Happy Funerals
$
15.00
THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT SOON!!!!
Friday, September 20 @ 9:00PM
Happy Funerals/Funeralii Fericite
Director: Horatiu Malaele (2013)
Synopsis: Three heavy boozers - a Romanian, a Russian and a Bulgarian are tripling away their... happiness, into vodka, at a joint called "The Happy Immigrant", kept by a Turk. The crowd at this venue, made out of survivors of the Babel Tower, is comprised of immigrants who chose Romania as their country of possibilities. A police raid chases away the pub's barflies. While on the run, the three professional boozers stumble upon a fortune teller who specializes in no other than: death prediction. The rest is pure entertainment! Although we are all indebted to one death, some refuse to pay this debt. Who wants to die when it's written in the cards for them or merely predicted?
The screening will be followed by discussion with the prestigious actor and director Horatiu Malaele.
Friday, September 20 @ 9:00PM
Happy Funerals/Funeralii Fericite
Director: Horatiu Malaele (2013)
Synopsis: Three heavy boozers - a Romanian, a Russian and a Bulgarian are tripling away their... happiness, into vodka, at a joint called "The Happy Immigrant", kept by a Turk. The crowd at this venue, made out of survivors of the Babel Tower, is comprised of immigrants who chose Romania as their country of possibilities. A police raid chases away the pub's barflies. While on the run, the three professional boozers stumble upon a fortune teller who specializes in no other than: death prediction. The rest is pure entertainment! Although we are all indebted to one death, some refuse to pay this debt. Who wants to die when it's written in the cards for them or merely predicted?
The screening will be followed by discussion with the prestigious actor and director Horatiu Malaele.
Opening Gala/ Happy Funerals
$
20.00
Friday, September 20 @ 6:00PM
Opening Gala
Friday, September 20 @7:00PM
Happy Funerals/Funeralii Fericite
Director: Horatiu Malaele (2013)
Synopsis: Three heavy boozers - a Romanian, a Russian and a Bulgarian are tripling away their... happiness, into vodka, at "The Happy Immigrant", a joint kept by a Turk. The fauna of this venue is made up out of the Babel Tower's survivors: immigrants who had chosen Romania, as a country where everything is possible. The predictions included... A police raid chases away the pub's barflies. The three professional boozers stop from running just in front of a fortune teller expert in a niche field: death prediction. The rest is entertainment! Although we are all indebted to one death, some refuse to pay this debt. They don't want to die when it was written for them. Or just predicted...
Opening Gala
Friday, September 20 @7:00PM
Happy Funerals/Funeralii Fericite
Director: Horatiu Malaele (2013)
Synopsis: Three heavy boozers - a Romanian, a Russian and a Bulgarian are tripling away their... happiness, into vodka, at "The Happy Immigrant", a joint kept by a Turk. The fauna of this venue is made up out of the Babel Tower's survivors: immigrants who had chosen Romania, as a country where everything is possible. The predictions included... A police raid chases away the pub's barflies. The three professional boozers stop from running just in front of a fortune teller expert in a niche field: death prediction. The rest is entertainment! Although we are all indebted to one death, some refuse to pay this debt. They don't want to die when it was written for them. Or just predicted...
'Sunt un orb' - recital by Horatiu Malaele
$
30.00
Friday, September 20 @ 9:00PM
(performed in Romanian without translations)
(performed in Romanian without translations)
Shadow Puppet Show
Saturday, September 21 @ 11:00AM
Free event/ suggested $5 donation at the door
Ro Act in collaboration with narrator Anca Dobocan present 'Punguta cu doi bani' by Ion Creanga. Please join us for a heartfelt interpretation of the renowned Romanian children's story in which Cucosul Mosului and Gaina Babei (in the interpretation of actors Catalin Nicolae and Radu Vaduva ) will come for the first time to life through shadow puppets!
Cucurigu! boieri mari, Dati punguta cu doi bani!
(performed in Romanian without translations)
Free event/ suggested $5 donation at the door
Ro Act in collaboration with narrator Anca Dobocan present 'Punguta cu doi bani' by Ion Creanga. Please join us for a heartfelt interpretation of the renowned Romanian children's story in which Cucosul Mosului and Gaina Babei (in the interpretation of actors Catalin Nicolae and Radu Vaduva ) will come for the first time to life through shadow puppets!
Cucurigu! boieri mari, Dati punguta cu doi bani!
(performed in Romanian without translations)
Adalbert's Dream/ From This Day Forth
$
15.00
Saturday, September 21 @ 4:00PM
From This Day Forth/De Azi Inainte (short)
Director: Dorian Boguta (2012)
Synopsis: Stefan is turning 18. His Dad decides this is the day for his son to ”become a man”, with all that entails. Only things do not go as planned and the father receives a life-changing lesson from his son.
An Unforgettable Summer/ O Vara de Neuitat
Director: Tudor Giurgiu (1994)
Synopsis: A Romanian soldier must choose between family loyalty and political allegiance in this disturbing Romanian drama set in 1925. Capt. Petri Dumitriu has been reassigned to a lonely outpost on the Danube after his wife Marie Therese Von Debretsy refuses the advances of a highly ranked general. On the Danube, Dumitriu's life is thrown into turmoil after Romanian soldiers are brutally slain in an ambush by Macedonian bandits. In retaliation, Dumitriu is ordered to execute the innocent local Bulgarians who work in his family's garden. Marie Therese is appalled and Dumitriu must make a terribly painful decision.
From This Day Forth/De Azi Inainte (short)
Director: Dorian Boguta (2012)
Synopsis: Stefan is turning 18. His Dad decides this is the day for his son to ”become a man”, with all that entails. Only things do not go as planned and the father receives a life-changing lesson from his son.
An Unforgettable Summer/ O Vara de Neuitat
Director: Tudor Giurgiu (1994)
Synopsis: A Romanian soldier must choose between family loyalty and political allegiance in this disturbing Romanian drama set in 1925. Capt. Petri Dumitriu has been reassigned to a lonely outpost on the Danube after his wife Marie Therese Von Debretsy refuses the advances of a highly ranked general. On the Danube, Dumitriu's life is thrown into turmoil after Romanian soldiers are brutally slain in an ambush by Macedonian bandits. In retaliation, Dumitriu is ordered to execute the innocent local Bulgarians who work in his family's garden. Marie Therese is appalled and Dumitriu must make a terribly painful decision.
Outbound
$
15.00
Saturday, September 21 @ 6:30PM
Cocktail Reception introducing special guest - director Bogdan George Apetri
Outbound/Periferic
Director: Bogdan George Apetri (2012)
Synopsis: After two years in prison, Matilda is granted a 24-hour temporary release. Not willing to return, she plans to escape, flee the country and start afresh. But before the day is over, Matilda must reconnect with her troubled past - the family who rejected her, her estranged ex-lover and, most of all, the kid she left behind. The struggle for a new life reminds her that freedom may be just one choice away.
Cocktail Reception introducing special guest - director Bogdan George Apetri
Outbound/Periferic
Director: Bogdan George Apetri (2012)
Synopsis: After two years in prison, Matilda is granted a 24-hour temporary release. Not willing to return, she plans to escape, flee the country and start afresh. But before the day is over, Matilda must reconnect with her troubled past - the family who rejected her, her estranged ex-lover and, most of all, the kid she left behind. The struggle for a new life reminds her that freedom may be just one choice away.
Wedding in Basarabia/ Superman, Spiderman or Batman
$
15.00
Sunday, September 22 @ 3:00PM
Superman, Spiderman or Batman
Director: Tudor Giurgiu (2011)
Synopsis: Aron, a 5-year-old boy, sets together with his worried father on a journey at the end of which he wishes, like the superheroes in the comic books, to save his mother suffering from a heart condition
Wedding in Basarabia/Nunta in Basarabia
Director: Nap Teoader (2009)
Synopsis: “Wedding in Bessarabia” is a story of a young couple who recently got married in Romania. He is a young conductor from Bucharest and she is a gifted pianist from the Republic of Moldova. One day, they decide to have another wedding in Moldova, hoping to get the money to pay the account for a new apartment. The movie exploits the difference of traditions and habits between Romania and Bessarabia, and a sort of a competition which arises between the families involved.
Superman, Spiderman or Batman
Director: Tudor Giurgiu (2011)
Synopsis: Aron, a 5-year-old boy, sets together with his worried father on a journey at the end of which he wishes, like the superheroes in the comic books, to save his mother suffering from a heart condition
Wedding in Basarabia/Nunta in Basarabia
Director: Nap Teoader (2009)
Synopsis: “Wedding in Bessarabia” is a story of a young couple who recently got married in Romania. He is a young conductor from Bucharest and she is a gifted pianist from the Republic of Moldova. One day, they decide to have another wedding in Moldova, hoping to get the money to pay the account for a new apartment. The movie exploits the difference of traditions and habits between Romania and Bessarabia, and a sort of a competition which arises between the families involved.
An Unforgettable Summer
$
15.00
Sunday, September 22 @ 6:00PM
The Superhero/Super Eroul
Director: Catalin Bugean (2013)
Adalbert's Dream/Visul Lui Albert
Director: Gabriel Achim (2011)
Synopsis: Adalbert’s Dream is a black comedy based on a real story that happened in a Romanian communist factory in the 80’s. A work accident is re-enacted, but the re-enactment turns into a new accident: the worker playing the victim gets his hand cut off, as well. This latest triumph of the Romanian New Wave is set near the end of Ceausescu’s dictatorship against the backdrop of Romania’s finest moment in soccer: the victory of Steaua Bucharest over Barcelona during the 1986 European Cup Final.
The Superhero/Super Eroul
Director: Catalin Bugean (2013)
Adalbert's Dream/Visul Lui Albert
Director: Gabriel Achim (2011)
Synopsis: Adalbert’s Dream is a black comedy based on a real story that happened in a Romanian communist factory in the 80’s. A work accident is re-enacted, but the re-enactment turns into a new accident: the worker playing the victim gets his hand cut off, as well. This latest triumph of the Romanian New Wave is set near the end of Ceausescu’s dictatorship against the backdrop of Romania’s finest moment in soccer: the victory of Steaua Bucharest over Barcelona during the 1986 European Cup Final.
Day Pass for September 20th
$
40.00
Friday, September 20 @ 6:00PM
Opening Gala
Friday, September 20 @ 7:00PM
Happy Funerals/Funeralii Fericite
Friday, September 20 @ 9:00PM
'Sunt un orb' - recital by Horatiu Malaele
Opening Gala
Friday, September 20 @ 7:00PM
Happy Funerals/Funeralii Fericite
Friday, September 20 @ 9:00PM
'Sunt un orb' - recital by Horatiu Malaele
Day Pass for September 21st
$
25.00
Saturday, September 21 @ 11:00AM
Shadow Puppet Show - 'Punguta cu doi bani'
performed by Ro Act Theatre and Anca Dobocan
Saturday, September 21 @ 4:00PM
From This Day Forth/De Azi Inainte (short)
An Unforgettable Summer/ O Vara de Neuitat
Saturday, September 21 @ 6:30PM
Cocktail Reception introducing special guest - director Bogdan George Apetri
Outbound/Periferic
Shadow Puppet Show - 'Punguta cu doi bani'
performed by Ro Act Theatre and Anca Dobocan
Saturday, September 21 @ 4:00PM
From This Day Forth/De Azi Inainte (short)
An Unforgettable Summer/ O Vara de Neuitat
Saturday, September 21 @ 6:30PM
Cocktail Reception introducing special guest - director Bogdan George Apetri
Outbound/Periferic
Day Pass for September 22nd
$
25.00
Sunday, September 22 @ 3:00PM
Superman, Spiderman or Batman
Wedding in Basarabia/ Nunta in Basarabia
Sunday, September 22 @ 6:00PM
The Superhero/ Super Eroul
Introducing special guest - director Catalin Bugean
Adalbert's Dream/Visul Lui Albert
Superman, Spiderman or Batman
Wedding in Basarabia/ Nunta in Basarabia
Sunday, September 22 @ 6:00PM
The Superhero/ Super Eroul
Introducing special guest - director Catalin Bugean
Adalbert's Dream/Visul Lui Albert
Festival Pass, September 20-22
$
75.00
Friday, September 20
6:00PM: Opening Gala
7:00PM: Happy Funerals/Funeralii Fericite
9:00PM: 'Sunt un orb' - recital by Horatiu Malaele
Saturday, September 21
11:00AM: Shadow Puppet Show - 'Punguta cu doi bani'
4:00PM: From This Day Forth/De Azi Inainte (short)
An Unforgettable Summer/ O Vara de Neuitat
6:30PM: Cocktail Reception introducing special guest - director Bogdan George Apetri
Outbound/Periferic
Sunday, September 22
3:00PM: Superman, Spiderman or Batman
Wedding in Basarabia/ Nunta in Basarabia
6:00PM: The Superhero/ Super Eroul
Introducing special guest - director Catalin Bugean
Adalbert's Dream/Visul Lui Albert
6:00PM: Opening Gala
7:00PM: Happy Funerals/Funeralii Fericite
9:00PM: 'Sunt un orb' - recital by Horatiu Malaele
Saturday, September 21
11:00AM: Shadow Puppet Show - 'Punguta cu doi bani'
4:00PM: From This Day Forth/De Azi Inainte (short)
An Unforgettable Summer/ O Vara de Neuitat
6:30PM: Cocktail Reception introducing special guest - director Bogdan George Apetri
Outbound/Periferic
Sunday, September 22
3:00PM: Superman, Spiderman or Batman
Wedding in Basarabia/ Nunta in Basarabia
6:00PM: The Superhero/ Super Eroul
Introducing special guest - director Catalin Bugean
Adalbert's Dream/Visul Lui Albert
Detailed Schedule
Opening Night – Friday, July 6, 2012
Cocktail Party
Tales from the Golden Age (“Povestiri din Epoca de Aur”) – directed by Cristian Mungiu
Special Guest: Romanian General Consul at Chicago
Saturday – July 7, 2012
Silent River (“Apele Tac”) – directed by Anca Miruna Lazarescu
Aurora (“Aurora”) – directed by Cristi Puiu
Stefan Luchian (“Stefan Luchian”) – directed by Nicolae Margineanu with Honored Special Guest ION CARAMITRU
Closing Night –Sunday July 8, 2012
Girl from Transylvania (“Fata din Transylvania”) – directed by Sabin Dorohoi
Morgen (“Morgen’’) – directed by Marian Crisan
SPECIAL CLOSING NIGHT EVENT – EXTRAORDINARY EMINESCU RECITAL
ION CARAMITRU
Aurelian Octavian Popa
**Program is subject to change
The World According To Ion B/ Megatron
$
10.00
Saturday, May 28 @ 4:30PM
Megatron (short)
Director: Marian Crisan (2008)
Synopsis: It's Maxim's birthday. He's 8 years old. He lives together only with his mother in a village not so close to the big city. For his birthday, his mother will take him to Bucharest, to McDonald's. There, Maxim hopes to meet his father.
The World According To Ion B (documentary)
Director: Alexander Nanau (2009)
Synopsis: The documentary follows in real life the dream of any man living on the streets - to one day become famous and leave behind a life of poverty, misery and humiliation. Ion Barladeanu is on his way to becoming an important contemporary artist, but in May 2008 he was still an anonymous tramp on the streets of Bucharest.
Megatron (short)
Director: Marian Crisan (2008)
Synopsis: It's Maxim's birthday. He's 8 years old. He lives together only with his mother in a village not so close to the big city. For his birthday, his mother will take him to Bucharest, to McDonald's. There, Maxim hopes to meet his father.
The World According To Ion B (documentary)
Director: Alexander Nanau (2009)
Synopsis: The documentary follows in real life the dream of any man living on the streets - to one day become famous and leave behind a life of poverty, misery and humiliation. Ion Barladeanu is on his way to becoming an important contemporary artist, but in May 2008 he was still an anonymous tramp on the streets of Bucharest.
Francesca/ The Bell
$
10.00
Saturday, May 28 @ 7:00PM
The Bell (short)
Director: Sabin Dorohoi (2009)
Synopsis: Somewhere, in a village lost between the hills, traditions are still respected. For instance, when a young couple gets wed, the coming out of the church must be marked by the ringing bell! It is the custom! But what can you do when someone comes and breaks
Francesca
Director: Bobby Paunescu (2009)
Synopsis: Francesca is a young kindergarten teacher whose dream is to immigrate to Italy. Searching for a better life, Francesca is ready to overcome any obstacles, even the worries and the doubtfulness of the people closest to her. The plan is that her boyfriend, Mita, should join her in Italy as soon as he closes the small business he runs. Things take an unfortunate turn, painful truths come to light and priorities change.
The Bell (short)
Director: Sabin Dorohoi (2009)
Synopsis: Somewhere, in a village lost between the hills, traditions are still respected. For instance, when a young couple gets wed, the coming out of the church must be marked by the ringing bell! It is the custom! But what can you do when someone comes and breaks
Francesca
Director: Bobby Paunescu (2009)
Synopsis: Francesca is a young kindergarten teacher whose dream is to immigrate to Italy. Searching for a better life, Francesca is ready to overcome any obstacles, even the worries and the doubtfulness of the people closest to her. The plan is that her boyfriend, Mita, should join her in Italy as soon as he closes the small business he runs. Things take an unfortunate turn, painful truths come to light and priorities change.
Kino Caravan
$
10.00
Sunday, May 29 @ 3:00PM
Director: Titus Muntean (2009)
Synopsis: On a rainy day, two guys arrive in a small village with film and a projector in their car. No one from the village comes to meet them. What happened? Who are they? The not knowing relays no small amount of interest at times through tension as in a horror movie, and at times through compassionate laughter.
Director: Titus Muntean (2009)
Synopsis: On a rainy day, two guys arrive in a small village with film and a projector in their car. No one from the village comes to meet them. What happened? Who are they? The not knowing relays no small amount of interest at times through tension as in a horror movie, and at times through compassionate laughter.
The Autobiography Of Nicolae Ceausescu/ For Him
$
10.00
Sunday, May 29 @ 5:00PM
For Him (short)
Director: Stanca Radu (2009)
Starring: Andreea Gramosteanu, Tudor Parvu
Synopsis: For Him stands for the love that guides someone in all their actions, no matter how lonesome, clumsy, embarrassing or painful they get.
The Autobiography Of Nicolae Ceausescu (documentary)
Director: Andrei Ujica (2010)
Synopsis: The film explores the image of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu using unknown official footage from the Romanian National Television and National Film Archives.
For Him (short)
Director: Stanca Radu (2009)
Starring: Andreea Gramosteanu, Tudor Parvu
Synopsis: For Him stands for the love that guides someone in all their actions, no matter how lonesome, clumsy, embarrassing or painful they get.
The Autobiography Of Nicolae Ceausescu (documentary)
Director: Andrei Ujica (2010)
Synopsis: The film explores the image of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu using unknown official footage from the Romanian National Television and National Film Archives.
Day Pass for May 28th
$
15.00
Saturday, May 28 @ 4:30PM
Megatron (short)
Director: Marian Crisan (2008)
The World According To Ion B (documentary)
Director: Alexander Nanau (2009)
Saturday, May 28 @ 7:00PM
The Bell (short)
Director: Sabin Dorohoi (2009)
Francesca
Director: Bobby Paunescu (2009)
Megatron (short)
Director: Marian Crisan (2008)
The World According To Ion B (documentary)
Director: Alexander Nanau (2009)
Saturday, May 28 @ 7:00PM
The Bell (short)
Director: Sabin Dorohoi (2009)
Francesca
Director: Bobby Paunescu (2009)
Day Pass for May 29th
$
15.00
Sunday, May 29 @ 3:00PM
Kino Caravan
Director: Titus Muntean (2009)
Sunday, May 29 @ 5:00PM
For Him (short)
Director: Stanca Radu (2009)
The Autobiography Of Nicolae Ceausescu (documentary)
Director: Andrei Ujica (2010)
Kino Caravan
Director: Titus Muntean (2009)
Sunday, May 29 @ 5:00PM
For Him (short)
Director: Stanca Radu (2009)
The Autobiography Of Nicolae Ceausescu (documentary)
Director: Andrei Ujica (2010)
This project has been realized with the support of:
Mr. William C. Hunt
Casa Dracula
Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry of US
Guvernul Romaniei - Departamentul Pentru Romanii De Pretutindeni
Mr. William C. Hunt
Casa Dracula
Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry of US
Guvernul Romaniei - Departamentul Pentru Romanii De Pretutindeni
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