Luminita Gheorghiu

Jean, a farm lad, wants to escape his silent father; he runs to Paris to his older brother, Georges, who's away covering the war in Kosovo. Angry, he throws a bag of half-eaten pastry into a beggar's lap. Amadou, a young Franco-African, berates him. The police arrive, arrest Amadou and deport the beggar. Georges's girlfriend Anne is upset; it colors her relationship with Georges when he returns from the war. Separate lives intersect for the one moment, around the pastry bag, and all are altered. (imdb)

One evening, Mr. Lazarescu, who lives alone, feels a bit dizzy. He finally ends up being driven away in an ambulance, which is the start of a tragicomic odyssey. Each doctor who examines him arrives at an entirely different diagnosis, and his emergency treatment is incessantly postponed. The physicians are deaf to the entreaties of the patient and his friends, and they are devoid of sympathy for the elderly Mr. Lazarescu as he again plunges into the Bucharest night.

Sixteen years after the Revolution and just days before Christmas, a local television station in Bucharest has invited several guests to share their moments of glory, as they allegedly stormed city hall, chanting "down with Ceasescu!", before Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and his wife fled the presidential palace by helicopter so many years ago. (Tartan USA)

A drama set in Bucharest during the "golden" years of Communism, about the horrors of the Securitate, and the brutality and absurdness of its methods used. (imdb)

Eager for cash to start his own business, ambitious Ovidiu agrees to deliver a suspicious package for a local gangster. Knowing he'll be paid well for the job, Ovidiu embarks on his journey from Constanta to Bucharest with two friend in tow. But the trio are unprepared for the difficulties ahead, including a mysterious jeep that seems to be following them. (Yahoo! Movies)

Two girls have a long way in front of them before the dream of being world champions could come true.

Francesca is a young kindergarten teacher whose dream is to immigrate to Italy. Searching for a better life, Francesca is ready to overcome any obstacles, even the worries and the doubtfulness of the people closest to her. The plan is that her boyfriend, Mita, should join her in Italy as soon as he closes the small business he runs. Things take an unfortunate turn, painful truths come to light and priorities change. (imdb)

An apartment kitchen: a man and a woman discuss Little Red Riding Hood, their voices hushed, mindful of waking the little girl sleeping next room. Waste land on the city outskirts: behind a line of abandoned trailers, the man silently watches what seems to be a family. The same city, the same man: driving through traffic with two hand-made firing pins for a hunting rifle. The man is 42 years old, his name - Viorel... (imdb)

In a Romanian village on the eve of WWII a family struggles to survive.

After a bloody revolution in December 1989, Romania is slowly discovering that the old communist apparatchiks still have the power and they become the new capitalists. Dissidents of the old regime become dissidents in the new society, wondering if their sacrifice was in vain. The never ending transition is affecting a non-conformist worker and his family in many wicked ways.

One cold evening in March, Barbu is tearing down the streets 50 kilometres per hour over the speed limit when he knocks down a child. The boy dies shortly after the accident. A prison sentence of between three and fifteen years awaits. High time for his mother, Cornelia, to intervene. (berlinale.de)

A heartwarming comedy of parents using a computer for the first time to communicate with their son in America. (imdb)

The peaceful life of spouses Tucu and Emilia is turned upside down when their daughter comes back from Canada, along with her ​​American fiance. What should have been a happy reunion quickly turns into a complicated yet funny situation. The girl's parents find out that the young couple is going through serious financial troubles, so they are willing to sacrifice anything so that their daughter's future family won't lack anything. (cinemagia.ro)

Set in early 19th century Wallachia, when a local policeman, Costandin, is hired by Iordache, a boyar (local noble), to find Garfin, a Gypsy slave who had run away from the boyar's estate after having an affair with his wife, Sultana. Costandin sets out to find the fugitive, beginning a journey full of adventures. (imdb)