In the last few years, an increasing number of young, female Romanian directors have released their feature films debuts - and the newest filmmaker to join this phenomenon is Raluca Durbacă, with "The Certainty of Probabilities". Known for her activity as a film critic, as a member of the FILM MENU collective and her essays in "The Politics of Film" and "Films of Transition" (both published by Tact, in 2014 and 2017, respectively), Raluca Durbacă debuts with a found footage film built entirely from materials of the "Alexandru Sahia" studio, all dating from the year 1968. The film, built along three conceptual keys of interpretation that allow the analysis of propaganda - ideology, language and interpretation -, analyzes the representation of various social classes of a seemingly glorious Romania in contrast to its protest-swept western counterparts.

Flavia Dima

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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.

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