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THREE. The Annual Romanian Film Festival in NYC
THREE, the third edition of the Annual Romanian Film Festival in New York, takes place at Tribeca Cinemas between December 5-7. Following the rave success of Romanian cinema in the past few years, the festival is keeping American audiences up-to-date with the release of new Romanian films – five of which will be enjoying their US premiere. This edition will also introduce, with a selection of shorts, up-and-coming filmmakers to watch and will present a special program of documentaries.
New Releases (Features)
OPENING NIGHT:
Friday, Dec 5, 7:00 p.m.
SOLD OUT
Saturday, Dec 6, 4:00 p.m.
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Both screenings followed by Q&A with leading actor Dragos Bucur |
Boogie
(Romania, 2008, 102 min)
Director: Radu Muntean
"Boogie was a revelation to me in Cannes, and I was honored to present its North American premiere in the Hamptons this year. Its dissection of relationships, amongst both friends and lovers, was crafted with such nuance and insight. I'm so thrilled that it won our screenwriting award this year. Insight and attention to emotional detail as seen in Boogie is rare in film these days." – David Nugent, Director of Programming, Hamptons International Film Festival
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Saturday, Dec 6, 8:15 p.m.
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Sunday, Dec 7, 6:00 p.m.
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Both screenings followed by Q&A with director Radu Gabrea and producer Victoria Cociaş
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Gruber’s Journey
Călătoria lui Gruber
(Romania, 2008, 97 min)
Director: Radu Gabrea
"Directed by the veteran Radu Gabrea, [and co-written by Răzvan Rădulescu (The Death of Mr Lazarescu)], this film is an absorbing tragi-comedy which focuses on the attempts of the Italian author Curzio Malaparte to search for Josef Gruber, a Jewish doctor, whom he hopes will help cure his severe allergy. The red tape that he has to wade through to find the doctor makes Dickens' Circumlocution Office seem straightforward,” writes Ronald Bergan in The Guardian.
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Sunday, Dec 7, 3:30 p.m.
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Elevator
(Romania, 2007, 85 min)
Directing and Cinematography: George Dorobanţu
“What this beautiful dying couple goes through in 85 minutes would take most people 30 years (and several divorces) to live through. Elevator evokes Gus Van Sant’s Gerry (despite using the opposite device of confined space rather then open desert), and even his Last Days in its glorious final sequence.” – Fabien Baumann, Positif
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New Releases (Documentaries)
Saturday, Dec 6, 2:00 p.m.
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The Village Called Sands
Nisipuri
(Romania, 2008, 77 min)
Written and Directed by Claudiu Mitcu
“This utterly charming film looks at a scruffy little fair in an impoverished corner of southwestern Romania. The picture builds up with interviews with local children, inhabitants, and the sometimes jaundiced stall holders, as the area is prepared. [...] A delight.” – Sheila Seacroft, Neil Young’s Film Lounge
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Saturday, Dec 6, 4:30 p.m.
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Cold Waves
Război pe calea undelor
(Romania/ Germany/ Luxembourg, 2008, 108 min)
Wrriten and Directed by Alexandru Solomon
“The post-modern narrative form seems almost tailor-made for Communist Romania, a murky land of suspicion and conspiracy theories: truth and lie, then and now, facts and assumptions, all merge to form a ghostly web. Solomon has used this to make a masterpiece of a film about the history of the Romanian section of Radio Free Europe.” – Chris Keulemans, IDFA.
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Saturday, Dec 6, 6:15 p.m.
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Followed by: Don’t Get Me Wrong
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Bar de zi and Other Stories
Bar de zi şi alte povestiri
(Romania, 2007, 57 min)
Director: Corina Radu
Set in the medieval part of Sibiu, this documentary of intertwined tales discreetly discovers the intimate stories of the simple customers of a ‘bar de zi’ (day bar)--the last State-owned bar to survive the communist regime.
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Saturday, Dec 6, 6:15 p.m.
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Preceded by: Bar de Zi and Other Stories |
Don't Get Me Wrong
Nu te supăra, dar...
(Romania, 2007, 50 min)
Directed by: Adina Pintilie
A powerful document of the insular world of compulsive and repetitive behavior, Don’t Get Me Wrong takes the viewer to a Romanian psychiatric hospital, in an unadulterated take on the daily routine of its patients, which debate the weather, God, and other forces beyond their control.
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FESTIVAL CLOSING:
Sunday, Dec 7, 8:00 pm
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Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Răzvan Georgescu
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Testimony
Testimonial
(Romania/ Germany, 2008, 90 min)
Written and Directed by Răzvan Georgescu
“This documentary transforms in a surprising way a very hard and frightening private situation into a constructive and thoughtful journey about our life on this earth. The director succeeds in giving his own illness a philosophical approach to time, life and art and he reminds us of the simple message that we have to live when we are alive. This outstanding programme tells the never ending story about life and death and life again.” – The Jury of Prix Europa
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Saturday, Dec 6, 2:30 p.m.
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Sunday, Dec 7, 4:00 p.m.
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Saturday, Dec 6, 2:30 p.m.
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Sunday, Dec 7, 4:00 p.m.
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SHORTS
A Good Day for a Swim
O zi bună de plajă
(Romania, 2008, 10 min)
Director: Bogdan Mustaţă
Three teenage criminals escape from a juvenile detention facility and, before leaving the country, have their way with a prostitute and a truck driver.
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Life's Hard
La drumul mare
(Romania, 2007, 20 min)
Written and Directed by Gabriel Sârbu
In one of Bucharest's endless traffic jams, a purse snatcher strikes up a strange relationship with his female victim.
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Megatron
(Romania, 2008, 11 min)
Written and Directed by Marian Crişan
Mother and son, Maxim, live together in an isolated village 20 miles away from Bucharest. For Maxim’s birthday, his mother promises to take him to a McDonald’s restaurant in Bucharest. Maxim will do anything to make her keep that promise.
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Alexandra
(Romania, 2008, 25 min)
Director: Radu Jude
Tavi, a man in his late thirties, discovers that Alexandra, his 4-year old daughter, is not calling him “Dad” anymore.
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Immerse
(Romania, 2008, 2 min, animation)
Writen and Directed by We Are Om
A story about… inner space…
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Inspiration
Plictis şi Inspiraţie
(Moldova, 2007, 10 min)
Director: Igor Cobileanski
A bored mayor, his assistant and a community cop set out looking for inspiration.
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The Yellow Smiley Face
Faţa galbenă care râde
(Romania, 2008, 15 min)
Director: Constantin Popescu
A heart-warming film about two computer-illiterate parents trying to tame technology in order to get in touch with their son living abroad.
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Three to Remember (Documentaries)
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Saturday, Dec 6, 6:45 p.m.
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Sunday, Dec 7, 8:30 p.m.
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Introduction by Moshe Yassur. Screenings followed by Q&A with director Radu Gabrea |
Goldfaden’s Legacy: The Origins of Yiddish Theater
Moştenirea lui Goldfaden
(Romania, 2004, 58 min)
Direction: Radu Gabrea
The Romanian Film Festival celebrates the Goldfaden Centennial 2008 with a documentary about Avram Goldfaden, founder of the Jewish Theatre and original playwright and pioneer of the Broadway musical (in whose honor the Goldies awards for excellence of the Hebrew Actors Union are named).
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Saturday, Dec 6, 8:30 p.m.
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Europolis
Asta e
(Romania/ Germany, 2001, 92 min)
Written and Directed by Thomas Ciulei
The Romanian town of Sulina lies right in the no-man's-land of the Danube Delta, cut off from the rest of the world. It used to be a wealthy trade town, but with the decline of communism the economic connections petered out. The film portrays three different generations by following four of the region’s inhabitations, striving everyday to make ends meet.
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Sunday, Dec 7, 5:30 p.m.
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Timişoara, December 1989
Timişoara, decembrie 1989
(Romania, 1991-1993, 81 min)
Written and Directed by Ovidiu Bose Paştină
Set in the title Romanian city during the tumultuous fall of Communist dictator Ceauşescu, this stark black-and-white documentary chronicles the attempts of government soldiers to quell a citizens’ revolt.
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Special Event
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Note the different venue:
Romanian Cultural Institute in NY
200 East 38th Street (at 3rd Avenue), New York , NY 10016
(SUBWAY: 4, 5, 6, 7, S to Grand Central - 42nd St.)
www.icrny.org
FREE ADMISSION
RSVP at icrny@icrny.org,
212-687-0180 |
Andrei Şerban Traveling Academy (ASTA) presents
Staged Reading of "The Day After-Tomorrow, the Day Before Yesterday" by Gianina Cărbunariu
A new wave of experimentation has been sweeping Romania not only in cinema, but also in the field of theatre, with many young playwrights prompting a new writing in which “reality takes the stage” (Gwen Orel, The New York Times). Among them: Gianina Cărbunariu, is one of the most celebrated young Romanian playwrights. |
Special Event
Friday-Sunday
Free Admission |
Cărtureşti Bookstore at RCINY and Tribeca Cinemas
Join us also for another experiment: a preview of what a Romanian bookstore in New York could look like, organized in collaboration with Carturesti Bookstore.
Review and purchase a sample of books and DVDs of Romanian films old and new, and let us know what you’d like a future bookstore to be like, by joining the Carturesti Info Point at Tribeca Cinemas during the festival, and visiting its temporary setup in the Romanian Gallery on December 3 & 7. |
All screenings in the original version with English subtitles, introduced by Romanian film critics, and followed by Q&A with film directors and cast.
An initiative of the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York in collaboration with Tribeca Film Festival and Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF).
[Photo Gallery Copyright: Angela Radulescu/ Romanian Cultural Institute in New York]
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TRIBECA CINEMAS
54 Varick Street (at Laight Street), NYC, NY 10013
(SUBWAY: 1, 6, A, C, E, trains to Canal St.)
ADMISSION:
Regular Adult - $10.00, Student/Senior - $7.00
Tickets on sale now online at Tribeca Cinemas.
All Access Pass:
VIP All Access Passes are now available for $50.00. Each pass holder can attend all Festival Screenings, as well as gain access to the opening night reception on Friday, December 4th, taking place at the Tribeca Cinemas Gallery. » Buy an All Access Pass Now.
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