Program Cinema Elvire Popesco

Directed by: Zvika Gregory Portnoy, Zuzanna Solakiewicz Documentary – Poland, Qatar – 2024 – 78 min Section: Exist to Resist In 2021, the border area between Poland and Belarus became a forbidden zone, three kilometers wide, where refugees found themselves brutally trapped. Maciek lives with his family on the Polish side of the border....See more details

LIFT Directed by: Marc Isaacs Documentary – United Kingdom – 2001 – 24 min Section: Focus Marc Isaacs When filmmaker Marc Isaacs decided to make a documentary about a lift in a London tower block he had no idea how the residents would react and what they would reveal of their lives....See more details

Directed by: Victoria Verseau Documentary – Sweden, France – 2024 – 72 min Section: Dialogues Victoria looks back in time to understand her transition and what it is that defines you as a woman. Having lost a close friend she shares her pain and embodied experience with Athena and Aamina, themselves on their own journeys of transition....See more details

CALAIS: THE LAST BORDER Directed by: Marc Isaacs Documentary – United Kingdom – 2003 – 59 min Section: Focus Marc Isaacs For the English, the French port town of Calais is the gateway to Europe or a place to buy cheap alcohol. For hundreds of migrants it is the final barrier in the desperate search for a new life in England....See more details

Filmul “LINDA VEUT DU POULET/ PUI PENTRU LINDA” Durata 1 oră, 13 de minute Țara de producție : Franța  Gen : Animație pentru copii Limba vorbită: franceză  Subtitrare: română - subtitrare descriptivă, accesibilizată pentru persoane cu deficiențe de auz  Interpretare în limba semnelor române Paulette se simte teribil de vinovată pentru și-a pedepsit fiica de opt ani pe nedrept și ar face orice pentru a se revanșa....See more details

Directed by: Myrid Carten Documentary – Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands – 2024 – 81 min Section: Dialogues When her mother goes missing somewhere in Ireland, artist Myrid Carten returns from London to find her. Her search takes her into a feuding family, a contested house; and a history that threatens to take everyone down, including herself....See more details

THE SHARDS Directed by: Masha Chernaya Documentary – Georgia, Germany – 2024 – 90 min Section: Exist to Resist In Spring 2022 Masha prepares to leave Russia — her homeland that has changed. It turns into chain of unexpected farewells: her mom dies of cancer, her lover flees army conscription, everything including her own old self is falling apart....See more details

Bambi spune povestea primilor ani din viața unui pui de căprioară și a încercărilor pe care acesta trebuie să le înfrunte în pădure. Fessler, cunoscut pentru scenariile sale sensibile și poetice, oferă aici o repovestire live action, cu animale reale, o aventură emoționantă pe care Bambi, tânărul căprior iconic al literaturii pentru copii o trăiește alături de spectatori.

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.