Inspired by the tragedy of Fântâna Albă on April 1, 1941, the film recounts the fate of a Romanian community in Bessarabia, massacred in a desperate attempt to find refuge from the Soviet occupation.
Schedule
Schedule
Friday 20.06
19:00
Q&A with Felix Lepădatu and Raluca Regiulis (VFX), Angi Instrate (finances), Adriana Răcășan (secondar director), Carmen Rizac (Avanpost postproduction coordinator), Vlad Rădulescu (Avanpost co-producer), Ștefan Panea (Music), Bogdan Crăciun (producer), Toma Velio (operator), Alex Pintică (editor), Silva Helena Schmidt, Gabriel Gheorghe, Ionuț Caras, Mircea Andreescu (actors)
Pornit
The Spruce Forest
Q&A with Felix Lepădatu and Raluca Regiulis (VFX), Angi Instrate (finances), Adriana Răcășan (secondar director), Carmen Rizac (Avanpost postproduction coordinator), Vlad Rădulescu (Avanpost co-producer), Ștefan Panea (Music), Bogdan Crăciun (producer), Toma Velio (operator), Alex Pintică (editor), Silva Helena Schmidt, Gabriel Gheorghe, Ionuț Caras, Mircea Andreescu (actors)
România, Republic of Moldova - 2025
75 minute
Romanian Days
Almanac of Fall
Q&A with director Bela Tarr
In a grim, claustrophobic apartment owned by a rich elderly woman, the inhabitants desperately try to relate to each other as they go about their bleak lives revealing their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.
Hungary - 1984
119 minute
Close Up: Bela Tarr
20:30
Q&A with directors Mihai Gavril Dragolea and Radu Mocanu, editor Andrei Gorgan, producers Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan and Elena Martin
Pornit
Tooth and Nail
Q&A with directors Mihai Gavril Dragolea and Radu Mocanu, editor Andrei Gorgan, producers Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan and Elena Martin
Two filmmakers follow an entrepreneur 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.
România - 2024
85 minute
Romanian Days
Romanian Shorts I
Q&A with the creators of the short films
Fursecuri și lapte (Milk and Cookies, dir. Andrei Tache-Codreanu, România)
Anchor (dir. Vilmos Peter, România)
Dragostea e în aer (Love Is in the Air, dir. Claudiu Mitcu, România)
Marinică, băiatul meu (Marinică, My Boy, dir. Mihnea Toma, România)
118 minute
The Portuguese House
Q&A with director Avelina Prat and actress Maria de Medeiros
The disappearance of his wife leaves Fernando completely devastated. Without direction, he assumes the identity of another man as the gardener of a Portuguese estate, where he establishes an unexpected friendship with the landlady, entering a new life that does not belong to him.
Spain, Portugal - 2025
114 minute
Special Screenings