Romanian Film Festival Seattle
Unifying Stories | November 7-9 at SIFF Cinema Uptown
November 7-9, 2025
The Romanian Film Festival Seattle returns with nine Romanian and Moldovan films, alongside international guests. This year’s theme, Unifying Stories, illustrates the breadth of our shared human experiences.
Romanian FF: Comatogen
110 min.
November 9, 2025
Trying to get money to cover a debt for her son and avoid prison, Alina, a nurse, faces an ethical problem.
Romanian FF: The Dream
136 min.
November 8, 2025
In a Romanian prison, six inmates are cast in a theater rehabilitation program—until a seventh joins with a secret escape plan.
Romanian FF: High School Thieves
110 min.
November 8, 2025
In order to fulfill their dreams, four teenagers decide to make money by selling the SAT prompts online.
Romanian FF: Ink Wash
90 min.
November 8, 2025
A painter turning 40 attempts to reassess her future prospects after a breakup.
Romanian FF: Moldovan Tales
104 min.
November 9, 2025
Five short films offer unique perspectives on rural and urban life in contemporary Moldova. Q&A with director Natalia Shaufert.
Romanian FF - The Moromete Family 3: Father and Son
112 min.
November 7, 2025
It’s 1954 and Niculae Moromete faces a crisis of political conscience and the loss of confidence in his literary guild. Q&A with producer Tudor Giurgiu.
Romanian FF: The New Year That Never Came
138 min.
November 9, 2025
A tragicomic puzzle of six people struggling to find their footing as society breaks down in December 1989, Romania. Q&A with cinematographer Boroka Biro.
Romanian FF: The Spruce Forest
75 min.
November 8, 2025
This gripping hybrid documentary recreates the struggles faced by a Romanian community in Bessarabia while under Soviet occupation during World War II. Q&A with director Tudor Giurgiu.
Romanian FF - TWST: Things We Said Today
85 min.
November 9, 2025
A time capsule of New York City in August 1965 framed by the Beatles’s first concert at Shea Stadium and other notable events.