Romanian Film Festival Seattle Streaming Online November 12th-21

Journey back to Wonderland with new film productions from Romania and Eastern Europe. The festival will showcase the creative spirit and resilience of both emerging and more established directors. 2021 also brings the expansion of the festival, with new branches and partnerships in Detroit and Arizona! This year's fest is offering an immersive screen experience, with all film screenings including a live discussion or filmmaker Q&A.

Festival highlights include:

• “Întregalde” by acclaimed director Radu Muntean, which just premiered at NY Film Festival and was selected in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section at Cannes. This stunning drama is about a group of men on a humanitarian mission that goes awry, and Muntean will participate in a Q&A accompanying the film.
• “Servants,” directed by Ivan Ostrochovský: a chilling drama set in a seminary that explores the tortuous choice students must make in 1980 totalitarian Czechoslovakia. There will be a discussion about the film with a special guest: iconic New Romanian Cinema actor Vlad Ivanov (Cristian Mungiu’s “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”, Cornel Porumboiu's “The Whistlers” and Maren Ade's “Toni Erdmann”).
• Several US premieres, including “No Rest for the Old Lady,” Andrei Gruzsniczki’s drama which premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival earlier this year; “Occasional Spies,” directed by Oana Giurgiu, which follows newly recruited young Jews living in Palestine as they return to their home countries; “Wild Romania,” directed by Dan Dinu and Cosmin Dumitrache: an exquisitely filmed award-winning documentary that shares the abundance and beauty of Romania’s natural diversity, and “Kids Rock”, directed by Claudiu Mitcu, which follows four boys between 11 and 13 years old, members of the rock band Blană Bombă, for an entire year.

Passes and Tickets are offered on a sliding scale, and are on sale now through Northwest Film Forum.

Enjoy the magic of Romanian cinema at home with a two-week feast of new films that includes Romanian, Moldovan, Czech and European productions, plus local, national, and international special guests!