discurs și violență antisemită în România modern” (Discourse and Antisemitic Violence in Modern Romania)\, Hasefer\, București\, 2020. He also authored studies in fields like the history of the Holocaust\, history of communism\, political violence\, cultural history\, the theory of history. Consultant for several movies and theatrical plays; co-director with Radu Jude of the documentary The Exit of the Trains (2020).\n\n  \nCristina A. BejanCristina A. Bejan is an award-winning Romanian-American historian\, theatre artist\, and poet. A Rhodes and Fulbright scholar\, she currently teaches history at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Bejan received her Masters and DPhil (PhD) in Modern History from the University of Oxford and her BA in Philosophy (Honors) from Northwestern. A playwright and spoken word poet (Lady Godiva)\, her creative work has appeared in the US\, UK\, Romania\, and Vanuatu. Bejan runs the arts group Bucharest Inside the Beltway. She has published two books (history and poetry)\, a play in the anthology "Voices on the Move" (eds. Domnica Radulescu and Roxana Cazan)\, and 64 articles and the African continent introduction for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's "Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos Vol. 3." \nIvan OstrochovskýThe Slovak director Ivan Ostrochovský was born in 1972 in Zilina. After several documentary shorts and series\, Ivan directed his feature documentary debut Velvet Terrorists (2013)\, which premiered at Berlinale 2014\, where it won the Taggespiegel Reader's Award.\n\nIvan's feature debut\, Koza (2015)\, celebrated its world premiere at Berlinale 2015. It was selected by the festival director to be a nominee for the Best First Feature Award. It was also shortlisted for the 2015 European Film Awards and was the Slovak Oscar Entry for 2016.\n\nIvan is also the co-writer of Censor\, the latest project by Peter Kerekes\, which was presented in the Works in Progress sections of Karlovy Vary IFF and Odessa IFF\, winning awards for best project at both. His latest film Servants (2020) was presented in a World Premiere at the brand new Berlinale competition section Encounters. He is also a co-owner and producer at sentimentalfilm and Punkchart films. \nAndrei GruzsniczkiGraduate of the National Film University in Bucharest in 1994\, he became first AD of Romania's most acclaimed director Lucian Pintilie\, for his Next stop Paradise and Niki and Flo. Also\, he wrote and directed feature films\, short films\, and TV productions. His debut "The Other Irene" won The Main Award and FIPRESCI Award at CinePecs Moveast IFF 2008; was The Best Romanian Feature at Transylvania IFF 2009; Best Actor at the Festival International du Film d'Amour de Mons 2010. The second feature film\, "Quod Erat Demonstrandum" got the Special Jury Award at Rome IFF in 2013. Andrei's third feature film "Zavera" was released in competition at Cairo IFF (2019). "No Rest for the Old Lady" – was selected at Glocal in Progress (2019) and presented at MIA Film Co-production market (2018); world premiere at Moscow IFF (2021).\n\n“După 40 de zile” / “No Rest for the Old Lady” (2021)\n“Zavera" (2019)\nshort film “O faptă bună” / “A Random Act of Kindness" (2015) “Quod Erat Demonstrandum" (2013)\n“Cealaltă Irina” / “The Other Irene" (2008) \nIoana FloraOne of the most appreciated Romanian actresses\, appearing in films\, television\, on stage\, also having been awarded for many roles. Being a mother of two\, Ioana has been actively involved in children’s performances\, personal development workshops for both children and adults and training programs in film and theatre. \nIoana Mischie Ioana Mischie is a Romanian-born transmedia artist (screenwriter/director) and transmedia futurist\, awarded for filmmaking\, cinematic virtual reality\, and innovative concepts. She has successfully collaborated as a writer/director with Channel 4 in the UK (for two doc webseries with a record of views in the UK) and with the Oscars-awarded Legende Films (for the short fiction 237 Years). Her short film\, Cumulonimbus\, was nominated at the Gopo Awards 2018 for Best Short Film and was selected by Gus Van Sant as a finalist of the Coppola Shorts. Co-founder and Head of Storyscapes\, an NGO focusing transmedia storytelling and expanded narratives initiated in 2012. In between 2015 and 2020 collaborated as an arts-based research collaborator of CINETIc \, an Eastern European center focusing on the interaction between neuroscience and groundbreaking audio-visual paths. Starting with 2020\, the protagonist of this bio took a leap of faith to design a fresh transmedia initiative conceived as a transdisciplinary\, trans-generational and trans-real hub. \nBogdan FarcașBogdan Farcaș is a film and theater actor. He starred in the film Malmkrog by renowned director Cristi Puiu\, which won many awards at various film festivals. You can also see him in international productions such as Walking with the enemy\, Backdraft 2\, The Hard way. Bogdan received the Special Jury Award for Best Actor (which he shares with co-star Dragoș Dumitru) when Unidentified premiered at the Warsaw International Film Festival. \nBogdan George ApetriA former lawyer in Romania\, Bogdan George Apetri moved to New York where he graduated from Columbia University's Film Program with an MFA degree in Film Directing. His student films screened and won awards at prominent short film festivals across the world (Clermont-Ferrand\, Rotterdam\, Palm Springs\, Cottbus\, Montreal\, Aarhus\, Rhode Island\, Woodstock\, etc). He was a National Finalist at the Student Academy Awards in 2006.\n\nIn 2010\, he directed and wrote the feature film Periferic (Outbound). Funded in part by Romania's National Center for Cinema\, the film was shown at some of the best festivals across the world (Locarno\, Toronto\, Rotterdam\, New Directors/New Films) and won numerous international awards (Thessaloniki\, Warsaw\, Viennale) including the FIPRESCI Award (The International Federation of Film Critics Award) twice. It was picked up by MK2 in France.\n\nIn 2020 he directed his second feature film\, Neidentificat (Unidentified). Awarded a special Jury Prize in Warsaw\, it went on to gather a FIPRESCI Award at the TIFF Transylvania International Film Festival and the Grand Prize at the Anonimul Film Festival in Romania.\n\nIn 2021 he released his third feature film\, Miracol (Miracle). It premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and was picked up by the prestigious Memento International Sales film company. \nCosmin DumitracheCosmin Dumitrache\, videographer with over 15 years of experience\, joined the project Wild Romania in 2014 and along with Dan Dinu founded NTD Film\, under whose direction he produced several films\, some of which were selected or won at film festivals around the world. Over time he also filmed for large productions which aired on NatGeo Wild. He is a frequent collaborator of environmental NGOs that he worked alongside with on various conservation and education projects. \nDan DinuDan Dinu has been photographing nature for over 20 years\, having dedicated half of this period on the project Wild Romania. He is the founding member and president of Forona (Nature Photographers’ Organization in Romania) and a collaborator with many nature conservation NGOs. In 2013 he started working on documentary films\, being part in local productions as well as large projects for NatGeo Wild and BBC. \nBogdan Theodor OlteanuWithout any formal education\, Bogdan Theodor Olteanu followed a convoluted path to filmmaking. He was a rugby player at a top club in Romania\, an investigation journalist at a leading daily newspaper\, a sports marketing consultant\, a political communication consultant. Meanwhile\, he wrote short stories and founded a cultural magazine – SUB25.\nHis film and theatre work deals mainly with the ever-changing landscape of urban youth. He observes generations of young people in search of identity\, caught between extreme libertarian values and a Balkan background. Born and raised in Bucharest\, Bogdan places all of his stories in that city\, the country capital and a melting pot of Russian\, Oriental and Western European influences. His first feature\, Several Coversations about a Very Tall Girl\, was nominated four times for GOPO – Romanian Film Industry Awards:\nBest Debut\, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Silvana Mihai)\, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Florentina Năstase)\, Young Talent (Tudor D. Popescu\, editor).\n\nFilmography:\n2018\, Câteva conversații despre o fată foarte înaltă / Several Conversations about a Very Tall Girl\, feature film\n2015\, Dumneavoastră\, tu / I do not know which Maria\, short film\n2015\, Lampioane chinezești / Chinese Lanterns\, short film\n2014\, Duminică dimineața / Sunday Morning\, short film \nClaudiu MitcuClaudiu Mitcu\, born 1976 in Romania\, graduated The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. He worked as a editor for the public television station in Romania for 8 years\, and in 2004 started with friends a production and post-production company\, We are basca. He directed several documentaries\, The Merry Circus and Australia produced by HBO Romania\, The Network co-produced by Parada Film and HBO Romania\, The Village called Sands\, Two of us\, Maria\, Easter Memorial and produced documentary films Party and Contest in Ciupelnita\, Dream Images\, short films\, Tie\, Bad Penny\, My Name is Costin\, and co-produced the short film Kowalski and Ramona by Andrei Cretulescu awarded in Cannes 2015 at Semain de la Critique with the Canal + Award. He is also the director for Kids Rock (2021) and 31 Hours (2021). \nAlina ȘerbanAlina Șerban is an independent Roma artist – award-winning actress\, playwright\, director and activist. After acquiring a drama degree at the Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in Bucharest\, Serban attended the Tisch School of the Arts in New York and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Some of her most important artistic achievements are: pioneering Roma feminist political theatre in Romania and becoming the first Roma woman director to have a play included in the permanent repertoire of a state theatre in Romania. For her main role in Gipsy Queen\, Alina Serban earned the Best Actress Award at the Actors Guild Awards in Germany in 2020. She also starred in Alone at My Wedding and she became the first Romanian Roma actress to participate at the Cannes International Film Festival. She won several international awards\, including Best Actress. As far as her film work is concerned\, she made her debut in filmmaking with the short Letter of Forgiveness\, the first film project about the Roma slavery\, directed by a Roma. The film received a Special Mention at Transilvania International Film Festival and it is now in the international festival circuit. She also took part in the artistic decision making process as a script consultant for three European film projects focusing on the experiences of Roma women. \nRaluca Negulescu-Balaci Raluca Negulescu-Balaci is the Executive Director of UiPath Foundation\, a global non-profit organization\, founded by UiPath in January 2019\, to empower underprivileged children from Romania and India to reach their potential through equal access to quality education. Previously\, Raluca coordinated comprehensive educational programs under the umbrella of the Policy Center for Roma and Minorities for 9 years. In 2007\, she worked as a Junior Consultant in a World Bank-supported national program\, focused on enabling 250 disadvantaged communities in Romania to keep up with fast-technological challenges.  In 2013\, Raluca was a Legislative Fellow in the US Department of State professional program “Building grassroots democracy in minority communities” and she received the Annual Human Rights Award of the Embassy of France in Romania\, for her local women empowerment initiative – Mothers' Club. Raluca is a fellow of Aspen Institute Romania’s Young Leaders Program and a member of the Global Shapers Community\, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. \nEugen JebeleanuEugen Sergiu Jebeleanu is a Romanian film and theatre actor\, director. He was born in 1989 in Timisoara\, Romania. He graduated from National University of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography. In 2007\, he plays first role in the movie Cu un pas inainte. He works in Romania\, Germany and France. Since 2010\, he has been staging fables that deal with social issues\, political and social subjects\, in order to question the notions of social norms\, identity and freedom. In 2010\, he founded Compania 28 with Yann Verburgh. Within this company\, between 2010 and 2015\, he wrote and directed several shows. Since 2016\, he has been associated with the National Theater of Sibiu. He recently took his first steps in cinema\, in directing his first feature POPPY FIELD (2020). He currently also works with the Théâtre de la Ville for the Chantiers d'Europe and with the Actoral Festival. \nAlina HaliliucAlina Haliliuc is Associate Professor of Communication at Denison University\, where she teaches in the areas of public persuasion\, rhetorical criticism\, and cultural studies. Her scholarship examines how public language is implicated in subject-formation under conditions of socio-political change\, such as post-communist Romania. She analyzes cultural texts ranging from public debates to museums and memorials\, film\, and popular music. Her work can be found in Text and Performance Quarterly; The Journal of Popular Culture; Communication\, Culture & Critique; Film Criticism; Media and Culture Journal; Review of Communication; Gender Forum\, as well as anthologies in rhetorical and cultural studies. \nMariangela Mihai Mariangela Mihai is a Romanian anthropologist and filmmaker whose work builds on decolonial\, feminist\, and sensory ethnographic methods to understand Indigenous resistance on the India-Bangladesh-Myanmar-China borderlands. Her research\, filmmaking\, and pedagogy\, explore the challenges and promises collaborative mediamaking\, poetry\, autoethnography\, and feminist filmmaking offer to epistemic and social justice. She is co-founder of Ethnocine\, a feminist ethnographic filmmaking collective committed to an intersectional\, decolonial\, feminist lens that pushes the boundaries of non-fiction cinema. With Ethnocine\, Mariangela co-produces Bad Feminists Making Films\, a podcast featuring feminist filmmakers from around the world; and hosts academic panels\, workshops\, Webinars\, and film symposia for students\, faculty\, artists and activists interested in using filmmaking for research and social justice. Her films have screened at international film festivals\, universities\, museums\, and other public and art institutions in Athens\, Bangkok\, Chiang Mai\, Paris\, New York\, Yangon\, New Orleans\, Los Angeles\, and San Jose. Select films include Nobel Nok Dah (2015)\, an intimate view into the lives of three refugee women from Burma\, whose migratory paths cross in Thailand and eventually meet as they resettle in New York; and For My Art (2016)\, a two-channel video installation exploring the sensorial landscape of transition-era Burma through the figures three generations of women performance artists\, and I Am A Whi­­sper\, My Dear (2021)\, an experimental documentary exploring Indigenous LGBTQ activism on the South/Southeast Asia borderlands. Mariangela holds a BA in Anthropology from Emory University\, as well as a Master and PhD in Anthropology from Cornell University. Currently\, she serves as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Media and Film Studies in the Culture and Politics Program at Georgetown University\, where she teaches courses in Transnational Queer Mediamaking and Transborder Feminist and Indigenous Resistance.\n\n  URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-film-festival-8th-edition/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/288-2021_ARCSsite1920x1080.png.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211009T184500 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211009T210000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230831T203006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T203006Z UID:10000034-1633805100-1633813200@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:NETFLIX TELEPARTY: The Father Moves Mountains DESCRIPTION: \n\n\nJoin 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. \nInstructions:  \n• Before you can join a watch party\, you must first install the official browser extension (Chrome) and have access to a streaming subscription. The service can support up to 50 viewers at once\, so please make sure you register in advance. \n• Join us in a zoom meeting at 6:45pm to receive a shareable code. Register HERE. \nFILM SYNOPSIS \nMircea Jianu\, a retired Intelligence officer in his 50s\, finds out that his son from a previous marriage went missing in the mountains. As any concerned parent would\, he travels there hoping the young man will be found alive and well. But after several days of unavailing searches\, Mircea decides to put his own rescue team together\, leading to conflict with the local squad. Gradually\, the tormented father who refuses to accept the obvious becomes entangled in a frantic battle with man and nature. \n\nGenre: Drama\nOriginal Language: Romanian\nDirector: Daniel Sandu\nProducer: Cristian Mungiu\nWriter: Daniel Sandu\nRelease Date (Streaming): Sep 17\, 2021\nRuntime: 1h 48m\nProduction Co: Mindset Productions \, Film i Väst\, Mobra Films\, Filmgate Films URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/netflix-teleparty-the-father-moves-mountains/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/291-October_9th_Instagram_Post_Facebook_Event_Cover.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210806T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210806T203000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230831T202653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240217T004709Z UID:10000033-1628278200-1628281800@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:OME: Film Screening and Live Discussion DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples\, join us for a live discussion on OME\, a documentary on the life of the Huaorani\, and their struggles defending their ancestral lands\, with director Raúl Paz Pastrana\, co-producer Luminița Cuna (author of "Barefoot in the Amazon")\, and moderators Vivian Hua (Northwest Film Forum) and Otilia Baraboi (ARCS\, The Ethnic Heritage Council of the Pacific Northwest). \nRegister HERE or follow us LIVE on Facebook \nFilmed in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon in the Yasuni biosphere\, “OME: Tales From a Vanishing Homeland” offers incredible access to the unique and ancient way of life of the Huaorani\, one of Ecuador’s most isolated indigenous groups. OME explores the intricacies of the Huaorani way of life\, highlighting their connection to land and family\, while raising questions about their future survival as oil companies encroach upon Ome\, their homeland. “OME” has won multiple awards and was funded by the Princess Grace Foundation-USA and the Hispanic Scholarship fund. \nRunning Time: 30\nUSA & Ecuador // Color // HD // Spanish and Waoterero with English subtitles. \nAwards and Screenings:\n\n2019 Earth Day Film Festival\, Chico CA\n2018 Eugene Environmental Film Festival\n2018 The Lyric Theater\, Fort Collins CO\n2018 Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI)\, New York City (QWFF) WINNER “Best Cinematography Award”\n2016 Ethnografilm Festival\, Paris France\n2015 Moscow International Documentary Film Festival\n2015 Cayman Islands International Film Festival\n2015 Great Lakes Environmental Film Festival\, Milwaukee WINNER “2015 Spirit of Activism Award”\n2014 IFFEST Document.Art\, Bucharest\, Romania WINNER Next Generation Award (EX AEQUO)\n2013 CINE Golden Eagle Award WINNER\n2013 International Documentary Association (IDA) Nominee for the DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARD\n2013 Louisville’s International Festival of Film SCREEN PREVIEW\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 Raúl Paz Pastrana\n \n \n \n Raúl Paz Pastrana is a Mexican immigrant filmmaker\, cinematographer\, and multimedia creator. His work intersects contemporary art\, political documentary\, and visual ethnography to explore themes of belonging\, alienation\, and the concept of “home.” His films have screened at museums and festivals worldwide including at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in the U.K.\, The American Museum of Natural History\, New York City\, MASS MoCA Museum in Massachusetts\, Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI)\, New York City\, and at the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) in Mexico among many more.  \n Raúl’s work has received support from the Princess Grace Foundation\, the Ford Foundation-Just Films\, The Perspective Fund\, ITVS\, Catapult Film Fund\, The Jerome Foundation\, New York Council on the Arts\, The Tribeca Film Institute\, The Colorado Humanities\, and the Sundance Institute among others. He is a Camargo Foundation Cassis France Artist Alumni\, an IFP/Gotham Filmmaker Labs fellow\, a Firelight Media Documentary Lab Fellow\, and a New America National Fellow. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Luminita Cuna\n \n \n \n She is a Cluj-Napoca native and Brooklyn resident who has been traveling extensively to the Amazon region and has been living and working with indigenous communities in the Amazon since 2006. She has been an ally to indigenous peoples for more than 15 years\, supporting their efforts to uphold their human rights and to protect their territory. \n Luminita is the founder of Maloca\, a grassroots support organization that works with indigenous communities living in the Amazon basin. She has been fundraising and campaigning on various indigenous issues\, helping indigenous communities get solar energy\, incorporate technology in their territory defense and become aware of their rights and how to use them in protecting their forest. \n Luminița wanted to bring awareness on the rich cultures of the Amazon indigenous peoples\, as well as to unveil the fascinating world of the rainforest; this is how her book “Barefoot in the Amazon” came to life. Luminița also co-produced the documentary Ome: Tales from a Vanishing Homeland\, winner of the 2017 Queens International Film Festival for best cinematography. The documentary brings forward the fight of an Amazonian community to protect their home\, one of the most biodiverse area in the world. \n When she is not trekking the Amazon\, Luminița is an IT project manager. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Credits: Leo Carmona\n \n \n \n \n \n Vivian Hua\n \n \n \n Vivian Hua (華婷婷) is a writer\, filmmaker\, and organizer who is fascinated by synthesizing divergent schools of thought. She is the Executive Director at Northwest Film Forum\, a co-founder of the civil rights film series\, The Seventh Art Stand\, and Editor-in-Chief of the socially-conscious long-form arts publication\, REDEFINE. Much of her work unifies her interest in the metaphysical with her belief that art can positively transform the self and society. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Otilia Baraboi\, Ph.D.\n \n \n \n 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. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/ome-film-screening-and-live-discussion/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Film,TALKS (Romanian Explorers) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/282-EHC_Newsletter_-2-jpg.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210416T163000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210416T230000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230831T203154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T203154Z UID:10000035-1618590600-1618614000@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Cadence: Video Poetry Festival 2021 DESCRIPTION: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 and available now: bit.ly/cadence21 \nARCS is proud to co-present: \nUntitled\, 2017 (Cím nélkül\, 2017) \n(dir. Naghi Bernard\, poetry by Szabó T. Anna\, Romania\, 2021\, 8 min\, in Hungarian\, with English subtitles) \nWorld premiere! \nA hypnotic video poem based on text by Szabó T. Anna. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/cadence-video-poetry-festival-2021/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/276-Untitled-2017-1920x1080.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210219T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210219T093000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230831T203256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T203442Z UID:10000036-1613721600-1613727000@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Remembering Roma Enslavement and Private Screening of "Letter of Forgiveness" by Alina Șerban DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe event "Remembering Roma Enslavement" consists of two parts. In the first half hour Otilia Baraboi\, Executive Director at American Romanian Cultural Society invites us to a private screening of "Letter of Forgiveness\," a short movie directed by Alina Serban. \nThe short brings us back to 1855\, when in the household of a wealthy Romanian noblewoman\, a lavish dinner is being presented to important guests. As they arrive\, Maria\, a Roma-Gipsy slave\, is making preparations and sees an opportunity to change her and her son Dinca's fates. \nMaria and Dinca's story is true; they helped change the course of Romanian history\, hastening the abolition of slavery. \nIn the second part of the event we welcome our guest speakers special guest speakers Dr. Margareta (Magda) Matache\, Alina Serban\, Dr. Marius Turda\, and Adrian Nicolae Furtuna MA in Advanced Sociological Research (Guest speakers bios will be presented in Discussion). \nThe conversation is moderated by Mihaela Campion\, clinical psychotherapist\, and Creative visionary of ARCHER\, and Andreea Mottram ARCHER co-founder. \nThe Roma had been enslaved for five centuries in Wallachia and Moldova. Their freedom came 165 years ago\, but public recognition of their loss\, suffering\, and trauma remains patchy to this day. In this discussion about the enslavement of the Roma\, we want to pay attention to victimhood\, memory\, and representation. In an attempt to commemorate this historical experience we also reflect on the recurrent anti-Roma racism in Romania and how it can be successfully resisted. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alina Serban\n \n \n \n Alina Șerban is an independent Roma artist – award-winning actress\, playwright\, director and activist. After acquiring a drama degree at the Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in Bucharest\, Serban attended the Tisch School of the Arts in New York and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Some of her most important artistic achievements are: pioneering Roma feminist political theatre in Romania and becoming the first Roma woman director to have a play included in the permanent repertoire of a state theatre in Romania. For her main role in Gipsy Queen\, Alina Serban earned the Best Actress Award at the Actors Guild Awards in Germany in 2020. She also starred in Alone at My Wedding and she became the first Romanian Roma actress to participate at the Cannes International Film Festival. She won several international awards\, including Best Actress. As far as her film work is concerned\, she made her debut in filmmaking with the short Letter of Forgiveness\, the first film project about the Roma slavery\, directed by a Roma. The film received a Special Mention at Transilvania International Film Festival and it is now in the international festival circuit. She also took part in the artistic decision making process as a script consultant for three European film projects focusing on the experiences of Roma women. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Adrian-Nicolae Furtună\n \n \n \n Adrian-Nicolae Furtună graduated from the Faculty of Sociology of the University of Bucharest and holds a Master's Degree in Advanced Sociological Research. He is currently enrolled as a Ph.D. student at the Quality of Life Research Institute\, specializing in the field of the social memory of Roma slavery. \n During the last 15 years\, he has published several research papers and scientific articles on Roma slavery and Roma Holocaust in Romania\, including The Roma in Romania and the Holocaust. History\, theory\, culture (published in 2018)\, Roma slavery in Wallachia. Fragments of social history. Sales of children/donations. Marriages. Requests for release (published in 2019). He also edited the book Deportation of Roma soldiers to Transnistria. Between administrative "mistakes" and biopolitical imperatives. Case studies and archive documents (published in 2020). In 2020 he also curated the exhibition “164 years since the abolition of Roma slavery - Oral maps from today” - a project of social memory. \n He is currently the director of the Cultural and Social Research Center "Romane Rodimata" and holds the position of councilor in the Research and Documentation Department of the National Center for Roma Culture. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andreea Mottram\n \n \n \n I have been volunteering and working in human rights and social justice organizations and initiatives for the past 25 years. I have a strong professional and personal passion to advocate for the rights of vulnerable groups\, such as people with disabilities\, the elderly\, the Roma population\, and others. I am grateful to join ARCHER and its energetic group of visionary people committed to fight for social justice.  I am ready to serve in this process of change. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Margareta (Magda) Matache\n \n \n \n  Margareta (Magda) Matache is a Roma rights activist and scholar from Romania\, director of the Roma Program at Harvard FXB\,  and also a Harvard instructor. From 2005 to 2012\, Margareta Matache was the Executive Director of Romani CRISS\, a leading Roma rights organization that defends the rights of Roma. In 2012 she was awarded a Hauser postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard FXB where she founded the Roma Program. In Spring 2017 she co-edited Realizing Roma Rights\, an investigation of anti-Roma racism\, with the goal to set the foundations for a more inclusive Europe. Her other publications and research have ranged from the rights and agency of Romani children and adolescents to early childhood development\, anti-Roma racism\, reparations\, segregation in education\, and participatory action research. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Marius Turda\n \n \n \n Marius Turda is Professor and Director of the Centre for Medical Humanities at Oxford Brookes University. He was the founding director of the Cantemir Institute at the University of Oxford (2012-13) and the founder of the Working Group in the History of Race and Eugenics (2006). His most recent books include Teleology and Modernity (2019); Religion\, Evolution\, and Heredity (2019); Historicizing Race (2018; Romanian translation 2019); The History of Eugenics in East-Central Europe\, 1900-1944: Texts and Commentaries (2016); Eugenics and Nation in Early Twentieth-Century Hungary (2014); Latin Eugenics in Comparative Perspective\, 1860-1940 (2014); Crafting Humans: From Genesis to Eugenics and beyond (2013). He is the General Editor of Bloomsbury’s A Cultural History of Race\, to be published in 6 volumes (2020-)\, while his own forthcoming book Scientific Racism in Hungary will be published in 2021. Between 2018 and 2020\, he also curated two exhibitions on anthropology\, biopolitics\, and eugenics in Romania\, and was one of the main consultants for the acclaimed BBC documentary ‘Eugenics: Science’s Greatest Scandal’ (2019). He lives in London. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mihaela Campion\n \n \n \n MA\, LCPC\, CCDVC\, Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist \n I feel passionate about learning\, implementing\, and sharing about social justice and human rights.   My belief system is founded upon the concept of collective striving for excellence through equal rights.  As humans\, we learn and grow in an environment that supports and encourages equality.  This philosophy has been the main guiding principle for my family\, my work\,  my friendships\, and my citizenship. ARCHER is a dream come true. \n www.revivaltherapy.com URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/remembering-roma-enslavement-and-private-screening-of-letter-of-forgiveness-by-alina-serban/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/272-Letter_of_Forgiveness_-_Film_Still_1.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201123 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230831T204051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T204315Z UID:10000037-1605225600-1606089599@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival in Seattle -7th Edition DESCRIPTION: \n  \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n THE ROMANIAN FILM FESTIVAL\, 7TH EDITION: “One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying: Resilient Together”  \n WHEN: NOVEMBER 13-22\, 2020 \n 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 connected through arts\, film and meaningful discussions. We invite you to watch\, from the comfort of your homes\, inspiring stories of resilience and solidarity\, imagine the world after the pandemic\, and explore new possibilities for social change. We will offer you virtual opportunities to interact with local\, national and international special guests. Stay tuned for more as we finalize the program! \n WHERE: Northwest Film Forum \n Festival Official Partners and Co-Organizers: \n                                 \n Festival Institutional Partners:  \n \n     \n FILM FORMATS AND WATCH PARTIES: \n All film programs in the 2020 festival will take place online between Nov. 13–22\, and are available to view ONLY in the U.S. You can purchase our films and watch them when it is most convenient for you\, during the period of the festival. You have between 2-5 days to finish watching a film after you start playing it. Few restrictions may apply to certain films\, please read the instructions carefully.  \n **All screenings in Romanian Film Festival in Seattle 2020 include a live discussion or filmmaker Q&A\, available with purchase of admission to the associated film. Talks take place over Zoom\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist on Northwest Film Forum's Eventive virtual cinema for viewing throughout the fest. (Please note: all festival programs\, but the opening and closing night mixers are available only to viewers in the U.S.) ** \n Thank you to all Community Partners for helping us spread the word about the Romanian Film Festival Seattle:  \n                                                                                                              \n Media Partners:  \n ARCA TV \n If you wish to complete your virtual journey to Romania\, check out these locations in WA State where you can find exquisite Romanian wines.  \n   \n \n \n \n \n Past events\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Soviet Garden (US Premiere)\n by\n \n Dragoș Turea\n \n \n \n 2019\, documentary\, 92 minutes\n \n \n \n \n \n Buy tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 13\, 2020\n at 01:00 AM\n - 22 Nov. 2020\n at 11:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Northwest Film Forum\n \n \n \n \n Synopsis\n \n \n \n The connection between the mysterious death of the director’s grandmother and the history of the Soviet experiments in atomic gardening demands the unveiling of the Soviet agriculture policies and their health and ecological consequences. Initially encouraged\, later threatened\, Moldovan scientists had to engineer seeds to produce bigger crops. Combining archival footage with first-hand witnesses’ accounts\, the film feels more like a mystery film than a documentary. Appreciated by film critics and the public at large\, the documentary was nominated at the Astra Film Festival Award in Sibiu and at the Sarajevo Film Competition. \n On Nov. 15 at 9pm PST there will be a live Q&A with the director Dragoș Turea. This talk will be LIVE on this page at that time\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist for later viewing.  \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n So\, What's Freedom?\n by\n \n Andrei Zinca\n \n \n \n 2020\, drama\, 133 minutes\n \n \n \n \n \n Buy tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 13\, 2020\n at 01:00 AM\n - 22 Nov. 2020\n at 11:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Northwest Film Forum\n \n \n \n \n Synopsis\n \n \n \n So… What’s freedom? is an adaptation of Ana Blandiana’s short story Past Projects. Inspired by true events\, the film recreates the drama of a handful of people out of the 40\,000 innocents who were deported to the huge fields of Bărăgan\, a sort of no man’s land of Romania in the 1950s. A history teacher who puts his hopes in the change promised by communists\, his intelligent wife who teaches French and dreams to go to Paris\, a Hungarian Romanian\, a German Romanian\, the family of an Orthodox priest\, and a former soldier have to build literally from ground up first a shack\, then small adobe houses\, in order to survive the harsh winters and hot summers. They trade their jewels for food and a few animals. Life goes on at a huge price but they never lose their dignity and that sets them free. The minimalistic\, yet well informed script\, the incredibly beautiful cinematography\, excellent acting\, and subtle music do not provide answers to the question in the title of the film\, but suggest that the question is more important than the answer. \n Join us for a live Zoom Q&A with the director Andrei Zinca who will tell us more about his film So\, What Is Freedom? The Q&A is live on Nov. 21 at 7:30pm PST; watch the film any time Nov. 13–22. \n Reserve your ticket to So\, What Is Freedom and mark your calendar for the Q&A at https://watch.eventive.org/.../play/5f86229bffe1d1006200ca2b \n Please note: this film program is available only to viewers in the United States. \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gipsy Queen (US Premiere)\n by\n \n Hüseyin Tabak\n \n \n \n 2020\, drama\, 117 minutes\n \n \n \n \n \n Buy tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 13\, 2020\n at 01:00 AM\n - 22 Nov. 2020\n at 11:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Northwest Film Forum\n \n \n \n \n Synopsis\n \n \n \n The inspiring boxing story of the Roma single mother Ali follows her challenges both in Romania and in Germany. With the heart of a lioness\, Ali is proud\, doesn‘t complain\, and works herself to the bone for her two children\, Esmeralda and Mateo. She becomes a cleaner in Hamburg‘s famous „Ritze“ underground club\, where she soon starts training with the owner of the club\, former boxer. Recalling training with her father\, she regains confidence in her boxing skills. Fully equipped and disappointed by life\, Ali vents her fury on the punching bag as she hopes for a chance of a better life. Alina Serban received the Best Leading Actress Award for her role as Ali\, and Tobias Moretti received the Best Supporting Actor for his role as Tanne from the German Screen Actors organization. Gipsy Queen won the Best Film Award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival where Alina Serban also won the Best Actress Award. \n On Nov. 21 at 11am PST there will be a live Q&A with the director and actress Alina Serban. This talk will be LIVE on this page at that time\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist for later viewing.  \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Marona's Fantastic Tale\n by\n \n Anca Damian\n \n \n \n 2019\, animation\, 92 minutes\n \n \n \n \n \n Buy tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 13\, 2020\n at 01:00 AM\n - 22 Nov. 2020\n at 11:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Northwest Film Forum\n \n \n \n \n Synopsis\n \n \n \n Marona is a little dog who survives a car accident and recalls all her masters she loved unconditionally. Beautifully told and colorfully drawn\, this animation presents ordinary episodes in a life of a pet from the pet’s point of view\, imagining\, or rather revealing\, what animals go through in a world controlled by humans. Selected at numerous festivals\, Marona’s Fantastic Tale won the Best Animated Feature at the Bucheon International Animation Film Festival\, the Dublin Film Critics’ Special Jury Prize\, the Audience Award at Gijon\, and the Grand Prize at the Tokyo Anime Award. \n On Nov. 22 at 11am PST there will be a live discussion on this animation film. This talk will be LIVE on this page at that time\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist for later viewing.  \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Letter of Forgiveness (US Premiere)\n by\n \n Alina Serban\n \n \n \n 2020\, short\, 15 minutes\n \n \n \n \n \n Buy tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 13\, 2020\n at 01:00 AM\n - 22 Nov. 2020\n at 11:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Northwest Film Forum\n \n \n \n \n Synopsis\n \n \n \n In the household of a wealthy Romanian noblewoman in 1855\, Maria\, a Roma-Gipsy slave\, fights to obtain freedom for her son Dinca. Based on a true story of a Roma mother and son whose life changed the course of Romanian history by bringing about the abolition of slavery sooner. Part of a future full-length project\, the short film presents a day in the household in which Maria and her son\, Dinca\, serve as slaves. As important guests arrive for dinner and all the slaves are making preparations\, Maria and her son see this day as a chance to take a step to change their fate. During slavery time\, up until 1856\, the Romanian equivalent of the word “forgiveness” was used when referring to freeing someone from slavery (the Roma slave was “forgiven” from slavery). \n On Nov. 21 at 11am PST there will be a live Q&A with the director and actress Alina Serban. This talk will be LIVE on this page at that time\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist for later viewing.  \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Acasă\, My Home (West Coast Premiere)\n by\n \n Radu Ciorniciuc\n \n \n \n 2020\, documentary\, 86 minutes\n \n \n \n \n \n Buy tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 13\, 2020\n at 01:00 AM\n - 22 Nov. 2020\n at 11:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Northwest Film Forum\n \n \n \n \n Synopsis\n \n \n \n Recording the life of a family with 9 children\, who lived in a shack in the Delta Văcăresti in Bucharest with no electricity and running water\, the documentary raises questions about nature and civilization\, individuals’ freedom and society rules\, happiness and the standard of living. Radu Ciorniciuc's debut documentary received several international awards among which:  the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival 2020\, the Special Jury Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival\, the Human Rights Award at Sarajevo Film Festival 2020\, the Golden Horn at Krakow International Film Festival 2020 and the Big Stamp at the International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDox 2020.  The documentary is also part of the EFA Documentary Selection 2020\, consisting of 13 films recommended to The European Film Academy Members for a nomination for the 33rd European Film Awards. \n UiPath Foundation is the main partner of Acasă\, My Home. \n \n On Nov. 14 at 11am PST there will be a live Q&A with director Radu Ciorniciuc\, and UiPath Foundation Executive Director\, Raluca Negulescu-Balaci. This talk will be LIVE on this page at that time\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist for later viewing.  \n The discussion will focus on equal opportunities and education for children from vulnerable areas. UiPath Foundation aims to amplify the powerful message of the documentary and to generate dialogue that fosters systemic changes necessary to support\, in the long term\, unprivileged children and their families across Romania and India. \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Otto the Barbarian (US Premiere)\n by\n \n Ruxandra Ghițescu\n \n \n \n 2020\, drama\, 110 minutes\n \n \n \n \n \n Buy tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 13\, 2020\n at 01:00 AM\n - 22 Nov. 2020\n at 11:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Northwest Film Forum\n \n \n \n \n Synopsis\n \n \n \n A sincere and psychologically accurate examination of a teenager’s feelings ranging from grief and sadness to love and happiness\, Ruxandra Ghițescu’s debut film lets the camera follow Otto’s wanderings as he tries to cope with his girlfriend’s suicide. Impeccably acted by a father and son both in the film and real life—Adrian and Marc Titieni—as well as Ioana Flora playing the victim’s mother\, and Ioana Bugarin playing Laura\, Otto’s girlfriend\, the film is a coming-of-age story with an incredibly good press even though it had the world premiere only a couple of months ago at the Sarajevo Film Festival.  \n On Nov. 2o at 9pm PST there will be a live Q&A with the director Ruxandra Ghițescu. This talk will be LIVE on this page at that time\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist for later viewing.  \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Malmkrog (West Coast Premiere)\n by\n \n Cristi Puiu\n \n \n \n 2020\, drama\, 201 minutes\n \n \n \n \n \n Buy tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 13\, 2020\n at 01:00 AM\n - 22 Nov. 2020\n at 11:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Northwest Film Forum\n \n \n \n \n Synopsis\n \n \n \n Cristi Puiu’s most recent film is a three-in-one project: it is an adaptation of Vladimir Solovyov’s Three Conversations\, a period drama beautifully recreating the turn of the twentieth century\, and a philosophical symposium. Divided in 6 parts—one for each protagonist—this study of the well-mannered\, yet intellectually fierce and\, at times\, condescending\, theoretical debates\, present a “slice of life” that froze in its eternal futility. Only years before WWI\, in an aristocratic manor somewhere in Transylvania\, the wealthy businessman Edouard\, the landowner Nikolai\, the young and naïve Olga\, the mature and ironic Madeleine\, Ingrida—the wife of a Russian general—and the butler Istvan exchange ideas on war and peace\, good and evil\, religion\, identity\, and politics. Malmkrog is a grand feast for the eye as it is for the mind: the abundance of visual details is matched by the dialogue packed with hard concepts. Winner of the Encounters Award for the Best Director at Berlin Film Festival\, Cristi Puiu declared that his film is “prophetic.” \n On Nov. 15 at 11am PST there will be a live Q&A with film critic Monica Filimon\, author of "Cristi Puiu: Ineffable Experiences of the Profane World". This talk will be LIVE on this page at that time\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist for later viewing.  \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Monsters (West Coast Premiere)\n by\n \n Marius Olteanu\n \n \n \n 2019\, drama\, 116 minutes\n \n \n \n \n \n Buy tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 13\, 2020\n at 01:00 AM\n - 22 Nov. 2020\n at 11:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Northwest Film Forum\n \n \n \n \n Synopsis\n \n \n \n An unusual love story\, Olteanu’s debut feature film presents one day that leads to the breakup of a long-married couple. Reversing old clichés\, the two protagonists—Dana and her husband\, Artur—acknowledge the difficulty to let one another go\, in spite of the fact that they both admit that there is no love between them\, but only camaraderie. Questioning the reasons why couples stay together\, the film is an honest portrayal of the complex ties that keep spouses together. Monsters received twenty nominations and several prizes for the best feature film at international film festivals in Romania\, Bulgaria\, and India\, the best screenplay at Berlin\, and Herceg Novi\, and for the best actress in a leading role for Judith State at Gopo Awards\, Romania. \n Join us for a live Zoom Q&A with director Marius Olteanu\, who will tell us more about his film\, Monsters! The Q&A is live on Nov. 14 at 9pm PST; watch the film any time Nov. 13–22. \n Reserve your ticket to Monsters and mark your calendar for the Q&A at https://watch.eventive.org/.../play/5f84f456901cc4003656fb12 \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Uppercase Print (US Premiere)\n by\n \n Radu Jude\n \n \n \n 2020\, docu-drama\, 133 minutes\n \n \n \n \n \n Buy tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 13\, 2020\n at 01:00 AM\n - 22 Nov. 2020\n at 11:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Northwest Film Forum\n \n \n \n \n Synopsis\n \n \n \n Inspired by a 1981 real event—Mugur Călinescu\, a high school student in a provincial city\, writes graffiti messages about food shortages and lack of freedom—Jude’s film combines archival footage from Romania’s infamous secret police\, old TV clips\, and a cinematic recreation of Gianina Cărbunariu’s “documentary play” by the same title. Once caught\, Mugur\, his family\, neighbors\, and friends\, all go through intimidation and interrogation\, which break any form of resistance. Camera\, like in Jude’s other films\, is not simply a recording device\, but a conscious witness who adds to the story its own point of view. Uppercase Print was nominated for the Best Feature Film award at IndieLisboa Independent Film festival in Portugal and at the Transilvania International Film Festival. \n On Nov. 15 at 7:30pm PST there will be a live discussion with film critic Monica Filimon. This talk will be LIVE on this page at that time\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist for later viewing.  \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Shelter among the Clouds (WA State Premiere)\n by\n \n Robert Budina\n \n \n \n 2018\, drama\, 83 minutes\n \n \n \n \n \n Buy tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 13\, 2020\n at 10:00 AM\n - 22 Nov. 2020\n at 11:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Northwest Film Forum\n \n \n \n \n Synopsis\n \n \n \n Set in the mountains of Albania\, the story of Besnik\, a goat shepherd who takes care of a sick father\, unfolds slowly as does the reclusive life of the village. Besnik’s accidental discovery of an old Roman Catholic fresco in the currently functional Mosque becomes an emblematic event both for himself and his village. Inspired by the real history of a church which has changed hands several times between Christians and Muslims for almost 600 years\, the film delicately explores the relations in interfaith families\, the tension between an individual’s faith and freedom\, and religious tolerance\, which in the end is embraced by the village. Internationally acclaimed\, A Shelter among the Clouds won the Global Vision Award at San Jose\, the Best Balkan Film prize at Prishtina\, and the Cinema of Small Nations prize at Valletta. \n On Nov. 22 at 5pm PST there will be a live discussion on this film. This talk will be LIVE on this page at that time\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist for later viewing.  \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Romanian Film festival Seattle: Opening Night Happy Hour\n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 13\, 2020\n at 07:30 PM\n - 13 Nov. 2020\n at 08:30 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Online\n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Join the American Romanian Cultural Society Seattle team for a virtual kick-off to the festival over Zoom! Bring your own cocktails and nibbles to the online party.  \n Visit our website for details about the line-up \n \n For tickets and passes\, visit our page on Northwest Film Forum's Eventive.  \n Stay tuned for more details!\n   \n   \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Acasă\, My Home ft. live discussion with director Radu Ciorniciuc and Raluca Negulescu-Balaci\, Executive Director\, UiPath Foundation\n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 14\, 2020\n at 11:00 AM\n - 14 Nov. 2020\n at 12:07 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n online\n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Join us for a live Zoom Q&A and discussion with director Radu Ciorniciuc and Raluca Negulescu-Balaci\, Executive Director\, UiPath Foundation\, who will have a conversation about Acasă\, My Home\, and about equal opportunities for children from vulnerable areas.  \n The Q&A is live on Nov. 14 at 11am PST and will be live streamed on FB; watch the film any time Nov. 13–22. \n Reserve your ticket to Acasă\, My Home and mark your calendar for the Q&A at \n https://bit.ly/rffs2020acasa \n About the film: \n Recording the life of a family with 9 children\, who lived in a shack in the Delta Văcăresti in Bucharest with no electricity and running water\, the documentary raises questions about nature and civilization\, individuals’ freedom and society rules\, happiness and the standard of living. Radu Ciorniciuc's debut documentary received several international awards among which: the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival 2020\, the Special Jury Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival\, the Human Rights Award at Sarajevo Film Festival 2020\, the Golden Horn at Krakow International Film Festival 2020 and the Big Stamp at the International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDox 2020. The documentary is also part of the EFA Documentary Selection 2020\, consisting of 13 films recommended to The European Film Academy Members for a nomination for the 33rd European Film Awards. \n UiPath Foundation is the main partner of Acasă\, My Home.  \n The discussion will focus on equal opportunities and education for children from vulnerable areas. UiPath Foundation aims to amplify the powerful message of the documentary and to generate dialogue that fosters systemic changes necessary to support\, in the long term\, unprivileged children and their families across Romania and India. \n About Radu Ciorniciuc: \n Radu Ciorniciuc co-founded the first independent media organization in Romania\, Casa Jurnalistului. He works as a long-form writer and undercover investigative reporter\, focusing on human rights\, animal welfare\, and environmental issues across the globe. His work has been published on Channel 4 News\, the Guardian\, and Al Jazeera and has received numerous international awards\, including from Amnesty International\, the Royal Television Society\, and the Wincott Foundation. \n About Raluca Negulescu-Balaci:  \n Raluca Negulescu-Balaci is the Executive Director of UiPath Foundation\, a global non-profit organization\, founded by UiPath in January 2019\, to empower underprivileged children from Romania and India to reach their potential through equal access to quality education. Previously\, Raluca coordinated comprehensive educational programs under the umbrella of the Policy Center for Roma and Minorities for 9 years. In 2007\, she worked as a Junior Consultant in a World Bank-supported national program\, focused on enabling 250 disadvantaged communities in Romania to keep up with fast-technological challenges. In 2013\, Raluca was a Legislative Fellow in the US Department of State professional program “Building grassroots democracy in minority communities” and she received the Annual Human Rights Award of the Embassy of France in Romania\, for her local women empowerment initiative – Mothers' Club. Raluca is a fellow of Aspen Institute Romania’s Young Leaders Program and a member of the Global Shapers Community\, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. \n ** All screenings in Romanian Film Festival in Seattle 2020 include a live discussion or filmmaker Q&A\, available with purchase of admission to the associated film. Talks take place over Zoom\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist on Northwest Film Forum's Eventive virtual cinema for viewing throughout the fest. (Please note: all festival programs but the opening and closing night mixers are available only to viewers in the U.S.) ** \n To buy tickets for this or other programs in the festival\, visit the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle Eventive page\, hosted by Northwest Film Forum: \n https://watch.eventive.org/romanianfilmfestseattle2020 \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Monsters\, feat. live Q&A with director Marius Olteanu\n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 14\, 2020\n at 09:00 PM\n - 14 Nov. 2020\n at 10:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n online\n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Join us for a live Zoom Q&A with director Marius Olteanu\, who will tell us more about his film\, Monsters! The Q&A is live on Nov. 14 at 9pm PST; watch the film any time Nov. 13–22. \n Reserve your ticket to Monsters and mark your calendar for the Q&A at https://bit.ly/rffs2020monsters \n About the film: \n An unusual love story\, Olteanu’s debut feature film presents one day that leads to the breakup of a long-married couple. Reversing old clichés\, the two protagonists—Dana and her husband\, Artur—acknowledge the difficulty to let one another go\, in spite of the fact that they both admit that there is no love between them\, but only camaraderie. Questioning the reasons why couples stay together\, the film is an honest portrayal of the complex ties that keep spouses together. Monsters received twenty nominations and several prizes for the best feature film at international film festivals in Romania\, Bulgaria\, and India\, the best screenplay at Berlin\, and Herceg Novi\, and for the best actress in a leading role for Judith State at Gopo Awards\, Romania. \n ** All screenings in Romanian Film Festival in Seattle 2020 include a live discussion or filmmaker Q&A\, available with purchase of admission to the associated film. Talks take place over Zoom\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist on Northwest Film Forum's Eventive virtual cinema for viewing throughout the fest. (Please note: all festival programs but the opening and closing night mixers are available only to viewers in the U.S.) ** \n To buy tickets for this or other programs in the festival\, visit the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle Eventive page\, hosted by Northwest Film Forum: \n https://watch.eventive.org/romanianfilmfestseattle2020 \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Live Discussion on Malmkrog\n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 15\, 2020\n at 11:00 AM\n - 15 Nov. 2020\n at 12:07 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n online\n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Join us for a live Zoom Q&A with film critic Monica Filimon\, author of "Cristi Puiu: Ineffable Experiences of the Profane World". The Q&A is live on Nov. 15 at 11am PST; watch the film any time Nov. 13–22. \n Reserve your ticket to Malmkrog and mark your calendar for the Q&A at https://bit.ly/rffs2020malmkrog \n About Monica Filimon: \n Monica Filimon was awarded a PhD in Comparative Literature by Rutgers University. She is Associate Professor of English at Kingsborough Community College\, CUNY. She has published articles on French\, German\, and Romanian films. Her research focuses on the New Romanian Cinema\, its sources\, evolution\, and major representatives. Her first book Cristi Puiu: Ineffable Experiences of the Profane World was published by the University of Illinois Press in February 2017. She is currently working on a second book tentatively titled Corneliu Porumboiu: Notes on the Absurd. \n About the Film: \n Cristi Puiu’s most recent film is a three-in-one project: it is an adaptation of Vladimir Solovyov’s Three Conversations\, a period drama beautifully recreating the turn of the twentieth century\, and a philosophical symposium. Divided in 6 parts—one for each protagonist—this study of the well-mannered\, yet intellectually fierce and\, at times\, condescending\, theoretical debates\, present a “slice of life” that froze in its eternal futility. Only years before WWI\, in an aristocratic manor somewhere in Transylvania\, the wealthy businessman Edouard\, the landowner Nikolai\, the young and naïve Olga\, the mature and ironic Madeleine\, Ingrida—the wife of a Russian general—and the butler Istvan exchange ideas on war and peace\, good and evil\, religion\, identity\, and politics. Malmkrog is a grand feast for the eye as it is for the mind: the abundance of visual details is matched by the dialogue packed with hard concepts. Winner of the Encounters Award for the Best Director at Berlin Film Festival\, Cristi Puiu declared that his film is “prophetic.” \n ****All screenings in Romanian Film Festival in Seattle 2020 include a live discussion or filmmaker Q&A\, available with purchase of admission to the associated film. Talks take place over Zoom\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist on Northwest Film Forum's Eventive virtual cinema for viewing throughout the fest. (Please note: all festival programs but the opening and closing night mixers are available only to viewers in the U.S.) *** \n To buy tickets for this or other programs in the festival\, visit the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle Eventive page\, hosted by Northwest Film Forum: \n https://watch.eventive.org/romanianfilmfestseattle2020 \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Live Discussion on Uppercase Print\n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 15\, 2020\n at 07:30 PM\n - 21 Nov. 2020\n at 08:30 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n online\n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Join us for a live Zoom discussion on Radu Jude's latest masterpiece Uppercase Print\, with film critic Monica Filimon. The Q&A is live on Nov. 15 at 7:30pm PST; watch the film any time Nov. 13–22. \n Reserve your ticket to Uppercase Print and mark your calendar for the Q&A at:  \n https://bit.ly/rffs2020uppercase \n About the film: \n Inspired by a 1981 real event—Mugur Călinescu\, a high school student in a provincial city\, writes graffiti messages about food shortages and lack of freedom—Jude’s film combines archival footage from Romania’s infamous secret police\, old TV clips\, and a cinematic recreation of Gianina Cărbunariu’s “documentary play” by the same title. Once caught\, Mugur\, his family\, neighbors\, and friends\, all go through intimidation and interrogation\, which break any form of resistance. Camera\, like in Jude’s other films\, is not simply a recording device\, but a conscious witness who adds to the story its own point of view. Uppercase Print was nominated for the Best Feature Film award at IndieLisboa Independent Film festival in Portugal and at the Transilvania International Film Festival. \n About Monica Filimon: \n Monica Filimon was awarded a PhD in Comparative Literature by Rutgers University. She is Associate Professor of English at Kingsborough Community College\, CUNY. She has published articles on French\, German\, and Romanian films. Her research focuses on the New Romanian Cinema\, its sources\, evolution\, and major representatives. Her first book Cristi Puiu: Ineffable Experiences of the Profane World was published by the University of Illinois Press in February 2017. She is currently working on a second book tentatively titled Corneliu Porumboiu: Notes on the Absurd. \n ** All screenings in Romanian Film Festival in Seattle 2020 include a live discussion or filmmaker Q&A\, available with purchase of admission to the associated film. Talks take place over Zoom\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist on Northwest Film Forum's Eventive virtual cinema for viewing throughout the fest. (Please note: all festival programs but the opening and closing night mixers are available only to viewers in the U.S.) ** \n To buy tickets for this or other programs in the festival\, visit the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle Eventive page\, hosted by Northwest Film Forum: \n https://watch.eventive.org/romanianfilmfestseattle2020 \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Live Q&A On The Soviet Garden with Director Dragoș Turea\n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 15\, 2020\n at 09:00 PM\n - 15 Nov. 2020\n at 10:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n online\n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Join us for a live Q&A with the director Dragoș Turea who will tell us more about the personal story behind his documentary. The Q&A is live on Nov. 15 at 9pm PST; watch the film any time Nov. 13–22. \n Reserve your ticket to The Soviet Garden and mark your calendar for the Q&A at https://bit.ly/rffs2020soviet \n About The Soviet Garden \n The connection between the mysterious death of the director’s grandmother and the history of the Soviet experiments in atomic gardening demands the unveiling of the Soviet agriculture policies and their health and ecological consequences. Initially encouraged\, later threatened\, Moldovan scientists had to engineer seeds to produce bigger crops. Combining archival footage with first-hand witnesses’ accounts\, the film feels more like a mystery film than a documentary. Appreciated by film critics and the public at large\, the documentary was nominated at the Astra Film Festival Award in Sibiu and at the Sarajevo Film Competition. \n About Dragoș Turea \n Dragoș Turea was born in Chisinau\, Moldova in 1980. He graduated the Audiovisual Communication at the Academy of Theatre and Film\, Bucharest. In 2006 earned his Master’s Degree in Film\, at the Chisinau Academy of Music\, Theatre and Arts. Dragos made his debut in cinema with his short documentary Vasile Mamaligă\, which received the of the 2007 Union of Filmmakers from Moldova debut prize. Between 2007 and 2015 he worked as a producer for Publika TV\, Prime TV\, Jurnal TV. In 2010 he started his biggest project to date\, the feature-length documentary film\, The Soviet Garden. \n ** All screenings in Romanian Film Festival in Seattle 2020 include a live discussion or filmmaker Q&A\, available with purchase of admission to the associated film. Talks take place over Zoom\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist on Northwest Film Forum's Eventive virtual cinema for viewing throughout the fest. (Please note: all festival programs but the opening and closing night mixers are available only to viewers in the U.S.) ** \n To buy tickets for this or other programs in the festival\, visit the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle Eventive page\, hosted by Northwest Film Forum: \n https://watch.eventive.org/romanianfilmfestseattle2020 \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Live Q&A on Otto the Barbarian\n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 20\, 2020\n at 09:00 PM\n - 20 Nov. 2020\n at 10:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n online\n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Join us for a live discussion with director Ruxandra Ghițescu and her powerful debut film\, Otto the Barbarian. The Q&A is live on Nov. 20 at 9pm PST; watch the film any time Nov. 13–22. \n Reserve your ticket to Otto The Barbarian and mark your calendar for the Q&A at\n https://bit.ly/rffs2020otto \n About the film: \n Otto the Barbarian is a sincere and psychologically accurate examination of a teenager’s feelings ranging from grief and sadness to love and happiness\, Ruxandra Ghițescu’s debut film tells the story of Otto as he tries to cope with his girlfriend’s suicide. \n About Ruxandra Ghițescu:  \n Ruxandra 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 ** All screenings in Romanian Film Festival in Seattle 2020 include a live discussion or filmmaker Q&A\, available with purchase of admission to the associated film. Talks take place over Zoom\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist on Northwest Film Forum's Eventive virtual cinema for viewing throughout the fest. (Please note: all festival programs but the opening and closing night mixers are available only to viewers in the U.S.) ** \n To buy tickets for this or other programs in the festival\, visit the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle Eventive page\, hosted by Northwest Film Forum: \n https://watch.eventive.org/romanianfilmfestseattle2020 \n   \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collective (US Premiere on Nov 20 by Magnolia Pictures)\n by\n \n Alexandru Nanau\n \n \n \n 2019\, documentary\, 109 minutes\n \n \n \n \n \n Buy tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 21\, 2020\n at 01:00 AM\n - 22 Nov. 2020\n at 11:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Northwest Film Forum\n \n \n \n \n Synopsis\n \n \n \n In the 2015 tragic fire in a Bucharest club\, 27 people died on one night and many more in the following weeks because of an inefficient and corrupt health system. Connecting the dots between the stories told by journalists\, whistle blowers\, doctors\, politicians\, the film allows images to speak for the suffering and the resilience of the Collective Club victims. Collective has an impressive list of awards\, among which are the Best International Film at DocAviv Israel\, the Grand Jury Prize at the One World International Human Rights Documentary Festival in Prague\, the Documentary Award in Luxembourg\, the Grand Prix at La Roche-sur-Yon and the Ulysses Award for the best documentary at Montpellier\, France. \n On Nov. 21 at 9pm PST there will be a live Q&A with the director Alexandru Nanau. This talk will be LIVE on this page at that time\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist for later viewing.  \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Live Q&A with lead actress and director Alina Șerban\n \n Instructors\n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 21\, 2020\n at 11:00 AM\n - 21 Nov. 2020\n at 12:07 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n online\n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Join us for a live Q&A with the director and actress Alina Serban (lead actress in Gipsy Queen\, lead actress and director of Letter of Forgiveness).  \n The Q&A is live on Nov. 21 at 11am PST; watch the film any time Nov. 13–22. \n Reserve your ticket to Gipsy Queen and Letter of Forgiveness and mark your calendar for the Q&A at https://bit.ly/rffs2020gipsy \n About Alina Serban:  \n Alina Șerban is an independent Roma artist – award-winning actress\, playwright\, director and activist. Some of her most important artistic achievements are: pioneering Roma feminist political theatre in Romania and becoming the first Roma woman director to have a play included in the permanent repertoire of a state theatre in Romania. For her main role in Gipsy Queen\, Alina Serban earned the Best Actress Award at the Actors Guild Awards in Germany in 2020. She also starred in Alone at My Wedding and she became the first Romanian Roma actress to participate at the Cannes International Film Festival. She won several international awards\, including Best Actress.  \n She made her debut in filmmaking with the short Letter of Forgiveness\, the first film project about the Roma slavery\, directed by a Roma. The film received a Special Mention at Transilvania International Film Festival and it is now in the international festival circuit.  \n About the films:  \n *Gipsy Queen (Romania\, 2020) | Director: Hüseyin Tabak (Best Film Award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival) \n The inspiring story of a Roma single mother - Ali - who follows her ambition to become a boxing professional while working herself to the bone for her two children\, Esmeralda and Mateo. Fully disappointed by life\, Ali vents her fury on the punching bag as she hopes for a chance of a better life.  \n *Letter of Forgiveness (Romania\, 2020) | Director: Alina Serban \n In the household of a wealthy Romanian noblewoman in 1855\, Maria\, a Roma-Gipsy slave\, fights to obtain freedom for her son Dinca. Based on a true story of a Roma mother and son whose life changed the course of Romanian history by bringing about the abolition of slavery sooner. Part of a future full-length project\, the short film presents a day in the household in which Maria and her son\, Dinca\, serve as slaves. During slavery time\, up until 1856\, the Romanian equivalent of the word “forgiveness” was used when referring to freeing someone from slavery (the Roma slave was “forgiven” from slavery). \n ** All screenings in Romanian Film Festival in Seattle 2020 include a live discussion or filmmaker Q&A\, available with purchase of admission to the associated film. Talks take place over Zoom\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist on Northwest Film Forum's Eventive virtual cinema for viewing throughout the fest. (Please note: all festival programs but the opening and closing night mixers are available only to viewers in the U.S.) ** \n To buy tickets for this or other programs in the festival\, visit the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle Eventive page\, hosted by Northwest Film Forum: \n https://watch.eventive.org/romanianfilmfestseattle2020 \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Live Q&A on So\, What Is Freedom?\n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 21\, 2020\n at 07:30 PM\n - 21 Nov. 2020\n at 08:30 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n online\n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Join us for a live Zoom Q&A with the director Andrei Zinca who will tell us more about his film So\, What Is Freedom? The Q&A is live on Nov. 21 at 7:30pm PST; watch the film any time Nov. 13–22. \n Reserve your ticket to So\, What's Freedom? and mark your calendar for the Q&A at https://bit.ly/rffs2020freedom \n About the film:\n Inspired by true events\, So\, What's Freedom? recreates the drama of a handful of people out of the 40\,000 innocents who were deported by the communist regime to the huge fields of Bărăgan\, a sort of no man’s land of Romania in the 1950s.  \n About Andrei Zinca: \n Andrei Zinca studied Film and TV Photography in Romania\, at the Institute for Theatre and Film Arts (IATC) and Directing and Film Production at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. Before he left Romania in 1982\, he contributed as a Camera Operator to 8 features. His debut as a Director/Producer happened in 1987\, with “Rosa de America”\, a 6 hour period TV mini-series. In 1988\, Mr. Zinca moved to the U.S.\, where he established himself as a leading Director/Producer for the TV Hispanic U.S. and Latin American markets\, with more than 1500 hours of television under his belt. In 1991 he was nominated for an Emmy Regional Award for a Special Program about Pope John-Paul II and the Vatican\, which he directed and co-produced. In 2006 Mr. Zinca returned to Romania as a Line Producer for “Mirrors”\, a New Regency/20th. Century Fox production. He also directed the local award winning TV series “La urgenta”. In 2013 he directed\, co-wrote and co-produced “Puzzle for a Blind Man”\, his first theatrical feature\, awarded for best picture\, script\, lead actors and photography at various independent film festivals in the US. The film has been sold to various European countries\, Turkey and the US.  \n ** All screenings in Romanian Film Festival in Seattle 2020 include a live discussion or filmmaker Q&A\, available with purchase of admission to the associated film. Talks take place over Zoom\, and will be automatically recorded and added to the end of the film playlist on Northwest Film Forum's Eventive virtual cinema for viewing throughout the fest. (Please note: all festival programs but the opening and closing night mixers are available only to viewers in the U.S.) ** \n To buy tickets for this or other programs in the festival\, visit the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle Eventive page\, hosted by Northwest Film Forum: \n https://watch.eventive.org/romanianfilmfestseattle2020 \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Romanian Film festival Seattle: Closing Night Happy Hour\n \n Instructors\n \n \n \n \n \n \n When\n \n \n Nov. 22\, 2020\n at 07:30 PM\n - 22 Nov. 2020\n at 08:30 PM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Online\n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Raise another virtual glass with the Romanian Film Festival Seattle and Northwest Film Forum teams\, as they say goodbye to another year of the festival! Share what your favorite films were this year\, and discuss Romanian film and culture. \n Visit our website for details about the line-up \n \n For tickets and passes\, visit our page on Northwest Film Forum's Eventive. \n   \n \n \n Expand\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Guests\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alina Serban\n \n \n \n Alina Șerban is an independent Roma artist – award-winning actress\, playwright\, director and activist. After acquiring a drama degree at the Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in Bucharest\, Serban attended the Tisch School of the Arts in New York and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Some of her most important artistic achievements are: pioneering Roma feminist political theatre in Romania and becoming the first Roma woman director to have a play included in the permanent repertoire of a state theatre in Romania. For her main role in Gipsy Queen\, Alina Serban earned the Best Actress Award at the Actors Guild Awards in Germany in 2020. She also starred in Alone at My Wedding and she became the first Romanian Roma actress to participate at the Cannes International Film Festival. She won several international awards\, including Best Actress. As far as her film work is concerned\, she made her debut in filmmaking with the short Letter of Forgiveness\, the first film project about the Roma slavery\, directed by a Roma. The film received a Special Mention at Transilvania International Film Festival and it is now in the international festival circuit. She also took part in the artistic decision making process as a script consultant for three European film projects focusing on the experiences of Roma women. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Alexandru Nanau\n \n \n \n Alexander Nanau is a German-Romanian filmmaker. His documentary film\, The World according to Ion B was awarded an International Emmy Award in 2010. His feature documentary film Toto and His Sisters was a European Academy Award nominee 2015. The film had a wide international distribution and played successfully in festivals worldwide. Alexander served as Director of Photography for the French/German documentary Nothingwood (Sonia Kronlund) that was shot in Afghanistan and premiered in Cannes as part of La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in 2017. His latest feature length documentary Collective premiered at the Venice IFF 2019- as part of the Official Selection - Out of Competition and had its North American premiere at TIFF Toronto\, where it was acquired by Magnolia Pictures and Participant for US distribution and other distributors like Dogwoof and Sophie DuLac for Europe and Madman in Australia. Collective is produced by Alexander Nanau Production in co-production with Samsa Film Luxembourg and HBO Europe. Alexander is also teaching and mentoring in several International Film Universities and Filmlabs. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andrei Zinca\n \n \n \n Andrei Zinca studied Film and TV Photography in Romania\, at the Institute for Theatre and Film Arts (IATC) and Directing and Film Production at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. Before he left Romania in 1982\, he contributed as a Camera Operator to 8 features. His debut as a Director/Producer happened in 1987\, with “Rosa de America”\, a 6 hour period TV mini-series. In 1988\, Mr. Zinca moved to the U.S.\, where he established himself as a leading Director/Producer for the TV Hispanic U.S. and Latin American markets\, with more than 1500 hours of television under his belt. In 1991 he was nominated for an Emmy Regional Award for a Special Program about Pope John-Paul II and the Vatican\, which he directed and co-produced. In 2006 Mr. Zinca returned to Romania as a Line Producer for “Mirrors”\, a New Regency/20th. Century Fox production. He also directed the local award winning TV series “La urgenta”. In 2013 he directed\, co-wrote and co-produced “Puzzle for a Blind Man”\, his first theatrical feature\, awarded for best picture\, script\, lead actors and photography at various independent film festivals in the US. The film has been sold to various European countries\, Turkey and the US. His second feature\, “So\, What’s Freedom?” is scheduled to premiere in 2020. Through his Double 4 Studios production company\, Mr. Zinca is currently producing a feature documentary about how today’s society defines females. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956913/  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dragoș Turea\n \n \n \n Dragos Turea was born in Chisinau\, Moldova in 1980. He graduated the Audiovisual Communication at the Academy of Theatre and Film\, Bucharest. In 2006 earned his Master’s Degree in Film\, at the Chisinau Academy of Music\, Theatre and Arts. Dragos made his debut in cinema with his short documentary Vasile Mamaligă\, which received the of the 2007 Union of Filmmakers from Moldova debut prize. Between 2007 and 2015 he worked as a producer for Publika TV\, Prime TV\, Jurnal TV. In 2010 he started his biggest project to date\, the feature-length documentary film\, The Soviet Garden. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Marius Olteanu\n \n \n \n Marius Olteanu\, born in Bucharest in 1979\, studied Film Directing in Bucharest and earned an MA in Fiction Film Directing in the UK. He focuses on the clash between private and social life and the boundaries between the two\, always trying to explore what lies beyond the perfect surface of things and finding new cinematic ways to convey the struggle with one’s own limits. Olteanu worked as an assistant director for Cristi Puiu's award winning film Sieranevada (2016). Following four award winning short films: Sunday Afternoon\, Why Don’t You Dance\, Tie\, and No Man’s Land\, Olteanu’s first feature-length film\, Monsters\, premiered in Berlinale Forum 2019 and received Sofia IFF Grand Prix. Beside his work as a writer and director\, he is also a published photographer interested in capturing what brings people together and makes them aware of who they are. \n   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Monica Filimon\n \n \n \n Monica Filimon was awarded a PhD in Comparative Literature by Rutgers University. She is Associate Professor of English at Kingsborough Community College\, CUNY. She has published articles on French\, German\, and Romanian films. Her research focuses on the New Romanian Cinema\, its sources\, evolution\, and major representatives. Her first book Cristi Puiu: Ineffable Experiences of the Profane World was published by the University of Illinois Press in February 2017. She is currently working on a second book tentatively titled Corneliu Porumboiu: Notes on the Absurd. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Radu Ciorniciuc\n \n \n \n Radu Ciorniciuc co-founded the first independent media organization in Romania\, Casa Jurnalistului. He works as a long-form writer and undercover investigative reporter\, focusing on human rights\, animal welfare\, and environmental issues across the globe. His work has been published on Channel 4 News\, the Guardian\, and Al Jazeera and has received numerous international awards\, including from Amnesty International\, the Royal Television Society\, and the Wincott Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ruxandra Ghițescu\n \n \n \n Ruxandra 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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Raluca Negulescu-Balaci\n \n \n \n Raluca Negulescu-Balaci is the Executive Director of UiPath Foundation\, a global non-profit organization\, founded by UiPath in January 2019\, to empower underprivileged children from Romania and India to reach their potential through equal access to quality education. Previously\, Raluca coordinated comprehensive educational programs under the umbrella of the Policy Center for Roma and Minorities for 9 years. In 2007\, she worked as a Junior Consultant in a World Bank-supported national program\, focused on enabling 250 disadvantaged communities in Romania to keep up with fast-technological challenges.  In 2013\, Raluca was a Legislative Fellow in the US Department of State professional program “Building grassroots democracy in minority communities” and she received the Annual Human Rights Award of the Embassy of France in Romania\, for her local women empowerment initiative – Mothers' Club. Raluca is a fellow of Aspen Institute Romania’s Young Leaders Program and a member of the Global Shapers Community\, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tickets and passes\n \n \n \n \n \n The Romanian Film Festival- 7th Edition\n \n \n \n \n \n Romanian Film Festival -8th Edition - Passes\n \n \n Passes provide the most streamlined\, flexible viewing experience possible.\n They are priced on a sliding scale\, but are not "different" from one another in terms of what they grant purchasers access to.\n Pay what you can to support the work that we're doing!\n For individual tickets\, please go to each film's description and select "buy tickets".\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n $100\n \n \n \n \n Buy URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-film-festival-in-seattle-7th-edition/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/261-RESILIENT_site3200x1800_FNL.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201101 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230831T204533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T204841Z UID:10000038-1601424000-1604188799@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Virtual Cinema of Eastern Europe DESCRIPTION: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 audience.  \n When you buy a ticket from FILMABEE\, the net proceeds will help us cover the cost of the online platform and distribution rights for the films. You will help the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle survive despite the dire times\, and continue a community- building tradition started seven years ago. THANK YOU for supporting the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle!  \n \n  FILMABEE is a platform designed and curated by Seattle-based film director Bogdan Darev\, to o bring you an innovative\, interactive approach to watching films online.  You can also watch any film whenever works best for you.  \n \n Join ARCS Executive Director and manager of the Romanian Film Festival\, Otilia Baraboi\, and her special guests from Romanian and the US\, for "Morning Coffee and Films"\, our new virtual film discussions series. Go to FILMABEE to join the discussion.  \n This project was financed by private donations and a special grant for COVID Relief awarded by 4Culture. We are grateful for their support! \n \n \n \n \n \n Past events\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Morning Coffee and Films- Special Focus: Coping with Film Festivals Cancellations\n \n \n \n When\n \n \n May 23\, 2020\n at 10:30 AM\n - 23 May. 2020\n at 11:30 AM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n \n Online\n \n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Join us for an informal conversation on "Parking" and "Of Snails and Men"\, with a special focus: Coping with Film Festivals Cancellations\, featuring Tudor Giurgiu\, filmmaker and president of Transilvania Film Festival.  \n Founded in 2002\, in the town of Cluj-Napoca\, Transilvania IFF has grown rapidly to become the most important film-related event in Romania and one of the most spectacular annual events in the region. It is a member of the Alliance of Central and Eastern European Film Festivals (CENTEAST) and it is supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme. In 2011\, Transilvania IFF was accredited by the FIAPF\, which places it among the 40 most important festivals in the world. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Morning Coffee and Films- Special Focus:Romanian Cinema and Roma Rights Activism\n \n \n \n When\n \n \n May 30\, 2020\n at 10:30 AM\n - 30 May. 2020\n at 11:30 AM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n \n ONLINE\n \n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Join us for a morning discussion on Radu Jude's Golden Bear winner "Aferim!". Our special focus will be Romanian Cinema and Roma Rights Activism\, with our former guest speakers at the Romanian Film Festival: Robert Horton (film critic)\, Magda Matache (Roma rights activist and scholar\, director of the Roma Program at Harvard FXB) and Cristiana Grigore (research scholar and founder of the Roma Peoples Project at Columbia University).  \n Explore these resources to find out more about the topic:   \n • Read an article co-authored by Magda Matache about the wave of racism affecting the Roma population in Europe during the pandemic: The Shameful Resurgence of Violent Scapegoating in a Time of Crisis in Open Democracy. \n • Read  We Don't Speak to Them to learn more about the mission of the Roma Peoples Project and their vital role in bringing awareness of the underlying racism affecting the Roma worldwide.  \n • Read Robert Horton's article on Aferim! in The Film Comment.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Morning Coffee and Films - Special Focus: Collective Memory in the Works of Eastern European Female Directors\n \n \n \n When\n \n \n June 6\, 2020\n at 10:30 AM\n - 06 Jun. 2020\n at 11:30 AM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n \n ONLINE\n \n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Drink your morning coffee in the company of our guests from Romania and Bulgaria\, filmmakers and producers Oana Giurgiu and Maya Vitkova.  Our conversation will have a special focus: Collective Memory in the Works of Eastern European Female Directors\, taking as a departure point Giurgiu's documentary "Aliyah DaDa" (presented at the Romanian Film Festival in 2016) and  Vitkova's "Viktoria" (presented at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2014).  \n Read “Viktoria”: A Great Film About Women\, by a Woman\, by Richard Brody to find out more about the topic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Morning Coffee and Films with Bogdan Darev\n \n \n \n When\n \n \n June 20\, 2020\n at 10:30 AM\n - 20 Jun. 2020\n at 11:30 AM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n ONLINE\n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Drink your morning coffee in the company of our guest\, local producer and director Bogdan Darev. We will discuss his on camera meeting with his father 23 years after seeing each other for the last time in Bulgaria. The moment is beautifully captured in his documentary THERE available to watch on FILMABEE.  \n You can join the discussion on our integrated video conference page. \n \n Thank you for supporting a local initiative that creates meaningful dialogue between various East European communities through film and art! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Morning Coffee and Films: Georgian Cinema with Maryna Ajaja\n \n \n \n When\n \n \n July 18\, 2020\n at 10:30 AM\n - 18 Jul. 2020\n at 11:30 AM\n \n \n \n \n Where\n \n \n Online\n \n \n \n \n What\n \n \n \n Join us for another discussion on Eastern European with special guest\, Maryna Ajaja\, Seattle-based poet and SIFF programmer.\n \n We will discuss the Georgian film "In Bloom"\, as well as common themes and aesthetics in Eastern European cinema. Critics have praised this film for the "languid camera work of veteran Romanian New Wave cinematographer Oleg Mutu"\, bringing forth similarities between the two cinematographies.\n \n You can watch "In Bloom" on our carefully curated platform Filmabee and support our cross-cultural mission:\n https://www.filmabee.com/inbloom\n   URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/virtual-cinema-of-eastern-europe/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/267-Virtual_cinema_2.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191207T171500 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191207T184500 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T215450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T081349Z UID:10000040-1575738900-1575744300@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Videograms of a Revolution DESCRIPTION: \n* 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! ** \nVideograms of a Revolution is a compilation and distillation of footage shot throughout the latter days of 1989 in Bucharest\, Romania\, as demonstrators in opposition to the regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu began to document a revolution in real time using the period’s most immediate means of communication: Television. As a vocal resistance began forming during Ceaușescu’s final speech on December 21st\, it became clear that a tide was shifting and this moment must be seized to spread the word. So demonstrators forcibly occupied the television station and began broadcasting uninterrupted for the next 120 hours with the explicit intent on overthrowing Ceaușescu and holding him accountable for his crimes. What played out was a revolution with such immediacy\, Ceaușescu was sentenced to death by execution on Christmas Day\, broadcasts still running live for this moment. \nHarun Farocki and Andrei Ujică’s remarkable film recreates this stream of broadcasts\, but more pointedly shows the power of technology when its handed over to the people\, and that news could in fact be delivered with an immediacy we almost take for granted these days. The impact of this revolution not only had a lasting impact for demonstrators all around the world\, but arguably changed how people all around the world engage with technology as a means of immediate communication and organization. \n“We get all of the broadcast glitches\, unedited feeds\, powergrabbing chaos\, and epochal please-stand-by ellipses; as civilians literally defend the TV station with combat rifles\, unidentified counter-revolutionary snipers hole up in massive and empty high-rise buildings the dictator had built and then abandoned. The sense of exhilarating liberation and history made as we watch is consistently leavened by the weird distance\, between citizens and their own revolt\, occupied by TV cameras and monitors. By the end of the week\, and the Ceausescus’ executions\, nothing is real – or historical – until it is seen on television.” – Michael Atkinson\, The Village Voice URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/videograms-of-a-revolution/ LOCATION:Northwest Film Forum\, 1515 12th Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122 CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/250-Videograms_of_a_Revolution1_nDa1Sjd1.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191207T051500 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200502T180000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T215133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230906T215216Z UID:10000039-1575695700-1588442400@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:The Romanians: 30 Years of Cinema Revolution DESCRIPTION:We are proud to partner with Making Waves in NY\, Northwest Film Forum and SIFF to bring you a retrospective of Romanian cinema that will be touring the US between November 2019-May 2020\, starting with Film Forum New York and BAMPFA Berkeley CA. \nSpanning the 30 years since the 1989 Romanian Revolution\, this comprehensive showcase is curated by Making Waves and presents 30 representative titles from the recent history of Romanian cinema\, among which we picked a selection of films that have never been screened in Seattle. \nHistory is the running theme in most films. In the 1990s\, directors who found themselves freed from the tyranny of censorship rushed out in the open to tell stories from the recent past. In the following two decades\, younger directors went back in time on their own terms and came up with a fresh perspective on the communist era. Even when they chronicled the present in sharp slices of life\, the dark shadows of the past still permeated their contemporary stories\, like familiar ghosts. In 2005\, a three hour-long black comedy about a dying man\, The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu (dir. Cristi Puiu)  was part of the birth of an artistic revolution that ignited an ever-growing international interest in an outstanding generation of filmmakers. It also triggered the rediscovery of past highlights which offered a genealogy for what critics came to call the Romanian New Wave. \nNewer films dig into the more distant though equally relevant past\, and there is also escapism\, mostly in genre formats. But despite its apparent diversity\, this vast retrospective works best as a history lesson served in the most entertaining form: movies. \nVisit The Romanians: 30 Years Of Cinema Revolution for more details about the entire program of the retrospective. \nThe Romanians: 30 Years of Cinema Revolution is organized by the Making Waves Film Festival and Cinema Projects. Produced by Corina Șuteu and Oana Radu\, and curated by Mihai Chirilov\, David Schwartz (Cinema Projects) and Corina Șuteu.  \nThe U.S. Tour is made possible by the support of Adrian Ghenie\, Șerban Savu and Galeria Plan B\, Moebius Gallery\, Alexandre Almajeanu and Gentica Foundation\, Dacin Sara\, and numerous individual donors. \nCORONA VIRUS ALERT!!!! \nThis event was cancelled. We are now exploring the possibility of online screening. Thank you for your patience! \nWe hope our community will overcome these difficult times as soon as possible. STAY HEALTHY and protect the most vulnerable of us by keeping your social distance. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/the-romanians-30-years-of-cinema-revolution/ LOCATION:Northwest Film Forum\, 1515 12th Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122 CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/254-TheRomanians_31920x1080.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191115T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191118T220000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T215953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240206T224158Z UID:10000041-1573844400-1574114400@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival Seattle- 6th Edition DESCRIPTION:STORIES OFF THE WALLJoin us in celebrating 30 years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall! The 6th edition of the Romanian Film Festival\, entitled "One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying: Stories OFF the Wall"\, brings you Romanian and Eastern European cinema echoing the political\, economic and existential dilemmas that have reshaped Europe in the aftermath of the Cold War. Bounced OFF a wall that divided families\, generations and nations\, these stories harness the unifying power of film to create new bridges\, in a universal quest for shared meaning. We have made history together: from one of the smallest venues in town with 93 seats (in 2014)\, we have upgraded the festival to the largest auditoriums @ SIFF CINEMA Uptown with 275 seats (between 2015-2018). From about 750 viewers attending the first edition\, we have been reaching approximately 2\,300 people every year. From an ethnic film festival\, we have succeeded in creating an authentic Seattle experience where people of all backgrounds watch internationally acclaimed films\, learn something about Romanian heritage\, laugh and cry together\, proving that the festival has earned its title "One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying" Let us know if you would like to become our ARCS Official Festival Partner ($5\,000 & $ 10\,000)\, a Festival Sponsor or Ambassador ($500 & $1000 +). In case you decide to support our project and fundraising endeavors\, ARCS will acknowledge your contribution on all promotional materials – website\, Social Media\, festival booklet\, poster\, flyers\, and before each screening. etc. We are flexible and willing to create the sponsorship package that fits best your needs and budget. DO NOT MISS this one of a kind opportunity to gain more visibility\, grow\, have an impact\, and let your community know that you care and belong! \n \n Observing the Romanian Revolution: Some Personal Reflections\n \n\n\n \n WhenOct. 29\, 2019 at 01:30 PM - 29 Oct. 2019 at 03:00 PM \n \n \n WhereUniversity of Washington\, Room Th 317 \n \n\nThe Romanian revolution was for me\, my own personal revolution. It brought me – to use Andy Warhol’s expression - my ‘fifteen minutes of fame’ for it catapulted me and Romanian studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies of the University of London\, into the British public eye. This lecture is based on my experience of the 1989 revolution as a consultant to the BBC at the time\, an experience that included visual and audio monitoring of events in Romania in London between 14 December 1989 and 10 January 1990. \nAs 'anchor' in London I had access to the reports from the major international news agencies as they came through to the BBC on a teleprinter\, as well as to television 'feeds' from camera crews from thirty-six international TV companies dispersed around Romania. Among them were stations from the USSR\, Libya\, France\, West Germany\, Hungary\, and Britain. I was thus indirect witness to the meetings convoked on 22 December in the central squares of the cities and major towns of Romania – Bucharest\, Timișoara\, Pitești\, Cluj-Napoca\, Oradea\, Arad\, Bacău\, Constanța\, Suceava - ostensibly to show support for Ceaușescu\, and to filmed events that followed. \nAfter arriving in Bucharest on 31 December\, I accompanied three teams of BBC reporters and cameramen throughout the city\, translating interviews carried out by the team with Ion Iliescu\, Silviu Brucan\, Ion Caramitru\, Mircea Dinescu\, and many other significant actors in the aftermath of Ceaușescu’s overthrow. The latter included a one-to-one meeting with General Victor Stanculescu. My reflections are based in part on this direct contact." Moon Hotel Kabul by Anca Damian2018\, Drama\, 100 minutesWhenNov. 15\, 2019 at 07:00 PM - 15 Nov. 2019 at 08:55 PM Synopsis Ivan Semciuc (played by Florin Piersic Jr.) is a cynical investigative journalist. He is skillfully combining truth and fiction in his reports. Then comes a day when something similar occurs in his own life: at the end of a mission in Kabul\, he has a one night stand with Ioana\, the translator. The event is seemingly meaningless\, but the next day\, back to Bucharest\, Ivan finds out that Ioana died with her wrists cut. The unshakable routine of his personal life enters a profound revolution\, as Ioana is haunting him\, more present in her death then she was during life. The film is raising questions about truth\, love and the price we decide to pay for them. Winner of The Best Director Warsaw International Film Festival 2018. Romanian Role Models: ARCS Summer Camp Shorts by Iulia Rugină2019\, Shorts\, 45 minutes WhenNov. 16\, 2019 at 09:30 AM - 16 Nov. 2019 at 11:30 AM Synopsis These shorts were made by Romanian American students during ARCS Summer Camp (2nd edition) hosted by Ellison Center at University of Washington\, under the instruction of director Iulia Rugină and actress Ioana Flora. Every group received a prompt for their short\, related to four Romanian role models: Nadia Comăneci\, Queen Marie\, George Enescu and Constantin Brâncusi. Making of by Adriana Guiman. A Distance by Teodora Totoiu2018\, Drama\, 26 minutesWhenNov. 16\, 2019 at 09:30 AM - 16 Nov. 2019 at 11:30 AMSynopsisThree Romanian women reunite on a farm in Transylvania and struggle to reconnect while mourning the death of a loved one. This is a tale about identity\, roots\, and transgenerational dialogue. The Call by Anca Damian2018\, Animation\, 10 minutesWhenNov. 16\, 2019 at 09:30 AM - 16 Nov. 2019 at 11:30 AM SynopsisAn aged woman is taking a bath. While entering the water\, a new world reveals. The phone\, on a chair\, connects her with her son and is the only link to the real world. Winner of Best Short Film\, Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019\, and the Jury Prize\, Hong Kong International Film Festival\, 2019. My Father's Shoes / Opinci by Anton and Damian Groves2019\, Animation\, 18 minutesWhenNov. 16\, 2019 at 09:30 AM - 16 Nov. 2019 at 11:30 AM SynopsisA film based on a true story about a record breaking globetrotter and single father\, Dan Dumitru\, who attempts to explain death\, courage and the absence of her mother to his young daughter\, Steliana. Winner of Best Short Film\, Transilvania International Film Festival\, 2019. Toto and His Sisters by Alexandru Nanau2014\, documentary\, 94 minutesWhenNov. 16\, 2019 at 11:50 AM - 16 Nov. 2019 at 01:35 PM SynopsisThis multi award-winning documentary tells us the story of Toto (10) and his sisters Ana (17) and Andreea (15) who conquer life on their own during their mother's imprisonment. Toto passionately learns dancing\, reading and writing\, while his sisters try to keep the family together in a world that has long forgotten what the innocence of childhood should be. What happens when we discover that we can get more from life than our parents have to offer? Toto Horvat’s story tells us about the importance of art and education in shaping the future generations and empowering our youth to be change makers\, against all odds. Toto came to Seattle for the 2ndedition of ARCS Summer Camp for Romanian heritage students\, hosted on UW Campus. His internship was sponsored by the UiPath Foundation\, whose executive director Raluca Negulescu-Balaci will attend the screening and Q& A session to lead a debate about inspiring models of social change.  Q&A and Debate: Dismantling Walls in Our SocietiesWhenNov. 16\, 2019 at 01:30 PM - 16 Nov. 2019 at 02:30 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown   WhatPanelists: Akila Somasegar (Philantropist\, GirlUp\, Seattle); Magda Matache (Instructor and Director of the Roma Program\, Harvard University)\, Cristiana Grigore (Founder Roma Peoples Project\, Columbia University)\, Raluca Negulescu-Balaci (Executive Director\, UiPath Foundation); and Pulitzer Prize winner for journalism Jacqui Banaszynsk. The debate will follow the screening of the social documentary Toto and his sisters (dir Alexandru Nanau) and aims to shed light on the unseen potential of children struggling with inequality\, as well as the challenges they encounter navigating social stigma and economic marginalization. We will explore and share a significant number of perspectives and impactful ways that can tackle poverty for children around the world\, with a focus on Romania\, India and the US. Looking at the accelerated pace of change of the Fourth Industrial Revolution\, we will discuss the role of technology in empowering underprivileged children to become agents of social progress and advancement. About UiPath Foundation  Founded by UiPath in January 2019\, UiPath Foundation is an independent non-governmental\, non-profit\, non-political and non-religious organization\, that aims to empower underprivileged children to reach their potential and thrive together with their communities through equal access to education.  More details: https://www.uipath.com/company/foundation The Father by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov2019\, Comedy/Drama\, 87 minutesWhenNov. 16\, 2019 at 02:55 PM - 16 Nov. 2019 at 04:15 PM SynopsisA day after Valentina’s passing\, her bereaved husband Vassil and son Pavel discover that she persistently keeps trying to call the neighbor on the phone. A sucker for the supernatural\, Vassil sets out on a trip to meet a famous medium\, forcing his estranged son Pavel to tag along and make sure his nutty old dad stays out of harm’s way. The unhinged journey that follows helps them face the guilt they feel towards the one they have lost\, and rediscover their relationship to each other. Winner of the Crystal Globe\, Karlovy Vary Czech Film Festival\, 2019.   The Distance Between Me and Me by Mona Nicoară2018\, documentary\, 89 minutesWhenNov. 16\, 2019 at 04:45 PM - 16 Nov. 2019 at 06:10 PM SynopsisWe all wrestle with our past. Some more than others. Romanian Jewish avant-garde poet\, musician\, visual artist\, femme fatale\, prodigious drinker and terminal smoker Nina Cassian had more than most to wrestle with: her refuge in the Communist underground during the Fascist 1940s put her first in complicit proximity to the Stalinist regime of the 1950s\, then propelled her on a collision course with the Ceaușescu regime in the 1970s\, and eventually sent her into an unwanted New York exile in 1985\, when her samizdat poems led to a secret police murder. An intensely personal film about art\, belief\, and politics\, The Distance Between Me and Me looks at the friction between individual memory and official archives\, between our present reality and the narratives we construct about our former selves by setting Nina’s words during her last year of life against a rich archive of films\, music\, poems\, official television appearances\, never-before-seen private recordings\, and secret police surveillance materials. The Whistlers/La Gomera by Corneliu Porumboiu2019\, drama\, 97 minutesWhenNov. 16\, 2019 at 07:00 PM - 16 Nov. 2019 at 08:32 PM SynopsisIn The Whistlers\, not everything is as it seems for Cristi\, a police inspector in Bucharest who plays both sides of the law. Embarking with the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist\, both will have to navigate the twists and turns of corruption\, treachery and deception. A trip to the Canary Islands to learn a secret whistling language might just be what they need to pull it off. The film was nominated for Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2019\, and is Romania’s proposal for the 2020 Oscars.  That Trip We Took with Dad by Anca Miruna Lăzărescu2016\, comedy drama\, 111 minutesWhenNov. 17\, 2019 at 12:10 PM - 17 Nov. 2019 at 02:05 PM SynopsisThe turbulent year of 1968 and the “Prague Spring” set the scene for the moving story of this film. A Romanian German family living in the heart of Transylvania starts a journey to the German Democratic Republic. Two brothers with very different personalities take their weary father to have surgery abroad\, which they hope would help restore the family’s lost harmony. Caught in the middle of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and closed in by the Soviet tanks\, the men suddenly find themselves in West-Germany. How much sacrifice can they take until they can return back home to the rest of their family? Winner of 8 international prizes\, including Federico Fellini Award\, Tiburon International Film Festival\, 2017.  Donbass by Sergey Loznitsa2018\, Drama\, 122 minutesWhenNov. 17\, 2019 at 02:25 PM - 17 Nov. 2019 at 04:50 PM SynopsisIn the Donbass\, a region of Eastern Ukraine\, a hybrid war takes place\, involving an open armed conflict alongside killings and robberies on a mass scale perpetrated by separatist gangs. War is called peace\, propaganda is uttered as truth\, and hatred is declared to be love. A journey through the region unfolds as a chain of curious adventures\, where the grotesque and dramatic are as intertwined as life and death. This is not a tale of one region\, one country\, or one political system. It is about a world lost in post-truth and fake identities. It is about each and every one of us. Winner of 9 international prizes\, including Un Certain Regard\, Cannes\, 2018. One More One Less/Plus Minus Unu by Ion Borsh2018\, Drama\, 28 minutesWhenNov. 17\, 2019 at 05:10 PM - 17 Nov. 2019 at 06:50 PM SynopsisThis film tells the story of a resident doctor who discovers a case of malpractice committed by a more experienced colleague. He decides to fight against a lawless system and take a risk that may mean losing his job. Paparuda by Lucia Lupu2015\, Drama\, 15 minutes WhenNov. 17\, 2019 at 05:10 PM - 17 Nov. 2019 at 06:50 PM SynopsisIn a village hit by drought\, Dumitru starts a quest for water. Ioana\, the girl who accompanies him in this pursuit\, is a silent witness of baseness of people that appear on their road. Instead of this human aridness\, Dumitru finds water in the place he least expected. When Saturn Returns by Mihai Bruma2018\, Drama\, 17 minutesWhenNov. 17\, 2019 at 05:10 PM - 17 Nov. 2019 at 06:50 PM SynopsisWhile working in a store Radu raps to himself\, preparing for that night's concert. Everything would have gone smoothly if it were not for the girl he saw; recognizing her after 16 years -- his first love. Billion/Miliard by Evgheni Dudceac2017\, Adventure/Comedy\, 21 minutesWhenNov. 17\, 2019 at 05:10 PM - 17 Nov. 2019 at 06:50 PM SynopsisAn allegory of the great Moldovan bank robbery -- in 2015\, $1 billion has vanished from three of Moldova’s national banks\, a mystery that has thrown the already struggling country into an even deeper crisis. The Escape by Andrei Gruzsnickzki2013\, Drama\, 107 minutesWhenNov. 17\, 2019 at 07:10 PM - 17 Nov. 2019 at 09:15 PM SynopsisRomania\, 1984. The decision of a mathematician to publish a paper in a journal of an American university\, without asking the permission of the communist authorities\, will trigger a chain of events that will change the lives of those around him. After all\, there are no decisions without consequences. Florin Piersic Jr. plays the Securitate detective who investigates the case. He received the Best Actor of the Year (Gopo Awards) for his brilliant interpretation. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Rome Film Fest in 2013. The Christmas Gift by Bogdan Mureșan2018\, Drama/History\, 23 minutesWhenNov. 17\, 2019 at 07:10 PM - 17 Nov. 2019 at 09:15 PM SynopsisOn the 20th of December\, 1989\, a few days after Ceausescu's bloody repression in Timisoara\, a father’s quiet evening turns to sheer ordeal as he finds out that his young son has mailed a wish list to Santa requesting a present for his father -- his desire to see Ceausescu dead. Winner of numerous prizes\, including Best of Fest & Jury Award\, Palm Springs International ShortFest\, 2019\, and Grand Prix\, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival\, 2019. Freak Show by Florin Piersic Jr2019\, one-man show\, 120 minutesWhenNov. 18\, 2019 at 07:30 PM - 18 Nov. 2019 at 09:30 PM WhereKirkland Performance Center SynopsisPerformed by one of Romania’s most prominent and prolific young actors\, Freak Show brings to life characters depicting the tragi-comic transition from communism to democracy. EVENT IN ROMANIAN. Freak Show\, written\, directed and performed by Florin Piersic Jr\, is a dynamic tour de force that keeps the audience with bated breath for almost two hours. Florin Piersic Jr plays 13 characters (a fake billionaire\, worker\, banker\, retiree\, TV producer\, professor\, beggar\, among others). You will watch a versatile actor who continuously changes parts in a hallucinatory chain of transformations. GuestsFlorin Piersic Jr.Born in 1968\, Florin Piersic Jr. is a Romanian actor\, director and writer. He translated\, directed and performed in "Dice and Cards" by Sam Henry Kass\, "Opposites Attract" by Bruce Kane\, "Tom and Jerry" by Rick Cleveland\, "Sex Drugs Rock and Roll"\, by Eric Bogosian\, "Brothers!" by Dave Williams. In 2013\, he wrote and produced the one-man-show entitled "Freak Show".\n\nHis performance (13 characters) has been acclaimed both by the public and the critics. Florin Piersic Jr. is the author of the novel "Romantic Porno" (2011)\, as well as of the collection of short stories entitled "Complete Works - Volume One" (2009) and "Complete Works - Volume Two" (2015).\n\nCurrently\, Florin Piersic Jr. is working on the feature film called "Nothing About Love"\, written and directed by himself. Florin Piersic Jr. has received numerous prestigious awards\, the most recent including the Best Actor of the Year for "The Escape" in 2015 at Gopo Awards; the Jury's Prize (for "Freak Show") at Festco Comedy Festival\, Bucharest in 2014\, the Best Experimental Movie ( for "Killing Time") at UCIN (Romanian Cinematographers' Union) in 2013.\n\nFlorin Piersic Jr. plays the lead part in Comrade Detective\, an American buddy cop series created by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka released on Amazon Video in 2017.\n\nhttp://www.piersicjr.com\n\nFor the Romanian-speaking audience\, Florin will perform a one-man show Freak Show on November 18\, at Kirkland Performance Center at 7:30pm. For tickets and information: http://www.kpcenter.org/event/freak-show/ Mona NicoarăMona Nicoară is a filmmaker\, curator\, writer\, and educator. She started working in film in 1997 as an Associate Producer for Children Underground\, which received the Special Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary. Her directorial debut\, Our School\, premiered in the US at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival\, went on to over 70 festivals worldwide\, was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Best US Feature at AFI SilverDocs. Her latest film\, The Distance between Me and Me\, received the audience award at Films de Cannes à Bucarest\, screened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Trieste\, and is currently distributed in cinemas in Romania. Nicoară also works as a festival programmer\, and has been teaching film\, writing\, and literature at Columbia University\, the Cooper Union\, New York University\, and Rutgers. Her writings have been published in The Guardian\, Decât o revistă\, Dilema\, and Scena 9\, among others.\n\nwww.monanicoara.com\n\n  Teodora TotoiuTeodora Totoiu is a Romanian-American cinematographer based in Seattle. Her background in anthropology and photography inspires her creative approach when shooting scripted narrative and documentary film. With a passion for visual storytelling\, she enjoys collaborating and working creatively to echo each director's vision through texture and movement that best supports story. Her recent work includes "Waterschool" (2017)\, which is currently streaming on Netflix\, "Francesco" (2020) directed by Academy Award-nominated Evgeny Afineevsky and most recently\, "Lady Cameraman" (2020) which premiered at EnergaCAMERIMAGE in November 2020. Her work spans internationally with projects in Brazil\, Italy\, Greece\, Czech Republic\, Austria\, Romania\, Uganda\, India\, China and across the U.S.\n\n  Ion BorshIon Borsh was born in 1990 in Chisinau\, Moldova. He graduated Acting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Chisinau\, in 2013. ”Plus Minus One” is his debut short film as a director. He starred in ”What a Wonderful World”\, ”Beautiful Corruption”\, ”Salix Caprea” and ”Opus Nocturn 2”\, also he was 1stAD in the short movie ”Now”.\n\nDirector Statement\n\n"Through the movie Plus Minus One I want to show the situation of the medical system in my country\, the attitude of the medical staff towards their patients\, and the conditions imposed on the young resident doctors who try to fight against a corrupted system. The storyline is based on real facts\, situations that most of us have had to deal with. The characters resemble us\, our confrontation\, on a daily basis\, with the acute problems of our society. Our national cinematography should reflect more on these matters in order to create social change and put an end to corruption". Monica FilimonMonica Filimon was awarded a PhD in Comparative Literature by Rutgers University. She is Associate Professor of English at Kingsborough Community College\, CUNY. She has published articles on French\, German\, and Romanian films. Her research focuses on the New Romanian Cinema\, its sources\, evolution\, and major representatives. Her first book Cristi Puiu: Ineffable Experiences of the Profane World was published by the University of Illinois Press in February 2017. She is currently working on a second book tentatively titled Corneliu Porumboiu: Notes on the Absurd. Raluca Negulescu-Balaci Raluca Negulescu-Balaci is the Executive Director of UiPath Foundation\, a global non-profit organization\, founded by UiPath in January 2019\, to empower underprivileged children from Romania and India to reach their potential through equal access to quality education. Previously\, Raluca coordinated comprehensive educational programs under the umbrella of the Policy Center for Roma and Minorities for 9 years. In 2007\, she worked as a Junior Consultant in a World Bank-supported national program\, focused on enabling 250 disadvantaged communities in Romania to keep up with fast-technological challenges.  In 2013\, Raluca was a Legislative Fellow in the US Department of State professional program “Building grassroots democracy in minority communities” and she received the Annual Human Rights Award of the Embassy of France in Romania\, for her local women empowerment initiative – Mothers' Club. Raluca is a fellow of Aspen Institute Romania’s Young Leaders Program and a member of the Global Shapers Community\, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. Akila SomasegarAkila Somasegar is a finance professional and a philanthropist\, with a specific interest in empowering women and children. She manages her family foundation through which she drives her philanthropic activities\, both in the US and in several developing countries. In 2014\, she was chosen to be an advisory board member for the United Nations Foundation’s Girl Up initiative for educating and empowering the girls around the world. The “Girl Up” initiative currently has investment projects in Ethiopia\, Guatemala\, Malawi\, Liberia\, India and Uganda. Akila launched Girl Up in Sri Lanka with the help of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Children’s welfare and Sri Lankan ministry of Education. A nationwide launch was held in Colombo in October of 2015. Akila Somasegar is also a Board Director for YWCA Seattle|King|Snohomish and Bellevue Life Spring.  Margareta (Magda) MatacheMargareta (Magda) Matache is a Roma rights activist and scholar from Romania\, director of the Roma Program at Harvard FXB\,  and also a Harvard instructor. From 2005 to 2012\, Margareta Matache was the Executive Director of Romani CRISS\, a leading Roma rights organization that defends the rights of Roma. In 2012 she was awarded a Hauser postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard FXB where she founded the Roma Program. In Spring 2017 she co-edited Realizing Roma Rights\, an investigation of anti-Roma racism\, with the goal to set the foundations for a more inclusive Europe. Her other publications and research have ranged from the rights and agency of Romani children and adolescents to early childhood development\, anti-Roma racism\, reparations\, segregation in education\, and participatory action research. Cristiana GrigoreCristiana Grigore is a writer\, research scholar and the founder of the Roma Peoples Project at Columbia University\, an initiative that spotlights Roma peoples and expands Roma studies by examining topics such as identity and stigma\, mobility and displacement. Herself a Roma—a member of Europe's largest minority with approximately one million Roma living in the US— she has firsthand experience with internalized stigma and concealing one's ethnicity.\n\nUpon arriving in the United States in 2006\, Cristiana found a more conducive environment in which to express her Roma identity. She is writing a book that explores how her immersion in American culture enabled her to grapple more fully with her Roma/Gypsy ethnicity. Her writing was published by the New York Times and she writes periodic op-eds for Newsweek and other media channels. Her work has been featured by Vogue\, CNN\, Al Jazeera America\, PRI\, and Voice of America\, among other outlets.\n\nA Fulbright Scholar from Romania\, Cristiana graduated from Vanderbilt University with an MA in International Education Policy and Management in December 2012. She earned her BA in Psychology from the University of Bucharest in 2007. Most recently she is part of an advisory group for the National Gallery of Art on a topic related to Roma in the Arts.\n\n   Jacqui BanaszynskiAward-winning journalist Jacqui Banaszynski is an emerita professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and faculty fellow at the world-renowned Poynter Institute. She serves as editor of Nieman Storyboard\, a global website which celebrates and examines the art and craft of narrative journalism.\n\nBanaszynski’s newspaper career took her to all seven continents\, including three trips to Antarctica. She has written about corruption and crime\, beauty pageants and popes\, AIDS and the Olympics\, dogsled expeditions and refugee camps\, labor strikes and political strife\, traffic fatalities and family tragedies. While at the St. Paul Pioneer Press\, her series “AIDS in the Heartland” won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing.  She was a finalist for the 1986 Pulitzer in international reporting for coverage of the Ethiopian famine and won the nation’s top deadline sports reporting award for coverage of the 1988 Olympics.\n\nBanaszynski has edited numerous award-winning projects\, including projects that won ASNE Best Writing\, Ernie Pyle Human Interest Writing and national business and investigative prizes.  In 2008\, she was named to the Association of Sunday and Features Editors Features Hall of Fame.  She now coaches reporters\, writers and storytellers in newsrooms and at workshops around the world. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-film-festival-6th-edition/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109 CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/69881402_10157768708319282_9055499323080441856_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181102T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181104T180000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T220139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240206T222218Z UID:10000042-1541181600-1541354400@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival - 5th Edition DESCRIPTION:The Romanian Film Festival (5th Edition): "One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying: Uncanny Worlds"November 2-4\, 2018\, SIFF Cinema UptownJoin us on an exploration of the blurred frontiers of reality through Romanian films\, celebrating the 5th Edition of the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle. In tune with the Halloween spirit of the first week in November\, take an imaginary journey to Romania\, and its "Uncanny Worlds". We plan to challenge values and beliefs in relation to the unusual\, unfamiliar\, ineffable\, incomprehensible\, unfathomable\, inscrutable\, or the unclear\, inviting you to a visual feast of mesmerizing film features and documentaries. You will find out that Romanian films\, more than ever\, reflect the uncanny aspects of reality\, history\, politics\, everyday life\, as well as spirituality\, folklore\, and traditions; in a word\, the uncanny essence of human nature. We have made history together: from one of the smallest venues in town with 93 seats (in 2014)\, we have upgraded the festival to the largest auditoriums @ SIFF CINEMA Uptown with 275 seats (between 2015-2017). From about 750 people attending the first edition\, last year we reached a record of approximately 2\,300 people\, including those who attended the pre and post events. From an ethnic film festival\, we have succeeded in making it a Seattle festival where people of all backgrounds watch internationally acclaimed films\, learn something about Romanian heritage\, and laugh and cry together proving that the festival has earned its title "One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying". Let us know if you would like to become our business partner ($1\,000 +) or sponsor ($500+). In case you decide to support our beautiful project and fundraising endeavors\, ARCS will acknowledge your contribution on all promotional materials – website\, Facebook\, poster\, flyers\, and before each screening. DO NOT MISS this one of a kind opportunity to gain more visibility\, grow\, have an impact\, and let your community know that you care and belong! All screenings will take place @ SIFF Cinema Uptown. The Opening Gala will take place at SIFF Film Center. Daniel Ursache's Exhibit will be @ A/NT Gallery. Please consult the map for more details. FilmsThe Wanderers\, The Quest of the Demon Hunter by Dragoș Buliga2017\, Drama/Horror/Thriller\, 106 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown SynopsisThe film follows famed ghost and demon hunter Louis (Armand Assante) as he takes on a new case in modern day Romania. Hired by the mysterious heiress of the Zalesky Castle\, the hardened American embarks on this adventure with an Israeli journalist (Lior Ashkenazi)\, two Korean reality television stars in search of sensational ghost stories\, and a young\, skeptical guide Sorana (Raluca Aprodu). As he starts hunting the evil lurking in plain daylight in the frightened community around the Transylvanian castle\, Louis faces one of the biggest challenges of his career and life. Untamed Romania by Tom Barton-Humphreys2018\, documentary\, 90 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown Synopsis"Untamed Romania" explores "one of the wildest and most beautiful parts of Europe"\, from the mysterious Danube Delta to the unknown Carpathian forests. Wolves\, bears\, and lynx roam the vast forests where almost all the original flora and fauna still exist left untouched since time immemorial. There is no other location of comparable size with such pristine nature in Europe. This unique documentary is narrated by award-winning Romanian film and stage actor Victor Rebengiuc. The Miracle of Tekir by Ruxandra Zenide2015\, Mystery/Drama\, 90 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown SynopsisUnmarried Mara has mysteriously fallen pregnant. This poses a problem for her fellow residents of the small fishing village on the Danube delta\, where Europe's second longest river enters the Black Sea\, and religion mixes with superstition like earth with water. Expelled from her village\, Mara finds employment at the nearby spa hotel Tekir where infertile women are treated with the sacred Danube mud. When her world collides with that of the well-to-do\, eccentric cosmopolitan Lili\, magic combines with power and tradition with modernity to become the answer to Lili's desire to have children – and Mara's "immaculate" conception. The Treasure by Corneliu Porumboiu2015\, comedy\, 89 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown SynopsisCosti leads a peaceful life. At night he likes to read stories to his 6-year-old son to help him sleep. Their favorite is Robin Hood\, and Costi sees himself as a similar hero - righter of wrongs and defender of the oppressed. One evening\, his neighbor Negoescu pays him an unexpected visit and shares a secret. He suspects that his great-grandfather buried a treasure in his garden at the time of the Communist takeover in the 1940s. If Costi hires a metal detector to help locate the treasure\, he will give him half of whatever they get. The two accomplices have one weekend to locate the loot and many obstacles in their path. With each layer of soil they unearth\, memories of the past and entire chapters of Romanian history come to light. Porumboiu’s film adds intricate touches of the uncanny to everyday life\, prompting us to question what unfathomable treasure we are hunting ourselves. Winner of A Certain Regard the 2015 International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Prize at Cannes. One Step behind the Seraphim by Daniel Sandu2017\, drama\, 150 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown   SynopsisThe feature tells the story of Gabriel (Stefan Iancu)\, a teenager who wants to be a priest and has been recently admitted to a theological seminary. Trying to fit in first\, he is fast to discover a world of fear and abuse. Lying\, cheating and betraying are things the freshmen have to master in order to survive their seniors’ constant bullying and the game of power and manipulation fed by a tough teacher (remarkably played by Vlad Ivanov). This caustic coming of age movie calls to mind boarding-school-set movies where oppression and brutality are widespread. After having taken 10 years to film\, "One Step behind the Seraphim" swept Romania’s Gopo Awards in 2018. It won 8 statuettes\, including the most important trophies: Best Film\, Best Film Director\, Best Script\, Best Debut Feature\, Best Leading Actor\, Best Picture and Young Hope\, together with the Award of the Romanian Society of Cinematographers. It also received the Audience Award at Transylvania Film Festival. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with special guest Daniel Sandu. There by Bogdan Darev2018\, documentary\, 90 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown Synopsis In 1995\, Seattle-based director and storyteller Bogdan was a teenager. He is now forty-one. After 23 years as an immigrant in the US\, Bogdan comes back to Bulgaria for the first time. Who will he meet and where will his memories take him? Is his feeling truth\, or is it just nostalgia? This screening will be followed by a Q&A with special guest Bogdan.   Miss Christina by Alexandru Mafte2013\, Mystery/Gothic Horror\, 101 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown Synopsis"Miss Christina" is the dramatization of a 1936 novella written by the famous Romanian author and historian of religions\, Mircea Eliade. Considered the first Romanian title of the Gothic genre\, the film brings its distinct supernatural touch\, being deeply rooted in East-European folklore and pagan mythology. It tells the love story between a human and the vampire-like character of a gorgeous young woman who died a violent death in the bloody peasant revolts in Romania in 1907. Known in Romanian as a moroior a strigoi\, Miss Christina comes back from the grave to seduce her niece's fiancé\, Egor (played by Tudor Istodor)\, during his first visit to the countryside family mansion. The lady of the house (played by Maia Morgenstern) worships her dead sister’s memory\, even to the detriment of her own daughter's sanity and safety. When Egor realizes that his fiancée's life is endangered by his unexplainable lust for Miss Christina\, he decides to fight the moroi. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with special guest Maia Morgenstern. Planeta Petrila by Andrei Dăscălescu2016\, documentary\, 80 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown SynopsisAs miners in the Romanian town of Petrila go down the mine for the last time\, artist and ex-miner Ion Barbu is working on his mission: preserving Petrila's coal mine as cultural heritage. But in accordance with EU agreements on the closure of the mine\, the authorities are committed to demolishing it completely. This would bring an abrupt end to a history with which the mining community still feels a deep affinity\, but one that doesn't appear to interest the politicians in the slightest. Barbu refuses to back down\, doing all he can to keep the memories of the mine and the identity of his hometown alive. He covers the mine buildings in murals and organizes performances\, street protests\, an underground theatre festival and a clandestine film. His resolve is a match for that of his opponents\, and his art\, which samples freely from art history\, is charged with an absurdism well suited to the situation. Nonetheless\, his actions prove to be more than just a frivolous protest; they become a channel for the collective mourning of a redundant industry. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with special guest Andrei Dăscălescu. D_love by Elena Beuca2018\, comedy/drama\, 96 minutesWhenNov. 2\, 2018 at 06:00 PM - 04 Nov. 2018 at 06:00 PM WhereSIFF Cinema Uptown SynopsisA couple with longstanding marital issues lands at LAX after a getaway in Europe. For a few years now\, Stefania has been working a job she detests and Dan hasn't worked at all. Their palpable strain is only made worse when a Danish vagabond asks for a ride to the busiest freeway in Los Angeles. Stefania doesn’t want to have anything to do with the hippie looking wanderer\, but her husband Dan\, much to his wife's horror\, offers to bring this total stranger to their home. How will their encounter with this uncanny character affect their marriage? The director invites you on a 3 day journey\, seen through Stefania’s eyes\, to view and discover that desired change doesn’t always come in the package that we want or expect. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with special guest Elena Beuca.   Guests\nMaia MorgensternLegendary Maia Morgenstern has often been described as the "symbol of Romanian theater and film" (Florin Mitu\, AMOS News). Born in a Jewish family in Bucharest\, she studied at the Film and Theatre Academy and went on to become a member of the repertory companies of three prominent Romanian theater organizations — the Piatra Neamț National Theatre (1985 – 1988)\, the State Jewish Theatre (1988 – present) and the National Theatre (1990 – present). She made her film debut in 1983 with Too Hot for May/ Prea cald pentru luna mai. Since then she has appeared in dozens of Romanian feature films\, as well as several international productions\, including the English-language Nostradamus (1994)\, starring F. Murray Abraham and Tchéky Karyo; the Hungarian-language Siódmy pokój (1995) \, the English/Greek language Ulysses’ Gaze (1995)\, in which she co-starred with Harvey Keitel\, and the French language feature Marie\, Nonna\, la vierge et moi (2000). Morgenstern also took on a role in the USA Network TV movie Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000). She is probably best known for the role of Mary\, mother of Jesus\, in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ(2004). She performed her role in Aramaic\, but unlike the other actors in the cast of the film\, she simply memorized her lines phonetically. In Romania\, she has been nationally known since her 1992 role as Nela in Lucian Pintilie’s Balanța/ The Oak\, set during the waning days of Communist Romania.\n\nDaniel SanduI was born in Piatra-Neamț\, in 1977. I've always loved watching movies. During communism\, thanks to my parents\, I saw many American movies on videotapes. In high school\, I thought I wanted to become a priest\, so I entered the theological seminary. There I discovered that I actually wanted to work in the world of film. I studied film at Media University. After I got my license\, I worked in television as a screenwriter and director of sitcoms. In 2009\, due to the economic crisis\, the sitcoms abruptly ceased to be produced. In fact\, all TV features stopped. So I started making short films\, with the little money I had.  My friends also helped me out. I started getting a few awards at film festivals which gave me more courage to work on my first feature film - One Step Behind the Seraphim (2017). It took me about 10 years to finish\, from the moment I had a deal with the producer\, until the day the film was released. In the meantime\, among other things\, I had written the script of my new film – The Father Who Moves Mountains - a film that I made in about 6 years\, produced by Cristian Mungiu (Mobra Films). During this time\, I worked on my other future projects.\n\n \n\nAndrei DăscălescuAndrei Dăscălescu is an established Romanian documentary film director\, cinematographer and editor. His first two feature documentaries\, Planet Petrila (2016) and Constantin and Elena (2008) have won prestigious awards (including awards at IDFA and Sarajevo Film Festival)\, have been selected in major international film festivals across the world (IDFA\, San Francisco\, Vancouver\, Krakow\, DocLisboa\, Docaviv\, Sarajevo\, Montpellier etc.). Andrei was nominated 4 times and won "Best Documentary Award" in 2018 at the Gopo Awards (the Romanian equivalent to Academy Awards) with his documentary\, Planet Petrila. His third documentary\, Holy Father (2020) premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival\, where it won the Jury Award. It also won the Audience Award at Astra Film Festival (Sibiu\, Romania)\, the Best Director Award at Qara Film Festival (Almaty\, Kazakhstan) and has been screened at festival such as Black Nights Tallinn\, Magnificent 7 Belgrade\, Go East Wiesbaden\, Trieste Film Festival\, Zagreb Dox and others). He is the founder and owner of FilmLab production company since 2007.\n\nElena BeucaElena Beuca grew up in a small farm town in Transylvania\, Romania. After graduating from Law School in Bucharest and working in real estate for a few years\, she became interested in the entertainment industry and decided to move to Hollywood. Elena studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She studied with Ivanna Chubuck\, the famous acting coach for Charlize Theron\, Halle Berry\, Brad Pitt. She has appeared in the HBO comedy series "Enlightened"\, the Fox Network action drama "Gang Related" and Nickelodeon's "Victorious". Elena has always loved a good challenge\, so when a friend introduced her to the 168-film festival (making a short film in a week ) she decided to jump in and direct her first short film. She loved it so much\, that she decided to do it again and again and again.. D-love is her first feature film. She is currently working on another feature film that will be shot in the fall in South Carolina.\n\nVivian HuaVivian Hua (華婷婷) is a writer\, filmmaker\, and organizer who is fascinated by synthesizing divergent schools of thought. She is the Executive Director at Northwest Film Forum\, a co-founder of the civil rights film series\, The Seventh Art Stand\, and Editor-in-Chief of the socially-conscious long-form arts publication\, REDEFINE. Much of her work unifies her interest in the metaphysical with her belief that art can positively transform the self and society.\n\nMaryna AjajaProgrammer/selector since 1997 for SIFF (Seattle International Film Festival)\, a twenty-five day film festival of over 400 films\, that includes features\, documentaries\, archival films\, animation\, experimental\, short films\, and film forums. Ajaja is a writer and a poet and specializes in films from Eastern/Central European\, Russia\, Baltics\, Central asia\, and Caucuses. Born in Hollywood\, she makes her home in Seattle\, Washington since 1969.\n\nDaniel UrsacheDaniel Ursache is an illustrator\, painter\, print-maker and graphic designer. He was born in Romania\, in Turnu Severin\, a Romanian city on the northern bank of the Danube. He was raised in Constanta\, ancient Greek and then Roman colony on the Black Sea coast\, explored geology in Iasi\, the former capital of the Moldavian kingdom and studied fine arts in Timisoara\, briefly the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 2004 he got stranded on the island of Montreal\, in the middle of St. Lawrence river and did his post-graduate studies there. He has exhibited his work in Canada\, Romania\, Poland\, Yugoslavia\, Holland\, Germany and Italy. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-film-festival-5th-edition/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109 CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/203-733142792.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180805T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180805T160000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T220317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230906T220451Z UID:10000043-1533477600-1533484800@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Documentary screening and celebration DESCRIPTION:You are warmly invited to the final screening of the documentary “Romanian in Seattle”\, filmed during ARCS Summer Camp (July 23-Aug 4) with director Iulia Rugină and actress Ioana Flora. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/documentary-screening-and-celebration/ LOCATION:St. John the Baptist Romanian Orthodox Church\, 3749 W Behrend Dr\, Glendale\, AZ\, 85308\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/EDI_DSC_8676_s25hfe.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180503 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180611 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T220720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T001724Z UID:10000044-1525305600-1528675199@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Films at SIFF 2018\, sponsored by ARCS DESCRIPTION:Thank you all for attending! URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-films-at-siff-2018-sponsored-by-arcs/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109 CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SIFF2018_Vertical_black_ckxtg1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171128 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T221455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T170358Z UID:10000046-1511740800-1511827199@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival - 4th Edition DESCRIPTION:The Romanian Film Festival in Seattle "One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying: Tales from Afar"\, 4th EditionWe are thrilled to present our special guests at the 4th edition of the Romanian Film Festival! Director Paul Negoescu (Two Lottery Tickets\, director Iulia Rugina (Breaking News)\, actress Ioana Flora (Breaking News & Back Home) from Romania; director Bogdan Darev (This Baba)\, singer Penka Encheva and producer Mary Sherhart from Seattle\, will attend Q&A sessions after the screenings\, moderated by film critic and author Monica Filimon ("Cristi Puiu"\, University of Illinois Press 2017). Pre-Event: Cântece de departe/Songs from Afar\, a concert that brings together Lucian Ban & Elevation Quartet from New York (jazz)\, Angela Drăghicescu (chamber music pianist from Seattle)\, and Gavril Țărmure (singer of Romanian Folk music from Bistrița) @ Seattle Art Museum on November 10\, 7:30 PM. FilmsTwo Lottery Tickets by Paul Negoescu2016\, Comedy\, 86 minutes \n Three men from a provincial town are in urgent need of money and decide to buy a lottery ticket. They win the lottery\, but soon after their ticket gets stolen.Q&A... \n Three men from a provincial town are in urgent need of money and decide to buy a lottery ticket. They win the lottery\, but soon after their ticket gets stolen. Q&A with director Paul Negoescu \n Read More\n \n Sieranevadaby Cristi Puiu2016\, Drama\, 173 minutes \n A doctor and his wife are having a family meal in Bucharest to mark the passing of his father when an argument about 9/11 breaks out and deteriorates into a... \n A doctor and his wife are having a family meal in Bucharest to mark the passing of his father when an argument about 9/11 breaks out and deteriorates into a settling of personal scores. \n Read More\n \n Breaking Newsby Iulia Rugină2017\, Drama\, 81 minutes \n While working on an in memoriam piece for a dead colleague\, a famous news reporter loses track of the TV story and becomes part of a father-daughter relationship with the... \n While working on an in memoriam piece for a dead colleague\, a famous news reporter loses track of the TV story and becomes part of a father-daughter relationship with the teenager left behind. Q&A with director Iulia Rugină and actress Ioana Flora \n Read More\n \n Scarred Heartsby Radu Jude2016\, Drama\, 141 minutes \n Emanuel spends his days at a sanatorium. Falling in love with another patient\, he narrates his and his fellow patients' attempts to live life to the fullest as their bodies... \n Emanuel spends his days at a sanatorium. Falling in love with another patient\, he narrates his and his fellow patients' attempts to live life to the fullest as their bodies slowly fade away\, but their minds refuse to give up. \n Read More\n \n   Back Homeby Andrei Kohn2015\, Drama\, 91 minutes \n Robert is a young journalist passing through a difficult period in his life. He returns to his native village for a day. One day to meet with his father\, with... \n Robert is a young journalist passing through a difficult period in his life. He returns to his native village for a day. One day to meet with his father\, with whom he has had a difficult relationship\, and with two former classmates: Petrică - his old best friend\, now married with children - and Paula\, his teenage sweetheart. The time has come for Robert to change his destiny. Q&A with actress Ioana Flora \n Read More\n \n This Bababy Bogdan Darev2014\, Documentary\, 31 minutes This Baba is the story of Bulgarian Voices singer Penka Encheva\, who was an extraordinary traditional singer as a young woman in her native country of Bulgaria. The Rest is Silenceby Nae Caranfil2007\, Drama\, 114 minutes \n In 1911-12\, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made together the 2 hours long movie "Romania's Independence" - an as faithful as possible screen... \n In 1911-12\, the Romanian movie director Grigore Brezianu and the financial tycoon Leon Popescu made together the 2 hours long movie "Romania's Independence" - an as faithful as possible screen adaptation of the real Independence War that had been fought in 1877. Now\, "Restul e tăcere" tells us\, in a loose and half-fictionalized way\, the story of this movie making. \n Read More\n \n The New Gypsy Kingsby Liviu Tipuriță2016\, Documentary\, 59 minutes A look inside the world of Romania's super-rich Gypsy pop stars: a world of fast cars\, lavish houses\, and gangsters. GuestsPaul NegoescuBorn in 1984\, Paul Negoescu studied film directing at the national film school in Bucharest. His short films were selected in many international festivals (Semaine de la Critique\, Berlinale). His debut film\, "A month in Thailand"\, premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2012\, while his second feature\, "Two Lottery Tickets"\, became one of the most successful Romanian films at the box office. "The Story of a Summer Lover"\, his 3rd feature\, was distributed by Netflix in over 30 territories. Iulia 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  Ioana FloraOne of the most appreciated Romanian actresses\, appearing in films\, television\, on stage\, also having been awarded for many roles. Being a mother of two\, Ioana has been actively involved in children’s performances\, personal development workshops for both children and adults and training programs in film and theatre. Person not found Mary SherhartMary Sherhart is a Seattle-based musician who specializes in traditional singing from the Balkans. She is a performer\, teacher\, choir director\, producer\, board member and student. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-film-festival-4th-edition/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109 CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/211-RFF_2017-_cover_.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171117 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20240125T204531Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240125T204729Z UID:10000148-1510790400-1510876799@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Book Signing and Romanian Film Event - Cristi Puiu by Monica Filimon DESCRIPTION:New York-based film critic and professor Monica Filimon will sign copies of her new book Cristi Puiu (University of Illinois Press 2017) and deliver a talk about the beginnings of New Romanian cinema with a specific focus on the black comedy The Death of Mr. Lazarescu.  In Cristi Puiu\, Filimon explores the works of an artist dedicated to truth not as an abstract concept\, but as the ephemeral revelation of the fuller ungraspable world beyond the screen. (Event in English) Monica FilimonMonica Filimon was awarded a PhD in Comparative Literature by Rutgers University. She is Associate Professor of English at Kingsborough Community College\, CUNY. She has published articles on French\, German\, and Romanian films. Her research focuses on the New Romanian Cinema\, its sources\, evolution\, and major representatives. Her first book Cristi Puiu: Ineffable Experiences of the Profane World was published by the University of Illinois Press in February 2017. She is currently working on a second book tentatively titled Corneliu Porumboiu: Notes on the Absurd. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/book-signing-and-romanian-film-event-cristi-puiu-by-monica-filimon/ LOCATION:University of Washington\, 1410 NE Campus Pkwy\, Seattle\, WA\, 98195\, United States CATEGORIES:Film,Literature ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/movie-918655_1920.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170527 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170528 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T220931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T203011Z UID:10000045-1495843200-1495929599@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:ARCS Sponsors Romanian Films at SIFF DESCRIPTION:ARCS Sponsors Romanian Films at SIFF \nThis year ARCS sponsored the screening of Adrian Sitaru’s Fixeur (The Fixer). URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/arcs-sponsors-romanian-films-at-siff/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/the-fixer-tiff.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170317T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170317T210000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T221646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240129T204024Z UID:10000047-1489777200-1489784400@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Of Snails and Men - A Film by Tudor Giurgiu DESCRIPTION:  \n \n \nScreening by the Alliance Française de Seattle as part of series of events celebrating unique Francophone cultures. \nJoin us on Friday\, March 17\, 7-9 PM\, for the second film of the francophone series\, Of Snails and Men (2012)\, a comedy by Tudor Giurgiu\, with Andi Vasluianu\, Monica Bârlădeanu\, and Dorel Vișan. Selected by the American Romanian Cultural Society. \nScreening at l’Alliance Française de Seattle\, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N\, #204(the Good Shepherd Center)\, Seattle\, WA 98103. Subtitles in English. \nRSVP required to attend. \n Doors open 6:45 PM\nThis event is free for AFSeattle members. There is a $5 suggested donation for non-members.\nLight refreshments served. \n  URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/of-snails-and-men-a-film-by-tudor-giurgiu/ LOCATION:ALK Asphalt\, 12630 N 103rd Ave\, Sun City\, AZ\, 85351\, United States CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/714cb717c5e5ccefe3343e4c4945b678e63457014196be7a6c1b1be66d7ab354._RI_TTW_SX1080_FMjpg_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161121 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T221745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T064334Z UID:10000048-1479427200-1479686399@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival - 3rd Edition DESCRIPTION:The Romanian Film Festival Seattle\, "One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying: [be]longing"\, 3rd EditionFilmsDogs by Bogdan Mirică2016\, Thriller\, 104 minutes \n Roman returns to the land he has just inherited from his grandfather. Fully decided to sell this vast but desolate property\, he is warned by the local cop that his... \n Roman returns to the land he has just inherited from his grandfather. Fully decided to sell this vast but desolate property\, he is warned by the local cop that his grandfather was a local crime lord and his men will not let go of the land.. \n Read More\n \n   By The Railsby Cătălin Mitulescu2016\, Drama\, 88 minutes \n Radu has come back from Italy after an year and finds his wife totally changed. They spend the night trying to rediscover their selves. The distance has created distrust and... \n Radu has come back from Italy after an year and finds his wife totally changed. They spend the night trying to rediscover their selves. The distance has created distrust and confusion between them but Radu hopes for a new beginning. Music resounds beyond the railroad. The night was never that long. \n Read More\n \n Silent Weddingby Horațiu Mălăele2008\, Comedy\, 87 minutes \n In a small isolated village\, in 1953\, a wedding is interrupted by the news about the death of Stalin. Because any public celebration is forbidden\, they decide to turn the... \n In a small isolated village\, in 1953\, a wedding is interrupted by the news about the death of Stalin. Because any public celebration is forbidden\, they decide to turn the happy event into a silent wedding. Q&A with director Horațiu Mălăele \n Read More\n \n Why Me?by Tudor Giurgiu2015\, Drama\, 125 minutes \n Cristian\, a young idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise\, tries to crack a case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma of choosing between his career... \n Cristian\, a young idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise\, tries to crack a case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma of choosing between his career and the truth weighs heavily on his shoulders. Looking further to solve the case\, he enters a danger zone paved with unexpected and painful revelations. Q&A with director Tudor Giurgiu \n Read More\n \n Aliyah Dada by Oana Giurgiu2015\, Documentary\, 115 minutes \n A documentary about the Jewish people in Romania and their several migrations towards Israel\, across history and changing political frames - everything presented in a self-proclaimed dadaist style.Q&A with director... \n A documentary about the Jewish people in Romania and their several migrations towards Israel\, across history and changing political frames - everything presented in a self-proclaimed dadaist style. Q&A with director Oana Giurgiu \n Read More\n \n Happy Funeralsby Horațiu Mălăele2013\, Comedy\, 111 minutes \n It's about three lifelong friends. One evening\, all three of them go to a fortune teller and are told that they will die in a week\, on a specific day... \n It's about three lifelong friends. One evening\, all three of them go to a fortune teller and are told that they will die in a week\, on a specific day and in a certain way. Q&A with director Horațiu Mălăele \n Read More\n \n Mercy Streetby Ștefan Buzea\, Alexandru Buzea2016\, Animation\, 74 minutes The day when music stops. First stereoscopic 3D animation feature film ever made in Romania. GuestsHorațiu MălăeleFamous Romanian actor\, director and cartoonist\, Horațiu Mălăele\, was born in 1952\, in Targu Jiu. He had his first art exhibit in 12th grade. In 1975\, he graduated from the Institute of Theater and Cinema in Bucharest. He began his professional acting career on the stage of the National Theater in Piatra Neamt. He then moved to Bucharest and has performed at legendary theaters such as the Nottara\, Odeon\, Bulandra\, etc.\, where he has had many roles of great success. He started his career as a theater director with shows such as a Princely Feast by Theodor Mazilu\, The Flea by Georges Faydeau\, or Carlo against Carlo by Paul Ioachim\, for which he won the Romanian Comedy Festival Prize\, in 1994. He made his cinema debut in 1974\, in The Hidden Mountain. He also directed movies such as The Hat(2004)\, Silent Wedding (2008) and Happy Funerals (2013). He had over 30 art exhibits and published an autobiographical book called Horatiu about Malaele\, as well as Wanderings\, a collection of short episodes\, aphorisms\, and memories. Tudor 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. Oana GiurgiuA law and journalism graduate\, Oana Giurgiu directed television documentaries before working in film on Cristi Puiu’s 2005 Cannes Un certain regard winner\, “The Death of Mr Lăzărescu” and then on Kornél Mundruczó’s 2008 Cannes FIPRESCI winner\, “Delta”.\n\nShe produced three of Tudor Giurgiu’s films: “Love Sick” (Berlinale 2006\, Panorama); the 2012 Romanian box office hit “Of Snails and Men” (Warsaw IFF); and “Why Me?” (Berlinale 2015\, Panorama). She also produced Peter Strickland’s “Katalin Varga” (Berlinale 2009\, Silver Bear\, European Discovery of the year at European Film Academy Awards) and Cristi Puiu’s “Sieranevada” (Cannes 2016). Oana co-produced Hungarian titles “Eden”\, dir. Agnes Kocsis (Rotterdam IFF 2020) and “Spiral” (in post-production)\, dir. Cecilia Felmeri and the Slovak “The Servants”\, dir. Ivan Ostrochovsky (Berlinale 2020\, Encounters)\, and the Turkish “Before two Dawns” (in post-production)\, dir. Selman Nacar (working progress awards at Meetings on the bridge\, Istanbul IFF 2020\, and Antalia 2019)\, produced the greatest Romanian box office hit in recent years\, “Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time”\, which received ten Gopo Awards in 2019.\n\nAfter working on several television documentary productions\, she made her directorial debut with a feature-length historical documentary\, “Aliyah DaDa”\, screened in Astra Sibiu\, Jerusalem Jewish IFF\, alongside other Jewish festivals and screenings worldwide\, and recognized as Best Romanian Documentary at the Gopo Awards 2015\, now she just launched her new documentary “Occasional Spies”\, Special mention of the Jury at Astra Film Festival 2021. Monica FilimonMonica Filimon was awarded a PhD in Comparative Literature by Rutgers University. She is Associate Professor of English at Kingsborough Community College\, CUNY. She has published articles on French\, German\, and Romanian films. Her research focuses on the New Romanian Cinema\, its sources\, evolution\, and major representatives. Her first book Cristi Puiu: Ineffable Experiences of the Profane World was published by the University of Illinois Press in February 2017. She is currently working on a second book tentatively titled Corneliu Porumboiu: Notes on the Absurd. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-film-festival-3rd-edition/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/14714941_713618388790626_3546705829340270641_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160524T163000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160524T180000 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20240131T002253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T002437Z UID:10000160-1464107400-1464112800@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:ARCS Sponsors Romanian Films at SIFF DESCRIPTION:ARCS Sponsors Romanian Films at SIFF \nThis year ARCS sponsors Illegitimate by Adrian Sitaru.. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/arcs-sponsors-romanian-films-at-siff-4/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ilegitim.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151123 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T221953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T181420Z UID:10000049-1447977600-1448236799@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival Seattle- 2nd Edition DESCRIPTION:Romanian Film Festival Seattle\, 2nd Edition: Tales of ResistanceThis year's edition of the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle celebrates Romania's cultural\, ethnic and religious diversity within a society where personal\, unforgettable stories have challenged and altered the course of history. Through our selection of comedy-dramas\, documentaries\, and animation\, you will discover the internationally praised 'New Romanian Cinema' and its precursors. Local and international special guests will present the movies and interact with the audience at the festival gala.All movies have English subtitles.FilmsAferim! by Radu Jude2015\, Comedy/Drama\, 108 minutes \n Set in early 19th century Romania\, a policeman\, Costandin\, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair... \n Set in early 19th century Romania\, a policeman\, Costandin\, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife. Q&A with co-screenwriter Florin Lăzărescu \n Read More\n \n   Closer to the Moonby Nae Caranfil2014\, Comedy/Drama\, 112 minutes \n A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of old friends from the World War II Jewish Resistance to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the... \n A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of old friends from the World War II Jewish Resistance to pull off a heist by convincing everyone at the scene of the crime that they are only filming a movie. \n Read More\n \n Crulic - The Path to Beyondby Anca Damian2011\, Animated Documentary\, 73 minutes While being in Poland\, Romanian Claudio Crulic is wrongly accused of theft. In jail he goes on a hunger strike. Trading Germansby Răzvan Georgescu2014\, Documentary\, 90 minutes A first hand account of one of the biggest cases of human trafficking during the Cold War. A story of greed\, courage\, hope and remorse. Domestic by Adrian Sitaru2012\, Animation\, 82 minutes \n Domestic is a story about people who eat the animals they love and animals who love people unconditionally. A rabbit\, a hen\, a cat\, a dog and a dove pass... \n Domestic is a story about people who eat the animals they love and animals who love people unconditionally. A rabbit\, a hen\, a cat\, a dog and a dove pass through the lives of the main characters and influence their evolution. \n Read More\n \n A Love Story\, Lindenfeldby Radu Gabrea2014\, Drama\, 95 minutes \n Klaus Bernath\, a wealthy German citizen\, decides\, after many years\, to visit his birthplace\, of the Banat Swabian village Lindenfeld\, in Romania. Since the village has been deserted for many... \n Klaus Bernath\, a wealthy German citizen\, decides\, after many years\, to visit his birthplace\, of the Banat Swabian village Lindenfeld\, in Romania. Since the village has been deserted for many decades\, his son and his biographer decide to reconstruct the whole space from scratch and present it as a populated place. Q&A with director Radu Gabrea and lead actress Victoria Cocias \n Read More\n \n Goldfaden's Legacyby Radu Gabrea2004\, Documentary\, 58 minutes \n The films follows the life and work of Abraham Goldfaden and highlights the pre-war cultural relations between the Romanian and local Jewish population\, as well as the influence of the... \n The films follows the life and work of Abraham Goldfaden and highlights the pre-war cultural relations between the Romanian and local Jewish population\, as well as the influence of the New York Yiddish Theater on popular American culture. Q&A with director and lead actress \n Read More\n \n GuestsRadu GabreaRadu Gabrea graduated from the Faculty of Construction and the Theatre and Film Art Institute in Bucharest. His film Too Small for such Great War (1969) participated at the Locarno Festival. Beyond the Sands (1973)\, forbidden by communist censorship\, is considered his most important Romanian film of the 70s by Mira and Antonin Liehm\, UCLA Press. Between 1974-1996\, Gabrea lived in Germany. His first German film\, Jakob\, don't be afraid (1981) opened the Jewish Film Festival at the Kennedy Center in the US and was selected at Telluride\, Colorado. In New York Times\, Vincent Canby discussed his cult film A Man like Eve (1984) in a very laudatory manner. Returning to Romania in late the 1990s\, the director and producer Gabrea made several documentaries\, among which Struma (2000)\, awarded the Special Mention at the International Festival in Jerusalem\, Goldfaden's Heritage (2004)\, and Rumenye\, Rumenye (2006\, 2013). He gained his Ph.D. in Film Studies from the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve\, Belgium\, with a thesis on Werner Herzog and German medieval mysticism\, about which Henri Agel wrote in Positif that "it is one of the most beautiful books on cinema ever written." In 2011 he received the Knight's Cross from the Federal Republic of Germany. Victoria CociașVictoria Cocias graduated from the Theatre and Film Art Institute in Bucharest in 1980. She has given life to classical roles in national and international plays from Caragiale to Chekov\, from Shakespeare to Edward Albee. She worked with Romanian directors before '89 - Andrei Blaier\, Dan Pita\, Nicolae Margineanu\, Lucian Pintilie\, Radu Gabrea - as well as with directors of the Romanian New Wave: Adrian Sitaru\, Cristi Puiu. She has also worked with Nae Caranfil in Asfalt Tango and Pericoloso Sporgersi. At the Romanian Film Days (2012) she received the Special Mention for her interpretation of Elena Ceausescu in Three days before Christmas\, directed by Radu Gabrea. The show and film La Divina made after Terrence McNally's play Master Class\, in which Victoria Cocias plays Maria Callas brings her international acclaim: Kyra Winthrop-St. Gery considers her performance exceptional and James Claridge writes that she is a "a great actress in a great show". Florin LăzărescuA very prolific and versatile writer\, Florin Lăzărescu (b. March 28\, 1974) is a well-established author leaving in Iași\, Northeastern Romania. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Letters at the University of Iași (1998) and a founding member of FILIT - Iași International Festival of Literature and Translation. Screenwriter of the short film Lampa cu căciulă / The lamp with a Hat (2006\, directed by Radu Jude\, winner of best short film at the Sundance Film Festival). Co-writer of the medium-length film A Shadow of the Cloud… (directed by Radu Jude\, which premiered at Cannes in 2014) and of the feature film Aferim! (2015\, directed by Radu Jude\, winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlinale\, nominated for Best Screenplay at the European Film Academy Awards in 2015\, winner of the Gopo Award for Best Screenplay in 2016). Florin debuted as an author in 2000 with a volume of short stories: Cuiburi de vîsc / Mistletoe Nests (Outopos\, Iași). He has also published the novels Ce se știe despre ursul panda / What Is Known about the Panda Bear (Polirom\, 2003)\, Trimisul nostru special / Our Special Envoy (Polirom\, 2005\, 2014)\, Amorțire / Numbness (Polirom\, 2013)\, the collections of stories Lampa cu căciulă / The Lamp with a Hat (Polirom\, 2009) and Întîmplări și personaje / Stories and Characters ( Polirom\, 2015)\, and the children's book Puiul de balaur\, puiul de zmeu și puiul de om / Dragon Baby\, Ogre Baby and Human Baby (Cartier\, 2019). His latest novel is entitled Noaptea plec\, noaptea mă-ntorc / I Leave at Night\, I Return at Night (Polirom\, 2021). His books have been translated and published in 10 languages. Monica FilimonMonica Filimon was awarded a PhD in Comparative Literature by Rutgers University. She is Associate Professor of English at Kingsborough Community College\, CUNY. She has published articles on French\, German\, and Romanian films. Her research focuses on the New Romanian Cinema\, its sources\, evolution\, and major representatives. Her first book Cristi Puiu: Ineffable Experiences of the Profane World was published by the University of Illinois Press in February 2017. She is currently working on a second book tentatively titled Corneliu Porumboiu: Notes on the Absurd. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-film-festival-2nd-edition/ LOCATION:SIFF Cinema Uptown\, 511 Queen Anne Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109 CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Untitled-design10.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151119 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151120 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T222313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T050442Z UID:10000050-1447891200-1447977599@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Rumenye! Rumenye! DESCRIPTION:One of Radu Gabrea’s most celebrated documentaries\, ‘Rumenye! Rumenye!’ retraces the inseparable connection between Jewish\, Romani (Gypsy) and Romanian culture\, through Klezmer music. The director will be present for Q/A \n  URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/rumenye-rumenye/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/af8eb3ccdb1f184610f32eed23f46f8e_XL.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141107 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141110 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T222405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T174725Z UID:10000051-1415318400-1415577599@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:Romanian Film Festival - 1st Edition DESCRIPTION:ARCS is proud to inaugurate the first Romanian Film Festival in Seattle: One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying! This fall\, ARCS has succeeded in organizing the first Romanian Film Festival in the Pacific Northwest\, One Eye Laughing\, One Eye Crying\, as part of an effort to disseminate Romanian contemporary culture. The festival\, in partnership with The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York\, is intended to be a celebration of the critically acclaimed "New Romanian Cinema" and aims to become a staple of the local cultural scene. It is the result of a beautiful community building effort by the local Romanian minority\, with financial support from 4culture\, the Romanian Cultural Institute\, and Seattle Office for Arts & Culture.  The festival will run at SIFF Film Center\, November 7-9. FilmsOs Snails and Men by Tudor Giurgiu2012\, Comedy\, 93 minutes \n When their factory is threatened with closure\, Romanian workers begin selling their sperm to earn enough money to buy the business and save their jobs. \n When their factory is threatened with closure\, Romanian workers begin selling their sperm to earn enough money to buy the business and save their jobs. \n Read More\n \n I'm an Old Communist Hagby Ștere Gulea2013\, Comedy/Drama\, 98 minutes \n Set in 2010 post-communist Romania\, the title character and her husband are visited by their daughter who has been living in the United States for the last 10 years. This... \n Set in 2010 post-communist Romania\, the title character and her husband are visited by their daughter who has been living in the United States for the last 10 years. This prompts her to reflect on the changes that have taken place during Romania since the fall of Communism. \n Read More\n \n Anatomy of a Departureby Oliver Tătaru2012\, Documentary\, 73 minutes \n A family who emigrated to Germany\, escaping from Nicolae Ceaușescu's dictatorship in Romania\, recalls a world without opportunities or hope for the future\, of ever-present fear and a constant struggle... \n A family who emigrated to Germany\, escaping from Nicolae Ceaușescu's dictatorship in Romania\, recalls a world without opportunities or hope for the future\, of ever-present fear and a constant struggle for survival. They look back on what made them exchange their home for the promise of freedom in an uncertain future. \n Read More\n \n Tales from the Golden Age by Cristian Mungiu2015\, Comedy/Drama\, 108 minutes \n Set in early 19th century Romania\, a policeman\, Costandin\, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair... \n Set in early 19th century Romania\, a policeman\, Costandin\, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife. \n Read More\n \n Sundays on Leaveby Nae Caranfil1993\, Comedy\, 104 minutes \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   Superman\, Spiderman\, and Batmanby Tudor Giurgiu2011\, Short\, 11 minutes \n Aron\, a 5-year-old boy\, together with his worried father\, sets out on a journey at the end of which he wishes\, like the superheroes in the comic books\, to save... \n Aron\, a 5-year-old boy\, together with his worried father\, sets out on a journey at the end of which he wishes\, like the superheroes in the comic books\, to save his mother who is suffering from a heart condition. \n Read More\n \n Trafficby Cătălin Mitulescu2004\, Short\, 15 minutes \n Stuck in heavy traffic\, a Romanian businessman heading for an important meeting kills time in the most mundane and improvised ways\, from facing personal responsibilities to making random acquaintances. \n Stuck in heavy traffic\, a Romanian businessman heading for an important meeting kills time in the most mundane and improvised ways\, from facing personal responsibilities to making random acquaintances. \n Read More\n \n Stopoverby Ioana Uricaru2010\, Short\, 11 minutes Lost and found in between plane rides. Q&A with director Ioana Uricaru Liviu's Dream by Corneliu Porumboiu2004\, Short\, 39 minutes GuestsOliver TătaruȘerban Oliver Tătaru\, Director and Cinematographer\, was born in 1973 in Sibiu\, Romania\, and moved to Germany in 1989. He studied sociology and anthropology at the Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg\, followed by film and journalism at the University of Television and Film in Munich. His documentary "Anatomy of a Departure" is based on his family's experience of immigration to Germany from Romania. His other documentary directing credits include "Paparazzo" (2009) and "Beograd" (2004). \nIoana UricaruIoana is a filmmaker\, film scholar and college professor.\n\nHer work as a director and writer/director has been included in the Official Selections at the Cannes\, Sundance\, Berlin\, Tribeca and AFI film festivals. She was awarded several Best Film awards at festivals\, the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Directing and an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Her portfolio includes Tales from the Golden Age (2009) and Lemonade (2018)\n\nIoana’s scholarly essays have been published in anthologies and peer-reviewed journals. She is a Fellow of the American Academy in Berlin\, the American Academy in Rome \, and a Guggenheim Fellow. \nMonica FilimonMonica Filimon was awarded a PhD in Comparative Literature by Rutgers University. She is Associate Professor of English at Kingsborough Community College\, CUNY. She has published articles on French\, German\, and Romanian films. Her research focuses on the New Romanian Cinema\, its sources\, evolution\, and major representatives. Her first book Cristi Puiu: Ineffable Experiences of the Profane World was published by the University of Illinois Press in February 2017. She is currently working on a second book tentatively titled Corneliu Porumboiu: Notes on the Absurd. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-film-festival-1st-edition/ LOCATION:SIFF Film Center CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/237-poster_2014.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140528 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140529 DTSTAMP:20260503T043229 CREATED:20230906T222921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250110T041958Z UID:10000053-1401235200-1401321599@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:ARCS Sponsors Romanian Films at SIFF DESCRIPTION:ARCS Sponsors Romanian Films at SIFF \nThis year ARCS sponsors The Japanese Dog by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/arcs-sponsors-romanian-films-at-siff-3/ LOCATION:WA CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/japanese-dog.jpg.webp END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR