COUNTDOWN
EVENTS
Events
Mea Maxima Culpa
A sound theatre performance, created by Teatru Improbabil, which takes the viewer through a guided meditation at the line between poetic and narrative, offering the chance to look at and listen to their body.
IN ESSENCE
A performance that aims to explore the relationship with the body and with bodies, in general, as independent entities. The body as form. The body as background. Large, small, medium body. The body with various sizes. The intrinsic, but also the extrinsic body.
DEBATE
TBD
Exhibition - My story - for the first time
Multimedia exhibition, by Identity.Education. A series of stories of people from the LGBTQIA+ community in Romania, the Republic of Moldova and Great Britain, illustrated and animated in 3D, translated into AR (augmented reality).
My body
A screening of short films developed by young people in the rural area, followed by a discussion.
Feature Films
come check them out
Palestinian women
A guide to cultural resistance - From Jerusalem to Haifa, stopping by Acre, Bethlehem and Ramallah, we travel across Israel and the West Bank to meet with Palestinian women shaping the cultural landscape. These activists, feminists, entrepreneurs, artists tell us about their culture and identity in a war-torn territory.
Body parts
A documentary film that traces the evolution of "sex" on-screen from a woman’s perspective, exposing the uncomfortable realities behind some of Hollywood’s most iconic scenes and celebrating the bold creators leading the way for change.
Fat front
Four young women from Norway, Denmark and Sweden talk about beauty, acceptance & self love and demystify the universal beauty standards regarding weight.
Four daughters
An intimate story about hope, rebellion, violence and sisterhood comes to life when two of the four daughters of Olfa, a Tunisian woman, disappear. Their disappearance leads to questioning society’s principles and invites us to reflect upon our own freedom.
Program
17
OCt 2024
19:00
Opening ceremony & Palestinian women: A guide to cultural resistance, France, 2020, 52'
From Jerusalem to Haifa, stopping by Acre, Bethlehem and Ramallah, we travel across Israel and the West Bank to meet with Palestinian women shaping the cultural landscape. These activists, feminists, entrepreneurs, artists tell us about their culture and identity in a war-torn territory.
18
Oct 2024
16:00
Teatru Improbabil, Mea Maxima Culpa
A sound theatre performance which takes the viewer through a guided meditation at the line between poetic and narrative, offering the chance to look at and listen to their body.
The show can be listened to anytime between 16:00 and 22:00, in the MȚR Cinema premises (independent of the screening room).
(in Romanian)
18
Oct 2024
18:30
Resilient bodies (short films category)
There's not much we can do, United Kingdom, 2022, 19'
Mutant woman, Argentina, 2023, 05'
Tell me a poem, Romania, 2023, 12'
Cuddle, Belgium, 2022, 15'
Sometimes I like to believe that I am the air, Guatemala, 2024, 15'
Worn bodies, France, 2024, 19'
followed by Q&A session (in English)
18
Oct 2024
20:30
Body Parts, United States of America, 2022, 86'
A documentary film that traces the evolution of "sex" on-screen from a woman’s perspective, exposing the uncomfortable realities behind some of Hollywood’s most iconic scenes and celebrating the bold creators leading the way for change.
followed by Q&A session
19
Oct 2024
16:00
Teatru Improbabil, Mea Maxima Culpa
A sound theatre performance which takes the viewer through a guided meditation at the line between poetic and narrative, offering the chance to look at and listen to their body.
The show can be listened to anytime between 16:00 and 22:00, in the MȚR Cinema premises (independent of the screening room).
(in Romanian)
19
Oct 2024
16:00
My body - short films made by teenagers in rural areas in Romania, 60'
followed by a discussion (in Romanian)
19
Oct 2024
17:30
Reclaiming bodies (short films category)
The Self - A female Gaze, Germany, 2023, 45'
Candy, United Kingdom, 2022, 11'
Object(s) of Desire, United Kingdom, 2024, 4'
Squirting - a history of female pleasure, Germany, 2023, 8'
The birth of Naikee, France, 2023, 20'
followed by Q&A session (in English)
19
Oct 2024
19:30
Performance IN ESSENCE, 45’
A performance that aims to explore the relationship with the body and with bodies, in general, as independent entities. The body as form. The body as background. Large, small, medium body. The body with various sizes. The intrinsic, but also the extrinsic body. Body with hair. Body without hair. Body with and without hair. The body with marks, scars, wrinkles, traces. The functional body. The dysfunctional body. The body as a vehicle. The body as an obstacle. The body as subject. The body as an object. Maybe sexual? The body as essence.
(in Romanian)
19
Oct 2024
20:30
Fat Front, Denmark, Sweden, 2019, 87'
Four young women from Norway, Denmark and Sweden talk about beauty, acceptance & self love and demystify the universal beauty standards regarding weight.
20
Oct 2024
15:30
Teatru Improbabil, Mea Maxima Culpa
A sound theatre performance which takes the viewer through a guided meditation at the line between poetic and narrative, offering the chance to look at and listen to their body.
The show can be heard anytime between 15:30 and 21:30, in the MȚR Cinema premises (independent of the screening room).
(in Romanian)
20
Oct 2024
17:00
Controlling bodies (short films category)
Milkshake, France, 2024, 13'
Mom & me and that, France, 2023, 4'
Sea Salt, Czech Republic, 2023, 18'
Mom told you so, France, 2023, 7'
LUNA, South Korea, 2023, 24'
Which role do you want to play?, Spain, 2023, 15'
followed by Q&A session
20
Oct 2024
19:00
Performance IN ESSENCE, 45’
A performance that aims to explore the relationship with the body and with bodies, in general, as independent entities. The body as form. The body as background. Large, small, medium body. The body with various sizes. The intrinsic, but also the extrinsic body. Body with hair. Body without hair. Body with and without hair. The body with marks, scars, wrinkles, traces. The functional body. The dysfunctional body. The body as a vehicle. The body as an obstacle. The body as subject. The body as an object. Maybe sexual? The body as essence.
(in Romanian)
20
Oct 2024
20:00
Closing ceremony & Four Daughters, France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, 2023, 94'
An intimate story about hope, rebellion, violence and sisterhood comes to life when two of the four daughters of Olfa, a Tunisian woman, disappear. Their disappearance leads to questioning society’s principles and invites us to reflect upon our own freedom.
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