Nina Cassian talks about poetry and exile
FRI, March 14 , 7:30 pm | RCINY - Auditorium RCINY produced in 2007 for the Romanian National Television a series of dialogues that traces the personal story and professional journey of its guests and provokes them in sharing their opinion on a large number of issues and
"4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days" enters American theatres
Starting Jan 25| IFC Center & Lincoln Cinema On January 25th, 4 months will open in theatres in New York City, at IFC Center and Lincoln Plaza Cinema. Throughout February and early March the films will also enter theatres throughout the country. Don't miss
"The Memorial of Suffering" - Lucia Hossu Longin talks about the horrors of communism in Romania
THU, February 28, 7:30 pm | RCINY Auditorium Lucia Hossu Longin started in 1991 a documentary series called The Memorial of Suffering about persecution in communist Romania . It tells the stories of political prisons, the labor camp system, of anti-communist resistance and
OTHER ROMANIAN FILMS PRESENTED IN THE US WITH RCINY SUPPORT
SAT, March 1,12 pm The New Europe Showcase: University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts www. cinema. usc. edu 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006, d. Corneliu Porumboiu) March 7-April 3, 11th Annual European Union Film Festival Gene Siskel Film Center,
Dan Perjovschi: "You Remember My Pin?"
SAT, Jan 19, 6-8 pm (through Feb 22) | Lombard Freid Projects Gallery Not a stranger to the American audience after last year's marathon participation at three prestigious US museums –The Museum of Modern Art; Walker Art Center; and Nasher Museum of Art- Perjovschi
Alina Nelega at hotINK - An International Festival of Play Readings
Jan 26-28 & Feb 2-3 | Tisch School of the Arts Now in its seventh year, hotINK is a unique collaboration with the international theatre community, featuring readings of new work by U. S. writers Eduardo Machado, Mac Wellman, Jason Grote, Bill Cain, Crystal Skillman
Adrian Sitaru's "Waves" at Sundance
Let's not forget the upcoming filmmakers: Adrian Sitaru's short film Waves, recently presented at the Romanian Film Festival in NYC, has been selected by the Sundance Film Festival. With RCI's support, director Adrian Sitaru and DP Adrian Silisteanu will
Coda to the New York Times Magazine feature on the Romanian cinema with film critic A.O. Scott & oth
THU, Jan 24, 7:30 pm | RCINY - Auditorium On January 20th, the New York Times magazine will present a large feature on the Romanian cinema. Join its author A. O. Scott and other prominent film critics for a discussion about the relevance of the Romanian cinema in the
The Other City > what became of modernist housing
While „grand narratives have often failed, some of their applications still stand and take part in our lives. It is the case of postwar modernist housing projects, which continue to have a massive presence not only in ex-communist countries, but in most cities of Europe
Back from Utopia: Human Rights and Cinema in Post-Communist Societies
The two-day conference brings together academics, activists and film-makers from Central and Eastern Europe who focus in their scientific and artistic endeavor on human rights after the fall of communism. Political science and political philosophy sometimes fail to grasp
Romanian Cinema: THE GOLDEN AGE, The 2nd Romanian Film Festival in New York
An initiative of RCINY in collaboration with TIFF (Transylvania International Film Festival) and Tribeca Film Festival November 29-December 2 Tribeca Cinemas 54 Varick Street (at Laight Street), NYC Festival curator: Mihai Chirilov Opening night: December 29 4 Months,
Sihăstria Putnei, Faces from Romanian monastic life
Photographer Dragoş Lumpan discovers an unexpected world where daily gestures are marked by symbolic value. A photographer and theologian joins the monks of Sihăstria Putnei for the Easter fasting. He follows them with his camera to the places of prayer, work, and