The retrospective presenting the first historical overview of Romanian cinema in America after 1989, "Shining through a Long, Dark Night: Romanian Cinema, Then and Now", April 16-27,  2008, Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, was enjoyed by the New York public and largely featured both in the US and Romanian media.

The US release of "Stuff and Dough" (2001), the feature debut of director Cristi Puiu, at Film Forum, New York, was critically praised in the US media. Please find below a selection of its reviews.

Perjovschi's exhibition at Lombard-Freid Projects, organized with the support of RCINY, was positively reviewed by Merrily Kerr in the Time Out New York February 13-19, 2008 issue.

The launching of the first foreign-language edition of the "Times Book Review" in Romania was positively reviewed in the "The New York Times" magazine.

The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York presented Maria Raducanu, one of the most original singers in Romania's jazz history, together with two international outstanding musicians: Kristen Jonssan (guitar) and Chris Dahlgren (double-bass).

RCINY and the Romanian Cultural Institute supported the presence at TIFF 2010 of the first delegation of American film professionals, including Scott Foundas (Film Society of Lincoln Center), publicist Susan Norget, programmer and critic Alissa Simon (Palm Springs, Variety), distributor Daniel Elefante (Kino Lorber Films) and Basil Tsiokos (indieWire).

The Romanian film "The Other Irene" was featured in the 2010 SEE Festival in Los Angeles, with the attendance of leading actor Andi Vasluianu made possible by RCINY.

In partnership with the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York and Bucharest, the Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago presented The Seductiveness of the Interval, the project curated by Alina Şerban and featured at the Romanian Pavilion of the 2009 Venice Biennale, to great critical acclaim. The work of three Romanian artists – Ştefan Constantinescu, Andrea Faciu and Ciprian Mureşan – was exhibited in a two-story architectural structure designed by the studioBASAR architectural group specifically for that purpose.

"But perhaps you are hearing it here first: the Romanian new wave has arrived," wrote A.O. Scott in his New York Times Magazine feature on the "New Wave on the Black Sea" on January 20, 2008, the largest feature to date dedicated to Romanian cinema by the US media.

The US release of Cristian Mungiu's Palme d'Or winner "4 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days" enjoyed an overwhelming reception from the media all over the US. Please find below a small selection of the film's reviews (a more extensive listing will be soon available).