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Making Waves Film Fest in New York
November 26, 2018 @ 3:00 am - December 5, 2018 @ 12:00 pm EST
Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema
Nov 26-Dec 2 BAM
Nov 29-Dec 5 Jacob Burns Film Center
Making W aves returns, as every year, in the middle of the awards season, with many award-winning films, including Romania’s submission for the Oscars this year—Radu Jude’s “I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians”.
But Making Waves 2018 brings more nominations in selective categories, for your consideration:
Best Display of Skin: Touch Me Not
Best History Satire: Free Dacians
Best History Lesson: Licu, A Romanian Story
Best Investigative Journalism: Moon Hotel Kabul
Best Use of Archival Footage: The Distance Between Me and Me
Best Gay Love Story: Soldiers: A Story from Ferentari
Best Historical Reenactment: “I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians”
Best Photo Album: Dead Nation
Best Making of a TV Commercial: The Happiest Girl in the World
Best Bedridden Performance: Scarred Hearts
Best Dysfunctional Family: Everybody in Our Family
Best Balkan Western: Aferim!
Best Title: Tarzan’s Testicles
Best Missing Child Thriller: Pororoca
Best Teen Movie: One Step Behind the Seraphim
Best Love Triangle: Charleston
Best Open Relationship: The Story of a Summer Lover
Decide for yourselves if they deserve these alternative awards! Watch the festival trailer and visit our website to learn more about these strong contenders and to purchase your tickets.
Making Waves is co-presented by the Romanian Film Initiative, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Jacob Burns Film Center. Lead support is provided by The Trust for Mutual Understanding, the Romanian National Film Center, the Filmmakers Union of Romania, and Blue Heron Foundation, along with numerous individual donors, which since 2012 have made the festival possible.
We will continue to accept donations until the conclusion of the festival. 20% of your support goes to Daruieste Viata, the Romanian charity that is building a hospital from scratch, exclusively from donations and sponsorship, for children with cancer. Learn more & Support
Thank you for supporting and spreading the word, and till soon at Making Waves 2018!