Online screening + discussion: Imaginary Youth
Our online season continues in December! This time, we bring you Imaginary Youth by Ruxandra Gubernat – a sensitive portrait of three Romanian teenagers coming of age in the shadow of the Covid pandemic. The film will be available online for free from December 4 to 9, 2025.
If you are interested in watching the documentary for free, please contact us at films@kinedok.net and we will send you a voucher. The film will be available here on kinedok.net in all partner countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Croatia and Hungary).
Imaginary Youth (Ruxandra Gubernat, 2024, Romania, 84 mins)
Imaginary Youth follows the lives of three teenagers during their final years of high school, before, during, and after the Covid lockdowns. Una, an actress from an activist family, dreams of studying in Berlin, while Habet, a rapper from a poor neighborhood, plans to make it big in London. Stefania, a passionate environmental activist, wants to escape Romania and continue her education abroad. However, the pandemic forces each of them to confront their future in unexpected ways. As their personal dreams collide with the reality of the world around them, they must navigate pressures from family, society, and their own aspirations. A coming-of-age documentary, Imaginary Youth captures the struggles, dreams, and uncertainties of youth in a world forever changed by the pandemic.
DISCUSSION: 08. 12., 7 PM (GMT+1)
On Monday, December 8, 2025, join us for an international discussion (in English) at 7 PM (GMT+1) on KineDok's International Facebook page and our YouTube channel (@InstituteOfDocumentaryFilm7825). You can look forward to the director of the film Ruxandra Gubernat and psychologist Hana Pribilincová. It will be moderated by Romanian journalist Andra Mureșan.
Ruxandra Gubernat Ruxandra Gubernat is a documentary filmmaker, visual artist, and researcher with a PhD in Political Science from Université Paris Nanterre. She lectures at the University of Bucharest and has directed and co-directed several documentary projects. She created the video installation Not this baby in my belly, mentors in the Focus media education programme, and co-founded the NGO Patrupetrei.
Hana Pribilincová
Hana Pribilincová is a psychologists at IPcko Slovakia - online Youth Mental Health Counseling Service.
Andra Mureșan
Andra Mureșan is a Romanian journalist with four years of experience, focusing on social issues such as domestic violence, gender-based violence, and online abuse. She has published in-depth investigations exposing abuse in workplaces, universities, and homes. In 2024, she won first prize in the Debut category at the SuperScrieri Gala, and in 2025 she received an award for her work on deepfake image abuse. She continues to report on stories of abuse with empathy and nuance.
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