Press conferences
SATURDAY, MAY 29TH / BEIJING ROOM
10:30 – Antonio Bras / Metropolis live DJ set performance & silent film
12:00 – Gary Lucas European premiere of the original live guitar soundtrack for George Melford's Spanish language Dracula (1931)
SUNDAY, MAY 30TH / BEIJING ROOM
10:30 – Kino Caravan: Titus Muntean (director), actors Dorian Boguta, Iulia Luminare
TUESDAY, JUNE 1ST / BEIJING ROOM
10:30 – TIFF 2010 Competition Jury: Barmak Akram (director, winner of the Best Director Award in Transilvania IFF 2010), Monica Barladeanu (actress, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Francesca), Martin Blaney (journalist, Screen International), Christine Dolhofer (founder and director of the Linz Linz Crossing Europe Film Festival), Ineke Smits (director)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2ND
REPUBLICA CINEMA
08:00 – Lost Times (dir. Aron Matyassy, 90 min) Press screening
BEIJING ROOM
10:30 – Focus Israel: Dan Făinaru, Edna Făinaru (journalists, Screen International), Samuel Maoz (director of Lebanon); Costel Safirman; Katriel Schory (Managing director of the Israel Film Fund); David Volach; Jay Weissberg (Focus Israel films selector) and his excellency Oren David, Embassador of Israel in Bucharest
12:00 – Hungarian Day: Szabolcs Hajdu (director), Aron Mattyasy (director, Lost Times), Gergely Fodor (producer, Budapest Film Productions), Gabor Kovacs (producer, Filmpartners – Transmission), Eva Vezer (manager, Magyar Filmunio)
THURSDAY, JUNE 3RD / BEIJING ROOM
11:00 – Wim Wenders, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award offered to an outstanding personality of the European cinema
12:30 – The Shukar Collective Project: Matei-Alexandru Mocanu (director), Andrei Creţulescu (producer, HBO Romania), Ada Solomon (producer, HiFilm Productions)
FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH / VENICE ROOM
10:30 – Aurora (Cristi Puiu, director & film crew)
SUNDAY, JUNE 6TH / BEIJING ROOM
10:30 – Dorina Lazăr (actress) – TIFF Lifetime Achievement Award