We Thank Our Supporters!
The 17th Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema and its return to New York City would not have been possible without our supporters! We would like to bring a big thank you to our generous sponsors and...
View ArticleFestival guests
Guests of this year’s festival include prominent editor and sound designer Dana Bunescu (The Chalice. Of Sons and Daughters on March 30), director and screenwriter Monica Stan (Immaculate on April 1),...
View ArticleMaia Morgenstern in attendance
Legendary actress Maia Morgenstern will join the U.S. release of Lucian Pintilie’s iconic THE OAK at Film Forum, in a new 4K restoration, part of the 17th edition of the Making Waves festival. Maia...
View ArticlePhotos: 12th MW
The 12th edition of Making Waves, from November 30-December 7, 2017, marked a change in format, with different and complementary programs presented in the two partner venues – BAMcinématek, and the...
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The Romanian Film Initiative, BAM and the Jacob Burns Film Center presented from November 26 – December 5, 2018 the 13th edition of Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema with a focus on a brand new wave of...
View ArticlePhotos: 11th MW
From December 1-8, 2016, the 11th edition of Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema presented at the Jacob Burns Film Center the best of recent Romanian Cinema, with Poland as the year’s guest country. Read...
View ArticlePhotos: 8th MW
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...
View ArticlePhotos: 7th MW
The 2012 edition marked the continuation and reinvention of the yearly festival dedicated to Romanian cinema in New York City, under the leadership of the Romanian Film Initiative and in partnership...
View ArticleSave the Date!
We are pleased to announce that the 18th edition of the Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema festival returns to New York in-person from March 27 – April 2, 2024. The festival will take place across a...
View ArticleOld partners, new edition
For its 2024 edition, Making Waves continues and extends the partnerships launched last year with Roxy Cinema New York and DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema, to present a selection of recent Romanian films,...
View ArticleAnnouncing a new edition of Making Waves
We are happy to announce that the 18th edition of Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema returns with in-person screenings across a network of New York City cinemas in March-April 2024. More details will...
View ArticleIFC Center joins our network of NYC partners
Making Waves launches at its 18th edition a partnership with IFC Center, the reputed venue showcasing the best in independent film, which opened in June 2005, following an extensive renovation of the...
View ArticleA Cautionary Tale
NEW YORK PREMIERE A Cautionary Tale plunges us into the surreal odyssey of a man who, after 25 years abroad, returns home only to discover he's been declared legally dead. This stranger-than-fiction...
View ArticleAngela Goes On
SPECIAL SCREENING Lucian Bratu’s forgotten crowd-pleaser from Communist Romania gets a well-deserved exposure thanks to the bits and pieces featured extensively in the latest agit-prop from Radu Jude,...
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U.S. AVANT-PREMIERE Following his fascinating period piece Malmkrog, Cristi Puiu returns with an equally loquacious epic of a different sort. Ironically reflected in the Roman numerals of the title,...
View ArticleBetween Revolutions
NEW YORK PREMIERE Vlad Petri's acclaimed documentary weaves a poignant tapestry of two women's lives, Maria and Zahra, separated by distance yet united by a shared desire for freedom. They met in 1970s...
View ArticleLibertate
NEW YORK PREMIERE The rallying cry that shook Romania in 1989 becomes a chilling backdrop to the true events depicted in this hyper-kinetic historical drama. As protests against the oppressive...
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