In their second edition, Youth Days are part of our educational component, dedicated to teenagers and intergenerational dialogue.
The programme contains a constellation of events happening over three consecutive days: seven film showings along with Q&A sessions with the authors, organisations and teenagers that are engaged in human rights activism; fifteen non-formal workshops; a community lunch (open to the public); and a series of on-site activities, organised with the help of the almost 20 organisations involved in the NGO Fair open in the lobby of the Peasant Museum Cinema.
Here as well, we’ll continue last year’s pilot programme, a meet-up between teens and seniors, in partnership with day centers from Bucharest.
We aim to offer a learning experience, a better relationship with documentary film and socio-emotional exploration for a wide array of teenagers, brought together from both central and peripheral high schools, pupils from Bucharest and from other towns, who will meet and be able to discover one another.
The event will take place at The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant and will be co-funded by Kaufland Romania. For the first time, we encourage participants to use public transit through the "Human Rights Bus" initiative, which will run on the 282 line during the festival.
Last year, over 1100 teenagers visited us, and this year we are expecting over 1500 at the events planned with the partner organisations.
Participation is free of charge. Please register through a short form.
Visual identity by Roxana Neghină.
Youth Days films:
Peasant Museum Cinema
April 10 - 10:00 AM 
The White House Effect
d. Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk / 2024 / 94 min. / Color
Three decades ago, the world was poised to stop global warming. Using exclusively archival material, “The White House Effect” tells the origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history
The screening will be followed by the launch of Vocea Verde - The Student’s Environment Podcast and a debate with its creators on climate action, held by Teach for Romania.
April 10 - 3:30 PM
CALIU: Nothing else, what else can I do?
d. Simona Constantin / 2025 / 90 min. / Color
Incapable of accepting that his best days are behind him, „king of the violin” Caliu needs to reinvent himself. Fluctuating between the challenges of the present and the memory of his international career, for Caliu only the music stayed the same.
The screening will be followed by a concert by Taraful Crescut pe Muzică, part of the interdisciplinary project that includes the film, as well as a Q&A session with the director and team.
Generations
April 11 - ora 10:00 AM
In the shorts shown here, filmmakers take a look at their parents and grandparents to better understand their worlds, environments and aspirations in order to, in fact, better understand themselves.
Dancing at My Parents' Wedding / d. Andreea Chiper / 2024 / 20 min. / Color
There Are No Fir Trees Here / d. Valentin-Rareș Fogoroș / 2024 / 20 min. / Color
By Myself I Never Get Bored / d. Octavia Bortișcă / 2024 / 8 min. / Color
Simply Divine / d. Mélody Boulissière, Bogdan Stamatin / 2024 / 14 min. / Color
The screenings will be followed by ample discussions, with the youth and the seniors, as well as Q&A sessions with some of the directors.
Together
April 11 - 12:30 PM
April 12 - 11:00 AM
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 / d. Ahmed Essam Soliman / 2023 / 10 min. / Color
Blue / d. Ana Vîjdea / 2024 / 20 min. / Color
Sister of Mine / d. Mariusz Rusiński / 2023 / 30 min. / Color
The screening will be followed by ample discussions, as well as a Q&A session with Blue’s director, Ana Vîjdea.
Resistance
April 11 - 3:00 PM
April 12 - 1:00 PM
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. / d. Eugenia Gutu / 1975 / 10 min. / Alb-Negru
Bimbos Against Capitalism / d. Ana Floares / 2024 / 9 min. / Color
Teen Angst / d. Inga Pylypchuk / 2024 / 38 min. / Color
Solid as a Rock / d. Tiva Pam / 2024 / 6 min. / Color
How to Disappear / d. Total Refusal (Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf) / 2020 / 24 min. / Color
The screening will be followed by ample discussions, as well as a Q&A session with some of the directors.
Youth Days workshops:
(part of these will have several groups/sessions)
Held by Accept
Media literacy workshop: How to combat misinformation through authenticity?
Trainers: Ian Teodorescu and Florian Mihail Păun
Held by The Image Archive of the Peasant Museum
Memory workshop at the museum – Media, historical, and anthropological education
Trainers: Iris Șerban and Theodor Ulieriu-Rostas
Held by Children for the Future Association
Between You and Me – The Paradox We Live In
Trainers: Roxana Samoilă and Sînziana Codruța Bejenaru
Held by the Association for Technology and the Internet
Media Workshop Around Us: Artificial Intelligence and Contemporary Society
Trainer: Bogdan-Andrei Lungu
Held by the Creativity Workshop of the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant
Guided Tour of the Peasant Museum
Guide: Ilinca Pop
Held by Code for Romania
Connect Ideas, Create Solutions
Trainers: Ana Blidaru and Maria Leuștean
Held by Expert Forum (EFOR)
What Does the President Do and How Do We Elect Them?
Trainer: Ștefan Popa
Digital Rights & Online Information Consumption
Trainer: Mădălina Voinea
Online Polarization – Which Echo Chamber Are You In?
Trainer: Sorin Ioniță
Held by Funky Citizens
Resilience Workshop Against Misinformation: How Not to Fall for Fake News?
Trainer: Ana Mocanu
Held by Greenpeace Romania
Activism 101: About Activism & Intersectionality
Trainers: Valentina Ivorciuc and Diana Herdean
Held by Frame Limits and UNHCR
Emotional and Audiovisual Education Workshop – Letters for the Future
Trainers: Simona Constantin and Andreea Lăcătuș
Held by Mai Mult Verde
Ecological Education Workshop: Plastic-Free Waters – How Can We Make a Difference?
Trainer: Andreea Zelincu
Held by VIS - The Association for Victims of Sexual Crimes
How to Intervene When You Witness Sexual Violence?
Trainers: Anca Mureșan and Mihaela Chiper
Organisations participating in the NGO Fair:
ApTI (Association for Technology and Internet)
Accept Association
ALIAT
Children for the Future Association
Asociația MaiMultVerde
Asociatia Merci Charity
Asociația Pe Stop
Code for Romania
CRJ - Center for Legal Resources
E-Romnja
EFOR - Expert Forum
FDP - Protagonists in Education
Romanian Angel Appeal Foundation
Youth for Youth Foundation
Greenpeace CEE Romania
Incubatorul Civic Digital
New York Crew
Teach For Romania
The Association for Victims of Sexual Crimes
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