Romanian Film Festival Seattle: The Last Transhumance
November 14, 2026
Presented by the American Romanian Cultural Society. Filmed in six countries during fifteen years, The Last Transhumance takes us into the world of shepherds who walk with their animals very long distances in search of food: an ancient way of life not compatible with the modern world.
SIFF year-round passes and vouchers are not valid for this screening.
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Saturday, November 14, 2026
Some 10,000 years ago, in the Middle East, man first domesticated sheep, and took them “on the road.” That's what shepherds call transhumance. Their journey measures time and space with tools we have forgotten. People and herds swing between plains and mountains, setting in motion a mechanism that has ticked for thousands of years yet is about to stand still. The transhumance clock stops each time a family of shepherds choose to no longer take to the road. Nevertheless, it keeps ticking through the stubbornness of those who continue to sleep among their sheep under the clear sky – the remaining few who still live under the stars. The Last Transhumance film is their story.
- Country: Romania
- Year: 2026
- Running Time: 90 min.
- Language: Romanian, with English subtitles
- Has Subtitles: Yes