Universitatea Nationala de Arta Teatrala si Cinematografica "I.L. Caragiale"

"The Apples" (1955) is the graduation film of two of the most important directors of the following decades, Iulian Mihu and Manole Marcus, and shows a young couple mocked by a nobleman because they had stolen some apples from his estate.

Two corporate co-workers have a romantic first date, a networking, where they are to cook a fish together. She arrives at his apartment and their romantic evening gradually becomes uncomfortable.

Monica, a ballerina who had to pause her career due to a leg injury, becomes the muse of Victor, a sculptor in the midst of a creative crisis. Their relationship is put to the test when Monica returns to dancing.

The day Alex gets out of prison, he's greeted by his girlfriend and best friend. But things aren't the same as they were when he got there.

Short film by Romanian director.

One year after a life-altering tragedy, Toma and Maria are trying to rebuild their relationship. Toma is consumed by guilt and memories, unable to break free from the past. In silence, he begins to be haunted by a monster only he can see. Maria struggles to help him, but her efforts hit a wall built by Toma's fear and silence. As the monster draws him deeper into its world, Toma gets lost between reality and obsession, and the bond between them slowly unravels.

George and Cristina are trying to break up. But despite their efforts and violent fights something keeps them together.

In a cemetery in the city she has just arrived in by night train, a woman discovers that a man (probably her father) had recently been exhumed by the owners due to late payment. In desperation, she cremates his remains and moves on, to an unknown address where she accidentally meets a former lover from her youth. After a few drinks together, deep-seated wounds begin to surface, and the idealistic romanticism of early youth is replaced by the realization that life has not been kind to either of them.

Vlad decides to skip classes. His brother, Dragos finds him playing football. On the way back home, they try to understand each other.

In the process of reconstructing the memory of her mother, a young woman relives the emotional ravine between them, originating in childhood.

In communist Romania, a serial killer discusses religion with his next victim.

During a wedding at a hotel, Bety, a young receptionist, becomes intrigued by Vicki, a mysterious older guest. The night lures them to the pool, the tension builds, and everything ends with an unexpected disappearance.

Disguising his smuggling operation as humanitarian aid, Fane ventures into Ukraine to retrieve contraband cigarettes. His mission is complicated when a young refugee, Oleh, sneaks into his van with no way for them to understand each other.

Inspired by Bedros Horasangian's series of short stories, the film focuses on the dissolution of a couple, seen from two perspectives. Episodes from the married life of a playwright mingle with their dramatized version, rehearsed on scene by a couple of actors, thus amplifying the communication issues and the distance between the partners. Featuring a simple and efficient mise-en-scéne, the film is built like a feminine monologue in two voices, counterpointed by the helpless, stubborn silence in which the two protagonists retreat.

In a remote village, two mobsters in a samurai-inspired clan hide a secret affair involving katana fantasies. When discovered, they must duel to decide who stays in the clan.

An American filmmaker comes to a Romanian village to make a documentary about a forgotten Cold War story.

Waiting for the rain that never comes, two peasants, father and son, plough the dry land with a horse-drawn plough. The father decides to dig a well, for which he will pay a heavy price.

After an electoral fraud, a desperate mayor turns to two petty criminals to cover his tracks, but a series of unexpected mistakes puts the entire operation at risk.

During one winter night in a block of flats, a resident and a food-delivery guy make an unexpected bond.