Bucharest Photofest

Credits: Minamata · Directed by Andrew Levitas · USA, UK, UAE · 2020 · 115 min · Starring Johnny Depp, Hiroyuki Sanada · Based on W. Eugene Smith & Aileen M. Smith Andrew Levitas’s film about the years W. Eugene Smith and Aileen Mioko spent documenting the campaign of the people of Minamata, a city poisoned with mercury....See more details

Four short films from BPF.SELECTION 2026, followed by Raoul Peck’s documentary on South African photographer Ernest Cole and his rediscovered archive. BPF.SELECTION 2026 is the official selection of the edition’s open call for film: work that engages deeply with photography as an art form....See more details

In Passing, film screning + Q/A · Bucharest Photofest 2026 For more than a decade, photographer Artūras Morozovas has photographed people affected by the war in Ukraine and people living in social isolation in Lithuania. First of all, he sees a person, not a victim. The film explores the social problems the Soviet regime left behind in both countries....See more details

Ten days of looking closely, and one last night to look back. Join us for the closing evening of Bucharest Photofest 2026, with The Speakers (RO) live at Control Club, and send the WITNESS edition off in style. The Speakers take cues from Eastern European modernism, retro cinema and fashion. Their music carries the emotional language of the '80s into songs about resilience, identity and modern anxieties....See more details