Romania

Corneliu Porumboiu’s inventive crime comedy about a corrupt Romanian cop stranded in the Canary Islands.

Romania’s answer to the French New Wave delights of Truffaut and Varda, this sixties cult classic is shot through with cinematic joie de vivre.

Lucian Pintilie’s heady New Wave blend of satire and slapstick was voted the greatest Romanian film of all time.

Liviu Ciulei’s First World War epic about an officer forced to choose between duty and humanity put Romanian cinema on the map.

A cult classic from Romania, telling two tragic tales set in the rolling mountains of Transylvania.

Radu Jude’s experimental short contrasts two accounts of the death of Romania’s wartime dictator.

Radu Jude tells the story of human existence using staged children’s toys in this lurid satirical short.

Radu Jude’s debut short, about a father and son attempting to mend their TV set, announced a major filmmaking talent to the world.

Radu Jude’s satirical short skews modern politics via a playful takedown of Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin.

Radu Jude’s meta-fictional masterclass about Romania’s wartime crimes is a searing indictment of national myth-making.

This portrait of a long-term relationship on the rocks from Călin Peter Netzer is a daring reckoning with the labours of love.