October 9-12, 2023
Forum cinema, 5 Legionowa Street
tickets: 26/18/ PLN / movie – available at the Forum cinema’s box office (5 Legionowa Street), BCC/LZC’s box office (19 Warszawska Street) and on bilety.bok.bialystok.pl
October 9
18.30 BERLINER | THE CAMPAIGN
(Marian Crișan) RO 2020, 93′
Viorel, a quiet, upright tractor driver from a small town in west Romania meets Mocanu, a high profile politician campaigning for a seat in the European Parliament. Mocanu’s car has broken down nearby and Viorel and his wife welcome the politician into their humble home. Under investigation for corruption, Mocanu sees an opportunity and decides to stay with this modest family during the rest of the campaign, winning people’s hearts by posing as a common man next to his “old friend”, the honest, hard-working farmer. In return, Viorel will get a new tractor.
20.30 ÎNTREGALDE | ÎNTREGALDE
(Radu Muntean) RO 2021, 104’
Romanian auteur Radu Muntean’s latest is an incisive, mordant, and suspenseful drama about the limits of generosity, as a trio of volunteers delivering relief to a remote village are led on a detour by a stranger.
October 10
18.15 MEN OF DEEDS | OAMENI DE TREABĂ
(Paul Negoescu) RO/BG 2022, 105’
Ilie enjoys the easy life of a village policeman. His passivity during a series of violent events soon turns him into an accomplice to murder. Tension accumulates in the village, forcing Ilie to make a final decision.
October 11
18.15 MAN AND DOG | OM CĂINE
(Ștefan Constantinescu) RO/BG/SE/DE 2020, 108’
After a mysterious text message from an unknown number, Doru suddenly leaves his work in Göteborg and returns to his hometown in Romania with a growing load of jealousy on his back. The message claims that his wife is unfaithful and despite the evidence contradicting this he lets his anxiety grow to gigantic proportions and initiates on his own a meticulous investigation.
October 12
18.30 SHORT FILMS SCREENING, 90’
20:30 IMMACULATE | IMACULAT
(Monica Stan, George Chiper-Lillemark) RO 2021, 114’
When young Daria enters rehab to kick the drug habit her first love left her with, her perceived innocence saves her from the sexual advances of the mostly male junkies inside and gains her their protection. Suddenly thrown into the spotlight and enjoying the attention, Daria soon finds out that special treatment comes at a great price.