Ion Sapdaru

Viorel, a quiet, upright tractor driver from a small town in west Romania meets Mocanu, a high profile politician campaigning for a seat in the European Parliament. Mocanu’s car has broken down nearby and Viorel and his wife welcome the politician into their humble home. Under investigation for corruption, Mocanu sees an opportunity and decides to stay with this modest family during the rest of the campaign, winning people’s hearts by posing as a common man next to his “old friend”, the honest, hard-working farmer. In return, Viorel will get a new tractor.

A lumberjack, Doru, whose wife dies leaving the child she was looking after, Meda, at risk of being sent to an orphanage, decides to fight for adoption, against the odds.

Two Moldavian friends begin a journey full of adventures and suspense trying various business ideas in order to earn enough money to achieve their dreams.

A young Hungarian man visits his estranged Romanian father.

Dan and Cristi are both parents. Their sons are best friends. On the way to the Lehliu police station, Dan does not have the courage to tell Cristi the whole truth about his son's accident and the real reason for this long drive.

Drăgan Niță is a humble French teacher from Romania that has always dreamt of visiting Paris one day. To make his dream come true, he saves 1 lei every day.

Después de haber vivido varios años en Alemania, Alina se reúne con una amiga en un aislado convento ortodoxo rumano. Su amistad se remonta a la época en que, siendo niñas, se conocieron en un orfanato. Alina pretende que su amiga vuelva con ella a Alemania, pero ésta se niega porque no sólo ha encontrado refugio en la fe, sino que las monjas constituyen su familia.

Nina, a former Miss of a province town currently unemployed, who has enough of her boring life with her husband, Cornel. She decides to kidnap Marinela, the bride of an local mobs wedding, in exchange of a huge ransom that hopefully will provide her a better life. Surprisingly enough the bride refuses to return to her disgusting husband and provokes a series of events very serious for her family, but hilarious for the movie.

Tras la guerra de los Balcanes, una agente de la policía de Nebraska que viaja a Bosnia como observadora de las Naciones Unidas denuncia ante la ONU a una multinacional por haber encubierto varios casos de tráfico sexual. El guión se basa en la historia de Kathryn Bolkovac, que fue a Bosnia en 1999 como miembro del comité de las Naciones Unidas para el mantenimiento de la paz.

Cuenta la historia de Matilda, una mujer con problemas que está cumpliendo una condena de cinco años por un crimen que no ha cometido. Cuando su madre muere, le permiten salir durante 24 horas, pero Matilda no tiene intención de volver a la celda... (FILMAFFINITY)

Horace, a 8 years old boy, who still believes in Santa Clause, received as a Christmas gift a day at the mall. What ought to be a normal Christmas day turns into an adventure when Horace loses his mother. He mets John, a pickpocket disguised as Santa Clause, who was in the middle of an illegal operation. Unlike the Santas on TV, John doesn't seem to like children. Althought, the boy is convinced that this is the real Santa Clause and tail of it, causing all sorts of trouble as dangerous, as funny. Finally John finds the magic of Christmas and Horace discovers that miracles indeed, occur.

En tiempos de Brézhnev, Andreï Filipov, el mejor director de orquesta de la Unión Soviética, estaba al frente de la célebre orquesta del Bolchoï. Pero fue destituido, pues se negó a despedir a los músicos judíos, entre los que estaba Sacha, su mejor amigo. Treinta años después, sigue trabajando en el Bolchoï, pero como hombre de la limpieza. Una tarde en que se queda trabajando hasta muy tarde, descubre un fax dirigido al director del Bolchoï, en el que el Teatro del Châtelet invita a la orquesta a dar un concierto en Paris. Entonces, a Andreï se le ocurre una idea peregrina: reunir a sus antiguos amigos músicos con el fin de que suplanten a los músicos oficiales del Bolchoï. Sería una oportunidad única de tomarse la revancha.

Últimos años del comunismo en Rumania. A través de cinco historias, dirigidas por cinco realizadores (Mungui, el alma del proyecto, escribió todos los capítulos y dirigió el último, "La leyenda de los vendedores de aire"), se muestra la vida cotidiana de los rumanos en esa época.

15 years ago, Luiza decided to make a fresh start in Spain. She left her 3-year-old daughter Cristina in the care of her relatives and took off. When she returns to Romania, the woman learns some shocking truths that were kept hidden from her: Cristina ran away from home, is a drug addict and has a 2-year-old girl who lives in an orphanage. Overwhelmed by guilt, Luiza attempts to save her daughter

Rumanía, 1987. El país se encuentra bajo el férreo régimen comunista de Ceaușescu. Otilia y Gabita son estudiantes y comparten habitación en una residencia. Gabita está embarazada, pero no quiere tenerlo. Las jóvenes acuerdan un encuentro con un tal Mr. Bebe para que le practique un aborto ilegal en la habitación de un hotel.

Cristian Nemescu's comedy unfolds against the backdrop of the Kosovo War, 1999. A NATO train rolls through a Romanian hamlet, transporting a plethora of weapons across the country -- without official documents, and equipped only with the verbal consent of the Romanian authorities. The transport thus grows intensely vulnerable.

¿Qué pasaría si 16 años después de la revolución rumana y la caída de Ceaucescu el dueño de un canal local de televisión rumano ofreciera a dos invitados compartir sus momentos de gloria revolucionaria? Uno es un viejo retirado y eventual Santa Claus, el otro un profesor de historia que acaba de gastarse el sueldo en saldar sus deudas de bebida. (FILMAFFINITY)

Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. His Lieutenant and the rest of the crew look for him during the confused night of 22-23 December 1989.

A shy teacher and a versatile driver from a small vilage are gonig to town send by the mayor to bring a computer for the Mayoralty and a lavatory for the mayor, but things don't end like they suposed to.

A young man's attempt to flee the misery of his alcoholic villagers.