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“The central topic of the documentary film is presented within a series of interviews with 4 citizens from Oslo and Bucharest. The film speaks about foreign bodies as “(dis)located bodies”, alienation, periphery, discrimination and human rights. The film presents models of integration through art, creative design and social architecture. The aim of the documentary is to contribute to a better understanding of the cultural diversity and consolidate the intercultural dialogue with the culture of the minorities, especially Roma people and emigrants. ”

“A young fellow with supernatural powers and all necessary conditions to become a super hero. The short movie intends to raise awareness on environment preservation and on the negative effects of virtual inter-personal relations at the expense of real ones. ”

Between February 14th – 15th 2017, the Project Management Unit within the Ministry of Culture and National Identity, acting as Programme Operator for PA14 Cultural entrepreneurship, cultural heritage and cultural exchange, organized a series of 5 meetings with stakeholders in order to discuss upon the findings of the online consultation, gathering over 65 representatives of the cultural operators.

In the context of preparing the new cultural Programme within EEA Grants 2014-2021, between December 8th 2016 and January 16th 2017, the Ministry of Culture and National Identity through the Project Management Unit launched an online consultation with the purpose of identifying the financing needs of the cultural sector in Romania.

The study has identified 20 of the most important and representative elements of the immaterial Székelyek heritage. Among them worth-mentioning are the art of painted furniture or wood carving, a technique that is used for gates and funerary columns. The secui from Romania are also very well known for gastronomic specialties such as potato bread, the Székelyek sweet bread or the wedding tree of Micflău.

“The project aims to artistically counterpart the challenges of the less than perfect educational system (the high rate of unemployment among young graduates reflects the rupture between a theoretical system of education and the social realities of everyday life) and those of a society indifferent to the issues of tomorrow’s adults. Teenagers of today’s Romania are unable to freely expose their opinions and problems; they don’t know who to turn to and how to address their most fundamental questions”.

“The 53-minute long documentary gathers the lively traditions of the secui from Romania. The public will be learning the different ways of making bread and ginger bread or preparing traditional brandy. A wedding is also envisaged with the purpose of capturing traditional elements of the secui ethnics in Romania. ”

“ProEtnica is an instrument which promotes the rights of cultural expression of the national minorities and, at the same time, strengthens cultural dialogue. Thus, ProEtnica contributes to the preservation and creation of the intercultural peace in a pluralistic and democratic society.

“Facets of Hyperconnectivity is, before any other consideration, a thematic exhibition conceived having in mind the compatibility of the invited artists and their availability to respond to the general idea proposed (…). In other words, it is an exhibition based on non-organic principles, without a center and a periphery, in which each work is a possible preview rather than a specific piece in a jigsaw puzzle”.

“PLANTELOR58 Artist Residency aims to introduce two artists from the donor countries to the Romanian cultural environment. The selected artists were encouraged to take as much inspiration as possible from the local context. The two successful candidates, Kazimieras Sližys, from Vilnius - Lituania and Helena Wallberg, from Stockholm – Sweden, resided and exhibited in Bucharest within two time-frames: August-September 2015, and October-November 2015. At the end of the residency period, each of the two selected artists displayed their works in an exhibition.”