Program One World Romania #18

LIFT Directed by: Marc Isaacs Documentary – United Kingdom – 2001 – 24 min Section: Focus Marc Isaacs When filmmaker Marc Isaacs decided to make a documentary about a lift in a London tower block he had no idea how the residents would react and what they would reveal of their lives....See more details

Directed by: Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk Documentary – USA – 2024 – 96 min Section: Youth Days  Three decades ago, the world was poised to stop global warming. Using exclusively archival material, “The White House Effect” tells the origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H....See more details

Directed by: Simona Constantin Documentary – Romania – 2025 – 90 min Section: Youth Days Not willing to accept that his glorious life as the "King of the violin" is over, Caliu starts the journey of re-inventing himself. Traveling back and forth between present struggles and old golden days, music is the only constant in Caliu's life....See more details

Directed by: Victoria Verseau Documentary – Sweden, France – 2024 – 72 min Section: Dialogues Victoria looks back in time to understand her transition and what it is that defines you as a woman. Having lost a close friend she shares her pain and embodied experience with Athena and Aamina, themselves on their own journeys of transition....See more details

Directed by: Mihai Dragolea, Radu Mocanu Documentary – Romania – 2025 – 84 min Section: Extended Dialogues Two filmmakers follow a businessman turned eco-activist as he exposes Romania's timber mafia. Their journey takes a dramatic turn when, in the middle of a forest, the three are attacked by a group of 12 angry men....See more details

CALAIS: THE LAST BORDER Directed by: Marc Isaacs Documentary – United Kingdom – 2003 – 59 min Section: Focus Marc Isaacs For the English, the French port town of Calais is the gateway to Europe or a place to buy cheap alcohol. For hundreds of migrants it is the final barrier in the desperate search for a new life in England....See more details

62 min Section: Youth Days In the shorts shown here, filmmakers take a look at their parents and grandparents to better understand their worlds, environments and aspirations in order to, in fact, better understand themselves.  “Dancing at My Parents’ Wedding” (dir. Andreea Chiper, 2024, 20 min) “There Are No Fir Trees Here” (dir....See more details

60 min Section: Youth Days This selection is made up of short films about the need for belonging: to a culture, to a family, to a group; about searching, about trying and reconnecting.  “Out of the City” (dir. Ahmed Essam Soliman, 2023, 10 min) “Blue” (dir. Ana Vîjdea, 2024, 20 min) “Sister of Mine” (dir....See more details

87 min Section: Youth Days The most diverse and unexpected of associations include everything from a Romanian found footage film (“The Diary of Florica S.”) to a film made with video games (“How to Disappear”). “The Diary of Florica S.” (dir. Eugenia Gutu, 1975, 10 min) “Bimbos Against Capitalism” (dir....See more details

Directed by: Myrid Carten Documentary – Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands – 2024 – 81 min Section: Dialogues When her mother goes missing somewhere in Ireland, artist Myrid Carten returns from London to find her. Her search takes her into a feuding family, a contested house; and a history that threatens to take everyone down, including herself....See more details