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SUMMARY:THE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAME
DESCRIPTION:Join our wait list\n\n\n\nIs the event full? Join the wait list to be notified if tickets become available. \n\n\n\n\nPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *FirstLast		\n			Email Number of\n			\n		\n		Email *Dropdown *--- Select Choice ---TrafficThe New Year that Never CameMilk TeethTataComatogenNastySelect movie Number of tickets *Submit  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnul Nou care n-a fost\n\n\n\n2024\, 138’\, subtitles\n\n\n\nd. Bogdan Mureșanu \n\n\n\nSunday\, November 16\, 7:00 PM \n\n\n\nIt’s December 20\, 1989. Romania is boiling but no one talks about it. Life seems to go on as usual: censored theatre plays\, demolished houses\, proletarians gathered for a huge demonstration\, students’ artistic moments mocking communism at the same time with New Year’s glorifying shows for Nicolae Ceaușescu. But in the dis-comfort of their unheated homes\, people still struggle with the world’s ancient problems like the father-son difference of opinions\, sweet nostalgia after an ex-lover or the hate towards the mother-in-law. And above all – The Secret Police is watching with vigilance. Six apparently parallel life stories meet along in some invisible points of this tragicomedy\, and at a boom of a firecracker they all drive to a common resolution: the end of a world\, the fall of the communist regime in Romania. \n\n\n\nDirector Bogdan Mureșanu \n\n\n\nRomanian award-winning writer Bogdan Mureșanu has shifted from literature and advertising to cinema with equal success\, both as a director and as a script writer. Since his debut in 2008 with the script for the short film THE HUMAN TORCH\, his work covers animations\, documentaries\, fiction films and TV series. Member of the European Film Academy\, Bogdan was the screenwriter of SANDALS – an international awarded short animation – and the director and screenwriter of THE CHRISTMAS GIFT\, shortlisted for the American Academy Awards (Oscars) in 2020\, a short film with 200 festival selections and 72 awards (including the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival). Bogdan’s lates film is THE MAGICIAN\, an animation short film\, world premiered in the competition of the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. \n\n\n\nAwards and nominations: Horizons Award for Best Film & FIPRESCI Prize – Venice Film Festival; European Discovery 2024 – Prix FIPRESCI nomination (European Film Awards); Golden Pyramid for Best Film – Cairo International Film Festival; Silver Peacock for Best Director – Goa International Film Festival; New Voices New Visions Award – Palm Springs International Film Festival; Grand Prix & FIPRESCI Prize – Luxembourg City Film Festival; Best Fiction Film – Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz.
URL:https://romanianfilmfestivaldc.com/event/the-new-year-that-never-came/
LOCATION:AMC Georgetown\, 3111 K Street NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20007\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025
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SUMMARY:NASTY - MORE THAN JUST TENNIS
DESCRIPTION:(Nasty) \n\n\n\n\n\nIs the event full?\n\n\n\nJoin the waitlist to be notified if tickets become available \n\n\n\n\n\n2024\, 104’\, subtitles \n\n\n\nd. Tudor Giurgiu\, Cristian Pascariu\, Tudor D. Popescu \n\n\n\n… \n\n\n\nSunday\, November 16\, 4:00 PM \n\n\n\n1972. Ilie Năstase wins his first US Open\, while reaching both the Wimbledon and Davis Cup finals\, and enters tennis history. NASTY explores his highs and lows\, the controversies that surrounded the 1973 world number one ranked player\, and the enduring impact he has had on the world of tennis. Lovable\, charming and generous\, yet temperamental\, arrogant and obscene – Năstase disrupted the sport’s antiquated etiquette with a great sense of showmanship on the court\, and became its first rebel rock star. \n\n\n\nDirectors Tudor Giurgiu\, Cristian Pascariu & Tudor D. Popescu \n\n\n\nSelections and awards: Cannes Film Festival – Special Screenings; Shanghai International Film Festival; Karlovy Vary International Film Festival; Rome Film Festival; Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival; Palm Springs International Film Festival; Thessaloniki Documentary Festival; Audience Award – SEEFest Los Angeles; Gopo Award for Best Original Music (Marius Leftărache and Nikita Dembinski). \n\n\n\nMember of the European Film Academy\, Tudor is the founder and President of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF)\, the most prestigious film-related event in Romania. His directorial debut feature LOVE SICK (2006)was selected in the Panorama section of the Berlinale and awarded in several international festivals. His short SUPERMAN\, SPIDERMAN OR BATMAN(2011) won Best European Short at the 2012 edition of European Film Awards. OF SNAILS AND MEN (2012) was awarded in Warsaw IFF and Valladolid IFF. WHY ME? premiered in 2015 Berlinale Panorama. FREEDOM (2023) was awarded in Sarajevo FF\, Cottbus FF\, Arras FF\, and CineFest Miskolc IFF. Cristian Pascariu is a director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed several internationally acclaimed short films and is currently collaborating with various production companies in Bucharest\, working on projects ranging from animation to fiction and documentary. Tudor D. Popescu graduated from the National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) in Bucharest\, where he later became a university lecturer in the Multimedia department. He has edited numerous music videos\, video commercials\, and feature films.
URL:https://romanianfilmfestivaldc.com/event/nasty/
LOCATION:AMC Georgetown\, 3111 K Street NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20007\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025
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SUMMARY:COMATOGEN
DESCRIPTION:Special event: join us after the film for a Q&A session with leading lady Daniela Nane!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025\, 105’\, subtitles \n\n\n\nd. Igor Cobileanski \n\n\n\n… \n\n\n\nSaturday\, November 15\, 7:00 PM \n\n\n\nSingle mother and nurse Alina is confronted with an ethical problem when she tries to find a huge sum of money to prevent her 22-year-old son Radu from going to jail. \n\n\n\nDirector Igor Cobileanski \n\n\n\nIgor Cobileanski is a scriptwriter and director from the Republic of Moldova. Born in 1974\, he studied directing in Bucharest. He has made several short and documentary films. THE UNSAVED (2013)\, his feature-length debut written together with Corneliu Porumboiu\, won the FIPRESCI Prize at Cottbus Film Festival\, as well as the Gopo Awards for Best First Feature Film and Best Cinematography in 2014. His second feature film\, the Romanian-Lithuanian comedy EASTERN BUSINESS\, won Best Script and Best Actor (Ion Sapdaru and Constantin Pușcașu) at the Tallinn Black Nights in 2016. \n\n\n\nSelections: Transilvania International Film Festival – Romanian Days; European Film Festival Palić – Parallels and Encounters; Warsaw Film Festival – Animus. Cinema of Values.
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LOCATION:AMC Georgetown\, 3111 K Street NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20007\, United States
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SUMMARY:TATA
DESCRIPTION:2024\, 82’\, subtitles \n\n\n\nd. Lina Vdovîi\, Radu Ciorniciuc \n\n\n\n… \n\n\n\nSaturday\, November 15\, 4:00 PM \n\n\n\nAfter years of estrangement\, Lina\, a Moldovan journalist\, receives a video message from her father\, a migrant worker in Italy\, showing bruises on his arms. Equipping him with a hidden camera\, Lina finds herself on a parallel journey – uncovering a pattern of domestic violence that has plagued her family for generations. Filmed across Italy\, Moldova\, and Romania\, TATA is a raw portrait of a family locked in a relentless struggle against toxic masculinity. It tells the story of a daughter’s emotionally poignant quest to break the cycle for herself\, the next generation\, and even for the one who hurt her. \n\n\n\nDirectors Lina Vdovîi & Radu Ciorniciuc \n\n\n\nLina Vdovîi is the screenwriter for the feature documentary ACASĂ\, MY HOME (2020). Lina is an award-winning independent reporter from the Republic of Moldova\, based in Romania. She began her filmmaking career producing news and documentaries for the German national television broadcaster ZDF. Radu Ciorniciuc is a Romanian filmmaker\, cinematographer\, and investigative journalist. Radu’s debut feature documentary film\, ACASĂ\, MY HOME\, won the Best Cinematography Award at Sundance 2020 and was nominated for a European Film Academy Award. \n\n\n\nAwards: Silver Horn – International Documentary Competition\, Krakow Film Festival; Human Rights in Motion Award – FIPADOC Biarritz; Alpe Adria Cinema Award (Best Documentary) & Audience Award – Trieste Film Festival; Best Documentary Film Award – International Competition\, Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
URL:https://romanianfilmfestivaldc.com/event/tata/
LOCATION:AMC Georgetown\, 3111 K Street NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20007\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025
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SUMMARY:MILK TEETH
DESCRIPTION:Is the event full?\n\n\n\nJoin the waitlist to be notified when tickets become available \n\n\n\n\n\n(Dinți de lapte) \n\n\n\n2025\, 104’\, subtitles \n\n\n\nd. Mihai Mincan \n\n\n\n… \n\n\n\nFriday\, November 14\, 7:00 PM \n\n\n\nRomania\, 1989. The twilight of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s dictatorship. In a small\, isolated town\, Maria\, a ten-year-old girl\, becomes the last witness to her sister’s mysterious disappearance. Torn apart by the loss\, she tries to make sense of a new\, terrifying reality. Can she summon up the courage to grow up in a collapsing world? \n\n\n\nDirector Mihai Mincan \n\n\n\nMihai Mincan was born in Bucharest\, graduated from the University of Philosophy in Bucharest and later pursued an MBA at the University of Poitiers. He directed the shorts ALASKA (2014)\, THE COMET (2017)\, IDYLL (2019)\, and HUNTERS IN THE SNOW (2024). He co-directed the feature documentary films BONDOC (2015)\, EMIGRANT BLUES: A ROAD MOVIE IN 2 1/2 CHAPTERS (2019)\, and THE MAN WHO WOULD BE FREE (2019). He wrote and directed the feature TO THE NORTH\, which premiered in Venice’s Horizons competition in 2022. \n\n\n\nSelections: Venice Film Festival – Horizons; Toronto International Film Festival – Centrepiece; Bangkok International Film Festival – Main Competition; Thessaloniki International Film Festival – International Competition.
URL:https://romanianfilmfestivaldc.com/event/milk-teeth/
LOCATION:District of Columbia
CATEGORIES:2025
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SUMMARY:TRAFFIC
DESCRIPTION:Is the event full? \n\n\n\nJoin the wait list to be notified if tickets become available. \n\n\n\n\nPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.		\n			Number Email Dropdown\n			\n		\n		Name *FirstLastEmail *Dropdown *--- Select Choice ---TrafficThe New Year that Never CameMilk TeethTataComatogenNastySelect movie Number of tickets *Submit  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP to reserve your seat! \n\n\n\n\n\n(Jaful secolului)\n\n\n\n2024\, 119’\, subtitles \n\n\n\nd. Teodora Ana Mihai \n\n\n\n… \n\n\n\nThursday\, November 13\, 7:00 PM \n\n\n\nNatalia and Ginel leave their small Romanian Danube village to work abroad in a big Flemish city. One evening\, when she is assaulted after meeting a local\, Natalia asks Iță\, a friend from home turned into a crook\, to help her. \n\n\n\nDirector Teodora Ana Mihai \n\n\n\nTeodora Ana Mihai is a Belgian-Romanian film director born in Bucharest\, known for her distinctive blend of social relevance and audiovisual poetry. She gained recognition with her debut auteur documentary\, WAITING FOR AUGUST\, before making her first narrative feature\, LA CIVIL\, which won the Un Certain Regard – Prix de l’Audace (Audacity Award) at the Cannes Film Festival in 2021. \n\n\n\nAwards: Warsaw Grand Prix – Warsaw Film Festival; Best Actress (Anamaria Vartolomei) – Tokyo International Film Festival; Balkan Film Award – Sofia International Film Festival; Audience Award – Shanghai International Film Award.
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LOCATION:AMC Georgetown\, 3111 K Street NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20007\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025
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SUMMARY:DOORS OPEN
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening night of the 6th edition of the Romanian Film Festival DC. \n\n\n\nHappening at the prestigious AMC Georgetown\, on the waterfront\, it promises to be a weekend of exquisite Romanian cinema\, presentations from insiders and experts and a behind-the-scenes peek into the New Romanian Wave.
URL:https://romanianfilmfestivaldc.com/event/opening-night/
LOCATION:AMC Georgetown\, 3111 K Street NW\, Washington\, District of Columbia\, 20007\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025
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