Superstaruri ale filmului documentar în selecția oficială Astra Film Festival 2016
Institutul Cultural Român este partener al celei de-a XXIII-a ediții a Astra Film Festival, desfășurată la Sibiu între 17 și 23 octombrie 2016, oferind Marele Premiu al Festivalului. Realități incitante din lumea largă surprinse în documentare de top vor anima
Zilele Filmului Românesc în Sevilia
A II-a ediție a Zilelor Filmului Românesc / Muestra de Cine Rumano en Sevilla se va desfășura în perioada 7 octombrie – 16 decembrie 2019. După Madrid, Oviedo, Valencia, Barcelona, Tenerife, filmele selectate pentru Festivalul Zilele Filmului Românesc, a
R.E.M.
excerpt I am going to tell you of things that happened back in 1960 or 1961, when I was still a little girl, no more than 12 years old. I was living with my family in Moşilor Street, in one of those queer houses, with the second floor protruding a little, with two very
At The Fair
Yellow and blue streetcars, princely coaches, churlish carts and bikes and a lot of folks on foot…From so many streets and ways, like on as many arms of a huge river waves upon waves of people are flowing as if into a boisterous sea, unto the barrier at the end of the
The Transylvanian Pilgrim
excerptsVienna, December 1838 Extra Hungariam non est vita, si est vita, non est ita. Vienna and Bucharest! Oh, what a difference between these two cities! Like the sun and the planets is this Capital surrounded by adequate corollaries stretching to the margins of the
A Morning Without Abu Ghraib
Dedicated to Ol' Eugen Hang on, ol' man: they caught once a 450-kilo sheatfish! It was nine meters long! They used a sheep for bait! There'd been ducks and geese disappearing from the Danube, but when it took away two children…That's what Ol'
Maitreyi
excerpt When I came back from the town, I found a note on my table: Come to the library! I met Maitreyi, who told me, terrified: Khokha knows!I tried to look undisturbed and to persuade her that it didn't mean anything. Maitreyi stared at me, clasping my hands, as
Doja's Horse, Spek's Tractor And The Missing Hook
Spek Jr. , from Satu Nou, had a tractor called Doja. Since nothing in the world is fortuitous, the name of that machine was not fortuitous either. Spek Sr. , a filthy Jew, as he was called by some people from Iosefin, was a fervent advocate of communism and had been hurdled
Apolodor's Travels
excerpts 1The circus tent at Mosh-Mosh fairWas where – tucked in his frigidair –A penguin dwelt without a care. From Labrador he'd landed there. His name? Apolodor, Esquire. Profession? Singer in the choir. He was no conjurer, therefore,Nor did he walk the tight