How much do you know about Romanian films? ;)

First of all I need to emphasize I have chosen this subject because I think Romanian films are unappreciated in the environment of cinematography. Not many people know that the Romanian movies after 1989 won many international awards at festivals in Cannes, Berlin, etc.

An excellent application with regard to the Romanian films has Freud's theory: suppression and release. Before ’89 the Romanian culture was in a complete isolation from another part of Europe (suppression), but after ’89 and thanks the regime change the Romanian culture “was released”. That’s why we can talk about “New Wave” in Romanian cinematography, which began approximately in 2005.

Romanian directors shared the same background, having acquired field experience working for the European productions shooting in Romania due to the cheap labor force. Recognizable for their minimalist filmmaking, which was often due to scarce resources, they are faithful to their country and obsessed with authenticity. The films below all share a preoccupation with Romanian identity and the way in which their country is moving on after the years of dictatorship.

Because many of the Romanian movies have become a blockbuster, in other posts I will try to focus (in my opinion) on the most valuable films in Romanian cinematography.