Nov 30—Dec 7 2017
12th
Romanian Film Initiative
MAKING WAVES New Romanian Cinema
The Romanian Film Initiative, BAMcinématek and the Jacob Burns Film Center are proud to present the 12th Edition of Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema, the survey that the Wall Street Journal describes as having, “helped define and establish the southeastern European country as a stronghold of socially incisive, independently minded personal cinema.” Initiated in 2006 and chaired by Corina Șuteu, Making Waves is the leading U.S. festival dedicated to showcasing and celebrating the best in Romanian contemporary cinema, as well as classic and landmark films. Since 2012 Making Waves has been a fully independent festival of Romanian contemporary cinema and culture, made possible through the support of numerous institutional funders and individual donations. Leading support is provided by The Trust for Mutual Understanding, the Filmmakers Union of Romania, and Blue Heron Foundation. Film Industry Talks is supported by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. 2
New York’s longstanding Romanian film festival comes for this edition to BAMcinématek, with an exclusive program which blends the award-winning works of a new generation of talents—including Bogdan Mirică’s Balkan Coen-esque thriller Dogs, a zany social comedy from second time filmmaker Paul Negoescu (Two Lottery Tickets), and a quiet backwater drama from actor turned director Emanuel Pârvu (Meda or the Not So Bright Side of Things)—plus a spotlight on Anca Damian, one of the most compelling Romanian directors working today, who has forged a singular path with her visually arresting documentary, narrative, and animation hybrids or her intellectually challenging fiction films. Her 3-work focus includes In Perfect Health, Crulic –The Path to Beyond, and The Magic Mountain. “Having a strong platform and a reputation established in New York, Making Waves reinvents itself in 2017. BAMcinématek is the ideal place to put new talent on stage, but also to start
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a meaningful conversation about the similarities and differences between the Romanian and American film industries. We will go from there.” – Corina Șuteu, Festival President “The national cinema of Romania continues to make waves internationally. We are proud to join forces with the Romanian Film Initiative to bring these criticallyacclaimed films to New York city audiences,” said Gina M. Duncan, Associate Vice President, Cinema, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music). “In complementary programming, the Jacob Burns Film Center showcases the best new releases of the year, seeing the return of audience darling Nae Caranfil, who gets to open this year’s festival with his new musical extravaganza, 6.9 on the Richter Scale. “International film festival highlights such as Adrian Sitaru’s The Fixer, Călin Peter Netzer’s Ana, Mon Amour, and Iulia Rugină’s Breaking News join the party, adding to the mix the convoluted relationships and the morally charged dramas that we have
come to expect from most New Romanian Cinema hits. And so does a contingent of promising first-time filmmakers: Anca Miruna Lăzărescu with her highly enjoyable Iron Curtain dramatic comedy The Trip We Took with Dad, the duo Cosmin Bumbuț and Elena Stancu with their exquisite piece of anthropological cinema The Last Kalderash, and Șerban Georgescu and his mordant social satire Cabbage, Potatoes and Other Demons. This year’s program is a hell of a ride, with The Gambler by Ignas Jonynas equally on board—courtesy of this edition’s guest country, Lithuania. With its dash of black humor, it could easily pass as Romanian. Enjoy!” – Mihai Chirilov, the festival Artistic director
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New Releases Jacob Burns Film Center
Opening Night
| Thu, Nov. 30, 7:00 pm
U.S. Premiere
6.9 on the Richter Scale 6,9 grade pe scara Richter
Directed by Nae Caranfil 2016. 116m. Romania/Bulgaria/Hungary. Romanian with subtitles. NR. Screenplay: Nae Caranfil Cinematography: Vivi Drăgan Vasile Cast: Teodor Corban, Laurenţiu Bănescu, Maria Obretin, Simona Arsu, Alexandru Papadopol, Adrian Văncică Production: Mobra Film, Korund-X Ltd., Cinemafilm
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A young actor faces the challenge of his life as he’s torn between his complex role in a musical, the needs of his depressed and pathologically jealous wife, and his obsession with a devastating earthquake that he’s convinced is right around the corner (a real Romanian obsession, by the way). Moreover, he becomes the willing victim of his amoral, manipulative father, who enters his life for the very first time. Don’t expect a drama, though: Somehow, JBFC favorite Nae Caranfil (his sparkling Closer to the Moon opened Making Waves a few years back) turns all these ingredients into a Billy Wilder–esque dark comedy with extremely colorful musical numbers. A musical lover himself, Nae not only directed this burlesque extravaganza, but also wrote the script and the score. Followed by a reception to all ticket holders.
| Fri, Dec. 1, 7:30 pm
New Releases Jacob Burns Film Center
That Trip We Took with Dad Călătorie cu tata / Die Reise mit Vater
In 1968, two German-Romanian brothers load their ailing father into their car in Romania and head for the German Democratic Republic, hoping that an operation in Dresden will restore his health. As they motor through the GDR, the Prague uprising throws everything into confusion, and they end up in a tourist detention center. They’re finally permitted to go to West Germany, where they crash in a Munich commune full of housemates holding forth on the glories of socialism. Based on the director’s father’s real story, this extremely enjoyable rock’n’roll road trip through the contradictions between East and West is surprisingly light in tone, despite the serious matters addressed along the way.
Directed by Anca Miruna Lăzărescu 2016. 111m. Germany/Romania/Hungary/ Sweden. German and Romanian with subtitles. NR. Screenplay: Anca M. Lăzărescu Cinematography: Christian Stangassinger Cast: Alex Mărgineanu, Răzvan Enciu, Ovidiu Schumacher, Susanne Bormann Production: Filmallee Festivals: Black Nights Film Festival – Panorama 5
New Releases Jacob Burns Film Center
| Sat, Dec. 2, 7:30 pm
U.S. Premiere
Ana, Mon Amour
Directed by Călin Peter Netzer 2017. 130m. Romania/Germany/France. Romanian with subtitles. NR. Screenplay: Călin Peter Netzer, Cezar Paul Bădescu, Iulia Lumânare Cinematography: Andrei Butică Cast: Mircea Postelnicu, Diana Cavallioti, Igor Caras Romanov Production: Parada Film, Augenschein Filmproduktion, Sophie Dulac Productions Festivals: Berlin 2017 Competition – Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for Dana Bunescu, Vilnius, Hong Kong 6
Toma meets Ana while they are both literature students at university, and they fall in love. Ana suffers from panic attacks, and Toma follows her to every dark corner she ends up in. He fights his parents when they reject her, accepts being a father and marries her, and eventually becomes her babysitter, her driver, her everything. While he appears to be in control of their relationship, in fact Toma just revolves around a woman he cannot understand, pushing himself to the limit as he tries to save her. After his award-winning The Child’s Pose, director Calin Peter Netzer once again masterfully charts the trials and tribulations of a toxic dependency, employing a fractured chronology of events and two young and fearless actors.
| Sun, Dec. 3, 5:30 pm
New York Premiere
New Releases Jacob Burns Film Center
The Fixer Fixeur
Serving as a translator and general problem solver, or “fixer,” a Romanian reporter working at a French news network seizes a career-making opportunity when a sex scandal breaks and two underage Romanian prostitutes are repatriated from France. He’s willing to do whatever it takes to interview one of them—up to the point where he must ask himself if, as a journalist, he can live with the consequences, and if, as a father, he’s setting a good example for his son. Exploring rich moral ground, Adrian Sitaru (whose controversial Illegitimate played last year) seamlessly connects themes of fatherhood and journalism ethics. Fixer represents Romania in the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar race.
Q&A with director Adrian Sitaru and DP Adrian Silișteanu
Directed by Adrian Sitaru 2016. 97m. Romania/France. Romanian and French with subtitles. NR. Screenplay: Claudia Silișteanu, Adrian Silișteanu Cinematography: Adrian Silișteanu Cast: Tudor Aaron Istodor, Mehdi Nebbou, Nicolas Wanczycki, Diana Spătărescu, Adrian Titieni Production: 4 Proof Film, Petit Film Festivals: Toronto 2016 – Contemporary World Cinema, Tokyo 2016, Les Arcs 2016 – Best Actor (Tudor Aaron Istodor) 7
New Releases Jacob Burns Film Center
| Tue, Dec. 5, 7:15 pm
U.S. Premiere
Cabbage, Potatoes and Other Demons Varză, cartofi și alți demoni
Directed by Șerban Georgescu 2016. 64 m. Romania/Germany. Romanian with subtitles. NR. Screenplay: Șerban Georgescu Cinematography: Bogdan Slăvescu Production: Elefant Film, Ma.ja.de Filmproduktion Festivals: Dok Leipzig 2016, One World 2017, Docudays 201
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After filmmaker Șerban Georgescu buys a ton of cabbage for only 25 dollars, he sets out to explore the absurdist dynamic of Romanian agriculture in a small southern village. There, some 1,000 farmers, who own about the same number of tractors, produce approximately 100,000 tons of cabbage and potatoes per year—an amount that far exceeds demand. Surrounded by pyramids of their produce in the market, the farmers underbid each other until they all end up losing money. Georgescu inserts himself into this satirical adventure with Super Size Me overtones by moving to the village for a year and cultivating cabbage and potatoes in an attempt to understand why the farmers voluntarily participate in this economic dead end.
| Wed, Dec. 6, 7:15 pm
The Last Kalderash Ultimul căldărar
U.S. Premiere
New Releases Jacob Burns Film Center
preceded by Written/ Unwritten Scris/nescris
Directed by Adrian SiliȘteanu 2016. 20m. Romania.
A young Roma coppersmith from a Romanian village loses the means to support his wife and his 6-year old son when local farmers stop buying his handmade pots. While the older Roma coppersmiths still have a few customers, the younger generation is leaving for France to collect scrap metal or for Belgium to pick apples. This is anthropological cinema at its best, a tender look at a community forced into exodus for a better life, and a love letter to a craft made obsolete in our modern world. Preceded by short film Written/Unwritten by Adrian Silișteanu, a gripping story of a Roma family facing state bureaucracy. Both films won awards at the Transilvania International Film Festival: Best Debut and Best Short. Q&A with director Adrian Silișteanu.
Directed by Cosmin Bumbuț & Elena Stancu 2016. 59m. Romania. Romanian with subtitles. Rated NR. Cinematography & Editing: Cosmin Bumbuţ Cast: Geo Stănescu, Marina Stănescu, Ionuţ Stănescu Production: Teleleu.eu Festivals: Docuart 2016 – Best Cinematography, Transilvania 2017 – Best Debut 9
New Releases Jacob Burns Film Center
| Thu, Dec. 7, 7:15 pm
New York Premiere
Breaking News
Directed by Iulia Rugină 2017. 81m. Romania. Romanian with subtitles. NR. Screenplay: Ana Agopian, Oana Răsuceanu, Iulia Rugină Cinematography: Vivi Drăgan Vasile Cast: Andi Vasluianu, Voica Oltean, Dorin Andone, Ioana Flora Production: Hai Hui Entertainment & Libra Film Festivals: Karlovy Vary 2017 – Official Competition 10
A TV reporter survives a tragic accident but must film a memorial portrait for a coworker who was killed in it. Delving into his colleague’s private life, he must rely on the deceased’s daughter, whose relationship to her father was more than bumpy. During three pre-Christmas days, the reporter becomes an involuntary witness to the girl’s struggle to come to terms with the loss of her dad, and he discovers that he didn’t really know the man he saw every day at work. Breaking News is an emotionally charged drama that asks whether we can really know another person, while deftly touching on the tendency of contemporary media to sensationalize human affairs.
Q&A with director Iulia Rugină
Talents to Watch BAMcinématek
| Mon, Dec. 4, 7:00 pm
Dogs Câini
A young man from the city comes to a remote village in rural Romania to sell the land he inherited from his grandfather, and discovers that the old man had been a crime lord. In order to sell, he has to face his grandfather’s deputies, now led by an affable Tartar (Vlad Ivanov, effortlessly superb again as a bad guy, after 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Snowpiercer). Meanwhile, the local policeman investigates the finding of a severed foot, but what he’s really after is revenge on his lifetime nemesis, at any cost. If the Coen brothers had been Balkan born, this is how their No Country for Old Men would have looked. First time director Mirică won the critics’ prize in Cannes and the top award at the Transilvania International Film Festival for this slick and thrilling Molotov cocktail of genres.
Directed by Bogdan Mirică 2016. 104m. Romania/France/Bulgaria/ Qatar. Romanian with subtitles. NR. Screenplay: Bogdan Mirică Cinematography: Andrei Butică Cast: Dragoș Bucur, Gheorghe Visu, Vlad Ivanov Production: EZ Films, 42km Film, Argo Film Festivals: Cannes 2016 (Un Certain Regard) – FIPRESCI Award
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Talents to Watch BAMcinématek
| Mon, Dec. 4, 9:20 pm
Two Lottery Tickets Două lozuri
Directed by Paul Negoescu 2016. 86m. Romania/Spain. Romanian with English subtitles. NR. Screenplay: Paul Negoescu Cinematography: Ana Drăghici Cast: Dragoș Bucur, Dorian Boguță, Alexandru Papadopol. Production: Actoriedefilm, Papillon Film, Kirkland, Studio Indie Production Festivals: Zurich Film Festival (Special Mention) 12
Three ne’er-do-wells from a provincial town hit the jackpot when they win the six-million Euro lottery prize only to find out that the winning ticket is, well, nowhere to be found. This is the beginning of a zany adventure as the trio sets off on a madcap hunt in search of the two wannabe gangsters who stole the bum bag containing the lucky scrap of paper. Paranoid potheads, exotic prostitutes, gullible children, enterprising clairvoyants, and even a color blind policeman cross their paths, generating one hilarious set piece after another. With little resources and great craftsmanship, second time director Negoescu has put together a refreshingly charming indie comedy, not without a serious undertow as it explores issues such as corruption, poverty, and chance. The cast, including Dogs’ lead Dragoș Bucur, is topnotch. Q&A with director Paul Negoescu
| Thu, Dec. 7, 7:00 pm
Talents to Watch BAMcinématek
North American Premiere
Meda or the Not So Brigh Side of Things Meda sau partea nu prea fericită a lucrurilor
Doru is a lumberjack whose wife has recently died. The loss of his wife is compounded by the risk of losing his foster child, Meda, a teenager foster parented by his wife for eight years. Doru wants to become Meda’s foster parent, but the paperwork is prohibitively expensive for someone for whom cutting wood and raising cows are the only legal means of making a living. The film captures the harsh reality of poverty in a rural community where parents and children are caught in a traumatic cycle of hardship and aggression. Actor-turned-director Pârvu (Cristian Mungiu’s Graduation) depicts with gripping authenticity a rural backwater where stifling bureaucracy meets petty corruption, while lead actor Șerban Pavlu infuses his award-winning performance with a quiet desperation that perfectly fits this austere yet engaging drama. Best Director and Best Actor awards at the 2017 Sarajevo Film Festival.
Directed by Emanuel Pârvu 2017. 82m. Romania. Romanian with English subtitles. NR. Screenplay: Emanuel Pârvu Cinematography: Silviu Stavilă Cast: Șerban Pavlu, Adrian Titieni, Costel Cașcaval, Florin Zamfirescu Production: FAMart Productions, DaKINO Productions, Ceramus Film Festivals: Sarajevo Film Festival – Best Director and Best Actor
Q&A with director Emanuel Pârvu and producer Miruna Berescu 13
Director in Focus BAMcinĂŠmatek
DIRECTOR IN FOCUS ANCA DAMIAN Anca Damian (b. 1962) is a singular voice in the Romanian film landscape. Not only the first female director of photography turned director, but a prolific auteur who does not neatly fit into the Romanian New Wave, Damian employs a cinematic style and career path of her own. She made her directorial debut with Crossing Dates (2008), an ambitious tryptic of interwoven stories, but it was the animated documentary Crulic – The Path to Beyond (2011) that brought her wide recognition, garnering a smashing 150 film festival selections and more than 30 awards. Same storytelling technique, further refined, applies to her following documentary hybrid The Magic Mountain (2015) which premiered in the Karlovy Vary competition and is a striking mix of extravagant animation and narrative poetry. Besides animated works, Damian made three other live action feature films: A Very Unsettled Summer (2013), In Perfect Health (2017), and Moon Hotel Kabul (2017), all intellectually challenging, visually striking, narratively fractured, and with just enough experimental elements to place her among the most intriguing European female auteurs. 14
| Tue, Dec. 5, 7:00 pm
North American Premiere
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Director in Focus BAMcinématek
In Perfect Health Perfect sănătos
A young lawyer (Anghel Damian) trying to solve the mystery behind the unexpected death of his father, a prominent judge and notorious womanizer (Vlad Ivanov, playing against type), disturbs the life of a quiet town and unearths unwanted revelations. What starts as a thriller, complete with investigations and reenactments at what the lawyer believes to be a crime scene, slowly melts into a compulsive quest of Hamlet-esque proportions. With a chilling visual style, courtesy of Director of Photography Oleg Mutu (Beyond the Hills), this strange beast of a movie is Damian’s most personal and intriguing yet, loosely inspired by the circumstances of her father’s tragic demise. The suspenseful story is emphasized by a solid performance from leading actor Anghel Damian, supported, along with Vlad Ivanov, by Olimpia Melinte and a compelling turn by Cristina Florea.
Directed by Anca Damian 2017. 90m. Romania/France. Romanian with English subtitles. NR. Screenplay: Anca Damian, Lia Bugnar Cinematography: Oleg Mutu Cast: Anghel Damian, Vlad Ivanov, Olimpia Melinte, Cristina Florea, Adrian Titieni Production: Aparte Film, Arizona Productions
Q&A with director Anca Damian & actor Anghel Damian
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Director in Focus BAMcinématek
| Wed, Dec. 6, 7:00 pm
Crulic – The Path to Beyond Crulic: drumul spre dincolo
Directed by Anca Damian 2011. 73m. Romania/Poland. Romanian with English subtitles. NR Screenplay: Anca Damian Animation: Dan Panaitescu, Raluca Popa, Dragoș Ștefan, Roxana Bentu, Tuliu Oltean Cast: Vlad Ivanov Production: Aparte Film Festivals: Locarno 2011 (Special Mention), Warsaw (Special Mention of the Jury), Jihlava (Silver Eye Award), Telluride, New Directors/ New Films, Annecy 16
When Claudiu Crulic, a young Romanian in Poland, was arrested for a crime he didn’t commit, he became a pawn in a Kafkaesque miscarriage of justice and went on a hunger strike to protest his treatment in jail. Damian’s documentary is by turns chilling and heartbreaking — Crulic himself “narrates” the film posthumously, his words voiced by Vlad Ivanov, star of such Romanian New Wave titles as Police, Adjective and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days — but also ironic, with a bit of black humor thrown in. What makes this extraordinary documentary even more compelling is its strong visual style: Damian uses handdrawn, cutout, and collage animation techniques to create a strikingly memorable film. Q&A with director Anca Damian
Director in Focus BAMcinématek
| Wed, Dec. 6, 9:30 pm
The Magic Mountain Muntele magic/La montagne magique
This film recreates the adventures of Polish photographer and mountaineer Adam J. Winkler (1937–2002), who fought against the Soviets in Afghanistan on the side of the mujahedin. A political refugee in Paris, Winkler was a brave, yet impulsive and cynical idealist. The narrative of this highly original film, created using combined techniques involving actors and, for the most part, animation, is conceived as a dialogue between him and his daughter Ania. Visually, the work is built up around Winkler’s photographs and naive drawings, which are graphically modified: sometimes as sketches, at other times in eyecatching gouache or watercolor, elsewhere via artistically treated and animated sequences, matching both the tragic and the humorous tones of the story. Intro by director Anca Damian
Directed by Anca Damian 2015. 89m. Romania/France/Poland, 2015. In English. NR Screenplay: Anca Damian, Anna Winkler Animation: Theodore Ushev, Sergiu Negulici, Raluca Popa, Dan Panaitescu, Dragoș Ștefan, Tomek Ducki Cast: Jean-Marc Barr Production: Aparte Film, Filmograf, Arizona Productions Festivals: Karlovy Vary 2015 – Special Mention, Istanbul 2016 – Audience Award, Amiens 2015 – Golden Unicorn
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Creative Freedom through Cinema Jacob Burns Film Center
Guest Country Lithuania Making Waves’s Creative Freedom Through Cinema program continues to examine the relationship between arts and politics in Eastern Europe, with a spotlight this year on Lithuania. This Baltic country gave us two of the most exciting directors ever: Jonas Mekas, “the godfather of American avantgarde cinema,” and Sharunas Bartas, whose latest exquisite work, Frost, was screened this year in Cannes. Lithuania provides tremendous support to young filmmakers, and it’s always interesting to see how they artistically process the Soviet legacy of their now-free country. The debut of director Ignas Jonynas, and Lithuania’s entry for the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 2014, The Gambler is a case in point. Special Thanks to the Lithuanian Film Centre. 18
| Mon, Dec. 4, 7:15 pm
The Gambler Losejas
Directed by Ignas Jonynas 2013. 109 m. Lithuania-Latvia. Lithuanian with subtitles. NR. Screenplay: Kristupas Sabolius, Ignas Jonynas Cinematography: Janis Eglitis Cast: Vytautas Kaniusonis, Oona Mekas
Production: Studio Uljana Kim & Locomotive Productions Festivals: San Sebastian 2013, Warsaw 2014 – Special Jury Award, Lithuanian Silver Cranes 2014 - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor Awards
A paramedic praised at work for saving others’ lives cannot quite manage his own. With heavy gambling debts and threats of violence from the local mobsters, he comes up with a secret contest, getting his coworkers to bet on which patients are most likely to die. As a political allegory, it is as macabre as the gambling operation itself, depicting a post-Soviet landscape torn between its socialist roots and the brutal new realities of capitalism. But there is plenty of black comedy and joie de vivre in this exciting piece of Baltic neo-noir, and it works just as well as a universal comment on the human condition.
Film Industry Talks For 12 years now, Making Waves has been dedicated to bringing one of the most exciting national film outputs in recent years, often referred as the Romanian New Wave, before U.S. audiences. But despite the tremendous interest among critics and industry professionals, and despite tremendous growth in terms of output and variety, Romanian cinema has yet to find an avenue to communicate with U.S. film industry professionals regularly and frankly, to explore the more practical aspects of collaboration and creative cross-pollination. This is why, starting with our 2017 edition, we are providing a closed “industry talk” as a festival complementary event. We expect the conversation to cover co-production possibilities, the ins and outs of awards season campaigns, the role of the publicists and producers’ reps in the American film industry, the needs, ex-
pectations and realities facing distributors and producers working both in Romania and in the U.S., as well as any other issues that participants may find relevant. We hope this kind of event can not only provide, in the long term, a successful platform for interaction and dialogue, but also lead to concrete collaborations and increase the interest of the U.S. professionals for the potential of the Romanian creative and institutional ecosystems. The event will be moderated by Director Mona Nicoară and Making Waves Festival President Corina Șuteu. Film Industry Talks is co-funded by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund of Romania.
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FESTIVAL TEAM
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The Romanian Film Initiative (RFI) came together in 2012 to safeguard the existence and the spirit of the Romanian film festival in New York, redesigned as Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema, and co-presented with the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Created by Corina Șuteu, Mihai Chirilov, and Oana Radu, the core team that initiated and organized the festival since 2006, RFI is a flagship of Film ETC. Association in Bucharest. Along with the continuation and expansion of Making Waves, RFI aims to develop and contribute to other projects interested in promoting Romanian cinema in the U.S., and the professionalization of the cultural sector in Romania and internationally. www.filmetc.org BAMcinématek. Since 1998 BAM Rose Cinemas has been Brooklyn’s home for alternative, documentary, art-house, and independent films. Combining new releases with BAMcinématek year-round repertory program, the fourscreen venue hosts new and rarely seen contemporary films, classics, work by local artists, and festivals of films from around the world, often with special appearances by directors, actors, and other guests. Since 2009 the program has also produced BAMcinemaFest, New York’s home for American independent film, and has championed the work of filmmakers like Janicza Bravo, Andrew Dosunmu, Lena Dunham, and Alex Ross Perry. www.bam.org/BAMcinematek The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) is a nonprofit cultural arts organization just 30 miles outside of NYC dedicated to: presenting the best of independent, documentary, and world cinema; promoting 21st century literacy, and making film a vibrant part of the community. Since the opening
in 2001, over 2,000,000 people have seen over 5,400 films from more than 40 countries. The campus includes the 27,000 sq. foot Media Arts Lab, the JBFC’s state-of-the-art education center, a creative and educational community for storytellers in the digital age. www.burnsfilmcenter.org MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema Festival Board Corina Șuteu, Festival President; Mihai Chirilov, Artistic Director; Oana Radu, Festival Manager, Romanian Film Initiative; Brian Ackerman, Programming Director, Jacob Burns Film Center Gina M Duncan, Associate VP, Cinema, BAM Romanian Film Initiative /Film ETC.: Elvira Lupșa, Website development; Cristian Neagoe & Oana Furdea, Publicist – Romania; Elena Iacob, Amanda Feldman Festival Publicist: Julia Pacetti, JMP Verdant Communications Fiscal Sponsor: The Jacob Burns Film Center Program Editors: Mihai Chirilov, Oana Radu Graphic Designer: Carmen Gociu Festival logo courtesy of: Dan Perjovschi
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FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS The 12th edition of Making Waves—and its sixth as an independent festival—has been made possible with the generous participation of numerous institutional as well as individual supporters from Romania, the U.S., and around the world, who have joined the Circle of Donors and the Festival Club. The Romanian Film Initiative would like to give a warm thank you to all our contributors.
CIRCLE OF DONORS Ștefania Magidson & Blue Heron Foundation, Adrian Ghenie, Alexandre Almajeanu, Edward C. Blau, Eva-Maria Preiswerk & Freundschaftsverein Schweiz-Rumänien FESTIVAL CLUB $300-$999 Marie-France Ionesco & Lucian Pintilie, Alexandru Salcianu, Stephan Benedict, Andrei Both, Irina Livezeanu, Veronica Lupu, Carmen Paraschiv, Ana Cristea
LEADING SUPPORT $100-$300 Bogdan George Apetri, Vlad Bogaciu, Dana Buricea, Mariana Cana, Carmen Comănescu, Mihai Cucui, Adrian Filip, Patrick L. Hagel, The Institute, Richard Jochum, Attila Kim, Ioan Tudor Leu, Jane K. Lombard, Cristina Pașca Palmer, unbtc.ro, Constantin Vulpescu, Robert Wasserman, and Kyoko Hirano Film Industry Talks Lead Support
The Film Industry Talks project does not necessarily reflect the position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund (AFCN). AFCN is not responsible for the project content or the way in which project results can be used, which are fully the responsibility of the funding beneficiary.
Making Waves would like to thank 4 Proof Film, Aparte Film, BAC Films, Beta Cinema, Elefant Films, FAMart, Filmallee, Herretic Outreach, Interfilm, Kolektiv, Libra Film, Wide Management. We want to express our gratitude to documentary filmmaker and human rights activist Mona Nicoară, visual artist Dan Perjovschi, actor Vlad Ivanov and actor Andi Vasluianu, our Festival Ambassador, for their continued support and for championing Making Waves. Special Thanks to Andrew Solomon. 21
Jacob Burns Film Center THU | NOV 30
7:00 pm | FESTIVAL OPENING | 6.9 ON THE RICHTER SCALE d. Nae Caranfil, 116’ | Followed by a reception
FRI | DEC 1
7:30 pm | THAT TRIP WE TOOK WITH DAD d. Anca Miruna Lăzărescu, 111’
SAT | DEC 2
7:30 pm | ANA, MON AMOUR d. Călin Peter Netzer, 130’
SUN | DEC 3
5:30 pm | FIXER | d. Adrian Sitaru, 97’ Q&A w. Adrian Sitaru & DP Adrian Silișteanu
MON | DEC 4
7:15 pm | Members Screening THE GAMBLER d. Ignas Jonynas (Lithuania) 109’
7:00 pm | Dogs d. Bogdan Mirică, 104’ 9:20 pm | Two Lottery Tickets d. Paul Negoescu, 86’ | Q&A w. Paul Negoescu
7:15 pm | CABBAGE, POTATOES AND OTHER DEMONS d. Șerban Georgescu, 64’
7:00 pm | gala Screening | In Perfect Health d. Anca Damian, 90’ | Q&A w. Anca Damian & actor Anghel Damian
7:15 pm | THE LAST KALDERASH d. Cosmin Bumbuţ, Elena Stancu, 59’ preceded by WRITTEN/UNWRITTEN d. Adrian Silișteanu, 20’| Q&A w. Adrian Silișteanu
7:00 pm | Crulic – The Path to Beyond d. Anca Damian, 73’ | Q&A w. Anca Damian 9:30 pm | The Magic Mountain d. Anca Damian, 85’ | Intro by Anca Damian
7:15 pm | BREAKING NEWS d. Iulia Rugină, 81’ Q&A w. Iulia Rugină
7:00 pm | Meda or The Not So Bright Side of Things d. Emanuel Pârvu, 82’ Q&A w. Emanuel Pârvu & producer Miruna Berescu
TUE | DEC 5 WED | DEC 6
THU | DEC 7
BAMcinématek
Screening Venues:
TICKETS:
BAM: BAMcinĂŠmatek, Peter Jay Sharp Building, BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
BAMcinĂŠmatek: General admission: $15, Members: $7.50, Seniors: $11. Visit www. bam.org/cinematek for more information.
JBFC: Jacob Burns Film Center, 364 Manville Rd., Pleasantville, NY 10570
Jacob Burns Film Center: General admission: $13, Members: $8. For the opening night screening, followed by a reception, tickets are $12 (members), $17 (nonmembers). Visit burnsfilmcenter.org for more information.
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