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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 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

WHERE NO SHIPS GO (2023) – drama film online

Foreword: When their father (Iulian Postelnicu) leaves, the children are left with their imagination. A delicate story about loss, courage, and premature maturity.

Plot summary: A storm in their family and a storm on the sea, happening at once, trigger radical changes in the lives of two young brothers. One discovers the fantastic world of childhood, while the other is struggling to hold on to it.

Directed by: Vlad Buzăianu
Script by: Vlad Buzăianu
Cast: Matei Gorgoș, Codruț Ioniță, Rada Ixari, Iulian Postelnicu

THE JAPANESE DOG (2013) – drama film online

Foreword: Filmed in Giurgiu County, directed by T. Jurgiu, and produced by T. Giurgiu, “The Japanese Dog” is a debut film nominated at Cannes and awarded at Warsaw & San Sebastian.

“Maybe a few extra seconds would have made us say that Wenders definitely saw Jurgiu’s debut, based on a screenplay by Ioan Antoci and cinematography by Andrei Butică. And that he really liked it.” (cinepub.ro)

Director: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
Scriptwriters: Ioan Antoci, Gabriel Gheorghe, Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
Cast: Victor Rebengiuc, Şerban Pavlu, Laurențiu Lazăr, Ioana Abur, Kana Hashimoto, Toma Hashimoto, Constantin Drăgănescu, Alexandrina Halic, Emilia Dobrin, Toma Cuzin, Doru Ana, Constantin Florescu, Mihai Chirilă, Ion Bechet, Mihai Petru Chinez

POLICE, ADJECTIVE (2009) – drama film online

Foreword: “Police, adjective” is not a “police film” (noun + adjective), but a film about a police officer (Cristi, played by Dragoș Bucur). – Alex. Leo Șerban

Synopsis: A police officer (Dragoș Bucur) refuses to arrest a young man for offering drugs to his friends.

Directed by: Corneliu Porumboiu
Script: Corneliu Porumboiu
Cast: Dragoș Bucur, Vlad Ivanov, Irina Saulescu, Ion Stoica, Marian Ghenea, George Remes, Cosmin Seleși, Adina Dulcu

BE MY CAT: A FILM FOR ANNE (2015) – horror film online

Foreword: A dizzying meta-horror film about obsession, fanaticism, madness, and narcissism, but also about reality versus fiction versus the realism of fiction, and about this serious game of appearances called Cinema, terribly assumed in its almost suicidal recklessness. – Mihai Chirilov, cinepub.ro

Synopsis: An aspiring filmmaker (played by the director himself) goes to shocking extremes to convince Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway to star in his film.

Directed by: Adrian Țofei
Script: Adrian Țofei
Cast: Adrian Țofei, Sonia Teodoriu, Florentina Hariton, Alexandra Stroe

AN ANGEL HOOKED ON ME(1984) – adventure film online

Foreword: Gheorghe Preda creates a unique type of cinema, one that draws inspiration from David Lynch and Michael Haneke, among others. The protagonist of “An Angel…” (Anca Florea) is a successful, solitary musician who lives in a sterile environment and tries to identify the man who sends her suspicious gifts.

Synopsis: A successful young musician, Ana (Anca Florea) discovers that she has become the object of affection of a stranger who, from a distance, fulfills her most varied desires. But this ritual of seduction is also a demonstration of strength and intelligence on the part of the mysterious admirer.

Directed by: Gheorghe Preda
Script: Gheorghe Preda
Cast: Anca Florea, Constantin Florescu, Emily Daler, Ioana Ginghină

CIREȘARII (1984) – adventure film online

Foreword: The first film in the second series of adaptations based on the famous children’s books written by Constantin Chiriță. First came the series directed by Andrei Blaier in the 1970s, followed by Petringenaru’s films: “Cireșarii” followed by “Aripi de zăpadă” (1985) and “Cetatea ascunsă” (1987).

Synopsis: Seven teenagers set off on a scientific expedition to Peştera Neagră (Black Cave) during their summer vacation. For safety reasons, they divide into two groups — one inside the cave and one outside on the mountain — and communicate using Morse code and two TFF devices.

Directed by: Adrian Petringenaru
Script: Constantin Chiriță
Cast: Ion Marinescu, Petre Gheorghiu-Dolj, Ernest Maftei, Nicolae Dinică, Victorița Dobre-Timonu, Ștefan Velniciuc și copiii: Răzvan Baciu, Alina Croitoru, Alina Dumitrescu, Robert Enescu, Horațiu Medveșan, Alexandru Rotaru, Gabriel Sîrbu, Florin Iordan, Marius Petre

THE NATIONAL CINEMATIC EPIC (2011) – documentary film online

Foreword: The archetypal figures of the Unifier of the Romanian nation combine endlessly, but those who accumulate all these attributes are at opposite poles of national history. They are Burebista and Ceaușescu, both leaders of a unitary, centralized, independent, and non-aligned state, in fact an eternal Romania. – Bogdan Jitea, cinepub.ro

Synopsis: The documentary addresses the issue of historical films during the Ceaușescu regime, a political commission for which enormous material and human resources were mobilized and which represented a formidable propaganda tool.

Directed by: Bogdan Jitea
Script by: Bogdan Jitea
Cast: Adrian Cioroianu, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Victor Rebengiuc, Cristian Tudor Popescu, Valerian Sava, Constantin Vaeni, Liviu Tofan

GATHERING CLOUDS (1985) – drama film online

Foreword: Adapted from Cezar Petrescu’s novel of the same name, “Gathering Clouds” is a war drama directed by Alexandru Tatos (director of “Sequences“) in a difficult period for Romania.

Synopsis: A believer in the idea that war is a means of renewing the world, the film’s main character, the young lawyer Radu Comşa, enrolls in military school and is sent to the front lines of World War I. Ironically, upon his return, marked by his experiences in the trenches, he can no longer find his place in the new post-conflict world, especially since his eyesight has been affected.

Directed by: Alexandru Tatos
Script: Petre Sălcudeanu (based on a novel by Cezar Petrescu)
Cast: Ion Caramitru, George Constantin, Remus Mărgineanu, Tania Filip, Emilia Dobrin-Besoiu, Vladimir Găitan, Dan Condurache, Florin Zamfirescu, Claudiu Stănescu, Valentin Voicilă, Ioana Pavelescu, Doina Tamas, Minodora Condur, Mariana Baboi

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