Program Cinema Elvire Popesco

THE DIARY OF A SKY Directed by: Lawrence Abu Hamdan Documentary – Lebanon – 2024 – 44 min Section: Reverberations “The Diary of a Sky” unfolds an atmospheric symphony of violence over Beirut, revealing the haunting fusion of incessant Israeli military flights and the hum of generators during blackouts....See more details

Flow este o pisică singuratică, a cărei viață se desfășoară liniștit în pădure. Lumea în care trăiește se apropie de sfârșit, iar casa îi este distrusă de un potop. Flow este nevoită să își caute refugiul pe o barcă, alături de alte animale....See more details

Fiul unor refugiați armeni, mic de statură, sărac și cu o voce considerată atipică – mulți credeau că Charles Aznavour nu va reuși niciodată. Dar, prin muncă asiduă, ambiție și o voință de neclintit, a devenit un simbol al muzicii și al culturii franceze....See more details

Directed by: Benjamin Brown, Sam Chown-Ahern, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Georgia Kumari Bradburn, Lucy Walker, Steven Eastwood Documentary – United Kingdom – 2024 – 67 min Section: Dialogues “The Stimming Pool” is an experimental—at times fantastical—hybrid feature film, co-created by a collective of autistic artists, the Neurocultures Collective, and filmmaker Steven Eastwood, who invite you into a neurodiverse world within the undulating logic of neurotypical environments.

Directed by: Pablo Álvarez Mesa Documentary – Columbia, Canada – 2024 – 76 min Section: Reverberations 200 years after Simón Bolívar’s liberation campaign across Colombia, “The Soldier’s Lagoon” retraces The Liberator’s journey across the high-altitude marshlands, while searching for glimpses of his ghost still present in this historically contested territory and reflecting on the construction of oral history and its relation to the land. 

Directed by: Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk Documentary – USA – 2024 – 96 min Section: Reverberations Three decades ago, the world was poised to stop global warming. Using exclusively archival material, “The White House Effect” tells the origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H....See more details

Directed by: Lesia Diak Documentary – Ukraine, Romania, Croatia – 2024 – 78 min Section: Exist to Resist Is it possible to return to a normal life after being broken by war? The unseen damage inflicted by war on personal relationships pushes war veteran Serhiy away from his family....See more details

Directed by: Anelise Sălan Documentary – Romania – 2024 – 99 min Section: Exist to Resist A gay woman from Romania fights for the legal recognition of same-sex marriages, joining 21 other couples in a historic case at the European Court of Human Rights. The trial tests the couple’s relationship, documenting their emotional journey in the battle against the state and its consequences, in a deeply personal cinematic portrait.

Directed by: Maciej J. Drygas Documentary – Poland, Lithuania – 2024 – 80 min Section: Reverberations “Trains” is a “found-footage” document consisting solely of archival materials, which creates a collective portrait of people in 20th century Europe, capturing their hopes, desires, dramas, and tragedies....See more details

Directed by: Kinshuk Surjan Documentary – Belgium, Netherlands, India – 2024 – 108 min Section: Exist to Resist Intent on providing a better life for herself and her children after her farmer-husband’s suicide, Sanjivani struggles against her culture’s traditional abandonment of widows, until she joins a discussion group with other farmer-suicide widows....See more details