English, please / Hoax
Dumitru Dan, the Legendary Romanian Globetrotter that Never Was
Andrei Becheru, Ionuț Sociu
Why do we close our eyes to the facts when we’re told a beautiful story about touring the world on foot, in traditional sandals?
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English, please / Romania
How Foreigners See Us: 7 Music Videos Shot in Romania
Filip Standavid
The eye of the foreigner, used to seeing freshness where all you see is oozing and destitution, has already crept into several corners of Romania.
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At Home with the Children of the Sun
Bogdan Dincă, Delia Marinescu
People tired of the din of big city life go to live in an alternative community in Romania’s Apuseni Mountains. Alongside the quiet of meditation, they are served conspiracy theories.
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The Exploitation on Your Plate. Romanian Workers on UK Farms During the Pandemic
Oana Țenter
The pandemic increases the risk of slave exploitation for agricultural workers - Romanians and Bulgarians are the most exposed. We spoke to workers, activists and authorities across the UK to understand the real price of food.
English, please / Fake news
What My Internet Looks Like, After Researching Online Fake News for 6 Years
Codruța Simina, Ioana Șopov
When was the last time you reflected on how your imagination works?
English, please / Literature
A Brief Account of a Book Festival in Edinburgh
Cătălina Stanislav, Vlad Pojoga
Festival Report: Edinburgh International Book Festival, one of the biggest of its kind in the world.
English, please / Stuff
About Us
Scena9
Who we are, what we do, a meet-the-team and mission statement. Formalities and other such polite stuff, with all the necessary trimmings.
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 / Actors
That’s Not How We Pass This Class, Alexandru!
Adi Bulboacă, Ionuț Dulămiță
Do you know who Alexandru Potocean is? He’s one of the most respected young Romanian actors. We sat down for beers and I wrote his story.
English, please / Health
The Vaccine We Didn't Take
Cecilia Laslo, Wanda Hutira
How the Romanian state and I, together and in turn, botched the HPV vaccine.
English, please / Ideas
The ‘Pregnancy Crisis’ Franchise: from the United States to Romania
Diana Meseșan, Roma Gavrilă
A pro-life movement, supported by the US and funded by local money, is developing in Romania.
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 / Holocaust
In Iași, an Art Exhibition Awakens the City’s Sleeping Giant
Luiza Vasiliu
I attended the first collective contemporary art exhibition about the Holocaust in Romania.
English, please / Film
Ilinca Manolache Dares
Maria Cârstian, Andrei Becheru
We spoke with actress Ilinca Manolache about the limits of theater and "Love Island", society and TikTok, misogyny and trivialized violence, but also about her role in Radu Jude's latest film, "Don't Expect Too Much From the End of the World".
English, please / Press
Edicola 518. Infinity in 4 Square Meters
Emilia Barbu
In Perugia, a town at the heart of Italy, a newsstand seemingly popped up out of nowhere to shake up the world.
English, please / Brâncuși
The Origins of the Cult of Brâncuși. An Interview with Alexandra Croitoru
Luiza Vasiliu
Who is Brancusi? Why is he among us? When did his reception go from being strictly aesthetic to the emergence of a genuine cult? What did communists believe about Brancusi? What do you think?
English, please / Arte vizuale
Adrian Ghenie: My Method Is Managing Failure
Luiza Vasiliu
Little was known about Adrian Ghenie until recently: along with Mihai Pop, he founded Plan B Gallery, famous for putting Cluj on the international art map with a new generation of artists
English, please / Education
What Central European University Means for Free Education and Democracy
Andra Matzal
8 CEU graduates remind us why keeping political control away from this university is vital for the freedom of education and democracy.
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.
English, please / Technology
In Search of Lost Time on Facebook
Andy Sinboy, Luiza Vasiliu
I procrastinate because I feel like I can’t start anything good when I am not the world’s happiest woman. Surely, I will be one tomorrow. Tomorrow, everyone will be happy, there will be no wars, and the articles will write themselves.
English, please / Festival
TIFF 2017. Alain Delon is Acting Up Again
Vlad Odobescu
The TIFF guest of honor doesn't smile too often - and he doesn't need to either.
English, please / Război în Ucraina
“Your president is bombing your relatives”. Moscow Dispatch with a Russian Journalist
Constantin Cojocaru, Delia Marinescu, Loreta Isac Cojocaru
A Russian journalist speaks about propaganda, media censorship and solidarity with Ukraine.
English, please / Istorie
Roman Blood
Philip O'Ceallaigh, Simina Popescu
An Irish writer follows the history of Trajan's Column along the ideological waves which have shaped the idea that Romanians are a Latin people, which must be „purified” at all costs.
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Good. Very Good. Better.
Oana Țenter, Ana Maria Dudu
I have no clear ambitions in life, I am convinced that the idea of success is relative and that the formulas for happiness are narrow. Whence, however, the compulsive need for more and better, which grinds me down, but also exalts me? And what is its price?