Paul Ipate

The Paper Will Be Blue (2006)

Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. His Lieutenant and the rest of the crew look for him during the confused night of 22-23 December 1989.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Muntean
CAST:  Paul Ipate  •  Adi Cărăuleanu  •  Dragos Bucur  •  Tudor Aaron Istodor

Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. His Lieutenant and the rest of the crew look for him during the confused night of 22-23 December 1989.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Muntean
CAST:  Paul Ipate  •  Adi Cărăuleanu  •  Dragos Bucur  •  Tudor Aaron Istodor

Adalbert's dream (2011)

It's not just any day at the factory for our shady but somehow admirable hero Iulica (Gabriel Spahiu), Health and Safety Chief, but the morning after the glorious victory of underdogs Steaua Bucharest in the European Champions Cup over the mighty Barcelona - the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Achim
CAST:  Gabriel Spahiu  •  Ozana Oancea  •  Doru Ana  •  Anca Androne

It's not just any day at the factory for our shady but somehow admirable hero Iulica (Gabriel Spahiu), Health and Safety Chief, but the morning after the glorious victory of underdogs Steaua Bucharest in the European Champions Cup over the mighty Barcelona - the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Achim
CAST:  Gabriel Spahiu  •  Ozana Oancea  •  Doru Ana  •  Anca Androne

Chosen (2016)

An unassuming young lawyer leads a fight against the Nazis near the end of the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jasmin Dizdar
CAST:  Luke Mably  •  Ana Ularu  •  Harvey Keitel  •  Radu Bânzaru

An unassuming young lawyer leads a fight against the Nazis near the end of the Second World War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jasmin Dizdar
CAST:  Luke Mably  •  Ana Ularu  •  Harvey Keitel  •  Radu Bânzaru

In-laws (2014)

Ionut and Mariana will get married soon. It's time to meet their families and to plot the happy event. In-laws seem to understand perfectly: passion for TV series unites luxury, Romanian music of the '80s and brandy. Especially brandy. As the bottles are emptied, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Potcoavă
CAST:  Mircea Diaconu  •  Paul Ipate  •  Luminița Gheorghiu  •  Ioana Blaj

Ionut and Mariana will get married soon. It's time to meet their families and to plot the happy event. In-laws seem to understand perfectly: passion for TV series unites luxury, Romanian music of the '80s and brandy. Especially brandy. As the bottles are emptied, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Potcoavă
CAST:  Mircea Diaconu  •  Paul Ipate  •  Luminița Gheorghiu  •  Ioana Blaj

Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time (2018)

A sequel to Moromeții (1987), the tale follows the life of the Moromete family after WWII, with Romania being overpowered by Communism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stere Gulea
CAST:  Horațiu Mălăele  •  Dana Dogaru  •  Andi Vasluianu  •  Răzvan Vasilescu

A sequel to Moromeții (1987), the tale follows the life of the Moromete family after WWII, with Romania being overpowered by Communism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stere Gulea
CAST:  Horațiu Mălăele  •  Dana Dogaru  •  Andi Vasluianu  •  Răzvan Vasilescu

Claudiu & the Fish (2013)

Claudiu, who works at the fresh fish department of a supermarket, spends his days watching the live carps struggling to move and breathe in their small, over-packed aquarium. After one of them starts acting strange, the young man decides to take action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrei Tănase
CAST:  Paul Ipate  •  Dan Lupu  •  Andrei Mateiu

Claudiu, who works at the fresh fish department of a supermarket, spends his days watching the live carps struggling to move and breathe in their small, over-packed aquarium. After one of them starts acting strange, the young man decides to take action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrei Tănase
CAST:  Paul Ipate  •  Dan Lupu  •  Andrei Mateiu

When It Snows (2017)

Laur asks the owners’ association in the building he lives in to fix the elevator for his pregnant girlfriend. Throughout the meeting, we witness an absurd world, which imposes its own rules, outside of all that is humane and logical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Conrad Mericoffer
CAST:  Paul Ipate  •  Victoria Mericoffer  •  Emilia Dobrin  •  Ion Arcudeanu

Laur asks the owners’ association in the building he lives in to fix the elevator for his pregnant girlfriend. Throughout the meeting, we witness an absurd world, which imposes its own rules, outside of all that is humane and logical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Conrad Mericoffer
CAST:  Paul Ipate  •  Victoria Mericoffer  •  Emilia Dobrin  •  Ion Arcudeanu

Casting Call (2015)

Victor Rebengiuc is an unknown actor from Bucharest. He is called to audition for a "miracle lotion" commercial. A satire about the actors' problems in Romania.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Conrad Mericoffer
CAST:  Paul Ipate  •  Victor Rebengiuc

Victor Rebengiuc is an unknown actor from Bucharest. He is called to audition for a "miracle lotion" commercial. A satire about the actors' problems in Romania.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Conrad Mericoffer
CAST:  Paul Ipate  •  Victor Rebengiuc

Nothing About Love (2022)

Nothing about Love tells the story of two women and two men, involved in an emotional cataclysm. The movie tries to capture and analyze those delicate moments of our lives when we perceive love as being a disease of the soul.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florin Piersic Jr.
CAST:  Florin Piersic Jr.  •  Paul Ipate  •  Maria Bata  •  Cătălina Grama

Nothing about Love tells the story of two women and two men, involved in an emotional cataclysm. The movie tries to capture and analyze those delicate moments of our lives when we perceive love as being a disease of the soul.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florin Piersic Jr.
CAST:  Florin Piersic Jr.  •  Paul Ipate  •  Maria Bata  •  Cătălina Grama

Day of the Tiger (2023)

31-year-old Vera is a vet in a small-town zoo veterinarian in Transylvania. After losing her new-born baby, she becomes obsessed with giving him the proper Eastern Orthodox burial rituals, spends more time at work and subsequently drifts apart from her husband, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrei Tănase
CAST:  Cătălina Moga  •  Paul Ipate  •  Alex Velea

31-year-old Vera is a vet in a small-town zoo veterinarian in Transylvania. After losing her new-born baby, she becomes obsessed with giving him the proper Eastern Orthodox burial rituals, spends more time at work and subsequently drifts apart from her husband, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrei Tănase
CAST:  Cătălina Moga  •  Paul Ipate  •  Alex Velea