Program One World Romania #18

Directed by: Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc Documentary – Romania, Germany, Netherlands – 2024 – 82 min Section: Friends of OWR Filmed across Italy, Moldova, and Romania, Tata is a raw portrait of a family locked in a relentless struggle against toxic masculinity and the tale of a daughter’s poignant quest to break the cycle for herself, the next generation, and even for the one who hurt her.

Directed by: Mitch McCabe  Documentary – USA – 2024 – 78 min Section: Dialogues Part verité essay, part political diary, ”23 Mile” follows Americans during cataclysmic events in the swing state of Michigan throughout 2020 (including a plot to kidnap the governor), painting a complex portrait that defies media stereotypes, while forcing viewers to question their own assumptions about race, class, social status and geographical demographics.

Directed by: Lesia Diak Documentary – Ukraine, Romania, Croatia – 2024 – 78 min Section: Exist to Resist Is it possible to return to a normal life after being broken by war? The unseen damage inflicted by war on personal relationships pushes war veteran Serhiy away from his family....See more details

Directed by: Igor Bezinović Documentary – Croatia – 2012 – 93 min Section: Extended Dialogues “The Blockade” is a unique view from within on the most massive, longest, and politically most significant student protest in the country, since 1971, that started in April of 2009 at the Faculty of humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb....See more details

Directed by: Anelise Sălan Documentary – Romania – 2024 – 99 min Section: Exist to Resist A gay woman from Romania fights for the legal recognition of same-sex marriages, joining 21 other couples in a historic case at the European Court of Human Rights. The trial tests the couple’s relationship, documenting their emotional journey in the battle against the state and its consequences, in a deeply personal cinematic portrait.

Directed by: Maciej J. Drygas Documentary – Poland, Lithuania – 2024 – 80 min Section: Reverberations “Trains” is a “found-footage” document consisting solely of archival materials, which creates a collective portrait of people in 20th century Europe, capturing their hopes, desires, dramas, and tragedies....See more details

Short film screening with the work of the directors selected in the Emerging Voices program of One World Romania 18, followed by an open talk on how to grow as a filmmaker interested in human rights in an increasingly precarious industry.

Directed by: Kinshuk Surjan Documentary – Belgium, Netherlands, India – 2024 – 108 min Section: Exist to Resist Intent on providing a better life for herself and her children after her farmer-husband’s suicide, Sanjivani struggles against her culture’s traditional abandonment of widows, until she joins a discussion group with other farmer-suicide widows....See more details

Directed by: Zvika Gregory Portnoy, Zuzanna Solakiewicz Documentary – Poland, Qatar – 2024 – 78 min Section: Exist to Resist In 2021, the border area between Poland and Belarus became a forbidden zone, three kilometers wide, where refugees found themselves brutally trapped. Maciek lives with his family on the Polish side of the border....See more details

Directed by: Various directors Newsreels – Romania – 1940-1945 – 55 min Section: Extended Dialogues This past winter, one of the most searched for words in the Romanian online dictionary was „legionary”. In order to contribute to satisfying this curiosity and to add images and faces to maybe too abstract definitions, we’ve decided to put together a programme of newsreels owned by The Nation Film Archive from the years 1940-1945....See more details