The 6th Romanian Film Festival in New York

Adalbert’s Dream

U.S. Premiere! Q&A with actor Gabriel Spahiu!

Cleverly shot with old-school VHS technology, this wry, fact-based black comedy follows factory workers prepping for a Communist Party anniversary celebration. 

Boogie

Introduction by Radu Muntean and actress Anamaria Marinca!

Dragos Bucur (Police, Adjective) and Anamaria Marinca (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) star in Muntean’s dramatic comedy about a young father pining for his bachelor days.

Conversation with Irina Petrescu

Irina Petrescu made her screen debut in 1959 with Danube Waves and went on to become one of the most refined Romanian film and theater actresses. She will meet the audience in a conversation conducted by RCINY director Corina Suteu, to discuss her impressive career and festival honoree, director Liviu Ciulei, who discovered and put her on the film map.

FREE ADMISSION: complimentary tickets only available at the box office on a first-come, first-served basis.

Danube Waves

New 35mm print!

Ciulei’s gripping second feature recalls the best of Fritz Lang in its WWII-era tale of three people crossing the Nazi-mined Danube on a barge. Screening introduced by Irina Petrescu.

Digging for Life

A fascinating documentary about the only living inhabitants—the gravediggers—of Moldova’s Cemetery of St. Lazar, one of the largest in all of Europe.

FREE ADMISSION: complimentary tickets only available at the box office on a first-come, first-served basis.

Eruption

New 35mm print!

Ciulei’s impressive debut feature is a proto-There Will Be Blood, set in an abandoned oil town where a few drillers linger on, hoping to strike black gold.

Forest of the Hanged

Ciulei’s epic account of a Romanian lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian army during the most brutal days of WWI. Screening introduced by critic Magda Mihailescu.

Hello! How Are You?

Actress Ana Popescu in-person!

Maftei’s witty rom-comedy of errors sees an estranged husband and wife searching for their soul-mates online and entering into an affair...with each other.

Kapitalism: Our Improved Formula

This incisive documentary portrait of Romanian capitalism and the new ruling class exposes its roots in the communist past, with unprecedented access to fearless top magnates.

FREE ADMISSION: complimentary tickets only available at the box office on a first-come, first-served basis.

Loverboy

A loverboy’s routine is challenged and the hunter becomes the hunted in this gritty study on human trafficking from the director of How I Spent the End of the World.

Morgen

Opening Night!  

Romania’s official 2011 Oscar submission is a charming fish-out-of-water tale about a supermarket security guard who tries to smuggle a Kurdish immigrant. Q&A w/ Marian Crişan followed by a reception in the Furman Gallery, open to all ticketholders.

New Romanian Cinema: The Tipping Point

A roundtable discussion about the 10 years of the Romanian New Wave. Moderated by Romanian Film Festival Artistic Director Mihai Chirilov and Film Society Associate Program Director Scott Foundas.

FREE ADMISSION: complimentary tickets only available at the box office on a first-come, first-served basis.

Our School

This affectionate verité documentary observes the trials and tribulations of three Roma children facing prejudice and segregation in a small Transylvanian town. Q&A with Mona Nicoară.

Outbound

This fast-paced drama follows a hard-edged female convict on a day-pass who plans to flee the country. Q&A w/Bogdan George Apetri.

Principles of Life

The great Vlad Ivanov (of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Police, Adjective) stars as a harried husband and father in this insightful comedy of the everyday. Q&A with Vlad Ivanov. U.S. Premiere!

Red Gloves

A young Saxon writer is pressured to incriminate his colleagues during months of interrogation and torture in this unsettling adaptation of Eginald Schlattner’s novel. Q&A w/ Radu Gabrea.

Shorts Program

Free and open to the public!

Continuous screenings on Friday, December 2 from 1:00pm – 6:30pm and Saturday, December 3 from 4:00pm –11:00pm in the Film Center Amphitheater.

Stuff and Dough

10th Anniversary Screening! The debut feature by the director of The Death of Mr. Lazarescu and Aurora is a seriocomic, Jarmusch-esque road movie about three slacker teens making a delivery for a small-time gangster. Following the screening of Stuff and Dough, join us in the Film Center Amphitheater for New Romanian Cinema: The Tipping Point, a roundtable discussion about the 10 years of the Romanian New Wave, moderated by Romanian Film Festival Artistic Director Mihai Chirilov and Film Society Associate Program Director Scott Foundas. 

The Paper Will Be Blue + A Conversation with Radu Muntean

Closing Night! Muntean plunges us into the confusion of Dec. 22, 1989, the moment of Ceausescu’s overthrow, as seen from the POV of a military tank command. Introduction by actor Andi Vasluianu.

Screening followed by an extended Q&A between Radu Muntean and Film Society Associate Program Director Scott Foundas.

The Rage

Q&A with Radu Muntean and actor Andi Vasluianu!

Muntean’s accomplished debut follows a pair of delinquent teens (Dragos Bucur and Andi Vasluianu) on the run from the Gypsy gang leader to whom they owe $7000.

Tuesday, After Christmas

Q&A with Radu Muntean!

Paul (Mimi Branescu) must choose between his wife of 10 years (Mirela Oprisor) and his mistress (Maria Popistasu) in Muntean’s singular, stripped-down look at adultery. Please note: Admission will be charged for this screening, which will be in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center..

Visiting Room

Q&A with Radu Muntean!

Muntean gives a compassionate look of longterm convicts who found their soul-mates while confined, in this clean-cut, nonjudgmental documentary. Please note: Admission will be charged for this screening, which will be in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center.