Program One World Romania #18

RESISTANCE, WHY? Directed by: Christian Ghazi Documentary – Lebanon – 1971 – 58 min Section: Extended Dialogues In 1970, at the initiative of Soraya Antonius (Fifth of June Society), Christian Ghazi and Noureddine Chatti met with a number of Arab political figures, especially Palestinians residing in Lebanon....See more details

MEN OF THE CITY Directed by: Marc Isaacs Documentary – United Kingdom – 2009 – 58 min Section: Focus Marc Isaacs Marc Isaacs chronicles the fate of several Londoners from various social classes during the current economic crisis. The film focuses on four main characters, ranging from a high-end hedge fund manager who loses his family due to his compulsive monitoring of events on the financial markets, to a spiritually oriented street sweeper seeking peace....See more details

THE SHARDS Directed by: Masha Chernaya Documentary – Georgia, Germany – 2024 – 90 min Section: Exist to Resist In Spring 2022 Masha prepares to leave Russia — her homeland that has changed. It turns into chain of unexpected farewells: her mom dies of cancer, her lover flees army conscription, everything including her own old self is falling apart....See more details

Directed by: Zvika Gregory Portnoy, Zuzanna Solakiewicz Documentary – Poland, Qatar – 2024 – 78 min Section: Exist to Resist In 2021, the border area between Poland and Belarus became a forbidden zone, three kilometers wide, where refugees found themselves brutally trapped. Maciek lives with his family on the Polish side of the border....See more details

THE DIARY OF A SKY Directed by: Lawrence Abu Hamdan Documentary – Lebanon – 2024 – 44 min Section: Reverberations “The Diary of a Sky” unfolds an atmospheric symphony of violence over Beirut, revealing the haunting fusion of incessant Israeli military flights and the hum of generators during blackouts....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

THE SHARDS Directed by: Masha Chernaya Documentary – Georgia, Germany – 2024 – 90 min Section: Exist to Resist In Spring 2022 Masha prepares to leave Russia — her homeland that has changed. It turns into chain of unexpected farewells: her mom dies of cancer, her lover flees army conscription, everything including her own old self is falling apart....See more details

Directed by: Marc Isaacs Documentary – United Kingdom – 2020 – 75 min Section: Focus Marc Isaacs When the Filmmaker is told his next film must be about crime, sex or celebrity to get funded, he takes matters into his own hands and begins shooting in his home with a cast of characters connected to his own life....See more details

Directed by: Benjamin Brown, Sam Chown-Ahern, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Georgia Kumari Bradburn, Lucy Walker, Steven Eastwood Documentary – United Kingdom – 2024 – 67 min Section: Dialogues “The Stimming Pool” is an experimental—at times fantastical—hybrid feature film, co-created by a collective of autistic artists, the Neurocultures Collective, and filmmaker Steven Eastwood, who invite you into a neurodiverse world within the undulating logic of neurotypical environments.