Program One World Romania #16

Directed by: Alex Sardà – Spain – 2022 – 78 min   Synopsis:   “Hafreiat,” the debut feature of Spanish filmmaker Alex Sardà, is a documentary of great stylistic discretion, which practices a passionate, albeit noninvasive form of militancy....See more details

Section: 24/7 Regie: Jessica Johnson, Ryan Ermacora – Canada – 2022 – 87 min Sinopsis: Pentru primul lor lungmetraj, tandemul de cineaști Jessica Johnson și Ryan Ermacora se fixează asupra rămășițelor unui oraș industrial din Nord-Vestul Canadei, unul dintre multe așezăminte al căror rost inițial de a fi un focar al extracției avide a resurselor naturale nu s-a putut preschimba niciodată în tipul de dinamică de întrajutorare și de producție responsabilă care stă la baza fondării unei comunități....See more details

(en) In this master-class, Žilnik will present his film-making methodology applied in almost all of his works that deal with social engagement, humor, grotesque, comedy and explicit political criticism. Throughout his career, he observes paradoxical and irrational sides of both human destinies and state structures: from early socialism and its liquidation, orchestration and execution of Yugoslav wars, followed by disintegration of the state, establishment of so called "democracy" and its defeat, to the most recent trends of “pledge of allegiance” to the EU....See more details

Directed by: Nikolaus Geyrhalter – Austria – 2022 – 110 min   Synopsis: Documentary filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter couldn’t have found a better subject to represent the famous “unity in diversity.” A touristic cliché the Austrian director turns against itself, by highlighting the invisible threads that bind us on the planet – a multitude of nations and cultures – through the endless production of garbage....See more details

Directed by: Anna Shishova-Bogoliubova – Finland, Norway, Croatia – 2022 – 92 min   Synopsis: One moment she is sitting at the kitchen table with her mother, the next she is in the courtroom, awaiting her sentence. The life of 17-year-old Anya changed overnight in 2018, when she was arrested, along with nine other adolescents, accused of forming an extremist group which was planning to overthrow the government....See more details

Directed by: Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta – Brazil, Portugal – 2022 – 154 min Synopsis: You have before your eyes one of the most furious cinematic gestures of 2022: nothing but a Brazilian guerilla film that knows what it wants all too well – to reclaim public space from the hands of those who, under the auspices of Jair Bolsonaro’s authoritarian regime, turned it into an unlivable reality....See more details

Kenedi Goes Back Home  (original: Kenedi se vraća kući) Directed by: Želimir Žilnik - Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia și Muntenegru, 2003, 75 min Synopsis: This film is about people who emigrated to European countries during the war years of the 1990s. They have lived there for 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

Total: 150 min Marius Șopterean - Diary of a Provincial Puppeteer - România, 1993, 24 min Radu Muntean - Lindenfeld 1994 - România, 1994, 8 min 30” Radu Muntean - Life is Elsewhere - România, 1995, 12 min Vali Hotea - Maya - România, 1995, 25 min Mugur Vasiliu - Tonel and Vieru or About the Meaning of the Ballad - România, 1996, 19 min 30” Valentin Suciu - Inner Courtyard - România, 1996, 23 min * This screening will take place in the presence of: Marius Șopterean, Radu Muntean, Vali Hotea, Mugur Vasiliu, Valentin Suciu, Alexandru Solomon, Vivi Drăgan Vasile Synopsis: Marius Șopterean – Diary of a Provincial Puppeteer - Romania, 1993, 24 min A portrait of the actor Călin Nemeș, who bravely faced the soldiers sent to suppress the demonstrations during the 1989 Revolution, in Cluj....See more details

FORAGERS   Directed by: Jumana Manna – Occupied Palestinian Territory – 2022 – 65 min   Synopsis:   The documentary “Foragers” is the answer to an unmistakable filmmaker’s question: how to depict without epigonism what was already shown so many times before? Jumana Manna’s trick is as original as it is efficient: she picks out a plant – the za’atar – disputed by Palestinan and Israeli citizens, and turns it into an exquisite metonyny....See more details