Film

Film

We can see the forest by the trees and the sea by the waves, including cinematic waves. Celebrated film-makers like Puiu, Ursianu, Mungiu, Marinca, Baciu, Radulescu, Porumboiu, Pintilie, Ivanov, Caranfil, Pita, Veroiu, Seucan, Giurgiu, Voda and many others – they are all permanent residents of our cinematic programmes and projects. Our film promotion activity consists inter alia of participation in major festivals, special screenings, exhibitions, minifestivals, information packages and professional representation. And of course there is the Cinematheque. The Romanian Cinematheque.

Among our various, diverse range of partners from the film industry are BFI London Film Festival, East End Film Festival, Edinburgh & Dublin & Reykjavik International Film Festivals, as well as London International Documentary Festival, New Europe Film Festival or European Psychoanalytic Film Festival.

East Meets East: The Romanian New Wave in the Olympic Boroughs

East Meets East: The Romanian New Wave in the Olympic Boroughs

Four internationally-acclaimed Romanian filmmakers are part of an exciting project dedicated to young people from London’s East End. It is a unique and special opportunity to learn from some of the best names in recent Romanian cinema, who will bring their contribution to the community’s development in the Olympic boroughs. The...

23/04 - 29/06/2012 @ Romanian Cultural Institute London and Four Corners
If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle enters UK cinemas

If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle enters UK cinemas

Gala screening and UK release of Florin Serban's If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle at the Curzon Renoir Cinema on 18 May. The film got great critical acclaim upon it's release in 2010, being nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and having won the Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear.   Two weeks...

18/05/2012 @ Curzon Renoir

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Three Romanian films at Jameson Dublin International Film Festival

Three Romanian films at Jameson Dublin International Film Festival

Romania has a strong presence for the second consecutive year at Ireland’s biggest film festival as three Romanian productions have been included in the 2012 programme. The official press conference will be held on 2nd February, when the full programme will be announced. So we cannot yet disclose which films are to be shown but we assure...

16 - 26/02/2012 @ Dublin, Ireland
The Way I Spent the End of the World @ Romanian Cinematheque

The Way I Spent the End of the World @ Romanian Cinematheque

The screening will be followed by a Skype Q&A session with award-winning director Cătălin Mitulescu and film journalist Edward Lawrenson Set during Ceauşescu's final year of reign in Romania, The Way I Spent the End of the World is a charmingly told story about a 17-year-old girl Eva and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One...

14/12/2011 @ ICR Londra, 1 Belgrave Square
The Contest by Dan Piţa @ Romanian Cinemateque

The Contest by Dan Piţa @ Romanian Cinemateque

We invite you to the screening of Dan Piţa's iconic film The Contest, which tells the story of an outdoor competition that gradually turns into a perilous expedition through the labyrinths of conscience. Introduced by film journalist Edward Lawrenson Leading Romanian director Dan Piţa turns an orientation contest in a forest...

24/11/2011 @ 1 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8PH
Cork Film Festival in Ireland focuses on Romanian Cinema

Cork Film Festival in Ireland focuses on Romanian Cinema

Between 7 - 13 November 2011, the audience with an interest in Romanian cinema can check on Corona Cork Film festival, one of Ireland’s premier cultural events established in 1956. The festival has enjoyed a steady growth in scale, in numbers of admissions and guests, in reputation, or media coverage, and has developed an ever-increasing...

07 - 13/11/2011 @ Cork, Ireland
Iulia Rugina and her thought-provoking

Iulia Rugina and her thought-provoking

Although it's not Christmas yet, director Iulia Rugina will attend the 2011 European Psychoanalytic Film Festival with her Stuck on Christmas, a film about small gestures, big stories and ordinary people. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Iulia Rugina and Helen Taylor Robinson, chaired by Laura...

04/11/2011 @ BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London
The Film of A Generation: Boogie @ Romanian Cinematheque

The Film of A Generation: Boogie @ Romanian Cinematheque

Do not miss Radu Muntean’s Boogie, one of the best films of the young generation of Romanian directors! Boogie is a film about people in their 30's who try to reconcile marriage and partying, freedom and responsibilities, teenage and adulthood.   The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with acclaimed actress...

27/10/2011 @ 1 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8PH
BFI London Film Festival featuring Romanian animated documentary

BFI London Film Festival featuring Romanian animated documentary

We are proud to support director Anca Damian’s presence at the 55th edition of the BFI London Film Festival and her British premiere of Crulic – The Path to Beyond, an animated feature highly praised for its beautiful artwork and powerful story. Narrated from beyond the grave by its main protagonist, Crulic - The Path...

14 - 16/10/2011 @ BFI London Film Festival
Sunday at Six @ Romanian Cinematheque

Sunday at Six @ Romanian Cinematheque

Romania | 1965 | 76 min | dir: Lucian Pintilie | cast: Irina Petrescu, Dan Nutu, Gratiela Albini, Eugenia Bosanceanu. In Romanian with English subtitles. A rare chance to see Lucian Pintilie's debut film Sunday at Six (1965), set in the 1940s, during the buildup of the Romanian People’s Republic. Sunday at Six...

29/09/2011 @ Romanian Cultural Institute London, 1 Belgrave Square
The New Romanian Cinema arrives in Iceland

The New Romanian Cinema arrives in Iceland

Focus on Romania @ Reykjavik International Film Festival 24 September - 2 October 2011   After Belfast, Dublin and London, Reykjavik is our next stop in 2011! Be prepared to alight in the world of New Romanian Cinema as Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) has a focus on Romania this year. This is a project organised...

24/09 - 02/10/2011 @ Reykjavik, Iceland
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