Movie – rroma.org https://rroma.org Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:08:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Movie – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Sterilisation https://rroma.org/sterilisation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sterilisation Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:08:18 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=33415 Ivan Ostrochovský’s film “Only Beautiful Things to Look At” explores the historical sterilization of Romnja in 1980s Czechoslovakia through the lens of a white doctor and a Romani nurse.

The protagonist, Dr. Ingrid, initially views sterilization as optional but gradually recognizes the coercive nature of the medical practices involved, influenced by her friendship with nurse Agáta.

The film, which premiered at the Karlovy Vary festival, combines a dark visual style with a haunting score, highlighting the emotional journey of its characters amidst a backdrop of systemic eugenics

]]> Skateboarding Is Not for Girls https://rroma.org/skateboarding-is-not-for-girls/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=skateboarding-is-not-for-girls Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:34:18 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32890 A new movie by Dina Duma, this movie covers sentitive topics in the Roma community in the Šutka in North Macedonia.

To bee seen!

]]> Award https://rroma.org/award-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=award-4 Mon, 04 May 2026 15:16:45 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32452 The GoShorts program selected six short films that open up space for questions of power and empowerment – of collectives and individuals. Among them was Kismet by Novo Mesto director Žiga Virc, who received the RheinMain Award. It is the sotory of a 11 years old Romni.

]]> Django Reinhardt Movie https://rroma.org/django-reinhardt-movie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=django-reinhardt-movie Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:29:49 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32307 A movie from 2017 about Django Reinhardt. While other Sinti across Europe are persecuted, Django’s popularity allows him to feel safe – until the Nazis try to send him on tour to Germany. Django refuses. His Parisian lover helps him, his pregnant wife, and his mother go into hiding near the Swiss border. There he meets members of his extended family, who are also on the run. He plans to cross Lake Geneva into Switzerland, but the Nazis are hot on his heels.

Well, the Swiss denied him Entry …

]]> Movies and Roma https://rroma.org/movies-and-roma-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=movies-and-roma-2 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:44:23 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31716 An interview with Nick Ferenc, a Romano actor. On social media, he breaks down prejudices and humorously breaks down stereotypes that he himself struggles with. In the podcast Hlas Heroine, he describes how difficult it is for a Romani actor to break free from pre-given expectations and not just play flat caricatures. For example, he sees a positive change in his role in the upcoming series from the creators of the hit Most!, where he plays a prisoner. “It was important to me that I didn’t play ‘Roma’.

As he himself says, even top screenwriters can throw away their talent and write a flat caricature when writing Romani roles.

]]> Festival https://rroma.org/festival-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=festival-4 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:00:40 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31540 A reportage on a festival “Rroma” in Romania entirely devoted  to Roma culture.

]]> Heidelberg: Conference https://rroma.org/heidelberg-conference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heidelberg-conference Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:31:06 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30322 A conference on the representation of Sinti and Roma in Holocaust films will be held November 12-14, 2025.

https://www.fsa.uni-heidelberg.de/en/filmhub/holocaust-film/conference2025

]]> Movie on Hate https://rroma.org/movie-on-hate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=movie-on-hate Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:05:58 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30144 As part of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODHIR) conference in Warsaw on October 13 focusing on Roma human rights the screening of the movie That Boy follows the journey of Toby, a former Roma refugee, and Mirek, a former neo-Nazi, as they confront the roots of hate and explore the possibilities of dialogue and reconciliation. It revisits the largely untold story of anti-Roma violence that spread across parts of Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s.

]]> Ake Dikhea https://rroma.org/ake-dikhea-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ake-dikhea-5 Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:57:08 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30013 The film festival “Ake Dikhea” is starting. Two films currently highlighted are “Reaching for the rope”, and “The earth beneath Margaret’s feet”.

]]> RomnoPower https://rroma.org/romnopower/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=romnopower Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:03:59 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29896 As part of the RomnoPower Culture Week 2025, Cinema Quadrat and the Baden-Württemberg Association of German Sinti and Roma will present

director Adrian Oeser’s two documentaries in person. In addition, protagonist Wesley Höllenreiner will provide insights into his family history. Both films address the long periods of disenfranchisement of Sinti and Roma.

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