Cristian Mungiu's Traffic aka Jaful Secolului directed by Teodora Ana Mihai to have it's UK premiere at the Inaugural Romanian Film Festival this winter!

Jaful Secolului aka Traffic Official Romanian Language Poster

Building on the 20-year legacy of the Romanian Film Festival in London - the

Romanian Film Festival UK is a brand-new initiative that will hold its inaugural

event this winter and showcase a variety of Romanian feature films,

documentaries, and shorts.

The festival will open with the UK premiere of Traffic — Romania’s official

Academy Awards entry — written by Palme d’Or–winning filmmaker Cristian

Mungiu, directed by rising talent Teodora Ana Mihai and starring César-

winning French Romanian actress Anamaria Vartolomei.

Based on a true story, the film depicts a group of Romanian immigrants in the Netherlands who go from unwanted second-class citizens to very much wanted criminals, as they decide to stage a heist that will make the locals notice them.

Running from Thursday 27th November to Monday 1st December, the

festival is curating a programme of the best Romanian cinema and talent to

eager audiences in London and beyond. Built to coalesce around Romania’s

National Day, the RFF25 is expanding the festival’s reach beyond the

Curzon Soho in London with a pop-up screening scheduled to take place in

the city of Colchester. The full film programme will be announced in the

coming weeks.

The new Romanian Film Festival UK is organised by Manuela R Morar, a

Romanian born, British film and tv marketing professional and Romanian –

American film and theatre director, Alexandru Gherman with funding secured

from the Departamentul Romanilor de Pretutindeni.

Manuela R Morar, RFF25 Director says: “In 2009 I volunteered at the

Romanian Film Festival in London, and it was a turning point in my life that

inspired me to pursue a career in the film and TV industry. This new iteration

of the Romanian Film Festival in UK aims to continue a much-loved tradition

in London and, as a one-off special event in 2025, we are also organising a

screening of Traffic at Firstsite a community run arthouse cinema and gallery

in my hometown of Colchester.”

Cristian Mungiu comments: “I am happy that the initiative of screening the

best Romanian films of the year in London will continue. Ramona Mitrica

invested a lot of passion in her attempt to promote the Romanian cinema in

UK, and I believe it is a good sign that former supporters mobilised by her

lovely enthusiasm found the energy to start anew. I hope the festival will

continue to bring its contribution by allowing Romanian films to be discovered

by local English-speaking audiences.”