Romanian New Wave Cinema

<p> Modern Romanian filmmaking has received wide international recognition. From 2001 to 2011 promising young filmmakers have been embraced as important members of European cinema. The country developed a new fervor for filmmaking and a dozen new movies have received international awards and recognition from some of the most important critics worldwide. This development sometimes called New Wave cinema is fully explored in this book.</p><p> By using a comparative approach and searching for similarities among cinematic styles and trends the study reveals that the young Romanian directors are part of a larger European way of filmmaking. The discussion moves from specific themes motifs and narratives to the philosophy of a whole generation such as Cristi Puiu Cristian Mungiu Radu Muntean Corneliu Porumboiu Tudor Giurgiu and others.</p>