Documentary film produced by the Austrian Cultural Forum Bucharest

What it is now, we know; but what will we do next? During the lockdown period established after the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the Austrian Cultural Forum Bucharest invited 60 artists from Austria and Romania to reflect on their own artistic future, as well as on the way their art and communities can change during and after the end of the health crisis. The video interventions they sent were posted on the pages of FCA Bucharest and Radio Romania Cultural on social networks. Very quickly, they attracted the attention of tens of thousands of people from both countries.

Given this success, the FCA Bucharest team decided to entrust the well-known and appreciated Romanian theater and film director, Carmen Lidia Vidu, with the production of a large-scale documentary, starting from the video materials of the participating artists.

The documentary #newTogether is a true dictionary of pandemic ideas and states and, at the same time, a unique project in the local cinematographic landscape. It was pioneered and produced by a (foreign) cultural institute, an actor in cultural diplomacy, and not by a film production company.

Concept – Thomas Kloiber / Andrei Popov

Directed by Carmen-Lidia See

Editor / Animation / Sound – Cristina Baciu

A project supported by Raiffeisen Bank Romania

Duration – 54 ‘

Production Austria / Romania

Language – Romanian, English; Romanian subtitles