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MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema has become, since 2006, the leading showcase dedicated to Romanian cinema in the US, while also enlarging the conversation with other countries in Eastern Europe…

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MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema has become, since 2006, the leading showcase dedicated to Romanian cinema in the US, while also enlarging the conversation with other countries in Eastern Europe…

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Since 2012, MAKING WAVES has been made possible with the generous and enthusiastic support of more than 600 individual donors: fans of Romanian cinema, artists, audience members, and other key figures from the festival’s creative community…

2019: Retrospective

MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema returns in November-December 2019 with an expanded 14th edition

2019: New Releases

MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema returns in November-December 2019 with an expanded 14th edition

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MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema returns in November-December 2019 with an expanded 14th edition

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MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema has become, since 2006, the leading showcase dedicated to Romanian cinema in the US, while also enlarging the conversation with other countries in Eastern Europe…

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MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema has become, since 2006, the leading showcase dedicated to Romanian cinema in the US, while also enlarging the conversation with other countries in Eastern Europe…

Support

Since 2012, MAKING WAVES has been made possible with the generous and enthusiastic support of more than 600 individual donors: fans of Romanian cinema, artists, audience members, and other key figures from the festival’s creative community…

2019: Retrospective

MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema returns in November-December 2019 with an expanded 14th edition

2019: New Releases

MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema returns in November-December 2019 with an expanded 14th edition

Press & News

MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema returns in November-December 2019 with an expanded 14th edition

Archive

The complete MAKING WAVES Festival Collection

Contact

MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema has become, since 2006, the leading showcase dedicated to Romanian cinema in the US, while also enlarging the conversation with other countries in Eastern Europe…

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Initiated and co-presented by Film ETC Association, in partnership for its 14th edition with Film Forum and the Jacob Burns Film Center, Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema is the leading comprehensive U.S. festival dedicated to showcasing and celebrating the best in Romanian contemporary cinema, as well as rarely seen classics.

From its start in 2006, the Romanian Film Festival in New York was nourished by the belief that the Romanian cinema deserves to be exposed on a sustainable basis to American audiences. Under the leadership of cultural entrepreneur Corina Șuteu, with Mihai Chirilov as artistic director and Oana Radu as festival manager, the festival has been growing by leaps and bounds, becoming a fixture on the city’s cultural scene, and helping “define and establish the southeastern European country as a stronghold of socially incisive, independently minded personal cinema” (Wall Street Journal). With each edition it attracted a larger and dedicated following and built a strong recognition among US film professionals. The festival has also enjoyed a consistent coverage in the media, from The New York Times to The Wall Street Journal, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, through Variety to Indiewire.

In 2012, when political and cultural policy changes in Romanian jeopardized the existence of the festival, the team that initiated and organized since 2006 the yearly Romanian film festival in New York launched the independent Film ETC. Association and its Romanian Film Initiative (RFI) and undertook to fundraise and organize the festival in partnership with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and to preserve its critical and creative spirit. Since that year, Making Waves has been a fully independent festival of Romanian contemporary cinema and culture, made possible through the support of numerous institutional funders and individual donors, including a large number of Romanian artists who believe that audiences at home and abroad deserve unfettered access to the best of Romanian contemporary culture.

The Team
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Corina Șuteu
Festival President
October 24, 2019
Corina Șuteu is the initiator and president of the Romanian Film Festival in New York since 2006. An international cultural consultant, she was Romania's Minister of Culture.

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Oana Radu
Festival Manager
September 12, 2019
Oana Radu is a cultural manager and cultural policy consultant. Co-founder of Film ETC Association and manager of Making Waves.

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Mihai Chirilov
Artistic Director
September 12, 2019
Co-founder of the Romanian Film Initiative, Mihai Chirilov has been the Artistic Director of the Romanian Film Festival in NYC since its founding in 2006.

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Andi Vasluianu
Co-Founder & MW Ambassador
September 12, 2019
Andi Vasluianu is one of the most prolific and talented actors of his generation. A co-founder of Film ETC. Association and Making Waves Ambassador.

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Elvira Lupșa
Development Associate
September 12, 2019
Elvira Lupșa joined Film ETC. since its launch in 2012. She conceived the first successful crowdfunding campaign for a major Romanian project - the independent 2012 Making Waves Festival.

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Elena Coman
Social media coordinator
October 24, 2019
Our new team member, Elena Coman is a theater critic, cultural events planner and publicist.

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Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema is the longstanding Romanian Film Festival in New York. Initiated and presented by Film ETC Association, in partnership with leading US organizations, including Film Forum (since 2109), BAM (since 2017), the Jacob Burns Film Center (since 2013), or the Film Society of Lincoln Center (2011-2015).
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