Events

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

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,

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

„Ciprian Mureşan worked with and recorded a group of children from an elementary school in Iaşi. In his film, the children read from Eugène Ionesco's well-known play Rhinoceros about the metamorphosis of a man into a rhino. The sound of the children's voices

On the occasion of the exhibitions: Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York October 12, 2007–January 13, 2008 & Graphic Modernism from the Baltic to the Balkans, 1910-1935 New York Public Library October 5, 2007–January

Edited by Saviana Stanescu and Daniel Gerould Translation editors: Saviana Stanescu and Ruth Margraff Stop The Tempo by Gianina Cărbunariu Romania. Kiss Me! by Bogdan Georgescu Vitamins by Vera Ion Romania 21 by Peca Ştefan Waxing West by Saviana Stanescu  roMANIA after

7-8 pm, The Gallery at RCI EXHIBITION OPENING: Dressing the American stage: Romanian designers in the US with stage and costume designers Oana Botez-Ban, Marina Draghici, and Nic Ularu. The exhibition is on view through October 20. 8-9 pm, RCI Auditorium EVENING ENCOUNTER

October 18, 7:30 | RCINY-Auditorium Young Romanian pianist Andrei Licareţ, winner of the Jeunesses Musicales Award, will perform a selection of piano pieces by Scarlatti (Sonatas K1, K2 and K107), Andrei Foca-Rodi, Enescu (Pavane – from Piano Suite op. 10), Beethoven

The July/August 2007 issue of American Book Review puts a spotlight on contemporary Romanian poetry in translation in what Andrei Codrescu, the Focus Editor, calls interstitial English – a language in which a great many foreign-born writers are becoming fluent (…), literally

Oct 13, 9:30 pm | Lincoln Center - Rose Theater Oct 13, 0:00 am | Lincoln Center - Walter Reade Theater Also in the official selection of NYFF, Alexandru Mavrodineanu's short, The Box Lesson, will precede Mr. Warmth, The Don Rickles Project by John Landis. Lecţia

The 45th edition of arguably the most prestigious cinematographic event in the USA will showcase Cristian Mungiu's Palme D'Or winner 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days among its centerpieces, prior to its release in the US. Cristian Mungiu and leading actress Anamaria

BREAKING NEWS Saviana Stănescu wins The New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Original Full Length Script: WAXING WEST  Learn more about the Awards at www. nyitawards. com. More about Waxing West at www. icrny. org/brochure3. pdf