Program One World Romania #16

Directed by: Sierra Pettengill – USA – 2022 – 91 min Synopsis: Riotsville is a fictional city erected by the American army in the 1960s, to serve as training ground for the increasingly militarized police, in the attempt to build a counter-narrative to the popular revolts and discontentment of those years....See more details

Directed by: Patricio Guzmán – Chile, France – 2022 – 83 min   Synopsis:   Veteran director Patricio Guzman’s latest film follows the trajectory of the Chilean nation, starting from the outbreak of the popular uprisings in 2019, sparked by increasing subway fares....See more details

Directed by: Jacqueline Mills – Canada – 2022 – 103 min   Synopsis: A certain kind of form was needed to be able to render, on screen, the complexity of the colours, the textures and – ultimately -, the lives that pass through the hands of Zoe Lucas. For decades, the ecologist has kept a small island off the coast of Canada under observation, acting as a living, crucial memory of this natural habitat....See more details

Directed by: Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov, Zlatina Teneva – Bulgaria, Germany – 2022 – 113 min   Synopsis: When a small Bulgarian town is severly affected by COVID-19, the soul of the entire community of 50,000 inhabitants moves to the hospital – understaffed and under-resources, as is the case with this part of the world....See more details

Directed by: Jacqueline Mills – Canada – 2022 – 103 min   Synopsis: A certain kind of form was needed to be able to render, on screen, the complexity of the colours, the textures and – ultimately -, the lives that pass through the hands of Zoe Lucas. For decades, the ecologist has kept a small island off the coast of Canada under observation, acting as a living, crucial memory of this natural habitat....See more details

Directed by: Nama Filmcollective – Germany, Switzerland – 2022 – 98 min Synopsis: It goes without saying that all films are political acts, whether or not they assume this dimension or hide it behind their entertainment value; few of them, however, are the chronicles of the awakening of political awareness formerly benumbed by privilege and alienation....See more details

Section: GOOD LIFE / VIAȚĂ BUNĂ Regie: Simon Lereng Wilmont – Danemarca, Ucraina, Suedia, Germania, Finlanda – 2022 – 87 min Sinopsis: Pe măsură ce războiul din Estul Ucrainei din 2014 făcea ravagii, un grup de asistenți sociali lucra neîncetat într-un centru de cazare temporară din apropierea frontului....See more details

THE FABULOUS ONES Directed by: Roberta Torre – France, Italy – 2022 – 75 min Synopsis:   “The Fabulous Ones” takes its name from a group of transgender female friends who, having reached middle age, reunite in the villa that witnessed their process of identity formation....See more details

Directed by: Otilia Babara – Moldova, France, Netherlands, Belgium – 2022 – 73 min   Synopsis: During the 1990s women from Moldova began to work abroad to be able to support their families. Little by little, time and distance take the form of packages crossing the border: mothers used to send boxes of food and presents that one could only dream of back then and received video tapes with their children in return....See more details

THE OLD SCHOOL OF CAPITALISM (STARA ŠKOLA KAPITALIZMA) Directed by: Želimir Žilnik – Serbia – 2009 – 122 min   Synopsis: Rooted in the first wave of workers revolts to hit Serbia since the advent of capitalism, the film divides itself between factory workers, playing their own role, who find that their working place was looted by their bosses, and young incendiary libertarians (actors), inflaming the struggle and discussing with demonstrators issues around that beast: capitalism.