Romania
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When society is antisocial, who calls it out?
CLIMATE: Since her solitary protest outside Swedish parliament, Greta Thunberg now leads a global movement on the climate change crisis.
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27th Astra Film Festival uncovers «Real Romania» through 21 documentaries
The 27th edition of Romania’s #Astra Film Festival# will take place as a hybrid festival in two parts. First, from 4-13 September, Astra Film Festival Open Air will occur in #Sibiu, #Romania. Then, from 16-25 October will be Astra Fim Festival Online. Astra Film Festival Open Air will take place at the Astra Museum and…
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Fathers of absence and anxiety
IDENTITY: Coming to terms with parenthood coincides with the quest for reconciliation with family.
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The heart of an ecological crisis
CAPITALISM: The undercover work of Washington DC-based Environmental Investigation Agency shines a light into the murky and murderous world of illegal logging around the globe.
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«I’m looking for stories and characters that make the viewer feel lucky to have chosen them»
TIFF: Ahead of the 19th Transilvania International Film Festival, which occurs 31 July - 9 August 2020, Modern Times Review spoke with both Artistic Director Mihai Chirilov and What's Up, Doc? section programmer Ana Maria Sandu.
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Transilvania International Film Festival announces 10 non-fiction «Whats Up, Doc?» 2020 selections
After an initial postponement due to COVID-19, the 2020 Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) has been re-scheduled, with a fine selection of documentary films in tow. From 31 July – 9 August 2020, the 19th TIFF will take place across 10 open-air cinemas and venues in Cluj-Napoca, one of the largest urban centers in #Romania.…
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A story rarely told
World War II: A harrowing depiction of the Romanian Holocaust told through small town photography and the words of a local, Jewish doctor.
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Low-budget distinction
At the 2018 Transilvania International Film Festival, two low-budget Romanian documentaries stood out from the crowd.
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Horrors mounting to war
ROMANIA: Coupling aged photographic references to Romania in the 1930’s together with a diary from the time, this doc gives a chilling account of what awaited Romania’s Jews.