2017
Promotional film
Making of ”Breaking News”
Making of ”Breaking News” by Iulia Rugina.
Portfolio
2017
Promotional film
Making of ”6.9 on the Richter Scale”
Making of ”6,9 pe scara Richter” (6. 9 on the Richter Scale) by Nae Caranfil.
2013
Multimedia projects
Emil Racovitza, photographer and draftsman
A multimedia exhibition featuring photographs and drawings made by Emil Racovitza during the Belgica expedition.
2013
Documentary film
The Explorer
The documentary presents the life and research of Emil Racovita, the founder of a new science, the bio-speleology. He created in Cluj the first Institute of Speleology in the world.
2012
Co-production film
From Now On
Stefan is 18 years old and the gift he receives for his anniversary includes a practical driving lesson, a bottle of vodka in a parking and a talk about women and mastrubation…
2010
Documentary film
The Stone Memory
Iosif Demian returns forty years later to Rosia Montana, the place where two memorable films of the Romanian cinema have been shot, for which he signed the cinematography.
2010
Co-production film
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
An epic film about megalomania, propaganda, becoming and cinema. During the summary trial that he and his wife were submitted to, Ceausescu is reviewing his long reign in power.
2009
Promotional film
Making of ”Caravana Cinematografica”
Making of ”Caravana Cinematografica” (Kino Caravan) by Titus Muntean
2009
Promotional film
Making of ”Cealalta Irina”
Making of ”Cealalta Irina” (The other Irina) by Andrei Gruzsnicki
2009
Fiction film
The Other Irina
She is a woman that Aurel discovers little by little, when it’s already too late, as she returns from abroad in a sealed lead coffin.
2008
Co-production film
To My Brother in Exile
”To my brother in exile” recalls the progressive imposition of terror in Stalinist Romania, mirrored in the unique correspondence of two brothers.
2008
Promotional film
Making of ”Nunta muta”
Making of ”Nunta muta” (Silent Wedding) by Horatiu Malaele.
2007
Promotional film
Making of ”O scurta poveste”
Making of ”O scurta poveste” (A Short Story) by Radu Igaszag.
2007
Animation film
A Short Story
A history of the animated film in Romania, from its beginnings till 1990.
2007
Documentary film
Dragus 2x40
In 1929, a team led by Professor Dimitrie Gusti made the first sociological documentary in Romania. After 80 years, the film attempts to capture the current image of the village of Dragus.
2006
Promotional film
Twenty years after…
Twenty years later, the crew that filmed ”Moromeții” returned to Talpa, the village where the shootings took place.
2005
Experimental film
1200°C
A film produced by FAV for NEMȚOI GALLERY, depicting the artists' workshop in Dorohoi.
2005
Documentary film
The disappearing Crafts of Romania
A documentary on traditional romanian crafts, fading under the pressure of modern society.
2005
Documentary film
Phoenix ‘05
A documentary on the development of cultural institutions in rural environments.
2004
Animation film
The One-day Revolution
”The inhabitants of Paris have the apéritif, the ones of Vienna have the fanfare, the inhabitants of Ploiesti have politics”…
—I. L. Caragiale
2004
Promotional film
Making of ”Boborul”
Making of ”Boborul” (The One-day Revolution) by Radu Igaszag.
2004
Experimental film
My Extravaganza
A film produced by FAV for NEMTOI GALLERY depicting the exhibition at OXO Gallery, London.
2004
Experimental film
My Extravaganza @ McLaren
A film produced by FAV for NEMTOI GALLERY depicting the exhibition at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking / Surrey.
2003
Experimental film
Interviewing the City
An episode of the series "Emotional Architecture" by Călin Dan.
2002
Documentary film
The Sweet Bread of Exile
In 1905, the great Romanian playwright Ion Luca Caragiale settled in Germany. One century on, we travel to Berlin following his footsteps.
2001
Co-production film
The Man with One Thousand Eyes
A documentary on the life and photographs of Iosif Berman (1890-1941).
2001
Promotional film
Lettre d'amour
Recording of the performance with the same title, staged by Radu Dinulescu at the C. I. Nottara Theatre in Bucharest.
1999
Documentary film
Reverence, peerless master…
A film dedicated to the memory of the great romanian actor GEORGE CONSTANTIN.
1999
Promotional film
Romania. Tour through culture and religion.
An overview of Romania's most visited religious destinations.
1999
Multimedia projects
Center for Audio-Visual Memory
It is a multimedia archive dealing mainly with ethno-cultural topics about Romania, started with support from the PRO HELVETIA Foundation
1999
Experimental film
Kunstmuseum
Hommage to the people who shaped the modern art, this video is in fact a gallery of artists’ names brought back to mind.
1998
Promotional film
Maria Callas
Recording of the show produced by the Nottara theatre on a text by Terrence McNally, directed by Radu Gabrea.
1998
Documentary film
A dog’s life
Bucharest is a city full of dogs. Here, the human-eyed dog confronts the dog-eyed human on a daily basis.
1998
Experimental film
Realities of Our Republic in Photographic Art
Original photographic pictures, presented as art in the last years, shown with no other comments than their original captions.
1997
Documentary film
The Cranes
A documentary about the life and tradition of a community of lipoveni (ancient russian origin inhabitants), living for centuries in the Danube Delta.
1997
Documentary film
Fortress Guard
A documentary about the last inhabitant of the medieval fortress of Slimnic, Sibiu, within a Saxon community.
1997
Documentary film
The Tradition of Foundations and Associations
A documentary on the activity of NGOs in Romania.
1997
Music video
Alexandru Andries in Concert
The recording of Alexandru Andries' concert at the Excelsior Theatre, april 1997.
1997
Promotional film
FAR '97
A promotional video on the history of NGOs in Romania, made for screening at the national NGO exhibition FAR '97.
1997
Experimental film
Mindscape
Visual exploration of the border between experimental, performance, body art.
1997
Promotional film
The Making of "Eu sunt Adam" (I am Adam)
The steps of making "Eu sunt Adam", feature by Dan Pița.
1997
Multimedia projects
CD ROMania
A multimedia ethno-cultural encyclopedia about Romania. This project started with a generous support from the PRO HELVETIA Foundation.
1996
Documentary film
Lucy Castle Hotea
Lucy Castle, an English woman, came to Romania as a 26 year old to prepare her doctor's degree. She ended marrying a plain peasant from the village of Hoteni.
1996
Experimental film
The Wall in the Tower
An experiment bringing together shapes of nature and rythms of human movement.
1996
Experimental film
Can I Swim When I Am Wearing a Tampon?
A film by Gaspar Csongo, co-produced by FAV and MAFSZ Hungary.
1996
Music video
I Remember Long Ago
A music video with a folk band from the Romanian village called Dobrotesti.
1996
Documentary film
The Zurich Chronicle
A documentary on what has remained alive from the dadaism movement to which three people born in Romania had a major contribution: Marcel Iancu, Arthur Segal and mostly Tristan Tzara.
1996
Promotional film
Craii de curtea veche
The making of Craii de curtea veche directed by Mircea Veroiu.
1996
Promotional film
Bucharest Carnival
A promotional documentary about carnival organised by the D'ale Bucureștilor foundation in Bucharest, 1995.
1996
Promotional film
Play With a Long Title
The recording of the show created by Marc Dore, produced by the French Romanian Theatre in cooperation with the French Institute Bucharest. Played by romanian actors in French.
1996
Promotional film
Salve Regina
A video made on the theatre show Salve Regina, having Ioana Craciunescu as main character. Text and adaptation by Virgil Tanase.
1995
Experimental film
Inside
Experimental film with multiple projection, designed to be played in a loop.
1995
Experimental film
Scultura da Passegio
The film of a happening made by Fine Arts Students which became part of a work presented at the exhibition ”130 years” of the Arts Academy Bucharest.
1995
Experimental film
Memories on Detunata
Experimental films based on the author's (plastic) seekings.
1995
Experimental film
Algorithm of Power
Experimental movie commenting on the realities of mass-media.
1995
Documentary film
First snowfall in the Mountains of Maramures
A movie co-produced for the National Youth Touring Club.
1995
Documentary film
Repairs at the Oxygen Pump
A movie co-produced for the National Youth Touring Club.
1995
Documentary film
Natural Reserves in the Bucegi Mountains
A movie co-produced for the National Youth Touring Club.
1995
Documentary film
Maya
In Sanskrit language, Maya means illusion. A documentary about Gregorian Bivolaru and his Yoga school.
1995
Documentary film
Viperesti-Luzern
A Romanian village and a Swiss town, situated at hundreds of kilometers, have populations of different confessions.
1995
Documentary film
Via Regis
A confession of King Michael of Romania, recorded in 1994 at Versoix, Switzerland, going back from the experience of the exile towards his childhood.
1995
Documentary film
Tonel and Vieru or About the Meaning of the Ballad
A murder occured at a wedding in a shepherd village 50 years ago is remembered through a ballade. The victim's father organizes a revenge, producing another murder.
1995
Documentary film
Steps Towards Tomorrow's Theatre
A documentary about Andrei Șerban's theatre acting workshop held in 1994 at Arad.
1995
Documentary film
Destination Tomorrow
A documentary by the students of the Central School, Bucharest, and their participation at the International Show of the Children in Bercy, France.
1995
Promotional film
Contemp II
A video on the work of the best modern ballet company in Romania:Contemp.
1995
Promotional film
Contemp III
A video on the work of the best modern ballet company in Romania: Contemp.
1995
Promotional film
Senator of the Snails
The making of the feature with the same title directed by Mircea Daneliuc.
1995
Documentary film
Old World in one Place
A documentary about the wooden churches in Maramures, Northern Romania.
1995
Experimental film
A Train
This is not a train, but its image, filmed by Lumiere Brothers and incorporated in a video produced for the Centenary Celebration of Cinema.
1995
Experimental film
Passing
Video-poem. A succession of images overlapped on poetical text. A metaphor on life and death.
1995
Experimental film
Impressions 1895
A hundred years of cinema, a video-mix of the first filmed images, accompanied by a poem by Fernand Divoire.
1994
Documentary film
False Alarm
A nuclear alarm exercise is organized by the authorities in a provincial town. The result is a comic ritual, deprived of any conscience of the real dangers.
1994
Promotional film
Pantomimia
Înregistrare realizată în sprijinul uneia dintre cele mai importante trupe de pantomimă din țară.
1994
Documentary film
Lindenfeld 1994
Founded by German ethnics, Lindenfeld has been a prosperous settlement. Today, there are only three inhabitants left with their hates and hopes.
1994
Documentary film
Unemployment and Noise
A comedy on life in a transition time. People and opinions in post-revolutionary Romania.
1994
Experimental film
Ciacona
A visual essay on the musical fragment by J.-S. Bach. Visual variations on the same theme: Mathias Grunewald's Isenheimer Altar.
1994
Documentary film
Duo for Paoloncello and Petronome
Paul Celan, the great German poet, spent his youth in Bucovina and Bucharest.
1994
Music video
Three Music Videos by Alexandru Andries
Three musical pieces written and sung by Alexandru Andries, a Romanian star that comments on social, political or romance issues of nowadays.
1994
Documentary film
Alarm
Cernavoda, the first Romanian town where a nuclear plant is based. The authorities organized the simulation of a nuclear accident. Nobody takes into account the real threat.
1994
Documentary film
The Sheep with Big Feet
A couple from Netherlands spends their holidays every year in Romania, toghether with their handicapped children adopted throughout the third world.
1994
Documentary film
The Asylum
This video explores the strange universe of a midnight radio talk-show.
1994
Promotional film
Making of ”Abel in codru”
Making of ”Abel in codru” (Abel in the Forest) by Sandor Mihalyfy.
1994
Co-production film
Voyage in the World of Privatization
Film produced by FAV for ICON Production.
1993
Documentary film
Flames of the Dead
A documentary on an ancient ritual, combining pagan and Christian elements, that is still celebrated in a traditional Romanian village.
1993
Promotional film
Contemp
A video on the work of the best modern ballet company in Romania: Contemp.
1993
Documentary film
Diary of a Provincial Puppeteer
A portrait of Calin Nemes, the young man at the forefront of the Romanian Revolution in the city of Cluj. He committed suicide in 1993, disillusioned by the post-communist society.
1993
Documentary film
The Soros Foundations in Romania
A documentary covering the activities of the Soros Foundations in Romania.
1993
Documentary film
Eight Tons of Indifference
An ecological documentary : a group of youngsters gather the refuse thrown by tourists in a natural reservation. The results weighs eight tons.
1993
Documentary film
Shriek into the Ear-Drum
An unconventional chronicle of the Romanian literary and artistic Avant-Garde, trying to recreate the atmosphere of those ”annees folles” (1916 — 1947).
1993
Documentary film
The Passion of an Unknown
The portrait of a priest who has been imprisoned during the communist regime.
1993
Documentary film
The Doll
An essay on Doina Cornea, a famous Romanian dissident under communist regime and a tireless fighter for democracy.
1992
Documentary film
Marx to Markets
Documentary on the East European privatizations and their social and economic implications.
1992
Music video
The Penal Code Was Ratified
Ten musical pieces sung by the famous Romanian singer, Valeriu Sterian. An ironical commentary of Romania's social and political issues.
1992
Experimental film
Earthcake
The preparing of an earth-cake is presented like a threatening ritual between cruelty and irony.
1990
Magic Lantern
The ”Film” magazine
Revistă a Cineaştilor din România
Editată de Comitetul Provizoriu al Cineaștilor