The 8th edition of Making Waves took place at the Film Society of Lincoln Center from November 29 to December 3, 2013, with a selection of the best in contemporary Romanian filmmaking, including features, documentaries and shorts, along with retrospectives of Romanian filmmakers, special programs, panels and a book launch. For the first time, the series expanded with a selection of the lineup screening at the Jacob Burns Film Center from December 5-10, while continuing its the partnership with Transilvania International Film Festival. Read more about the 8th edition

Luminita Gheorghiu, winner of the 2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, was this year’s special guest. She delivered a pitch perfect performance in Child’s Pose. Director Nae Caranfil (The Rest is Silence) joined the festival opening for the World Premiere of his latest film, Closer to the Moon. Corneliu Porumboiu, subject of a festival retrospective, returned to New York for the closing night screening of When Evening Falls on Bucharest, or Metabolism. Other guests included Tom Wilson, writer and director of The București Experiment, Eugen Lumezianu and Oana Rasuceanu, actor and screenwriter, respectively, of Love Building.

Stepan Hulik, screenwriter of Agnieska Holland’s Burning Bush and author of Cinema of Forgetting on Czechoslovak cinema, and film curator Irena Kovarova joined the conversation about film and propaganda.

Dominique Nasta, Professor of Film Studies at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, joined the festival for the launch of her recently published book – Contemporary Romanian Cinema. The History of an Unexpected Miracle, the first in-depth analysis of many essential films ranging from the silent period to the present day.