About
Romanian advertisements become a portrait of changing desires in Eight Postcards From Utopia’s Sunday encore.
Advertising becomes an archive to read critically. The film’s found material offers an unusual route into Romania’s recent social imagination, with the directors arranging sales pitches into an essay.
What to expect
A 71-minute Romanian film at noon on September 13. The Sunday encore does not include the lecture attached to the other series presentation.
Good to know
- The Sunday start is noon.
- The film runs 71 minutes.
- This encore has no lecture.
- Book the September 13 screening specifically.
Also in Downtown, the Loop & West Loop
Common questions
Who made the film?
Radu Jude and Christian Ferencz-Flatz.
Is the lecture included on Sunday?
No. The Film Center explicitly identifies the Sunday screening as an encore without a lecture.