Over the past quarter century Romanian cinema has proven a source of sustained artistic commitment and conviction, with filmmakers like Radu Jude, Cristi Puiu, Cristian Mungiu and Corneliu Porumboiu all winning multiple accolades at international festivals. This year, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Romania, we are able to showcase seven of the best Romanian films from the last couple of years, and all for free!
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The New Year That Never Came
Bogdan Mureşanu’s polyphonic tragi-comedy tracks six interconnected stories to capture the mood in Romania on the brink of revolution in 1989.
Box of Freedom
Escaping post-Communist Romania in a cargo ship's container bound for Canada, comedian Dora writes and performs new comedic material to the other two passengers in the container.
Milk Teeth
Romania, 1989. The twilight of Nicolae Ceaușescu's dictatorship. In a small, isolated town, Maria, a ten-year-old girl, becomes the last witness to her sister's mysterious disappearance.
Nasty
1972. Ilie Năstase wins his first US Open, while reaching both the Wimbledon and Davis Cup finals, and enters tennis history. Nasty explores his highs and lows, the controversies that surrounded the 1973 world number one ranked player.
