Subject: Invitation - Romanian Film Festival- Friday, May 26th at 7.15 pm
From: "Oana Ivanoiu" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 00:14:38 +0000

The 1ST ROMANIAN FILM FESTIVAL IN WASHINGTON, DC
"Reinventing Realism-New Cinema from Romania"
13 May - 14 June 2017
East Building Auditorium, National Gallery of Art
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
https://romanianfilmfestivalwashingtondc.wordpress.com/

Dear Friends and Movielovers,

It is my great pleasure to personally invite you to join us in welcoming the fabulously talented actor Gheorghe Visu, who will hold the Q&A session after the screening of DOGS, tomorrow, Friday 26 May at 7.15 pm, at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center.
See you all there. To whet your appetite you can watch the film trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZaB_T3MoEw
You can book your seats here: http://silver.afi.com/Browsing/Movies/Details/m-0100001104

The first Romanian Film Festival in Washington, DC, is truly the product of an effective collaboration between the Embassy of Romania to the United States of America, the National Gallery of Art, the American Film Institute, and the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York.

The Festival aims to reach an important audience, eager to celebrate Romanian achievements, and I invite you to join us for this unique cultural journey.

Thank you very much for your support. I trust you will enjoy attending the festival as much as we enjoyed preparing it.

With best regards,

Anamaria Maior
Spouse of the Ambassador of Romania

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Friday 26 May 2017, at 7.15 pm, AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
DOGS
Followed by Q&A with actor Gheorghe Visu
Tickets: http://silver.afi.com/Browsing/Movies/Details/m-0100001104
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZaB_T3MoEw

"An intense, gripping story. Mysterious things from the past are about to surface."

Director: Bogdan Mirica
2016/Drama/Romania/104 min/Romanian title: Câini/Romanian with English subtitles
Cast: Dragos Bucur, Vlad Ivanov, Gheorghe Visu, Costel Cascaval
FIPRESCI Award, Un Certain Regard, Cannes, 2016

Roman returns to the land near the border with Ukraine he has just inherited from his grandfather. Fully decided to sell this vast but desolate property, he is warned by the regional police that his grandfather was a local crime lord and that his men will not let go of the territory - and their smuggling business - without a fight.

Adrian Sitaru is a director and writer born in 1971. His feature films were awarded prizes in a number of prestigious festivals: Domestic (2013), Best Intentions (Din dragoste cu cele mai bune intentii, 2011), Hooked (Pescuit sportiv, 2008), Illegitimate (2016), The Fixer (2016).

He is also the author of several short films: Waves (Valuri, 2007), The Cage (Colivia, 2009), Lord (2009), House Party (Chefu', 2012), Art (2014).

One of the Romanian acting greats, Gheorghe Visu (born 1951) studied at the "I. L. Caragiale" Institute of Theatre and Cinema Arts, in Bucharest. A theater, film and TV actor of versatile skills, his characters share a note of mystery and a shadow of unspoken sadness, which are almost his trademark. From his cinema debut in 1974, he appeared in more than forty films.

He is one of the stalwarts of the well-loved "Teatru Mic" in Bucharest, and in recent years he was one of the main characters in the hugely successful Romanian soap opera, Inima de tigan (Gypsy Heart). As a film actor, Gheorghe Visu has worked with important directors from the older generation, such as Dan Pita (Sand Cliffs) or Lucian Pintilie (The Oak, Next Stop Paradise), but also with young directors, such as Bogdan Mirica - with a landmark role in Mirica's film, Dogs.

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Full program at: https://romanianfilmfestivalwashingtondc.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/romanian.embassy.us/
http://silver.afi.com/Browsing/EventsAndExperiences/EventDetails/0000000028

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