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Read the most important press coverage of our events and the Romanian artists we have promoted.

September 25 - October 6, 2009
Andrei Serban Traveling Academy in NYC
The journey of the Traveling Academy, started in 2007 under the inspiring guidance of acclaimed U.S.-Romanian theatre director Andrei Serban, continued this year with ten new actors and a third project presented by the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York. The event was featured in The New York Times.

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September 12-17, 2009
Romanian films at Toronto Film Festival
The three Romanian films selected this year at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival: POLICE, ADJECTIVE, by Corneliu Porumboiu (this year's winner of the Grand Jury Award and the FIPRESCI Award of the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival); TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE , co-written and co-directed by Cristian Mungiu; and THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD, by Radu Jude, had reviews in The New York Times and other important publications.


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September 2009
Police, Adjective at NYFF
Corneliu Porumboiu's new film, POLICE, ADJECTIVE presented in  US premiere at the New York Film Festival, was reviewed in The New York Times, The Village Voice and other important publications.

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Jul 2009
Sasha Meret at RCINY Gallery
Sasha Meret's show "Precious Aggression. An Obsessive Reflection", presented at RCINY, was featured in the July number of NY ART BEAT.

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June, 2009
POONARC: A Page Out of Order
Yoshiko Chuma's performance POONARC: A Page Out of Order: Not About Romanian Cinema at Danspace Project , organized with support from RCINY, had reviews in The Village Voice and The New York Times.

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May-October 2009
"Police, Adjective" in the U.S. press

“Police, Adjective”, the latest film by Corneliu Porumboiu, has received a great critical reception in the U.S. media starting his screening in Cannes, where it won the Grand Jury Award and the FIPRESCI Award of the Un Certain Regard section, and the more so after its U.S. premiere at New York Film Festival, and currently as it opened in U.S. theatres. Below follows a selection from the film reviews.  


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Apr-Dec 2009
Romanian Cafe Society Takes Manhattan: Carturesti Book Exhibition in NYC
On May 14, 2009, Jennifer Schuessler described her first experience of the RCINY/ Carturesti space in The New York Times Book Review: “From now until July 15, all you need to do to browse the hippest bookstore in Bucharest is stroll to 38th Street and Third Avenue, where a temporary outlet of the chain Carturesti has set up shop in the exhibition space of the Romanian Cultural Institute New York."

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Apr-May 2009
Romanian literature in translation: "Little Fingers" by Filip Florian
"Many characters and overlapping stories can cause confusion but never boredom ..." reads Publishers Weekly in the recent review of "Little Fingers', by Filip Florian.

More about the series of literary events introducing Romanian writer Filip Florian
Apr-May 2009
Going West: 2 Romanian Films at SEEFF
Elevator and Megatron, the two Romanian films selected in the South-East European Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA, with the support of RCINY, were welcomed by the press.

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April 2009
Disappearing Act: European Cinema
 The Paper Will Be Blue by Radu Muntean, and Cristian Nemescu's celebrated  California Dreamin' (Endless), presented in "Disappearing Act" by Czech Center in collaboration with RCINY, were welcomed by US media.

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