Discoveries from Romania World Cinema

In this take on the classic fairy tale, instead of being devoured by a wolf, Little Red Riding Hood is devoured by a greedy rich man. To save her life, she uses her wings made from her own blond hair.

Ion Meda, a senator " all-knowing " who goes to a small provincial town to ensure the success of an auction. There he has to face, with or without quotes, several opponents: the mayor, the local press .

A perfect night of partying for a group of teenagers in Vama Veche. Sasha channels his discomfort in a phantasmagoric journey that awakens associations of sensations that she would not have expected.

In the ruins of a religious building, a council-orchestra of elders sits enthroned in carved chairs in the abandoned space marked by the passage of time. A military band crosses the empty streets of a residential neighborhood and attracts people, chairs and buildings like a vacuum cleaner in its festive and monotonous cadence. A young star who keeps waiting ends tragically in the middle of the crowd gathered to witness the performance.

Andi and Laura are pushed into an unexpected challenge that tests courage and loyalty.

Date: Monday, August 18, 2036: After the eruption of the Mt. Erasmus super volcano in Holland, most of western Europe has been rendered uninhabitable. I am one of the lucky ones who has been given the opportunity to race the lava to the Pacific ocean on the Daorklis 2, the only train still running to the far east.

The Romanian expedition to Greenland (1927—1928) was carried out under the auspices of the French Geographical Society and the Royal Belgian Geographical Society, with funds provided by the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, the Explorers' Club of New York, and the University of Michigan (USA).

A short film that raises questions about what is seen and heard on screen. Questions about the perception of reality, as well as questions about the perception of love.

Andi and Mara, two young leftists, steal a flag with the symbol of the Iron Guard from a group of far-right sympathizers. This sets off a chase and a discussion about the political identities of everyone involved.

An animation with Gopo's Little Man.

A series of short sketches with Gopo's Little Man about sports.

ate at night, a young food delivery man tries to find the address where he needs to deliver a shawarma. The man does not find the location, so he walks in circles talking to his vlog’s viewers.

A short film featuring Galax, the puppet man.

Inspired from a short story by Marin Sorescu.

A child and his father journey from their Romanian mountain village to an airport to collect a light for their village church.

Report from the Red Flag is an odd presence against the gloomy background of Stalinist Romania. It belongs to a wider body of Sahia films about the living conditions afforded by the new blocks of flats built across Romania – in this case, a workers’ quarter built in ‘Stalin’-town (the name assigned, between 1950 and 1960, to the Transylvanian town of Brasov). While other films bear the imprint of the collectivist, work-centered ethos of the time, Red Flag follows the workers during their downtime, between Saturday 3pm (the end of the working week) and Sunday evening, while they spend quality time with their families, walking, mountain climbing, biking, fishing, or shopping – an opportunity, today, to see candid images of relaxation shot at a time when the state started paying attention to the leisure and tourism facilities available to its citizens.

In 2032, while trying to control the weather for a virtual show around Seattle's Space Needle, a shift in reality occurs. Four characters unexpectedly cross paths...

A young male has a testicle problem and starts projecting his biggest fears based on his research on the internet. His girlfriend and twin brother come to the rescue.

After Ecaterina is left alone, she ends up in an orphanage, but after a new teacher is hired, she learns it's no ordinary one.

A boy sees from the window of his apartment a child playing alone with a ball every day.

Presents the implementation of computer-analysis of video-images in contemporary medicine.

A person tries to escape the hallway of an apartment building.