Overview of articles
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Oxygen
Convincing sketch of Communist Romania, where a man prepares to flee. Beautifully shot fiction with very unusual archive material.Published on: -
The Palm Lines
The impressive actress Coca Bloos portrays an empty existence. Fate has delivered a hard blow.Published on: -
Police, Adjective
Prize-winning and praised, this extremely calm and occasionally dry, cool yet irresistible story about the boundary between maintaining the law and aPublished on: -
Unde la soare e frig
On the beautiful yet desolate Rumanian Black-Sea coast, an encounter takes place between a lighthouse keeper and a woman who would appear to have lost…Published on: -
Joy in People
A man seeks to become a part of every crowd he encounters. Vivacious, guerilla-style filmmaking on the tricky rules and temptations of belonging.Published on: -
Pororoca
The unthinkable happens in a sunny playground: suddenly five-year old Maria is gone. Her disappearance destroys her family’s everyday joy.&Published on: -
Amateurs
A slick marketing film or two teenagers messing with a smartphone and selfie sticks: how do you pitch the colourless Swedish town of Lafors as…Published on: -
Everything Is Far Away
A 40th birthday surprise visit from mum. A compassionate story about family ties, the desire to get close and the (valid) reasons to stay away.Published on: -
Soldiers. Story from Ferentari
Welcome to Ferentari, Bucharest’s ghetto largely inhabited by Roma. Not the ideal location for a gay romance, yet introverted academic AdiPublished on: -
If the Seed Doesn’t Die
Romania about 200 years ago. Peasants drag a wooden church across a frozen lake to their village. They’re not allowed to build one, because they…Published on: