#NYFF 2016: Sierranevada and Graduation

Sierranevada played October 9 and plays again October 14 as part of the main slate of the 54th New York Film Festival; the film is currently without US distribution. Graduation plays October 11 and 12; the film has been acquired for US distribution by Sundance Selects. Follow our coverage of NYFF 2016 here.
As it cruises through its second decade, the Romanian New Wave’s characteristic blend is by now a familiar one to festivalgoers—grim resignation and gallows humor, pregnant silenc