"Reinventing Realism: New Cinema from Romania" in Washington, D.C.
Sat, Jun 01
|National Gallery of Art
The Romanian Film Festival kicks off in the U.S. capital!


Time & Location
Jun 01, 2019, 2:00 PM EDT – Jun 16, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT
National Gallery of Art, Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20565, USA
About The Event
We are excited to partner with the National Gallery of Art and the Romanian Embassy to the U.S. for what has become one of the biggest showcases of contemporary Romanian film in North America, REINVENTING REALISM: NEW CINEMA FROM ROMANIA. In three successive weekends at the beginning of June, the Romanian Film Festival in Washington, D.C., will offer a diversity of fresh cinematic endeavors, programming some of the best and most-awarded recent productions.
The screenings are hosted by the National Gallery of Art and are accompanied by Q&A sessions with major stars of Romanian cinema, both in front of and behind the camera: directors Stere Gulea (“Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time”) and Daniel Sandu (“One Step Behind the Seraphim”), actors Ștefan Iancu (“One Step Behind the Seraphim”), Horațiu Mălăele (“Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time”), Șerban Pavlu (“Charleston”) and Mihaela Sîrbu (“Alice T.”), producer Tudor Giurgiu, film…