Romanian movies

1968, The Socialist Republic of Romania. Women catch up on the latest tendencies in beachwear, the young hippies of Hamburg are harshly criticized by Romanian students, while Nicolae Ceaușescu reads the famous defiance speech against the intervention of the Warsaw Pact troops in Czechoslovakia. Floating solemnly over all this is The Internationale, sung on a stadium by a crowd of pioneers dressed in white shirts and red ties. A certainty for each probability: the documentary is at the same time a history lesson and an ideological warning sign, the director’s endeavour permanently draws our attention to the functions of the propaganda film, yet without tarnishing the fascination that dwells in the core of the images, that of the figures that wave at us from a past buried in commonplaces and political parti pris.

A teenage boy goes looking for his new friend on the hot streets of an eerie city. As the blue night falls, a sensual journey begins. Nature around him becomes exotic and the exotic becomes erotic. In the illuminating dawn, he discovers he’s not like the rest.

Lili, a 36 years old female taxi driver, is trying to save her marriage with Dani, an amateur fisherman.

A 92-year-old man, having outlived major historical events such as war, peace, communism, the revolution and post-revolution, opens up about his life and old age.

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.

What do you do when you find yourself in need? You pick up your phone and start calling. But what if everyone seems out of reach? What if you appear to be disconnected from any available network, mobile or not? And what if the only phone call back is the one you dread the most?

Lara and her ailing father nurse an injured seagull that Lara has found in her backyard. But this is merely a convenient distraction for father and daughter from discussing the topic of death.

A derelict coal mine, a tramway depot, a small ready-made clothing workshop of a former fashion house, a dairy factory, and a world of women who lived their youth in communism.

The documentary presents the life and research of Emil Racovita, one of the first Antarctic explorers, a pioneer of oceanology and the founder of a new science, the bio-speleology. He created in Cluj the first Institute of Speleology in the world. Using photographs made by Emil Racovita in Antarctica, the film focuses mainly on the Belgica expedition (1897-1899), the first scientific expedition who wintered in Antarctica, having Roald Amundsen, Frederick Cook on board and Adrien de Gerlache as captain.

Lovebirds Radu and Mădălina are taking a trip together to her parents'. On the way, they pick up a hitchhiker, who becomes their friend.

Procreation is the social duty of all fertile women, was the political thinking during the 1960s and 1970s in Romania. In 1966, Ceaucescu issued Decree 770, in which he forbade abortion for all women unless they were over forty or were already taking care of four children. All forms of contraception were totally banned. The New Romanian Man was born. By 1969, the country had a million babies more than the previous average. Romanian society was rapidly changing. By using very interesting archival footage and excerpts from old fiction films and by interviewing famous personalities from that time – gynecologists or mothers who were part of the new society - the director revives this period of tremendous oppression of personal freedom. Many deaths were caused by the mere fact that women, including wives of secret Romanian agents, famous TV presenters, and actresses, had to undergo illegal abortions. Many women were jailed for having them.

The family car must be sold immediately. The wife meets with a high-school friend, now working at an auto park. The husband remains home waiting. He tries to call her several times as the night grows darker.

A city-vérité conceptual movie shot in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. With an outside-the-box cinematic perspective, a full-encompassing soundtrack, a sequential narrative approach and no dialogues, the film slices through the urban soul and the contemporary spirit of a city formerly known as "Little Paris".

After Robert is murdered under mysterious circumstances, his friends are forced to face the truth and their past.

Love 2. America tells the story of the final 24 hours of the romance of two lovers, Anton (30) and Beatrice (34). After 24 hours, Anton is going to leave, forever, to a place far away where he will start a new life; Beatrice will return to David (32), her husband. Entwined with memories, dreams and thoughts of the future, their story slowly departs from reality and becomes the universal story of two lovers at the end of their love.

Punish: a reading of parts of a novel in which a military officer gives a clinical, amoral account about his role in the violent oppression of revolutionaries in 1848. Discipline: a collection of photographs of a chubby and harmless soldier at home and at work from the 1950s to the 70s.

After a car accident, two female friends need to face the challenges of readjusting to their new life. Their apartment becomes a neurotic space, where blindness and depression shake hands leading the protagonist to explore her own mind.

The film tells the story of a man that goes through life being an actual clown. Not by choice, he is just born this way. We get to watch him going through a few crucial moments of his life like his birth, school, job, first love. We witness his downfall as life becomes harder and people become meaner.

The life story of Herman, a promising young man who under extreme circumstances changed into Romania's most effective torture machine in the infamous Pitesti Experiment during the Communist Regime

Traditional Roma-communities of Romania are culturally rich communities, ruled with complicated rituals and customs. Marriage is maybe the most set in stone such custom, with everything about it being under very strict community control. What keeps everyone alert is Roma marriage’s highest stake: fertility and conceiving boys.

F. has been living in Bucharest for four years since fleeing Afghanistan with her family. The thoughtful 18-year-old films her life in the Romanian capital: her trips to the park, life at home with her brothers and sisters, and the conversations she has with her Romanian friends. When the Covid-19 pandemic approaches, bringing a lockdown, she has to spend a month indoors. She kills time with funny observations of life outdoors, filmed through the window.