Film list

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Endgames 2008 32'
    Directed by Ilinca Calugareanu .
The film follows a day in the life of Cluj-Napoca, a city in Transylvania, focusing on the way the lives of the three main characters - Valer, an 85 year old retired colonel, Daria, an 89 year old
South-East Europe Post-communism Elderly people Memory
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In the Light of Memory 2010 40'
    Directed by Alyssa Grossman .
'In the Light of Memory' explores evocations of memory in contemporary post-socialist Bucharest, nearly twenty years after the fall of Romanian communism. The film is shot in Cismigiu Gardens, one of
South-East Europe Memory Post-communism
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Into the Field 2005 28'
    Directed by Alyssa Grossman .
'Into the Field' follows the everyday “secular” lives of nuns in a Orthodox nunnery in Romania. Documenting the nuns’ activities, relationships and roles within their community, the film also
South-East Europe Religion / Belief / Faith Animation
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The Sweet Life and All That Goes With It 2002 29'
  Directed by Anne Schiltz .
Although the Saxons arrived in Transylvania, Romania over 800 years ago, they have retained a strong sense of their distinctive identity and still speak German. After the Revolution of 1989, most
South-East Europe Collective / Community identity Travellers / Roma
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Swings and Roundabouts 1994 30'
  Directed by Helen Pratt .
Five years after the downfall of Ceausescu and Romania still receives an influx of Western European aid workers to help with rural orphanage projects. Temporary and full-time volunteers at an
South-East Europe Children / Young people Squatter Settlements / Homelessness Development projects