4th Annual Romanian Film Festival
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- Published on Wednesday, 02 December 2009 19:22
- Written by Frank Lovece
Romanian cinema, which reaches back to the 19th century and includes some of the earliest efforts of the emerging medium, also impressed the world by winning the Best Short award at Cannes in 2004 and 2008.
With this new-found attention came the city-specific Romanian Film Festival in NY, beginning 2006. Now in its fourth year, the festival is a collaboration of the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, The Tribeca Film Festival and The Transylvania International Film Festival.
This year's festival, the fourth annual, runs December 4-6, 2009, at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City. A companion film series will air nationally on Link TV and in New York on CUNY TV.
Titled "4 Years, 3 Days and 2 Decades Later," the festival features some of the most recent films from Romania's unique and critically exalted national body of contemporary cinema, keyed to the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. To this end, festival curator Mihai Chirilov has created a retrospective section, "Waving at the Revolution," which includes the opening night film Videograms of a Revolution.
Attending the festival will be actor Vlad Ivanov (Police, Adjective and The Other Irene), winner of the 2007 award for Best Supporting Actor of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days; director Horaţiu Mălăele (Silent Wedding), actor Andi VasluianuThe Other Irene), and, producer/director Tudor Giurgiu (Katalin Varga and Australia). (
"The Actors of the Romanian New Wave," a festival event Monday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m., features a conversation with Ivanov, Mălăele and Vasluianu. It will be held at the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, 200 East 38th St. (at Third Avenue), and admission is free.
The festival line up is:
Features
Hooked (Pescuit sportiv), 2008, directed by Adrian Sitaru (image above)
Katalin Varga, 2009, directed by Peter Strickland
The Other Irene (Cealaltă Irina), 2009, directed by Andrei Grusnickzi
Police, Adjective (Poliţist. adj.), 2009, directed by Corneliu Porumboiu - the Romanian selection for the 82nd Academy Awards. An IFC Films release.
Silent Wedding (Nunta mută), 2008, directed by Horaţiu Mălăele
Special program: "Waving at the Revolution"
Videograms of a Revolution (Videogramme einer Revolution), 1992, directed by Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujică
The Oak (Balanţa), 1992, directed by Lucian Pintilie
State of Things (Stare de fapt), 1995, directed by Stere Gulea
Documentaries
Australia, 2009, directed by Claudiu Mitcu
The Flower Bridge (Podul de flori), 2008, directed by Thomas Ciulei
Shorts
11 PM, 2009, directed by Alexandru Sava
Bric-Brac, 2009, directed by Gabriel Achim
For Him (Pentru el), 2009, directed by Stanca Radu
Oli's Wedding (Nunta lui Oli), 2009, directed by Tudor Jiurgiu
Renovation (Renovare), 2009, directed by Paul Negoescu
Tarantyno, 2009, directed by Mircea Nestor
In partnership with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, Link TV will broadcast nationally the complementary film series The Romanian New Wave. The feature films included in this special presentation of Link TV will also air on cable in New York City on CUNY TV (Channel 75) starting Friday, December 4, at 10 p.m. ET with The Paper Will Be Blue. This series is curated by Steven Lawrence, Vice President of Music and Cultural Programming at Link TV.
The schedule of films to air on CUNY TV is:
The Paper Will Be Blue (Hîrtia va fi albastră), 2006, directed by Radu Muntean, December 4
Stuff and Dough (Marfa şi banii), 2001, directed by Cristi Puiu, December 11
Exam (Examen), 2003, directed by Titus Muntean, December 18
12:08 East of Bucharest (A fost sau n-a fost?), 2006, directed by Corneliu Porumboiu, December 25
Love Sick (Legături bolnăvicioase), 2006, directed by Tudor Giurgiu, January 1
The following films will be broadcast nationally on Link TV. For a full schedule and program information visit: http://www.linktv.org/
Features
12:08 East of Bucharest (A fost sau n-a fost?)
2006
directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
Exam (Examen)
2003
directed by Titus Muntean
Love Sick (Legături bolnăvicioase)
2006
directed by Tudor Giurgiu
The Paper Will Be Blue (Hîrtia va fi albastră)
2006
directed by Radu Muntean
Stuff and Dough (Marfa şi banii)
2001
directed by Cristi Puiu
Documentaries
Bar de zi and Other Stories (Bar de zi şi alte povestiri)
2007
directed by Corina Radu
Cold Waves (Război pe calea undelor)
2007
directed by Alexandru Solomon
Testimony (Testimonial)
2008
directed by Răzvan Georgescu
All films will be screened in the original language with English subtitles, introduced by Romanian film critics.
Tickets: Adult, $10. Student/Senior, $7. On sale at the box office starting December 4.
For more information: http://www.icrny.org/
The 4th Annual Romanian Film Festival in New York
December 4-6, 2009
Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick Street (at Laight Street)
New York, NY