The Romanian Film Festival in Washington, D.C will line up for this year\u2019s edition six feature films and documentaries, each accompanied by introductions, post-screening discussions, and Q&A sessions.<\/p>\n
The event, organized by the Embassy of Romania to the United States and the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, will take place from November 13 to November 16 at AMC Georgetown 14.<\/p>\n
The selection of films, presented under the headline New Romanian Perspectives, is curated by film critic Mihai Fulger.<\/p>\n
The festival will also feature special guests, including actress Daniela Nane (Comatogen<\/em>) and director Tudor D. Popescu (Nasty<\/em>), who will join audiences for conversations and Q&A sessions following selected screenings. Director Teodora Ana Mihai (Traffic<\/em>) will meet the public online.<\/p>\n Traffic<\/em>, the art heist drama, written by Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu and directed by Teodora Ana Mihai, will open the event. The film, starring Anamaria Vartolomei, Ionu\u021b Niculae, and Rare\u0219 Andrici, follows a group of Romanian immigrants in Belgium who decide to pull off a robbery that could change their lives forever. It is inspired by the 2012 theft of paintings by Picasso, Monet, and Gauguin from a Dutch museum. The film is Romania\u2019s submission for the 2026 Oscars in the Best International Feature Film category.<\/p>\n The program also includes Mihai Mincan\u2019s Milk Teeth<\/em>, Lina Vdov\u00eei and Radu Ciorniciuc\u2019s Tata\/ Dad<\/em>, Igor Cobileanski\u2019s Comatogen<\/em>, Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu, and Tudor D. Popescu\u2019s Nasty<\/em>, and Bogdan Mure\u0219anu\u2019s The New Year that Never Came<\/em>.<\/p>\n