Program Cinema Elvire Popesco

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

Bambi spune povestea primilor ani din viața unui pui de căprioară și a încercărilor pe care acesta trebuie să le înfrunte în pădure. Fessler, cunoscut pentru scenariile sale sensibile și poetice, oferă aici o repovestire live action, cu animale reale, o aventură emoționantă pe care Bambi, tânărul căprior iconic al literaturii pentru copii o trăiește alături de spectatori.

Fiul unor refugiați armeni, mic de statură, sărac și cu o voce considerată atipică – mulți credeau că Charles Aznavour nu va reuși niciodată. Dar, prin muncă asiduă, ambiție și o voință de neclintit, a devenit un simbol al muzicii și al culturii franceze....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.

Directed by: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor Documentary – Palestine, Norway – 2024 – 96 min Section: Exist to Resist Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community's mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood....See more details

Directed by: Sergei Loznitsa Documentary – Netherlands, France, USA – 2024 – 145 min Section: Exist to Resist Ten years after the release of his epic film “Maidan,” Sergei Loznitsa resumes his Ukrainian chronicles by documenting the country’s struggle against the Russian invasion....See more details

Sinopsis Max, Vivian și Tom, în vârstă de 13 ani, sunt de nedespărțit. Începutul verii este însă agitat: ultima fabrică din orășelul lor, din Ardenne, se închide, Vivian se mută, în timp ce Seb, fratele mai mare al lui Max, este eliberat din închisoare....See more details

120 min Section: Focus Marc Isaacs One World Romania concludes its four-day focus on the films of Marc Isaacs by inviting audiences to further explore their understanding of his cinema – whose clarity of form, genuine encounters, modest perspectives belie a complex process of construction and intervention....See more details

Directed by: Mitch McCabe  Documentary – USA – 2024 – 78 min Section: Dialogues Part verité essay, part political diary, ”23 Mile” follows Americans during cataclysmic events in the swing state of Michigan throughout 2020 (including a plot to kidnap the governor), painting a complex portrait that defies media stereotypes, while forcing viewers to question their own assumptions about race, class, social status and geographical demographics.

Directed by: Ana Rieper Documentary – Brazil – 2024 – 76 min Section: Reverberations A documentary about the legacies of the Brazilian colonial condition present today in people’s daily life. With a musical narrative, and using archival footage of different natures, the film proposes a restless journey through relationships forged by the ownership of land and people....See more details