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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…

16th Making Waves

We are happy to announce that the 16th edition of Making Waves will return back in the cinema this year for a 3-day in person event, with several guests in attendance and 4 brand new Romanian films to be screened between December 7-9, 2021 at the Jacob Burns Film Center. A much larger virtual showcase of the best of #NewRomanianCinema, including shorts and documentaries, will follow online in the beginning of next year.

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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…

16th Making Waves

We are happy to announce that the 16th edition of Making Waves will return back in the cinema this year for a 3-day in person event, with several guests in attendance and 4 brand new Romanian films to be screened between December 7-9, 2021 at the Jacob Burns Film Center. A much larger virtual showcase of the best of #NewRomanianCinema, including shorts and documentaries, will follow online in the beginning of next year.

Press & News

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

Archive

The complete MAKING WAVES Festival Collection

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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Spearheaded by Film ETC Association, the festival has been co-presented in partnership with leading American film organizations, which include the Jacob Burns Film Center (since 2013), Film Forum (since 2019), BAM (2017-2018), the Film Society of Lincoln Center (2011-2015).

Moreover, new partner venues from all over the U.S. have joined since 2019 in presenting, both in cinemas and in virtually, a selection of the original 2019 Making Waves retrospective “The Romanians: 30 Years of Cinema Revolution”, initiated in collaboration with Cinema Projects. These include UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) in California, Lightbox Film Center in Philadelphia, PA, Northwest Film Forum, SIFF Film Center and the Romanian Film Festival in Seattle curated by ARCS.

Film ETC Association was setup in 2012 to safeguard the existence and the spirit of the Romanian film festival in New York, redesigned as Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema, and co-presented with the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Making Waves is produced and curated by Corina Șuteu, Mihai Chirilov and Oana Radu, the core team that initiated and organized the festival since 2006. Along with the continuation and expansion of Making Waves, Film ETC aims to develop and contribute to other projects promoting Romanian cinema in the U.S., and the professionalization of the cultural sector in Romania and internationally.

The Jacob Burns Film Center is a nonprofit cultural arts organization dedicated to: presenting the best of independent, documentary, and world cinema; promoting 21st century literacy, and making film a vibrant part of the community. Located on a 47,500 sq. foot, three-building campus in the center of Pleasantville, the JBFC is just 30 miles outside of New York City. Since opening in 2001, over 2,000,000 people have seen over 5,400 films from more than 40 countries. The campus includes the 27,000 sq. foot Media Arts Lab, the JBFC’s state-of-the-art education center, a creative and educational community for storytellers in the digital age that offers one-time workshops, intensive courses, and weekend programs for children and adults of all ages.

Film Forum: Established in 1970 as an alternative screening space for independent films, Film Forum is the only autonomous non-profit cinema in New York City and one of the few in the U.S. In our recently renovated and expanded 4-screen cinema, we present two distinct, complementary film programs – NYC theatrical premieres of American independents and foreign art films, programmed by Karen Cooper and Mike Maggiore; and, since 1987, repertory selections including foreign and American classics, genre works, festivals and directors’ retrospectives, programmed by Bruce Goldstein. Film Forum has been a pioneer in championing what was to become the Romanian New Wave, premiering in the U.S. the ground-breaking films of Cristi Puiu (The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu) and Corneliu Porumboiu (12:08 East of Bucharest).

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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 U.S. organizations, including the Jacob Burns Film Center (since 2013), Film Forum (since 2109), BAM (since 2017), or the Film Society of Lincoln Center (2011-2015).

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