Romanian Film Review – Current Favourites: From Comfort to Challenge

So much has been happening recently; it’s the abundance of events typical of late spring. Most happenings have been on my radar for years but one was an absolute surprise, and what a lovely one.

So let's start with it: Bucharest’s Europa cinema (formerly Miorița) is one of the few formerly state-owned cinemas before 1989 still in function. And most remarkable, also a very old one; it opened in 1935. Since late 2024, it has been coordinated by a marvelous group of very young film enthusiasts and turned into a warm, welcoming space, on site and online. Their Facebook and Instagram pages are lively, responsive, adorable. You can read more (in Romanian) about the volunteering team and the challenge to revive a cinema (and also how you can support it).