Ioana Pelehatăi
Editor. Reads poetry and nonfiction, listens to loads of podcasts. Cooks in excess.
You can reach her at ioana@scena9.ro.
English, please / Ukraine
Two Ukrainian Independence Days in Romania
Ioana Pelehatăi, Volodymyr Artiukh
A Romanian journalist and a Ukrainian anthropologist compare and contrast notes on two different (yet at times strikingly similar) Ukraine Independence Day events in Romania's capital.
English, please / War
"We feel real shame for what’s going on." Russian Activist Speaks out Against Putin
Ioana Pelehatăi
We spoke to a member of the Russian Pirate Party about the country's president, the war, and (dis)information on the internet
English, please / Hoax
The Fake Nobel that Duped the Romanian Academy
Andra Matzal, Ioana Pelehatăi, Ionuț Sociu, Luiza Vasiliu, Sorina Vazelina
A Frenchman with a penchant for vampires invented a university and a gold medal, with which he tricked institutions, publications, and important intellectuals.
English, please / Cinema
Pink for Girls, and Blue for Boys. Gender Role Lies We Were Told Growing up
Ioana Pelehatăi, Livia Coloji
What isn’t becoming of a lady? What’s inappropriate for a man to do? I asked artists, journalists, and other professionals about who lied to them when they were children.
English, please / Film
Berlinale Diary #2: Romanians Are Coming
Ioana Pelehatăi
Călin Netzer returns to the Berlinale with the hotly anticipated love story "Ana, mon amour" - but is his follow-up to "Child's Pose" Golden Bear-worthy?
English, please / Film
Berlinale Diary #1: Survival Guide
Ioana Pelehatăi
How I kept cold, overwhelmed, and enthusiastic while watching movies at the 67th Berlinale Film Festival.
English, please / Protest
#Resist: A Protester’s Kit
Ioana Pelehatăi
We asked journalists, mothers, NGO workers, corporate people, etc: What do I need to have on me, for a successful protest?
English, please / Film
Fantastic Mr. Fox’s Visit to Bucharest
Ioana Pelehatăi
The animator for Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” tells you how much detail work, artistry, and effort goes into stop motion animation.
English, please / Film
San Sebastian Film Festival (#4): Evolution Will Be Televised
Ioana Pelehatăi
Day#4: Ewan McGregor and Jennifer Connelly on Roth’s “American Pastoral”, Villeneuve’s “Arrival”, and “The Oddyssey” about Cousteau.
English, please / Film
San Sebastian Film Festival (#3): The Act of Fiction
Ioana Pelehatăi
Day #3 in San Sebastian: on the fringes of reality and fiction. Stone says Obama’s USA is as bad as Nazi Germany. Historic docs and fiction. Hong-san soo. “American Pastoral”.
English, please / Film
San Sebastian Film Festival (#2): The Body Politic
Ioana Pelehatăi
Day 2 of my San Sebastian IFF experience: bodies constructed and politics. Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sigourney Weaver, Oliver Stone, and Ken Loach.
English, please / Film
San Sebastian Film Festival (#1): Dash for Youth
Ioana Pelehatăi
Day 1 for Scena9 at the San Sebastian Film Festival: running on borrowed time, for films about youth.
English, please / Photography
Horia Manolache’s American Dream
Ioana Pelehatăi
What motivated Romanian photographer Horia Manolache to capture the homeless people of San Francisco? What does it mean to be successful?
English, please / Stuff
Living in Bucharest: A How-to
Ioana Pelehatăi
Bucharest Housing Stories explains the business of living in the capital, from the ghetto to luxury villas, via documentaries and anthropological research.