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March 30, 2025
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Mufasa: The Lion King | 2024 | PG | 1h 58m | Animation, Family, Musical, Director: Barry Jenkins Stars: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny. |
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | 2024 | PG | 1h 50m | Adventure, Superhero, Family Director: Jess Fowler Stars: Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance. |
Self-portrait as a Coffee Pot (Ep: 1&2) | 2022 | TV Series | Documentary Director: William Kentridge Stars: William Kentridge, Nhlanhla Mahlangu, Diego Sillands Pioneering artist William Kentridge chronicles his creative process during COVID. Interconnected episodes explore culture, history, politics, and profound truths through art-making, inviting viewers into his studio. |
Here | 2024 | PG-13 | 1h 44m | Drama, Coming-of-Age Director: Robert Zemeckis Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany A generational story about families and the special place they inhabit, sharing in love, loss, laughter, and life. |
Dance with Rodin | 2022 | PG | 1h 9m | Ballet Director: Patrick Lauze Stars: Julien Lestel, Iván Julliard, Ólafur Arnalds As a former étoile of the Ballet of the Paris National Opera, principal of the Zurich Ballet and collaborator of Marie-Claude Peitragalla, Julien Lestel remains without doubt one of the finest dancers and choreographers of his generation. Throughout his creations he explores movement as a personification of humanity, traversing and interweaving all genres of dance. |
The Shining | Picked by Stanley Kubrick Director: Stanley Kubrick Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future. |
The Conversation | Picked by Pulp Film Society 1974 | PG | 1h 53m | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Director: Francis Ford Coppola Stars: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allenn Garfield A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered. |
Arcadian | Wednesday night screams Director: Benjamin Brewer Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins A father and his twin teenage sons fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the world. |
THURSDAY
Opening of the festival with a Classic Collection of Short Films: Together Across Time Zones - Celebrating 75 Years of Stories at UNATC In partnership with UNATC "I.L. Caragiale" Five short films produced between 1967 and 1970 by the first generation of Directing and Cinematography students after a ten-year hiatus:
Song, directed by Felicia Cernăianu, 1968, 11 min
The Circle, directed by Mircea Veroiu, starring Ștefan Velniciuc, Nicolae Mărgineanu, 1968, 10 min
Life in Pink, directed by Dan Pița, cinematography by Nicolae Mărgineanu, 1969, 18 min
Rhythms, directed by Andrei Vidrașcu, 1970, 5 min
The Dictator and His Servant, directed by Ada Pistiner, 1967, 12 min
Total duration of short films: 56 min | No dialogues
ACTIVE ARCHIVE is a project initiated in 2020 by UNATC "I.L. Caragiale" and implemented by the Sorin Botoșeneanu Center for Pedagogy and Image Studies. It aims to digitize, restore, and present films from all eras, fostering dialogue and preservation within audiovisual archives.
R90 Combo for the opening session with short film screenings
FRIDAY
The Joyful Nightmare
Director: Sissy Vafea
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 55 min + recorded discussion with the festival director and Ms. Vafea (10 min) 19:30 CET
Year: 1983
Description:
is a documentary that captures the process of creating a seven-minute film by a group of children aged 6-9 years. The children recount dreams they have had, from which they compose a group script. They then improvise theatrically based on this script, paint the scenery, proceed to create a musical score, and learn from a director-cinematographer about the possibilities offered by a 16 mm camera to narrate their script cinematically. They choose the shot-list and proceed with the filming, all dressed up and made up. These phases are documented by a team of professional filmmakers. The editing of the 7-minute film is done by a professional in a studio without the children’s participation, but according to their instructions.
FRIDAY
A Woman and Her Four Men
Director: Algimantas Puipa
Genre: Film
Duration: 92 min
Year: 1983
Description: An epic tale set at the turn of the 20th century in a struggling fishing community, following the life of a woman widowed at the beginning of the film.
SATURDAY
Shorts O'Clock I
Total Duration: 80 min
The Nominees – Birutė Kapustinskaitė (LITHUANIA) – Fiction – 2024 – 15 min
Temporary Central Problem – Gergő Szoták (HUNGARY) – Fiction – 2024 – 9 min
Hushes and Phonics – Piotr Kamiński (POLAND) – Fiction – 2024 – 16 min
Claudia (Working Title) – Adrian Sitaru (ROMANIA) – Fiction – 2024 – 20 min
POSTERITY – Emil Alexandrov (BULGARIA) – Fiction – 2025 – 20 min
Live Q&A to follow after screenings.
R50 Combo per slot or R90 Combo for full festival access per day.
Shorts O'Clock II
Total Duration: 83 min
Debtors – Andrzej Danis (POLAND) – Documentary – 2024 – 23 min
The visit "Візит" – Dara Sokolova (UKRAINE) – Fiction – 2024 – 9 min
Cameras Do Not Record Such Things – Alexandru Solomon (ROMANIA) – Fiction – 2024 – 24 min
Concrete Rodents – Apostolis Gkanatsios (GREECE) – Fiction – 2024 – 13 min
A Promise to the Sea (Eng Subs) – (EGYPT) – Fiction – 2024 – 14 min
Live Q&A to follow after screenings.
R50 Combo per slot or R90 Combo for full festival access per day.
Shorts O'Clock III
Total Duration: 81 min
Truth or Dare – Simona Borcea (ROMANIA) – Fiction – 2024 – 16 min
We Lived Slowly in Times of Peace – Kristina Jacot (MOLDOVA) – Documentary – 2025 – 8 min
From You – Jędrzej Gorski (POLAND) – Fiction – 2024 – 15 min Keba, Interrupted – Meja Shoba (SOUTH AFRICA) – Fiction – 2024 – 15 min
A City Without Love – Mostafa Gerbeii (EGYPT) – Fiction – 2024 – 9 min
Across – Tóth Kristóf Zsolt (HUNGARY) – Fiction – 2024 – 18 min
Live Q&A to follow after screenings.
R50 Combo per slot or R90 Combo for full festival access per day.
Camera Buff
Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Genre: Comedy Romance
Duration: 1hr 57min
Year: 1979
Description: When Filip buys a camera to commemorate the birth of his first child, everyone in his town starts regarding him as their official photographer. With time, the hobby turns into a obsession for him.
SUNDAY
This Moldavian classic animation collection for children presents 7 shorts following the charming character Guguță:
Guguță (8 min)
Guguță the Barber (9 min)
Guguță the Postman (9 min)
Guguță’s Gift (8 min)
Guguță’s Bench (9 min)
The Sweepers (Guguță) (10 min)
Guguță the Ship Captain (8 min)
Classics O’Clock VII, Screening courtesy of CNC Moldova
Ghazal al-Banat (The flirtation of girls)
Director: Anwar Wagdi
Genre: Comedy Musical
Duration: 120 min
Year: 1949
Description: A poor teacher leading a hard life gets an opportunity to become a private tutor for a pasha's daughter with whom he eventually falls in love.
The Neelsie Cinema has an awesome selection of combos for 2025, giving you access to a movie along with some tasty snacks to enjoy. Check them out!
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The Neelsie Cinema Team 🎬🍿
