Legendary Romanian stage and screen actor Victor Rebengiuc brings a stoic, fragile dignity to his role as an elderly man who reunites with his estranged son after losing his wife and home in a devastating flood. Director Tudor Cristian Jurgiu in person for both screenings.

Closing Night followed by a reception open to all ticket holders!

A Bulgarian/Romanian co-production, Viktoria is a truly innovative epic infused with strikingly surreal images that offers a unique perspective on the communist chimera.

Q&A with director Stere Gulea and actress Ana Ularu at both screenings.

A bittersweet drama about the generation gap that contrasts Romanian national identity before and after the ’89 Revolution.

Introduction by director Stere Gulea.

This remarkable adaptation of Marin Preda’s novel covers the years preceding World War II in a village in the Danube Plain, with its visible and invisible tensions as its residents contend with the early consolidation of capitalism in the rural area. Featuring a monumental lead performance by Victor Rebengiuc.

North American Premiere. In mid-1980s Romania, the Securitate investigate a gifted mathematician when it comes to their attention that he has secretly arranged for an academic paper on his new theorem to be published in an American journal. Director Andrei Gruzsniczki in person for both screenings.

A decent but immature guy in his late thirties finds out from his secret police file that he might have fathered a son, but this proves to be just the first blast from a complicated past…

Director Corneliu Porumboiu watches a 25-year-old historic soccer match with his father, who was the referee, in this look at the ways in which we relate to the past and, to a certain extent, to our parents.

Q&A with director Vlad Petri.

This funny and furious documentary chronicles the street protests that took over Bucharest 23 years after the Revolution.

Free and open to the public!

The relationship between arts and politics is explored through a free panel conversation with filmmakers and film historians from Romania, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

Introduction by co-director Pavel Loparev.

Forty-five Russian teens share their stories through anonymous interviews and video diaries in the wake of Putin’s 2013 law forbidding “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations with minors.”

The tempestuous attraction between a talented opera student and an aggressive provincial bully is charted in this provocative film whose release was restricted by Russian officials.

Free event followed by a reception!

The topic of LGBTQ rights and how the arts help in addressing them will be at the core of this conversation between artists and intellectuals from Romania, Russia, and the U.S. Panelists include Masha Gessen, Andrew Solomon, and Pavel Loparev; moderated by Mona Nicoară.

Free event!

Inspired by the biggest hit of one of Romania’s greatest pop singers, Angela Similea, the dark and crazily inventive musical Dying from a Wound of Love leads this eclectic bunch of shorts that also includes a tribute to Tarantino’s snappy dialogue in Kowalski and the Fassbinder-eque The Walk.

Free event followed by a reception!

Visual artist Hedda Sterne created a body of work known for its stubborn independence from styles and trends. After fleeing to the U.S. from Bucharest, the work she left behind, closely guarded by her friend and fellow artist Medi Wechsler Dinu for over 50 years, has been recently rediscovered by the director of PostModernism Museum, who will share for the first time Sterne’s early output  and Wechsler Dinu’s testimonies.