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Emerging Voices: The new voices in documentary film
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As the festival comes of age, we invite you to reflect on the local production of documentary films and the platforms available to emerging filmmakers. On Tuesday, we’re inviting four directors who have yet to make their feature debut for an extended dialogue with industry representatives, international guests, activists, and the general public, about opportunities, perspectives and visions, starting from the shorts they made: Alfredo Minea with 35A, Andreea Udrea with Untitled, Răzvan Dima with The Waters We Dwell In, and Ștefan Marcu with The Union Train.
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This past winter, "legionary" was one of the most Googled words. In order to contribute to satisfying this curiosity and to add images and faces to the somewhat abstract definitions, for Wednesday we put together a program of newsreels from the years 1940-1945. The screening will be followed by a debate with historians Florin Muller and Adrian Cioflâncă, moderator by documentary filmmaker Alexandru Solomon, who also curated the screening.
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Tooth and Nail: environment, corruption and radicalization
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Starting from Tooth and Nail, directed by Mihai-Gavril Dragolea and Radu Constantin Mocanu, on Thursday we discuss environmental issues, corruption and radicalization. Through a personal approach and direct engagement with the subject, the film presented for the first time at OWR18 captures the price paid by those who try to defend nature in a hostile system. The two directors will be joined by journalist Alex Nedea, from Recorder.
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Palestine in the '70s and now
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On Friday, a special event on Palestine focuses on two films from the 1970s. Resistance, Why? (1971), long thought lost and recently restored by Beirut's Nadi Lekol Nas group, captures Palestinian resistance in Lebanon, while Arab Israeli Dialogue (1974), featuring a Palestinian poet and an Israeli writer exploring solutions to their peoples' conflict, stands out for its striking timeliness.
After the double screening, a discussion with Rami El Sabbagh, visual artist and collaborator of director Christian Ghazi, and Armita Modares from Fundraises for Falastin, will provide deeper insights into the historical and contemporary relevance of political films from the past.
Apart from this last screening, which will take place from 18:00, all the other screenings in the Extended Dialogues section will start at 19:00.
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Syria after Bashar al-Assad
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And, because this year we’re revisiting films, actions and directions from past editions that feel more relevant than ever, following the screening of A Syrian Love Story, we’re going to have an open dialogue with Mohamad Zatari, musician and oudist from Aleppo, Syria, presently based in Bucharest, on decisions, hopes and adapting to the new context generated by Bashar al-Assad’s removal. See you on Sunday, April 13, from 15:00 at the Union Cinema.
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The SLAPPs that try to silence us
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How can you silence the voices you don't like? One increasingly used method is SLAPP - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, brought against journalists, NGOs, and human rights defenders in Romania and beyond. These lawsuits are designed to intimidate, drain resources, and silence those who dare to expose corruption and abuses of power.
In partnership with the LiderJust Association and Rule of Law Programme in South East Europe, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, we invite you on Sunday, April 5, from 15:30 at Cinema Elvire Popesco, to an essential event on SLAPPs, where Elena Calistru, president of Funky Citizens, Vlad Stoicescu, Dela0.ro journalist, Victor Ilie, investigative journalist, and civic activist Mihail Bumbeș from Miliția Spirituală, will discuss their first-hand experiences, the impact of these trials, and explore ways to strengthen protections against these attacks. The conference will be moderated by Luca Ciobotaru from LiderJust.
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