Dana Bunescu

The film follows the life and work of Romanian visual artist ION GRIGORESCU, one of the pioneers of experimental art in Europe. The film discusses our evanescent existence, morality, and spirituality and interrogates the possible extent of the inglorious recollection of our own biography.

Traditional Roma-communities of Romania are culturally rich communities, ruled with complicated rituals and customs. Marriage is maybe the most set in stone such custom, with everything about it being under very strict community control. What keeps everyone alert is Roma marriage’s highest stake: fertility and conceiving boys.

Gheorghe Blondă is the analog film laboratory technician from the National Film University of Bucharest. Under the pretext of modernizing the university, he is to be replaced and have his life-long career end. With the filming taking place at the same time as the anti-corruption protests in 2017, Romania, the film brings to light the ways in which the university, a public institution, mirrors the autorities that rule the country. Despite the leading board of the university claiming that it's a natural technological transition, Gheorghe's struggle to keep his job becomes a matter of life or death.

Ducu is a a 45-year-old Romanian writer facing a midlife crisis. He leaves Bucharest to be part of a creative residence in Berlin and in an attempt to rebuild his life. He swings between two countries and two women: Andra, his hot-tempered wife, who wants a divorce, and Giulia, Ducu's love from his youth, who lives in an eco-village in Germany - Lebensdorf. Looking for an answer, he goes through a series of strange, funny and even eye-opening events.

남편과 합의 하에 찍은 섹스 비디오가 포르노 사이트에 유출된 사실을 뒤늦게 발견한 교사 에미. 학생들 사이에서 비디오가 금세 퍼졌고, 이를 알게 된 동료 교사들과 학부모들이 에미를 해임하기 위해 긴급 회의를 소집한다. 심판대에 서서 온갖 조롱과 모욕을 당하던 에미는 결국 분노를 대폭발시키는데...

1941년 6월 29일, 루마니아 이아시에서 1만 3천 명이 넘는 유대인이 학살된다. 나치와 그 조력자들은 총을 사용해 사람들을 죽이다가 나중에는 기차 화물칸에 이들을 가둔 후 독가스로 질식사시켰다. 열차의 출구는 이 잔인한 사건을 기록한 또 하나의 ‘홀로코스트 무비‘다. 라두 주데와 아드리안 치오플른커 감독은 희생자들의 가족, 친구, 그리고 이웃의 증언을 희생자 사진을 배경으로 들려준다. 동영상 없이, 인물 사진과 내레이션이라는 단조로운 구성만으로 3시간 가까이 이어지는 작품이지만 희생자들의 이야기가 하나하나 쌓이면서 이 ‘끔찍한 사건‘은 잊을 수 없는, 잊혀서는 안 되는 기억으로 남게 된다.

Otto, a seventeen-year-old punk, becomes involved in the social services investigation of his girlfriend Laura’s death. He is caught up in a vicious circle created by his parents, his mute grandpa and Laura’s mother. Laura is still part of his life through video recordings that he edits constantly, trying to make sense of the events. Through this process, Otto must take his portion of the responsibility for what happened.

In 1981, chalk slogans written in uppercase letters started appearing in public spaces in the Romanian city of Botoşani. They demanded freedom, alluded to the democratic developments taking place in Romania’s socialist sister countries or simply called for improvements in the food supply. Mugur Călinescu was behind them, who was still at school at the time and whose case is documented in the files of the Romanian secret police. Theatre director Gianina Cărbunariu created a documentary play based on this material.

Poet, musician, intellectual, and committed communist Nina Cassian wrestled for decades with the central contradiction of her life: how to reconcile her artistic ideals with the strict censorship imposed by Romania’s Communist Party — a tension that put her at odds with the totalitarian Ceaușescu regime and eventually led to her exile. Interweaving archival footage with firsthand interviews, this thought-provoking documentary illuminates the complex relationships between art, politics, and personal truths.

2015년 부쿠레슈티 콜렉티브 클럽 화재사건과 그 이후 언론과 정부의 부정부패 척결 과정을 다룬 다큐멘터리

A sequel to Moromeții (1987), the tale follows the life of the Moromete family after WWII, with Romania being overpowered by Communism.

A sequel to Moromeții (1987), the tale follows the life of the Moromete family after WWII, with Romania being overpowered by Communism.

A sequel to Moromeții (1987), the tale follows the life of the Moromete family after WWII, with Romania being overpowered by Communism.

The film confronts two different views of the execution of General Ion Antonescu, Romania's leader during the Second World War.

인종청소 운동이 시작될 무렵인 1941년, 루마니아의 장관회의에서 나온 유명한 이야기를 바탕으로 한 무대를 신랄하게 재현하는 동시에, 이를 지켜보는 관객을 날카로운 시선으로 담아낸다.

인종청소 운동이 시작될 무렵인 1941년, 루마니아의 장관회의에서 나온 유명한 이야기를 바탕으로 한 무대를 신랄하게 재현하는 동시에, 이를 지켜보는 관객을 날카로운 시선으로 담아낸다.

A trio of quirky lifelong friends create a makeshift family, but their tight bond is tested when one of them falls in love with a writer.

During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early twenties, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a plaster on a stretcher-bed. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the sadness of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived to the fullest.

1937년부터 1946년까지 루마니아 사회의 한 단면을 당시의 사진과 자료, 한 개인의 기록을 통해 포착한 다큐에세이

대학생 아나와 토마는 첫눈에 사랑에 빠지고 뜨거운 격정으로 서로를 탐닉한다. 부모의 반대와 정신적 문제에도 서로에게 더 깊이 들어가고 미친 듯이 중독되는데… 지독한 격정에 빠져든다!

대학생 아나와 토마는 첫눈에 사랑에 빠지고 뜨거운 격정으로 서로를 탐닉한다. 부모의 반대와 정신적 문제에도 서로에게 더 깊이 들어가고 미친 듯이 중독되는데… 지독한 격정에 빠져든다!

Cristiana is a 30 year old woman, brought up in a "proper", bourgeois middle-class family. Her time is split between writing for her PhD in Earthquake Engineering, conversations with Alex and Michelle, her two close friends and occasional, eagerly awaited rendezvous' with Dan, a married man with whom she is romantically involved. After her parents move out of the family apartment into a new house, she decides to get a dog. It is something that she wanted ever since she was a child and now that she lives on her own she can finally fulfill this wish.

Set in early 19th century Wallachia, Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.

An old man tries to play backgammon with friends while babysitting his granddaughter, who's terrified of the young suicide in their building.

A deceptively simple set-up: the director and his father watch a 1988 football match which the father refereed, their commentary accompanying the original television images in real time. A Bucharest derby between the country’s leading teams, Dinamo and Steaua, taking place in heavy snow, one year before the revolution that toppled Ceaușescu.

In a small village close to the mountains, Mariana and Puiu are a young family with two children: Carmen and Mircea. One morning, the mother and the ten year-old daughter leave for Bucharest, having a hospital as their destination. One doctor alone, Sitaru, believes that Carmen, who can no longer smile, stands any chances at survival. He believes he can perform a miracle and save Carmen's life. Struggling for her daughter, abandoned by almost everybody she trusted, Mariana discovers she is pregnant. After dr. Sitaru operates on the little girl, in a risky manner, Carmen begins to feel increasingly worse. Without any hope, Mariana leaves the hospital and rushes to take Carmen home: while one life ends, another one begins to flicker.

A director with two weeks left on his latest production fakes an ulcer to pursue a romance with his lead actress.

In a torrid summer day in Bucharest, the priest Florin Florescu is called to a dying woman's side for saying a prayer.

60세에 접어든 코넬리아는 30대인 아들 바르부가 독립을 하자 우울해한다. 어느 날 바르부가 교통사고를 내자 코넬리아는 이 사건이 다시 아들의 삶에 개입할 수 있는 기회라고 여기고 아들이 징역형을 면할 수 있도록 부패한 권력에 맞서기 시작한다. 성장한 자식을 떠나 보낼 수밖에 없는 부모의 상실감을 그린 작품으로 베를린영화제 황금곰상을 차지한 수작.

Marius is a divorced man in his late thirties. His five year-old daughter Sofia lives with her mother, which causes Marius a deep frustration. On the day Marius arrives to take his daughter on their annual holiday, he is told that she is ill but he doesn't believe it and insists to take her with him. The situation soon gets out of control with all the family taking part in a web of humor, violence, childish songs, police interventions and love statements.

The three-hour-long documentary covers 25 years in the life of Nicolae Ceaușescu and was made using 1,000 hours of original footage from the National Archives of Romania.

Ana is 30 years old and lives with her parents. As her ex-husband takes their daughter and her nagging mother to the countryside, she prepares for a laidback evening with her friends. Soon she comes to realize she lost her cell phone which prevents her from receiving a much awaited call from her previous night's stand. Her friends, Iulia, Andrei and Marius, arrive and try to watch a movie. The screening is frequently interrupted by an increasingly annoying and rather absurd dialogue that takes place between the thief/finder of the cell phone and Ana.

Security guard Aurel (Andi Vasluianu) and his wife Irene have a moderately happy marriage and a moderately comfortable lifestyle in urban Romania. Irene takes a working trip to Cairo and returns invigorated with the swell of success. She sets out again and never returns. What follows is both predictable and unpredictable. Aurel, and the audience, are suspicious of the official explanation of her death so the foundation is laid for the traditional who-dunnit. Aurel proceeds on an emotional search against all odds.

Security guard Aurel (Andi Vasluianu) and his wife Irene have a moderately happy marriage and a moderately comfortable lifestyle in urban Romania. Irene takes a working trip to Cairo and returns invigorated with the swell of success. She sets out again and never returns. What follows is both predictable and unpredictable. Aurel, and the audience, are suspicious of the official explanation of her death so the foundation is laid for the traditional who-dunnit. Aurel proceeds on an emotional search against all odds.

3 separate stories take place over two days. The characters' paths intersect, and they affect each-other unintentionally.

1987년, 차우세스쿠 독재정권으로 임신중절이 금지되었던 루마니아. 대학 기숙사 룸메이트 여대생 오틸리아와 가비타는 시내의 허름한 호텔을 예약한다. 원치 않는 임신을 하게 된 가비타의 임신중절을 위해서이다. 어렵게 구한 돈으로 임신중절을 하기로 한 날, 불법으로 임신중절을 해주기로 한 베베를 만나지만 임신 2개월이라 속였던 가비타의 임신 4개월이 들통나고, 베베는 돈 대신 더 큰 것을 요구하는데…

1987년, 차우세스쿠 독재정권으로 임신중절이 금지되었던 루마니아. 대학 기숙사 룸메이트 여대생 오틸리아와 가비타는 시내의 허름한 호텔을 예약한다. 원치 않는 임신을 하게 된 가비타의 임신중절을 위해서이다. 어렵게 구한 돈으로 임신중절을 하기로 한 날, 불법으로 임신중절을 해주기로 한 베베를 만나지만 임신 2개월이라 속였던 가비타의 임신 4개월이 들통나고, 베베는 돈 대신 더 큰 것을 요구하는데…

삼십대 후반의 남성 태비, 그는 어느 날부터인가 그의 딸 알렉산드라가 더 이상 그를 “아빠” 라고 부르지 않음을 깨닫게 된다. - 2008 오버하우젠국제영화제 최우수 단편영화상

Love. It just happens. No rules. It may look sick, but it's deep and it hurts. For everyone, Alex and Kiki are just good friends. They happen to be two girls experiencing another kind of love. For their family, Kiki and Sandu are sister and brother who sometimes fight. They happen to be lovers. Love Sick is about their stories.

Mr. Lazarescu is a retired Romanian engineer, spending his time in the company of his cats and booze. When he starts feeling unusually ill, he first seeks painkillers from his neighbors. It soon becomes apparent that Lazarescu is indeed sick, and an ambulance arrives with a nurse who has a few ideas about what could be the problem. However, a major traffic accident and poor organization leaves little room in Romanian hospitals for the fading Lazarescu.

The father, fired two years before retirement, wants to get rehired, requiring the support of his son. The action takes place in a restaurant in Bucharest.

The father, fired two years before retirement, wants to get rehired, requiring the support of his son. The action takes place in a restaurant in Bucharest.

A young TV reporter would like to shoot a program about a former political prisoner nicknamed The Pharaoh, who spent forty years in Siberian exile. She manages to locate a former lover, his sister, and his onetime cellmate, but questions still remain...

Andrei is now a truck driver, but in one of his travels to Germany, he must become once again a boxer just for one night at the middleweight category.