Rising Romanian Talents Ready for an International Breakthrough
Christopher Vourlias Nearly two decades since the birth of the Romanian New Wave catapulted filmmakers like Cristian Mungiu (“4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days”), Cristi Puiu (“Sieranevada”) and Corneliu Porumboiu (“The Whistlers”) onto the global stage, a fresh crop of rising talents is breathing new life into the country’s film industry.At this year’s 20th anniversary edition of the Transilvania Film Festival, New Wave mainstays like Radu Muntean – whose latest feature, “Întregalde,” recently premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival – shared the stage with the likes of Andrei Huțuleac (“#dogpoopgirl”) and Eugen Jebeleanu (“Poppy Field”), offering an invigorating snapshot of an industry opening its arms to embrace