Program Cinema Union

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

Directed by: Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski – Poland, Germany – 2022 – 85 min   Synopsis: A few months prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, five young women and men participate in a unique stage production that attempts to relate their war experiences to Shakespeare’s Hamlet....See more details

Regie: Shaunak Sen Țări: India, UK, USA Durata: 93 Anul: 2022 Synopsis RO: Într-o secvență frapantă din All That Breathes, protagoniștii filmului nostru se angajează într-o traversare periculoasă a unui râu pentru a aduce, de pe malul celălalt, un pui de gaie neagră care are nevoie de ajutor....See more details

Beyrouth, Never Again (original: Beyrouth jamais plus) – Lebanon, 1976, 35 min Letter from Beyrouth (original: Lettre de Beyrouth) – Lebanon, 1978, 52 min Beyrouth, My City (original: Beyrouth, ma ville) – Lebanon, 1982, 37 min

Directed by: Cem Kaya – Germany – 2022 – 96 min   Synopsis:   “Love, Deutschmarks and Death” represents the odyssey of an uprooted people that is still searching for a place to call home. The history of Turkish immigrants in Germany, stretching between the beginning of the 1960s and the present day here takes the form of a graceful lament, where the need to adjust oneself and to belong, homesickness, as well as social changes blend together to the jarring tunes of the likes of Cem Karaca, protest icon of the FRG, or Muhabbet, the famour rapper of the 2000s generation....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

Total: 85 min RO Copții, Crucea faraonilor Original: Les Coptes, La Croix des Pharaons, Franța, 1986, 16 min Un portret al copților, cea mai veche comunitate creștină din Egipt, al legăturilor sale cu Egiptul antic și, în fața fundamentalismului islamic în creștere, al tradițiilor sale și al modului în care se confruntă cu această amenințare tot mai mare la adresa existenței sale....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: 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: 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