Izidor Story

31/01/2026

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Excited that IZIDOR is competing in the Beloit International Film Festival in March!

15/12/2025

🎬 Special Early Access to IZIDOR!

You can watch IZIDOR before its official release—and help us win the Audience Award at the Erie International Film Festival.

🎟 Watch the film for $3.99 (lower than the public release price!)
🗳 Then vote for IZIDOR in the Audience Award Competition.

📅 Available now through Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025

👉 Watch & vote here: https://www.indiflixx.com/izidor/

YOUR VOTE truly matters. Thank you for supporting independent film and sharing Izidor’s story. ❤️

19/11/2025

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Grateful IZIDOR is competing in the Short Film competition at Three Rivers Film Festival in Pittsburgh!

31/08/2025

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We are in competition at Lady Filmmakers Film Festival in Beverly Hills, CA!
Screening: Eclectic Short Films - Program #3
Friday, Sept. 26th, 12:15 pm
Ticket link in comments

24/06/2025

23 Jun 2025
IZIDOR featured on TVR with Izidor Ruckel - live!

22/06/2025

Romania IZIDOR Tour — Halfway Through!

Over the past 10 days, we’ve hosted six private screenings of Izidor in Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara, Romania—reaching nearly 350 viewers so far! We’re thrilled with the warm and thoughtful reception the film has received.

Our audiences have been incredibly diverse: government officials, social service professionals, university professors, high school teachers, adults and students with special needs, NGO workers, volunteers, church communities, and more.

Each event included a Q&A with Izidor Ruckel (author/producer), Sarah Padbury (writer/producer), and David Kabbe (director/producer). We were also joined at several events by Iosua Baru, the Romanian child actor who portrayed young Izidor. The questions have been insightful and have sparked powerful conversations.

Tomorrow, we head to Bucharest for major press interviews, followed by a special screening at the Museum of the Romanian Peasant. After the screening, Daniel Șandru, president of IICCMER, will join us on stage.

IICCMER—the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile—is a government-affiliated institute established in 2009. It is dedicated to documenting the crimes of the communist era, preserving the history of Romanian exile, and promoting public awareness through research, education, and memorial efforts.

If you’re in BUCHAREST, don’t miss our screening this Wednesday at 8:00 PM! Join us for a meaningful evening and post-film discussion. Seats are limited, so reserve yours now! (Link in the first comment.)

19/06/2025

New review 🤗

IZIDOR teaches us a valuable history

14/06/2025

ROMANIA! Izidor is currently doing a 4-city tour with the producers of the short film IZIDOR - a story about the first time he ever went outside at the age of eight.

Reserve your tickets for one of our private screenings in Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, București or Sighet Marmației!

SCAN the code to go to the event page and learn more.

CLUJ-NAPOCA:
Sat, 14 Jun - Filme în Pod
Mon, 16 Jun - Liceul pentru Deficienți de Auz
Tue, 17 Jun - Teatrul Național "Lucian Blaga"
Wed, 18 Jun - American Corner din Biblioteca Județeană „Octavian Goga” Cluj
Fri, 20 Jun - Biserica Iris

TIMISOARA:
Sat, 21 Jun - Cinema Victoria Timișoara

BUCHAREST
Wed, 25 Jun - Cinema Muzeul Țăranului - Studioul Horia Bernea

SIGHETU MARMATIEI
Fri, 27 Jun – Cinema Mara
Sat, 28 Jun – Cinema Mara