Program Cinema Elvire Popesco

Directed by: Lesia Diak Documentary – Ukraine, Romania, Croatia – 2024 – 78 min Section: Exist to Resist Is it possible to return to a normal life after being broken by war? The unseen damage inflicted by war on personal relationships pushes war veteran Serhiy away from his family....See more details

Directed by: Anelise Sălan Documentary – Romania – 2024 – 99 min Section: Exist to Resist A gay woman from Romania fights for the legal recognition of same-sex marriages, joining 21 other couples in a historic case at the European Court of Human Rights. The trial tests the couple’s relationship, documenting their emotional journey in the battle against the state and its consequences, in a deeply personal cinematic portrait.

Directed by: Maciej J. Drygas Documentary – Poland, Lithuania – 2024 – 80 min Section: Reverberations “Trains” is a “found-footage” document consisting solely of archival materials, which creates a collective portrait of people in 20th century Europe, capturing their hopes, desires, dramas, and tragedies....See more details

Directed by: Kinshuk Surjan Documentary – Belgium, Netherlands, India – 2024 – 108 min Section: Exist to Resist Intent on providing a better life for herself and her children after her farmer-husband’s suicide, Sanjivani struggles against her culture’s traditional abandonment of widows, until she joins a discussion group with other farmer-suicide widows....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

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: 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

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

Filmul “LINDA VEUT DU POULET/ PUI PENTRU LINDA” Durata 1 oră, 13 de minute Țara de producție : Franța  Gen : Animație pentru copii Limba vorbită: franceză  Subtitrare: română - subtitrare descriptivă, accesibilizată pentru persoane cu deficiențe de auz  Interpretare în limba semnelor române Paulette se simte teribil de vinovată pentru și-a pedepsit fiica de opt ani pe nedrept și ar face orice pentru a se revanșa....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