BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ARCS Project - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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;VALUE=DATE:20201113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201123 DTSTAMP:20260509T195001 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/ 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:20260509T195001 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/ 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:20260509T195001 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:20260509T195001 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:20260509T195001 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:20260509T195001 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:20260509T195001 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:20260509T195001 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:20260509T195001 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:20260509T195001 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:20260509T195001 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/ 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:20260509T195001 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:20260509T195001 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/ 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:20260509T195001 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/ 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:20260509T195001 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:20260509T195001 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/ 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:20260509T195001 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:20260509T195001 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/ CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/japanese-dog.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140528 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140529 DTSTAMP:20260509T195001 CREATED:20230906T222725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T191501Z UID:10000052-1401235200-1401321599@arcsproject.org SUMMARY:ARCS Sponsors Romanian Films at SIFF DESCRIPTION:  \n \nARCS Sponsors Romanian Films at SIFF \nThis year ARCS has sponsored the film Quod Erat Demonstrandum by Andrei Gruzsniczki. URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/arcs-sponsors-romanian-films-at-siff-2/ CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://arcsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/quoderatdemonstrandum.jpg.webp END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR