Film

Film

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.

We can see the forest by the trees and the sea by the waves, including cinematic waves. Celebrated film-makers like Puiu, Urșianu, Mungiu, Porumboiu, Pintilie, Caranfil, Pița, Veroiu, Săucan, Giurgiu, and many others – they are all permanent residents of our cinematic programme. 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.

The Romanian Cinematheque Takes You 'One Step Behind the Seraphim'

The Romanian Cinematheque Takes You 'One Step Behind the Seraphim'

'One Step Behind the Seraphim', Daniel Sandu’s feature debut, has its UK premiere at the Romanian Cinematheque. The intensity of the performances, with a towering performance by Romanian New Wave star Vlad Ivanov, the documentary-like realism and the controversial subject make the film one of the most striking Romanian productions...

26/06/2018 @ Romanian Cultural Institute London, 1 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8PH

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From Texas to Romania, via London: 'Hotel Dallas' at the Romanian Cinematheque

From Texas to Romania, via London: 'Hotel Dallas' at the Romanian Cinematheque

At The Romanian Cinematheque we continue our string of London premieres with the hilarious 'Hotel Dallas', directed by Livia Ungur and Sherng-Lee Huang, first shown at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2016. The film mixes narration, interview, re-enactment and fiction in an exciting docudrama about exotic aspirations,...

13/09/2017 @ Romanian Cultural Institute London, 1 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8PH
In July, The Romanian Cinematheque Goes 'Back Home'

In July, The Romanian Cinematheque Goes 'Back Home'

We are excited to continue our Cinematheque with a brilliant film that resonates across all cultures, 'Back Home' by Romanian director Andrei Cohn, a bitter-sweet comedy about the difficulties of confronting one’s past.  If you miss it at the Cinematheque, you can see the film at the artFix, on July 7th, as part of our...

06/07/2017 @ Romanian Cultural Institute London, 1 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8PH
Gabriel Achim's hilariously dark comedy 'The Last Day’ premiers in London

Gabriel Achim's hilariously dark comedy 'The Last Day’ premiers in London

We are thrilled to support the international premiere of ’The Last Day’ (Ultima zi), a people's favourite in Romania, in the presence of director Gabriel Achim and screenwriter Cosmin Manolache. The gala screening will close the Discovery section of the East End Film Festival at Rich Mix on June 18th.  The story...

18/06/2017 @ Rich Mix Cinema
The Romanian Cinematheque is doing “Eastern Business”

The Romanian Cinematheque is doing “Eastern Business”

The series of new Romanian productions presented at our Cinematheque resumes en force with the UK premiere of “Eastern Business” (Afacerea Est), the irresistibly funny, bittersweet comedy directed by Igor Cobileanski,  which portrays two very different characters, a choir singer and a construction worker, drawn together by...

07/06/2017 @ Romanian Cultural Institute London, 1 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8PH
Documents of Youth: Teenage Drama 'The World Is Mine' at the Romanian Cinematheque

Documents of Youth: Teenage Drama 'The World Is Mine' at the Romanian Cinematheque

We are excited to host, at our Cinematheque, one of the most praised debuts of the last years, Nicolae Constantin Tănase’s disturbing, pessimistic 'The World is Mine'. The intensity of the performances, the documentary-like realism and the relevance of the topic make it one of the most poignant films about growing up in the...

26/04/2017 @ Romanian Cultural Institute London, 1 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8PH
'Cinema, Mon Amour' Opens the 2017 Programme of the Romanian Cinematheque

'Cinema, Mon Amour' Opens the 2017 Programme of the Romanian Cinematheque

'Cinema, Mon Amour', one of the recent outstanding Romanian documentaries, will have its London premiere at our Romanian Cinematheque. The film is an homage to a life spent in a cinema and a life lived (literally and metaphorically) through cinema. "Cinema, Mon Amour follows the story of Victor Purice - manager, former...

29/03/2017 @ RCI London
Cristian Mungiu’s 'Graduation' at Dublin International Film Festival

Cristian Mungiu’s 'Graduation' at Dublin International Film Festival

Over the past few years, the biggest film festival in Ireland – and our oldest partner across the Irish Sea - has celebrated Romanian cinema & film-makers through numerous projections, Q&A sessions and special events. At this year’s edition, the Irish cinephiles will discover Cristian Mungiu’s praiseful...

26/02/2017 @ Dublin
Anamaria Marinca: the Art and Craft of Acting

Anamaria Marinca: the Art and Craft of Acting

Romanian actress Anamaria Marinca joins an exquisite ensemble of film-makers who, as part of EUNIC London's 'Craft of Film', a series of events hosted by Barbican Centre and running between 22-28 February 2017, will reveal and explain the technical abilities that make cinematic magic possible.   'Craft of...

25/02/2017 @ Barbican Centre
'Toni Erdmann', a Very Special Screening

'Toni Erdmann', a Very Special Screening

We are excited to support Goethe Institute’s special screening of Maren Ade’s 'Toni Erdmann', the cinematic revelation of 2016 made with the support of Romanian producing, acting and specialist talent.   The plot follows the relationship between the career focused Ines and her joking father, who decides to pay...

25/01/2017 @ Goethe Institut, 50 Princes Gate, London, SW7 2PH.
The Dangerous Art of Voiceover: Irina Margareta Nistor in London

The Dangerous Art of Voiceover: Irina Margareta Nistor in London

We are excited to welcome to London the most famous voice of Communist cinephilia! Translator, film critic and journalist Irina Margareta Nistor, “the voice that brought Hollywood films to Communist Romania’s TV screens”, is the protagonist of a series of events that celebrate a most unique career.   11 Nov 2016,...

11 - 13/11/2016 @ RCI London, ICA and Close-up
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