Featured Episode: "Testimony"
Testimony

Testimony

Diagnosed with a brain tumor and given three years to live, filmmaker R?zvan Georgescu decides to overcome the solemnity of this prognosis to explore the realm between life and death through a series of interviews.
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“This documentary transforms in a surprising way a very hard and frightening private situation into a constructive and thoughtful journey about our life on this earth. The director succeeds in giving his own illness a philosophical approach to time, life and art and he reminds us of the simple message that we have to live when we are alive. This outstanding programme tells the never ending story about life and death and life again.” – The Jury of Prix Europa


For airtimes and more information click here.


Select Romanian Short Films:

 

 Dincolo 

Dincolo (Over There) - Watch Online!

An overweight postal worker, nagged by his wife, joins a weekly caravan of local villagers who cross the border to sell their goods for hard currency. It's a perilous trip.

    
 Humanitarian Aid 

Humanitarian Aid - Watch Online!

A wry tale of Humanitarian Aid workers who are given the VIP treatment in a small town. Who really helped whom?

    
 Marilena from P7 

Marilena from P7

Andrei, a 13-year-old living in a Bucharest slum, decides to steal his dad’s bus in order to impress Marilena, a prostitute he has fallen in love with. Things you do for love…

 

Romanian New Wave Cinema

Romanian Cultural Institute

When The Death of Mr. Lazarescu won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, it signaled to the world that something exciting was happening with Romanian cinema. Since then a “new wave” of films by young Romanian directors has won other major awards and wowed audiences worldwide. Our special series, in partnership with the  Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, will help show you why.

 

Feature Films:

 

 The Paper Will Be Blue 

The Paper Will Be Blue

Premiering Saturday, Dec. 5th, @ 8pm PST

Capturing the confused birth of contemporary Romania, this film follows a young militiaman on the night of Ceauşescu’s overthrow.

 12:08 East of Bucharest 

12:08 East of Bucharest

Premiering Saturday, Dec. 12th, @ 8pm PST

A provincial television show commemorating the 16th anniversary of the fall of Communism morphs into a clever take on history and memory. Purchase the DVD.

 Stuff and Dough 

Stuff and Dough

Premiering Saturday, Dec. 19th, @ 8pm PST

This film debut skirts genres of the road movie, the buddy movie, and the slacker story in its raw depiction of Romania. Film available for purchase Feb. 15. To order, email anca@mandragora.ro

 Day Bar & Other Stories 

Bar de Zi (and Marilena from P7)

Premiering Saturday, Dec. 26th, @ 8pm PST

A look at the mundane, fascinating and sometimes tragic life stories of customers frequenting the last State-owned bar to survive Communism. "Marilena from P7" to follow this broadcast.

 Exam 

Exam

Premiering Saturday, Jan. 2nd, @ 8pm PST

A carefree student in totalitarian Romania finds his life irrevocably destroyed when he is arrested for a murder he did not commit.

 Cold Waves 

Cold Waves

Premiering Saturday, Jan. 9th, @ 8pm PST

This documentary looks at Radio Free Europe, enemy of Communist dictators and information lifeline for Romanian listeners. Purchase the DVD (PAL only, for computer & multi-standard DVD players).

 

Love Sick

 

Love Sick

Premiering Saturday, Jan. 16th, @ 8pm PST

From their first meeting at university, adventurous city girl Kiki falls in love with a provincial girl, Alex. Purchase the DVD (PAL only, for computer & multi-standard DVD players).

 Testimony 

Testimony

Premiering Saturday, Jan. 23rd, @ 8pm PST

Diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, the filmmaker questions if illness and death can spur artistic creativity. To order this film, email info@starcrest.de (PAL or NTSC).

World Cinema Airtimes >
Wednesday, Feb. 10th @ 9:00 am
Wednesday, Feb. 10th @ 5:00 pm
Wednesday, Feb. 10th @ 11:00 pm
Thursday, Feb. 11th @ 10:10 am
Thursday, Feb. 11th @ 12:00 pm

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