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- Zingarina, who is two-months pregnant, travels from France to Transylvania with her friend Marie to seek out her lover Milan Agustin that was deported from France. They hire the guide and interpreter Luminitsa to help them to find the musician Milan. When she finds him, she is rejected and Milan tells that he was not deported, but left her. Zingarina has a breakdown and leaves Marie on the road, wandering with a street boy. Soon she meets the traveling trader Tchangalo and she joins him in a road travel without destiny.
- A travel documentary exploring the scenic beauty and rich culture of the Romanian Carpathian mountains.
- 'Back in the Neighbourhood' continues the story of two gang leaders from Manastur district (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) using the strong language typical for the tough street life.
- The lives of poor Romanian people who seek work in Great Britain, seen through the eyes of the British people.
- A documentary chronicling the adolescent years of Elie Wiesel and the history of his sufferings. Eliezer was fifteen when Fascism brutally altered his life forever. Fifty years later, he returns to Sighetu Marmatiei, the town where he was born, to walk the painful road of remembrance - but is it possible to speak of the unspeakable? Or does Auschwitz lie beyond the capacity of any human language - the place where words and stories run out?
- Elie Wiesel, a survivor from Sighet [aka Sighetu Marmatiei], a town from which thousands of Jews were deported to the extermination camp Auschwitz, returns, unknown and unseen, a silent witness to the town where he was born and grew up. When Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 the town belonged to Romania, after 1940 then to Hungary, but now it's again a Romanian town. Life goes on in Sighet, the same buildings are still there but for Wiesel this normalcy is a lie; for the inhabitants he knew have vanished before their time and he realizes that he cannot 'return'.
- The Silversmith a historical feature film from Transylvania. In early XVII century, A talented young silversmith (Johannes Banfi Hunyades) from the Transylvanian city of Baia Mare, immersed himself in "alchemical" studies 400 years ago and came into conflict with the most powerful man in the area. In a parallel act in the present time, an entrepreneur from Baia Mare is investigating after he accidentally found the unknown alchemist in his hometown. Nowdays, a furniture dealer from the same city, Walter Übelhart, has decided to take a shorter career to kick. To compensate, he deals with the history of his homeland. A man who seems to have been waiting for him speaks to his parents' grave. He presents the photo of a coin that shows all of Walters previous research overthrows. The symbols on the coin suggest that it is 400 years previously gave forerunners of Masonic orders in Baia Mare - in the Mining Fraternities in the Region. Agatha, the daughter of the rich gold mining tenant Georg Lissibona, asks Johannes to help her in love matters. A drug from his laboratory is said to be for a while make them appear dead so that they can face a young man from a hostile family (Herbetstein) can flee her father. It ends with the real death of Agatha by the Father's dagger after walking through the house like a risen dead woman, a "strigoi" is wrong. The Silversmith a historical feature film from Transylvania. In early XVII century, A talented young silversmith (Johannes Banfi Hunyades) from the Transylvanian city of Baia Mare, immersed himself in "alchemical" studies 400 years ago and came into conflict with the most powerful man in the area. In a parallel act in the present time, an entrepreneur from Baia Mare is investigating after he accidentally found the unknown alchemist in his hometown. Nowdays, a furniture dealer from the same city, Walter Übelhart, has decided to take a shorter career to kick. To compensate, he deals with the history of his homeland. A man who seems to have been waiting for him speaks to his parents' grave. He presents the photo of a coin that shows all of Walters previous research overthrows. The symbols on the coin suggest that it is 400 years previously gave forerunners of Masonic orders in Baia Mare - in the Mining Fraternities in the Region. Johannes travels through Europe to share his knowledge with people from other countries, exchange works at the court of the alchemist emperor Rudolph II in Prague. In Germany, he was a co-founder of the Rosicrucian movement, the forerunner of the later Freemasonry in England. When he arrived in London, he joined the Rosicrucian circle around William Shakespeare. In the group around Shakespeare, he processes his experiences with Agatha and their tragic love in a stage play. He's knowledge and contacts make him a sought-after scholar of his time; he becomes friends with Arthur Dee and Francis Bacon. Later he was promoted to teach at Gresham College, marries one from Kent the high nobility of England. Walter often cannot explain can do what he is experiencing. He find more and more motifs and stories from Shakespeare's dramas on stories of Romanian traditions.The entrepreneur intensifies his investigations and gets help. He's friend Paul, a private investigator, is quickly on board, encounters a parapsychologist who opened a new dimension in his studies: hundreds of years apart removed, would actually be very close to each other. The abundance of similar characters and names, even of similarities of entire narrative strands are overwhelming.The language of the film does not have any lurid effects. It unfolds hers effect through the parallelism of events that are unstoppable from the past to influence the present. The protagonist in the story before 400 years is Johannes Banfi Hunyades. The protagonist in the present time is Walter Übelhart - and with the same name with the screenwriter.
- A documentary about the world of software and the software makers. How do people from outside the industry see it and what do people from inside the industry think about regular computer users?
- Trucks in Europe start to become homicidal, can a man named The Antynudity along with old maids, butlers and security guards survive?
- Acrobat Flaviu Cernescu travels 2500 miles on a single wheel and discovers Romania.
- Could the new European law destroy old customs and traditions?
- There are incredibly cruel and unjust deeds in recent Romanian history. This film explores the abuses and torture suffered in the 1960s by the prisoners in the correctional labour camp Periprava.
- Eric Leiser displays his boundless creativity in this collectible shorts collection; A stunning compilation of works presented with a mixture of live action, stop motion animation, puppetry and pixilation techniques, produced between 2001 and 2006. From a vast array of obscure images, wild locations and masterful set creations, Leiser presents a stark and comprehensive world with unrelenting vision and an original voice. Original music by Jeffrey Leiser
- In post-war Romania, religious and political persecution didn't come to an end. The film presents the story of Aristina Pop-Saileanu, who stood out through her guerrilla activity during Communism, in Maramures, but also the history of the partisans in Mount Tibles.
- Presenter Jenny Powell and French wine expert Olivier Magny take a culinary journey through Romania.
- The river Tisa between Romania and Ukrania separates nearby family members and towns and villages. A new bridge is being planned.
- After being mocked by his father while playing table-tennis, a young boy decides what his career will be. And eventually he reaches his goal.
- Winter holidays in seven episodes of 15 minutes each.
- The most important moments of the celebration of the Nativity, as it is done for hundreds of years in the land of Maramures.
- One of the most infamous episodes of the series, as Tony introduces a trip to Romania with his friend Zamir as a show emblematic of the phrase "if you can't laugh, there's nothing to do but cry". Tony's disdain is expressed throughout.
- "With numbers of immigrants rising in the UK and laws changing around the possibility of work, this documentary series explores the lives of [poor] Romanians trying to make a new life in Britain. Part 1: Alex sleeps in a car park next to Victoria station and helps new arrivals settle in London. Roma Gypsy Sandu struggles to settle in Liverpool, with a limited grasp of English." (Channel 4) - The British series was heavily criticized as biased by critics and Romanian citizens alike because through its exclusive selection of desperate protagonists and hellish filming locations it grossly misrepresents the largely successful Romanian immigrant population and their evolving home country. The 3-part-series was filmed, produced and directed by James Bluemel.