Best Romanian animation movies

Monster (2020)

Living a constant adolescent drama with the monster in her head, a young girl embarks on a spiritual journey in order to make peace with herself and with the ones around her.

Delta Space Mission (1984)

An advanced spaceship called Delta is created to establish dialogue between intergalactic civilizations. Soon after an alien journalist boards the ship, she and the captain realize the AI that controls the ship can act on its own.

30 Years and 15 Minutes (2020)

Romania is on the last place in Europe in terms of highway kilometers, but on the first place in the number of deaths in road accidents. Entrepreneur Stefan Mandachi builds 1 meter of highway on his private property.

The Call (2018)

An aged woman is taking a bath. While entering the water a new world reveals. The phone, on a chair, connects her with her son and keeps her linked to the world.

Death and the Knight (2020)

Secluded for ages inside his tower, a Knight is awoken from his slumber by a mysterious whisper.

The Island (2023)

Robinson is a doctor and unlike Robinson Crusoe, his solitude is voluntary but his island in the Mediterranean Sea is invaded by migrants, NGOs, guards. Friday is a castaway, the only one from his boat to have survived when sailing from Africa to Italy. During his strolls on the island, Robinson confronts his own solitude by keeping a diary - that works like augmented reality - filled with extraordinary beings and events, which both fill and trouble his daily life.

The Blissful Accidental Death (2017)

Entering an antique shop, a young man finds an intriguing drawing which is hiding a secret, 70-year-old love letter on the back. After finding out that the 105-year-old author is still alive, and determined to find out if the story is real, the man goes on an unusual journey

The Galaxy (1973)

1973 Animation by Sabin Balasa

Failed Towing (1980)

Short film in the Delta Space Mission film series.

Glass Fingers (2023)

A woman gives shape to octopuses out of her own flesh. When she runs out of matter, she has to face what she has created.

Brief History (1956)

This 1957 Romanian short animation and Cannes Film Festival winner skilfully and with incredible artistic expression manages to condense the entire narrative of human evolutionary theory into a ten minute short film. Not only that, he eerily anticipates the communist triumph of the USSR launching the first man into space by a few years.

The Planet of the Oceans (1981)

Short film from the Delta Space Mission film series.

Baby Nap (2014)

What starts out as a good night's sleep throws us into a storm of dreams and nightmares that begs for our attention and refuses to tell us when it's going to be over, making us the protagonist in the mind's hidden playground, the subconscious.

Fascinations (1969)

1969 Animation by Sabin Balasa

The Phoenix Bird (1968)

1968 Animation by Sabina Balasa

Maria and Mirabella in Transistorland (1989)

The continuation of adventures of Maria and Mirabella, in which the two girls get lost in a fabulous world inside a television set.

I'll Call You Later (2020)

What does "later" mean to you or your grandparent? Sometimes, the gap between intentions and reality is wide.

The City (1967)

Short animated painting.

Homo sapiens (1960)

A few years before Kubrick in "2001", although in a more farcical way, Ion Popescu-Gopo shows the evolution of a strange creature named man from the time he started to rub flint stones to nowadays when he has managed to split the atoms.

The Amazing Adventures of the Musketeers (1988)

Three mice regularly clash with a group of cats. One day, Eye Patch the cat hurls a book at them. The mice see it is Alexandre Dumas' "Three Musketeers" and after reading it decide to imitate the exploits and adventures of the famous trio.

Audio Video (1962)

A comic history of telecommunications throughout the world.

The Drop (1966)

1966 Animation by Sabin Balasa

Exodus Towards Light (1979)

Opened by a self portrait, the film offers images of blind violence against women and children and a god killing an ant and with this crime, creating extinction of human race, it shows the images of cultural heroes, from Shakespeare to Einstein, to Mona Lisa and Don Quijote.

The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead & Roundhead (2014)

After their home is destroyed, Boxhead & Roundhead must head to the big city to battle red tape, rent, rats and the rat race to get it back. Art and industry, friendship and foul play are all in the mix in this, the first feature length Boxhead & Roundhead stressful adventure.

Insula Negritei (1957)

Telefonul (1958)

Crulic: The Path to Beyond (2011)

An animated feature-length documentary telling the story of the life of Crulic, a 33 year-old Romanian accused of having stolen a wallet from an important Polish judge. Crulic was brought to the Krakow Detention Center Custody prison. He decided to start a hunger strike from the day he was arrested, demanding a meeting with somebody from the Romanian Consulate.

Icarus (1974)

"A planet of beings learning to crawl, walk and eventually fly." (YouTube user Kevinedge)

Somewhere (2017)

A symbolic story of life after death where the main character, The One, must start his journey in the Purgatory. With the help of a guide, The One overcomes many obstacles that stand in his way – the forest, the birds, the snow and even the road itself put up resistance against his journey of self-discovery and could trap him in Purgatory for all eternity.

The Seven Arts (1958)