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Romanian Film Festival – 1st Edition
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.
Films
Os Snails and Men
by Tudor Giurgiu
2012, Comedy, 93 minutes
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.
I'm an Old Communist Hag
by Ștere Gulea
2013, Comedy/Drama, 98 minutes
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...
Anatomy of a Departure
by Oliver Tătaru
2012, Documentary, 73 minutes
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...
Tales from the Golden Age
by Cristian Mungiu
2015, Comedy/Drama, 108 minutes
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...
Sundays on Leave
by Nae Caranfil
1993, Comedy, 104 minutes
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...
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Superman, Spiderman, and Batman
by Tudor Giurgiu
2011, Short, 11 minutes
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...
Traffic
by Cătălin Mitulescu
2004, Short, 15 minutes
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.
Stopover
by Ioana Uricaru
2010, Short, 11 minutes
Lost and found in between plane rides.
Q&A with director Ioana Uricaru
Liviu's Dream
by Corneliu Porumboiu
2004, Short, 39 minutes
Guests
Oliver Tătaru
Șerban 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).
Ioana Uricaru
Ioana is a filmmaker, film scholar and college professor. Her 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) Ioana’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.