The 12th Romanian Film Festival in London (RFF), starts today in the capital of UK with selected screenings of 5 recent Romanian features already making their way to festivals around the world. Each screening will be accompanied by a discussion between the audience and the people behind the films.

RFF 2015 will focus on the issues which have been sweeping through Europe in recent years – the self-realisation of minorities, the problems of constructing civil society, and the rights of the individual versus the state. In this way, the RFF stands as a record of its own history, a history of the times in which it flourishes, as well as a record of individual lives and stories. 

British audiences will have the opportunity to watch the UK premieres of the following Romanian tiltes:

Aferim! by Radu Jude (Romania/Bulgaria/Czech Republic, 2015) – After the screening will follow a Q&A with lead actor Toma Cuzin.

Why Me? by Tudor Giurgiu (Romania/Bulgaria, 2015) -  After the screening will follow a Q&A with lead actress Andreea Vasile.

One Floor Below by Radu Muntean (France/Romania/Germany/Sweden, 2015) - After the screening will follow a Q&A with scriptwriter Alexander Baciu.

Box by Florin Serban (Romania/Germany/France, 2015) - After the screening will follow a Q&A with producer Florentina Onea.

The Treasure by Corneliu Porumboiu (Romania/France, 2015) – After the screening will follow a Q&A with lead actor Toma Cuzin.

Stere Gulea΄s The Moromete Family (Romania, 1988) will be the festival opening film, and it will be followed by a Q&A with director himself, hosted by the EBRD Deputy Director of Communications, Larry Sherwin, and scriptwriter Mike Phillips.