Kammerspiele: Romanian Shorts at Anonimul 19
The 19th edition of the Anonimul film festival kicks off on Monday, 8 August – so we decided to take a sneak peak at their selection of Romanian shorts. At first glance, we see that this year's line-up combines both established names and newcomers, both premieres and shorts that have already gone onto the festival circuit, be it in some of the most important European ones (Rotterdam, Quinzaine des Realisateurs, San Sebastián) or at TIFF – so here’s a chance both to discover new titles and also one to catch up on the year's important short film titles. As my colleague Victor Morozov put it in his festival report last year - “ I have a feeling that the exciting bets are played at the Romanian shorts table, a selection signed by my friend and film critic Ionuț Mareș”; and this is something that I can always agree with: there is no other section of a festival, be it Romanian or international, where I can have a better feel of its vital pulse, where one can discover the breeding ground of tomorrow's cinematic talents, all the more so now, after two years of the pandendemic, that have deeply affected the production of young cinema.
Film critic & journalist. Collaborates with local and international outlets, programs a short film festival - BIEFF, does occasional moderating gigs and is working on a PhD thesis about home movies. At Films in Frame, she writes the monthly editorial - The State of Cinema and is the magazine's main festival reporter.
