Victoria looks back in time to understand her transition and what it is that defines you as a woman. Having lost a close friend she shares her pain and embodied experience with Athena and Aamina, themselves on their own journeys of transition. Together they explore who they were then and who they are today, listening to the ghosts of the past, the laughs of the present and the whispers of the future.
The film may contain images with a strong emotional impact.
Cinematography Daniel Takács
Editing Neil Wigardt
Screenplay Victoria Verseau
Production Malin Hüber, Mathilde Raczymow
Sound Arno Ledoux
Music Arno Ledoux
AUDIO: English, Swedish
SUBTITLE: Romanian, English
05
April,
Saturday
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului
6:00 PM
72'
Followed by a discussion with Iasmina Šćopulović and Florian-Mihail Păun (ACCEPT Association)
10
April,
Thursday
Cinema Elvire Popesco - Institutul Francez
6:00 PM
72'
14
April
- 30
April
ONLINE
72'
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For the English, the French port town of Calais is the gateway to Europe or a place to buy cheap alcohol. For hundreds of migrants it is the final barrier in the desperate search for a new life in England. This intimate film weaves together character driven stories of refugees, migrants and English expatriates to build a picture of life in a transient town where the inhabitants dream of somewhere better.
AUDIO: English
SUBTITLE: Romanian
10
April,
Thursday
Cinema Elvire Popesco - Institutul Francez
8:00 PM
59'
Followed by Q&A with the director
Marc Isaacs
Marc Isaacs
Since 2001, Marc Isaacs has directed more than 10 creative documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4. His films have won Grierson, Royal Television Society and BAFTA awards, as well as numerous prizes at international festivals. In 2006, he had a retrospective at the États généraux du film documentaire de Lussas and his work has been included in numerous documentary books and acadeic studies.
In 2008, Marc Isaacs received an honorary doctorate from the University of East London for his documentary work. He is a visiting professor at the London Film School, the National Film and Television School and the Royal Holloway University.
FILMOGRAPHY
- The Road a story of life and death (2012)
- Outside the court (2010)
- Men of the city (2009)
- All white in Barking (2007)
- Philip et ses sept femmes (2005)
- Un jour, mon prince viendra (2005)
- Calais : the last border (2003)
- Travellers (2002)
- Lift (2001)
- The Filmmaker's house (2020)
Set in a single location—the inside of a burger truck—this story unfolds as passersby answer Marc's questions while they slurp tea and eat bacon sandwiches. The result is an illuminating blend of anxiety and insecurity as attitudes towards outsiders begin to shine a light on why England is going through such politically turbulent times.
AUDIO: English
SUBTITLE: Romanian
10
April,
Thursday
Cinema Elvire Popesco - Institutul Francez
8:00 PM
18'
Followed by Q&A with the director
Marc Isaacs
Marc Isaacs
Since 2001, Marc Isaacs has directed more than 10 creative documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4. His films have won Grierson, Royal Television Society and BAFTA awards, as well as numerous prizes at international festivals. In 2006, he had a retrospective at the États généraux du film documentaire de Lussas and his work has been included in numerous documentary books and acadeic studies.
In 2008, Marc Isaacs received an honorary doctorate from the University of East London for his documentary work. He is a visiting professor at the London Film School, the National Film and Television School and the Royal Holloway University.
FILMOGRAPHY
- The Road a story of life and death (2012)
- Outside the court (2010)
- Men of the city (2009)
- All white in Barking (2007)
- Philip et ses sept femmes (2005)
- Un jour, mon prince viendra (2005)
- Calais : the last border (2003)
- Travellers (2002)
- Lift (2001)
- The Filmmaker's house (2020)
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, documenting how a crucial opportunity to take real action on global warming was not just squandered but deliberately undermined.
Editing Daniel Claridge, Pedro Kos, Sara Newens
Production Justine Nagan, Josh Penn, Noah Stahl, Jon Shenk, Bonni Cohen
Music Ariel Marx
AUDIO: English
SUBTITLE: Romanian
06
April,
Sunday
Cinema Elvire Popesco - Institutul Francez
8:00 PM
96'
Followed by a discussion with Mihnea Matache (Greenpeace Romania), Nicoleta Fotiade (Mediawise Society) and Alex Zlăvog
Not willing to accept that his glorious life as the "King of the violin" is over, Caliu starts the journey of re-inventing himself. Traveling back and forth between present struggles and old golden days, music is the only constant in Caliu's life
AUDIO: Romanian
SUBTITLE: English
10
April,
Thursday
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului
3:30 PM
90'
Preview screening / Followed by Q&A with the director
Simona Constantin
Simona Constantin
Simona Constantin (she/her) is a Bucharest-based documentary filmmaker exploring music as immaterial heritage. Her work is shaped by her background in designing and producing cultural and educational projects for youth.
Two filmmakers follow a businessman 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. The cameras are destroyed, and all footage is lost. Faced with this harsh reality, each of them tries to manage the situation as best they can, confronting their own doubts and limitations.
AUDIO: Romanian
SUBTITLE: English
10
April,
Thursday
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului
7:00 PM
85'
Preview screening / Followed by an extended debate with the directors and Alex Nedea (Recorder)
Mihai Gavril Dragolea,
Radu Constantin Mocanu
Mihai Gavril Dragolea
Mihai Gavril Dragolea (Romania, 1989) specialises in documentary and hybrid fiction filmmaking. His films focus on alternative and peripheral humans or other types of sentient beings, on which subject he is also doing a Ph.D. Mihai’s documentaries have been shown in festivals in Europe and distributed in more than 15 countries. He lectures on Documentary Practice at the Faculty of Theater and Film of Babeș-Bolyai University. Mihai is also working in the ecological and animal protection domain.
Aurica, a dog's life / Director / 2022 / 12 min. / Fiction
Everything for Riana / Director / 2020 / 28 min. / Documentary
PhoeniXXX / Director / 2017 / 53 min. / Documentary
O lunã din viața lor / Director / 2015 / 47 min. / Documentary
The Golden Robot / Director / 2015 / 73 min. / Documentary
Radu Constantin Mocanu
Radu Constantin Mocanu graduated in journalism at Lucian Blaga University in 2005. He got a job working at a TV station and later moved to Paris in order to study cinema at Ecole Superieure de Realisation Audiovisuelle, where he got a degree in 2009. Returning to Romania, he began working on his feature debut documentary: The Golden Robot (2015). Radu currently works as an independent documentary filmmaker.
PhoeniXXX / Producer / 2017 / 53 min. / Documentary
The Golden Robot / Director / 2015 / 73 min. / Documentary