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The CineMAiubit International Student Film Festival, 29th edition, December 9-13, 2025, organized by the CineMAiubit Foundation and UNATC, in partnership with CINEPUB, is organizing an international competition section for student trailers and film essays.

The contest is open to all students attending film programs in Romania and abroad, regardless of their year of study. Students from Film Schools, as well as those from Film Departments or Film Studies Programs within other faculties (e.g., Literature, Visual Arts, Communication, etc.) are eligible.

THE FRESHMEN’S WINTER (1977) – comedy film online

Foreword: The second film in The Freshmen series directed by Mircea Moldovan, preceded by The Freshmen’s Autumn… and followed by The Freshmen’s Spring…, starring Draga Olteanu-Matei and Marin Moraru in the lead roles, at the head of the agricultural cooperative of the (already) famous fictional Transylvanian village of Viișoara.

Directed by: Mircea Moldovan
Script by: Petre Sălcudeanu
Cast: Draga Olteanu-Matei, Marin Moraru, Constantin Diplan, Carmen Galin, Sebastian Papaiani, Nae Gh. Mazilu, Emil Hossu, Virgil Ogășanu, Florina Cercel, Vasile Nițulescu, Haralambie Polizu, Paul Lavric, Monica Ghiuță, Ileana Iurciuc, Constantin Bîrliba, Mircea Cosma, Octavian Cotescu, Medeea Marinescu

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROMANIA (2024) – docudrama film online

Foreword: At first glance, the National Day parade is a spectacle celebrating the country and the nation. Behind the scenes, however, real conflicts are taking place.

A dialogue between two different Romanias at a turning point in tense times, when each one of us is searching for its own identity and that of the country in the other person.

Directed by: Vali Nechifor
Script by: Vali Nechifor
Cast: Sorin Mihai, Vali Nechifor

THE FRESHMEN’S SPRING (1985) – comedy film online

We are now fifteen years later in the fictional village that we already know quite well. And, indeed, Viișoara has not changed that much over the years: the shepherd is the same lonely character, Varvara is the same energetic woman caught up in complicated administrative tasks, Toderaș with his bottle of plum brandy hidden among the chopped wood in the barn and his castrated authority, the elders are wise and still active in community life, the young people are full of enthusiasm. But not all of them. (Adrian Ionescu, cinepub.ro)

Directed by: Mircea Moldovan
Script by: Petre Sălcudeanu
Cast: Dem Rădulescu, Tamara Buciuceanu-Botez, Horațiu Mălăele, Anda Onesa, Tora Vasilescu, Ovidiu Schumacher, Paul Lavric, Ana Ciontea, Adela Mărculescu, Aristide Teică, Nae Gh. Mazilu

BEING ROMANIAN: A FAMILY JOURNAL (2019) – documentary film online

Foreword: The story of a nation told by those who lived it, not those who wrote it. A hundred years seen through the life of the -escu family, a reflection of any Romanian family.

Directed by: Șerban Georgescu
Script by: Șerban Georgescu
Cast: Mihaela Miroiu, Ioana Pârvulescu, Stelian Tănase, Sorin Ioniță, Theodor Paleologu, Vintilă Mihăilescu

CARMEN (2013) – drama film online

Foreword: The directorial debut of university professor Doru Nițescu, “the film represents an encounter with death much sooner than it should be in every person’s life.” (Tudor Voican, screenwriter)

Directed by:Doru Nițescu
Script by: Tudor Voican, Doru Niţescu, based on an idea by Cătălin Cocriş
Cast: Rodica Lazăr, Adrian Titieni, Maia Morgenstern, Mimi Brănescu, Doru Ana, Iulia Lupașcu, Amalia Ciolan, Laure Creț, Victoria Dicu, Leonid Doni, Constantin Drăgănescu, Alexandru Gheorghiu, Monica Ghiuță, Carmen Lopazan, Maria Obretin, Cătălin Stelian, Maria Teslaru, Nicodim Ungureanu

THE CASE OF ENGINEER URSU (2023) – documentary film online

Foreword: For over 30 years, Andrei Ursu has been fighting to reveal the truth about his father’s death. Engineer Gheorghe Ursu was killed in the Security Service’s detention center after denouncing Ceaușescu’s decision to halt the reinforcement of buildings damaged by the 1977 earthquake.

Directed by: Șerban Georgescu, Liviu Tofan
Cast: Andrei Ursu, Vasile Hodiș, Dan Voinea, Doru Cosma, Eugenia Crângariu, Vasile Manea Drăgulin
Producer: Șerban Georgescu (Kolectiv Film), Oana Muntean (co-producer – Victoria Film), Liviu Tofan

THE BRIDE FROM THE TRAIN (1980) – love film online

Foreword: When we talk about “The Bride from the Train”, we are referring to a mature Lucian Bratu, already with a sure hand in cinema, but only on his second attempt at a story with young people — for more than a decade, “A Film with a Charming Girl” had been enough. (Călin Boto, cinepub.ro)

Directed by: Lucian Bratu
Script by: D.R. Popescu
Cast: Gheorghe Visu, Aurora Leonte, Radu Gheorghe, Radu Vaida, Ica Matache, Dorel Vișan, Ion Igorov, Răzvan Vasilescu, Vasile Muraru, Valentina Caracașian-Bucur, Gil Dobrică

A VOICE BEYOND BORDERS (2025) – documentary film online

Foreword: Monica Lovinescu, literary critic and authority on contemporary Romanian literature, was a prominent figure who dedicated her life and work to the fight against communist totalitarianism. She protected, watched over, and built a wall of words around those who protested.

Directed by: Șerban Georgescu, Liviu Tofan
Cast: Gabriela Adameșteanu, Cristina Cioabă, Ion Bogdan Lefter, Cristian Teodorescu, Mircea Martin, Florin Iaru, Dinu Flămând, Matei Cazacu and Dana Tapalagă (narrator)
Producer: Șerban Georgescu (Kolectiv Film), Oana Muntean (co-producer – Victoria Film)

THE SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE (1968) – comedy film online

Foreword: In their third collaboration as screenwriter and director, writer Dumitru Radu Popescu and director Geo Saizescu imagine in “The Saturday Night Dance,” released in the important year of 1968, a true local sexual revolution, built around Papă (a truck driver played by Sebastian Papaiani, Saizescu’s favorite actor of the period). – Andrei Rus, cinepub.ro

The film print has been faithfully restored to Geo Saizescu’s original by NERV FILM, the company of filmmaker Cătălin Saizescu, son of the renowned comedy director. We thank him for his generosity and hope you enjoy the film.

Directed by: Geo Saizescu
Script: D.R. Popescu, Geo Saizescu
Producer: Ion Lascu, Vasilica Istrate (Studioul Cinematografic București)

QUARANTEEN (2022) – short film online

Foreword: Bogdan Iancu plays a carefree teenager whose reality is suddenly shaken when his grandfather dies during the coronavirus pandemic.

Plot summary: Matei is a carefree teenager who spends his time having fun and breaking pandemic rules. His world turns upside down when he learns of his grandfather’s death — the man he unknowingly infected with COVID-19.

Directed by: Florin Babei
Cast: Bogdan Iancu, Medeea Marinescu, Maruca Băiașu, Vlad Furtună, Nicolae Urs, Cristian Robe, Georgiana Cotoi, Cristina Simion, Alexandru Vrăjitoru, Luana Năstase, Marius Boboc, Tiberius Zavelea

REPEATED WEDDING (1985) – comed y film online

Foreword: The movie “Repeated Wedding” is the sequel of the famous comedy Bucharest Identity Card, starring Mircea Diaconu, Catrinel Dumitrescu, Draga Olteanu-Matei, Octavian Cotescu and Mitică Popescu in the leading roles.

Plot summary: After a marriage and a turbulent divorce (in Bucharest Identity Card), Silvia and Radu each go their separate ways, losing all contact with one another. Since she couldn’t get a job in Bucharest, Silvia decides to take the position assigned to her in Bolintin, as an agricultural engineer.

Directed by: Virgil Calotescu
Script: Francisc Munteanu
Cast: Mircea Diaconu, Catrinel Dumitrescu, Draga Olteanu-Matei, Octavian Cotescu, Mitică Popescu, Rodica Mandache, Radu Gheorghe, Costel Constantin, Vasile Nițulescu, Nae Lăzărescu, Mariana Calotescu, Geo Saizescu, Rodica Popescu Bitănescu, Ernest Maftei, Aurel Giurumia, Julieta Strâmbeanu, Dumitru Rucăreanu

OUR DAILY BREAD (2022) – documentary film online

Foreword: At the MamaPan bakery, they don’t just make bread. They also fix lives.

Plot summary: MamaPan is an artisan bakery practicing social economy. A small business that makes a huge difference in the lives of the women who are part of it. Two of them stubbornly fight to keep the business going.

Directed by: Șerban Georgescu
Cast: Irina Sorescu, Corina Munteanu and the employees of the MamaPan bakery (Andreea, Luminița, Adriana)
Producer: Șerban Georgescu (Kolectiv Film), Oana Muntean (co-producer – Victoria Film)

THE FRESHMEN’S AUTUMN (1975) – comedy film online

Foreword: The first film in the “Freshmen” series, starring Maria Ploae, Emil Hossu, and Dumitru Furdui as college graduates who, in keeping with the custom of the time, are assigned to the village of Viișoara, which they have no idea where to find on the map.

Directed by: Mircea Moldovan
Script: Petre Sălcudeanu
Cast: Marin Moraru, Draga Olteanu Matei, Emil Hossu, Sebastian Papaiani, Maria Ploae, Octavian Cotescu, Dumitru Furdui, Vasile Nițulescu, Monica Giuta, Elena Sereda, Nae Mazilu, Julieta Strâmbeanu, Ileana Jurciuc, Constantin Bîrliba, Haralambie Polizu, Tatiana Lili Iorga, Savu Rahoveanu, Vasile Ardeleanu, Elena Stescu

THE ACTRESS, THE DOLLARS AND THE TRANSYLVANIANS (1980) – comedy film online

Foreword: A Romanian western filmed during the Golden Age; the second in the cult trilogy “Ardelenii” (The Transylvanians).

Plot summary: Captivated by the charms of singer Anabelle, Traian Brad (Ilarion Ciobanu) wants to marry her, unaware that she is actually helping her accomplice rob a bank.

Directed by: Mircea Veroiu
Script: Titus Popovici
Cast: Ilarion Ciobanu, Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Mircea Diaconu, Rodica Tapalagă, Mircea Albulescu, Tatiana Filip

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