Sunday – connected event

One of the Festival’s connected events took place in the early afternon of Sunday 4 july, when – in the presence of director Dan Pita and actor Victor Rebengiuc – the Festival presented a special screening of the documentary film THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH.

The film details the scandal created in Ceausescu’s Romania when SAND CLIFFS was released (and almost immediately banned), a moment that changed the Romanian cinema for the last years of the communist regime. The screening was followed by a Q&A with Dan Pita, Victor Rebengiuc, and historian Stejarel Olaru, moderated by Dr Mike Phillips OBE.

The panel discussing the SAND CLIFFS case: Dr Mike Phillips OBE, director Dan Pita, actor Victor Rebengiuc, and historian Stejarel Olaru. In the background, translating from Romanian, Mihai Risnoveanu.
Mike Phillips and Dan Pita
Mike Phillips presents the case. To the right, Dan Pita and Victor Rebengiuc. In the background, translating from Romanian, Mihai Risnoveanu.
Victor Rebengiuc and Stejarel Olaru
Victor Rebengiuc finds the time to take a picture of his friend Dan Pita. In the background, translating from Romanian, Mihai Risnoveanu.
Mike Phillips, Dan Pita, Victor Rebengiuc, and Stejarel Olaru
Mike Phillips, Dan Pita
The panel during the Q&A session
Dan Pita and Victor Rebengiuc. Mihai Risnoveanu translating.
During the Q&A session. From the left: film critic Magda Mihailescu, actress Ada Condeescu, and Dorian Branea (Director of ICR London)
At the end of the Q&A session, Ramona Mitrica addresses the audience...
... inviting all present to the cinema for the final screenings in the Festival
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