Rolling Romanian New Wave Thread

where is the list of films Romanians gaf about, then?

Recent American blockbusters, with a smattering of Romanian films from a bygone era to periodically rekindle our patriotism.

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— Matt Prigge (@mattprigge) August 13, 2020

Too bad the premiere was overshadowed by Puiu's bullshit:

https://www.indiewire.com/2020/08/cristi-puiu-goes-on-anti-mask-rant-1234580225/

yeah i couldnt find the link for that

Okay, I know the films I saw this weekend were programmed by the Romanian Cultural Institute to uphold a certain idea of Romanian Cinema. But are ALL films made in Romania as deeply grim as what I just saw? (Man and Dog, Otto the Barbarian, and Miracle.)

Maybe. What did you think of Miracle? Thought of going to see it last week, but didn't make it.

A well-constructed mystery, but if I'd known it was going to be that grim....

Sieranevada is not exactly lighthearted, but I wouldn't call it grim either. It's the last film I saw in a cinema, and it's really a marvel of compression, taking place mostly in one apartment over the course of a few hours. It left me wishing that more filmmakers had the ability to animate stories with such limited means.

Sieranevada is still not available in the US as far as I can see, and it's 6 years after it was released

I hope this won't happen to Memoria but I'm guessing it will

Everybody In Our Family is pretty pitch black comedy but I don't know if I'd call it grim.