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Dragos Bucur - Selected as Shooting Star 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-02-02 00:00:00

European Film Promotion (EFP) announced the ten SHOOTING STARS of 2010, who will be introduced at its annual presentation of new acting talent at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). This group of prominent young actors who come from across Europe have been chosen from a list of 21 potential candidates identified by the EFP’s pan-European member organisations. SHOOTING STARS is supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Union.

The following actors have

Romanian Booth at Berlinale 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-02-13 00:00:00

Romanian Film Promotion is for the third time present at Berlinale Film Market, during Berlin’s International Film Festival , with a booth dedicated to Romanian cinematography.

Set up in a good location that ensures a large amount of visitors, the stand offers various materials and news about the Romanian cinematography, including Romanian Films (a catalogue published by APFR, which gathers all Romanian productions (feature films, shorts, documentaries, etc) from the last three

TIFF 2010 - Breaking news!

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-02-16 00:00:00

Transilvania IFF 2010 sees the return of some important names in the festival's history: Dagur Kari, winner of the Transilvania Trophy for Noi, the Albino in 2003, will once again star in the TIFF line‐up with his latest feature, The Good Heart (Denmark‐Iceland‐USAFrance‐Germany, 2009) and Pablo Stoll, co‐director of festival winner Whisky in 2005, who will present his Uruguay‐Colombia‐Argentina‐Spai

Silent film screenings

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-02-16 00:00:00

It is already a tradition for TIFF to include one or several event screenings of silent films accompanied by live music. This year, the absolute highlights will be the European premiere of Gary Lucas' new score for the cult Spanish‐language Dracula (1931, d. George Melford) and the showing of the restored version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, with an original score by Antonio Bras (DJ, musician and media artist). The new soundtrack, a

An Outstanding Jury at TIFF 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-04-19 00:00:00

The outstanding jury of this year's Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) is comprised of notable personalities in the Romanian and international cinema.

Christine Dollhofer – founder and festival Director of Crossing Europe Film Festival from Linz, Martin Blaney – journalist at Screen International publication, and Monica Barladeanu – actress, are three of the five members

'Operation Kino' - the first Film Caravan in the Balkans

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-03-16 00:00:00

Following the success of the Film Caravan project in 2009, the organizers of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) have decided to continue the cinema promoting campaign through an ample event of international reach.

TIFF, along with the Sofia, Sarajevo and Istanbul Film Festivals, will start off the Operation Kino TIFF Caravan program, financed through the Media International program of the EU, meant to redirect the pub

Israel Focus at TIFF 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-03-16 00:00:00

The 9th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival will have Israel in the Focus Section, with the most famous titles in recent cinema.

An absolutely must-see at this edition's Focus Section is Germany-Israel-France-Lebanon feature Lebanon, directed by Samuel Maoz, winner of the Venice Golden Lion in 2009. A film about the terrifying experience of four young soldiers that are taken prisoners in a

TIFF – What's new at the 9th edition

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-03-16 00:00:00

There's less than 3 months left until the start of the most important and awaited cultural event in Cluj Napoca, the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF). This year, during May 28 – June 6, the festival-going public will be spoiled with amazing productions, tempting events, a rather imposing number of high-profile guests, incendiary parties and even more surprises.

Because the TIFF schedule, from one edition to another, was varied as

Join the TIFF 2010 team!

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-04-26 00:00:00

The best team of volunteers, at the greatest film festival in Romania, winner of the title "The 2007's Group of Volunteers", awarded by The Volunteers Center from Cluj, wants YOU to join in!

All you have to do is send an e-mail with your resume and a photo (ID photo, nothing fancy :) at voluntari@tiff.ro, until May 1st 2010. You will then receive via e-mail the details f

The autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu will end the TIFF 9th edition

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-04-27 00:00:00

Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF) at its 9th edition has set up a wide range of event-screenings, aiming to satisfy even the most demanding tastes of the cinema lovers.

TIFF begins on May 28 in a spectacular Open Air location from Cluj-Napoca, Piata Unirii, with the most recent feature from director Fatih Akin, Soul Kitchen, awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2009. A l

Submissions still open for the TIFF Local Artists' Competition

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-04-28 00:00:00

The deadline for submissions at the TIFF Competition for professional and non-professional filmmakers from Cluj is now extended.

Professional and non-professional filmmakers based in Cluj may submit their films by May 15 (the new deadline for receiving submissions); films on any subject are welcomed, with the maximum length of 30 minutes, in one of the following formats: DVD, Beta, Digibeta, MiniDV or

Competitions line-ups for Transilvania IFF announced

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-04-30 00:00:00

12 feature films are competing for this year's Transilvania Trophy, the top prize of the Transilvania International Film Festival. Destined to first or second time feature film directors, TIFF's competition line-up brings together this year a mix of comedy, drama, experimental, social, political and films focusing on character studies. For the first time in the festival's 9-year history, the feature film competition consists entirely of European productions, with the sole exception of a Thai

Shadows Shorts Competition - Extreme Imagination

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-04-30 00:00:00

As usual, Transilvania IFF's second competitive section is dedicated to 12 thriller, fantasy & horror short films, chosen from the over 200 submissions from all corners of the world. Following the tradition started last year, the Shadows shorts and the Competition features will be screened in pairs, the shorts preceeding the features.

“I can say that this year, the competition's standards have risen: I have been looking for the best made and most accurate sh

13 Most Beautiful Songs... a Soundtrack for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-05 00:00:00

Transilvania IFF 2010 will host an event live multimedia performance bringing together the famous Andy Warhol Screen Tests with an original and inovative sountrack and visuals conceived, supported & performed by the well k nown New York pianist and musician Lucian Ban (USA / Romania), featuring Grammy Award nominee violist Mat Maneri, Romanian electronica wunderkind Silent Strike and visual artist Dan Basu. The performanc

Star line-up for Transilvania IFF's Romanian Days

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-06 00:00:00

A record number of 18 features and 19 short films star in this year's line-up of the Romanian Days – Transilvania IFF's showcase and competition dedicated to local productions. Traditionally scheduled for the ending days The third feature by acclaimed Romanian director Cristi Puiu, Aurora, opens the Romanian Days on Thurday, June 3^rd, in Cluj Napoca's Republica Cinema. Cristi Puiu's new feature follows the same route as his previous

Wim Wenders – Transilvania IFF Special Guest

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-11 00:00:00

Director, screenwriter, cinematographer and producer Wim Wenders, president of the European Film Academy, is the special guest of this year's Transilvania IFF (May 28 – June 6^th, 2010). He is also one of the three directors featured in Transilvania's traditional 3x3 tribute. Three of his outstanding films will be screened in Cluj-Napoca: Nick's Film – Lightning over Water (1980), his cult docum

Focus Chile at TIFF 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-11 00:00:00

The ninth edition of TIFF will have Chile and Israel in the Focus section with the most famous titles in recent cinema.

In 2010, the Republic of Chile is celebrating 200 years from the beginning of the independence process, since the first Government Junta of Chile was formed on September the 18th, 1810. Several cultural events will take place, already in preparation for a few years, with the bicentenary occasion in mind.

The Chile Focus, at the

Ursus Open Air in Unirii Square

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-11 00:00:00

At the 9th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival, one of the most spectacular and innovative events TIFF has set up to entertain the cinema lovers are the open air screenings in Piata Unirii – the Ursus Open Air project.

Encouraged by the success of the previous screenings organized by TIFF at past editions in Piata Mică from Sibiu, and following the pattern of the open air screenings from Piazza Grande in Locarno, the o

Transilvania IFF in Sibiu

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-13 00:00:00

Between 9 and 13 of June, Sibiu will once more enjoy the spirit of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF).

Organized for the fourth time in Sibiu, TIFF has prepared for the public of Sibiu a large number of films, titles for the first time screening in Romania, musical events, special guests and many other surprises, all part of a truly memorable celebration of cinema.

Piata Mica from Sibiu, Teatrul de Vara (The Summer Theatre) an

Dracula at TIFF 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-15 00:00:00

On Wednesday, the 2nd of June, at the Opera Naţională Română (National Opera) in Cluj-Napoca, the event-screening of the famous feature Dracula (directed by Tod Browning) will take place, accompanied live by the Arcadia quartet (Ana Bogăţilă – violin, Răsvan Ionuţ Dumitru – violin, Traian Boală – viola, Török Zsolt – cello), playing music composed especially for the film by composer Philip Glass.

Liviu Ciulei - Excellency Award at TIFF 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-17 00:00:00

Liviu Ciulei, one of the most resounding names in the Romanian film and theatre industry will be the recipient of the Excellency Award at the ninth edition of Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF); three of his features will be presented in the TIFF's traditional 3x3 Section.

His spectacular career as director, actor and writer includes more than 20 features and also numerous theater productions, bearing the signature of Liviu Ciulei as dire

The first retrospective of Michael Haneke's career in Romania

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-19 00:00:00

As a first initiative of the kind in Romania, the Austrian Cultural Forum together with the Transilvania International Film Festival have organized a spectacular retrospective, from 19th to 23rd of May, at Cinema ARTA, presenting eight film productions directed by Michael Haneke.

Best known for his bleak and disturbing films, constantly awarded at the most important international film festivals, Michael Haneke is a fa

Special screenings

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-20 00:00:00

On May 30, from 21:30 h, the public will be expected in the well-known open-air location, Cinema Echinox, to see a film that has influenced generations of filmmakers, artists and ballet dancers. The Red Shoes, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. An epic film from the Tehnicolor generation, awarded with two Oscars in 1949 for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Music, depicting both the backstage life of a ballet

The Golden Lion in Venice Film Festival 2009 is coming to Cluj

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-20 00:00:00

On Tuesday, the 1st of June, at the UBB Auditorium, at 20:30 h, the event-screening series of the ninth edition continues with the film that opens the Israel Focus Section: Lebanon, directed by Samuel Maoz. Winner of the Golden Lion in Venice Film Festival in 2009, the film tells the story of four young men caught in the net of an absurd and unfair war, losing their innocence in a brutal way. The film screening will take place in the

Anamaria Marinca and Dumitru Prunariu at TIFF 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-20 00:00:00

On Friday, the 4th of June, 19:00 h, at the UBB Auditorium, the special screening of the feature De vliegenierster van Kazbek / The Aviatrix Of Kazbek, directed by Ineke Smits, will take place. A film about a group of Georgian soldiers lodging on an island from the Netherlands. Their unfamiliar customs bring color in the life of a local gir

Anniversary screenings at the 9th edition

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-20 00:00:00

Starting from 21:15 h the UBB Auditorium hall will host a very special anniversary screening. 40 years have passed since the release of a film that has marked the history of national cinema: Reconstituirea / The Reenactment directed by Lucian Pintilie. The TIFF audience will have the pleasure of seeing the film in the presence of several members of the filmi

Titus Muntean brings his newest film in Cluj

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-23 00:00:00

The ninth edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) is bringing a series of special event-screenings to Cluj, destined to entertain an increasing number of spectators.

Our outstanding series of screenings start on Saturday, the 29th of May, with the opening gala feature Caravana Cinematografică / Kino Caravan, directed by Titus Muntean.

The second feature of Titus Muntean, after his acclaimed debut with Examen, the Kino

Dorina Lazăr - Lifetime Achievement Award at TIFF 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-25 00:00:00

Dorina Lazăr, one of the greatest and beloved actresses of the Romanian film and theatre will be the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ninth edition of Transilvania International Film Festival.

With an impressive career amassing over 30 roles in film productions and over 50 roles in theatre performances, Dorina Lazăr has made her first appearance in 1961, at the Bucharest Regional Theatre; since 1969 she has b

HBO returns to TIFF with more great films and special events

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-26 00:00:00

Already an established tradition at the Transilvania International Film Festival, the HBO Day, this year on Thursday, the 3rd of June, is bringing three HBO Romania original productions and two HBO Films original productions, winners of the Emmy or the Golden Globe awards, and selected at the most important film festivals.

Taking Chance is a film inspired by the true story of an American Marine, colonel Strobl, who requested

The TIFF Competition is now online

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-27 00:00:00

For the first time, in partnership with MUBI, one of the most important film portals known until recently under the name The Auteurs, six films in the TIFF 2010 Competition will be available to be seen online for free, during the festival, immediately after they have been screened at TIFF.

Thus, the Romanian users who will open the festival page at the mubi.com/festivals/transilvania address will be able to enjoy th

Transilvania IFF preparing for kick-off

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-27 00:00:00

240 feature and short films from 47 countries will be screened in the ninth Transilvania International Film Festival, making this a record edition of the biggest Romanian film festival and one of the most important in Central and Eastern Europe. More than 600 foreign and Romanian guests will attend the festival, which is taking place this year in 14 locations, including the biggest Open Air location in Transilvania IFF's history, the Ursus Open Air

Metropolis (29.05.2010, Cinema Republica, 20:00)

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-28 00:00:00

On May 29th, 20.00h, Republica Cinema will host an extraordinary event: the silent film Metropolis (d. Fritz Lang) will be screened in its restored and completed form, featuring a live soundtrack, composed especially for this complete version of the film by musician and media artist Antonio Bras, heard in its world premiere at TIFF 2010.

Released in 1927 and inclu

Mother, by Bong Joon-ho- Gala screening at TIFF 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-28 00:00:00

On Friday, May 28, 2010 at Cinema Republica from Cluj-Napoca, starting with 18:30 o’clock, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Romania, celebrating the 20^th Anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Korea and Romania, organizes the Gala Screening of the Korean film ‘Mother’ (129 min). This event is part of the ninth edition of the “Transilvania International Film Festival” organized in Cluj-Napoca, between May 28-June 6, 2010.

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What the first day of the weekend has in store at TIFF 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-28 00:00:00

The second day of TIFF 2010 will feature a busy schedule, loaded with events and screenings not to be missed.

Saturday kicks off with an original and challenging documentary, Videocracy, directed by Erik Gandini, which will screen at Victoria Cinema at 12:00. Included in the documentary program and presented by the long standing partner of the festival, HBO Romania, the film deals with the impact on the Italian people that certain media chann

The Digital Cinema RedVolution- at TIFF 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-28 00:00:00

On May 29 and 30, from 11am to 18 pm, at TIFF Meeting Point, Digital Cube and Videolink invites the filmmakers and their producers to visit their booth in order to interact with their technical solutions and equipment, to test the new MX sensor of the Red Camera and the ultimate tools for processing the new MX footage combined with the new RED color science and view the results on one of the leading DCI compliant monitors – Cine-tal.

Videolink – the leading RED rental serv

TIFF 2010 has begun

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-29 00:00:00

Friday night, the ninth edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival has opened its doors to the public; an edition that has in store a record amount of films, unforgettable events and distinguished guests.

Over 1500 people have turned up for the opening gala at the new festival location, Ursus Open Air, in Unirii Square, welcoming with great enthusiasm and excitement the many surprises that the organizers have prepared for them. Following

TIFF Lounge 2010 Guests

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-29 00:00:00

SUNDAY, MAY 30

Mihai Chirilov – Artistic Director TIFF

MONDAY, MAY 31

Dorian Boguţă – actor, Kino Caravan

TUESDAY, JUNE 1

Răzvan Rădulescu – director, First of all, Felicia

Don't miss Sunday at TIFF 2010!

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-29 00:00:00

The end of the week at TIFF 2010 brings a series of event-screenings, aiming to satisfy even the most demanding tastes of the cinema lovers.

An impressive number of 6500 tickets have been sold until now for the festival screenings.

On Sunday, at 17:00 h, the TIFF Lounge, hosted by the Museum of Art in Cluj, invites the cinema lovers to the series of daily meetings with film pe

Naomi Watts in a very new section

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-30 00:00:00

The 31st of May will be a day to remember at TIFF 2010, a real tour de force for the festival public, with a very generous program and several memorable screenings.

Naomi Watts' fans will be able to see her at Arta Cinema, from 15:00 h, giving an outstanding performance in Ellie Parker, a film by Scott Coffey. Present in the most recent secti

Focus Israel & Francis Ford Coppola

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-30 00:00:00

Monday, starting at 17:30 h, the Arta Cinema will host a Best of short films from the well-known Sam Spiegel Film School, within the Focus Israel section. Beyadaim tovo / In Good Hands (directed by Oded Davidoff), Lag ba Omer / Bonfire Night (directed by Sharon Amrani),

Indian Hit in Unirii Square

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-30 00:00:00

Starting with 21:45 h, the most recent and spectacular open air location at TIFF, Ursus Open Air, will host an Indian hit, a film that breaks all the Bollywood patterns that the Romanian cinema lovers are used to: Road, Movie, directed by Dev Benegal.

Vishnu, a restless young man, itches to escape his father's faltering hair oil business. An old truck beckons, which Vishnu sees as his ticket to freedom. He offers to drive the

What's up Doc? - The White Stripes

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-30 00:00:00

At the end of a very busy Monday night, TIFF has a suggestion to those that are interested: a foray into the intimate and complicated world of The White Stripes, the documentary The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights, directed by Emmett Malloy.

In the summer of 2007, The White Stripes embarked on an ambitious journey – playing a show in every province and territory in Canada, performing in local bowling alleys, city buses

Competition for Local Artists draws to a close

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-02 00:00:00

Filmmakers from Cluj-Napoca are in the spotlight in this year's Transilvania IFF. The first edition of the Local Artists' Competition will close on Wednesday evening at 8 30 PM, in the Insomnia Cafe, with the screening of the selected short films done by Cluj county residents. The jury, consisting of film journalist Emanuel Lazarescu, professor Dan Curean and director Robert Lakatos

TIFFashion is back!

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-31 00:00:00

Fashion and film co-starring in Cluj

For TIFFASHION, Fashion is a form of Art:

Film screenings, best designers of the moment, workshops

The 31st of May, Cluj, TIFFASHION – for the third year in a row, the Transilvania International Film Festival is presenting the TIFFASHION, a series of event

Deux de la Vague: special screening and book release

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-31 00:00:00

Starting 5PM, the screening of the touching documentary Deux de la Vague, depicting Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard's love-hate relationship, will be preceded by the official presentation of acclaimed Romanian film critic Magda Mihailescu's volume, Francois Truffaut, bărbatul care iubea filmele (lit. Francois Truffaut, the Man Who Loved Films). Released in 2009 and awarded&nb

Lebanon: highlight opening of Focus Israel

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-31 00:00:00

On Tuesday, starting 8:30 PM, The Auditorium Hall will be the host of Samuel Maoz's hit feature Lebanon, winner of the Golden Lion in Venice 2009. Director Samuel Maoz; The Embassador of Israel in Romania, His Excellency, mr. Oren David; Katriel Schory, Executive Director of the Israel Film Fund; Costel Safirman, manager of the Jerusalem Cinematheque; and Variety critic Jay Weisbberg

First of All, Felicia enters the Competition

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-31 00:00:00

First of All, Felicia is the first of the two Romanian films selected for the Competition this year to be screened in Cluj-Napoca, on Tuesday, June 1^st, at 7:15 PM in the Victoria Cinema.

Directed by Razvan Radulescu & Melissa de Raaf and starring Ozana Oancea, the film depicts Felicia's misfortunes trying to catch a plane back home to Netherlands, after visiting her parents in Romania. Felicia's departure day (after the annual

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire premiered in Unirii Square

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-05-31 00:00:00

One of the smash hit films of 2010, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (dir. Lee Daniels, USA, 2009), will be shown for the first time in Romania in Transilvania IFF's Ursus Open Air, on Tuesday, June 1^st, starting 9:45 PM. Winner of the top prize of the Sundance International Film Festival in 2009, two Academy Awards – for the Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published and

Surprise screenings in the Hungarian Day

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-01 00:00:00

The traditional Hungarian Day held in the frame of Transilvania IFF, June 2nd, is preparing two exclusive surprise screenings of the most acclaimed Hungarian films of the year.

Member of the Transilvania IFF jury in 2009 and a regular of the Cluj-Napoca festival, Szabolcs Hajdu returns with his latest feature, selected this year in the Berlinale Forum, Bibliothèque Pascal, presenting the surrealistic story of a woman taken abroad by force, and her str

Puskas, Hungary in Ursus Open Air on Wednesday

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-01 00:00:00

The spectacular Ursus Open Air in Cluj's Piaţa Unirii will be the host of a unique screening in the frame of the Hungarian Day. One of the most acclaimed and cheered upon documentaries produced in Hungary in a decade will have its Romanian premiere.

Starting 9 45 PM, football lovers and fans of the European football legend Ferenc Puskas, the best Hungarian player in history are not allowed to miss Puskás Hung

Wim Wenders attends Don't Come Knocking

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-01 00:00:00

The long awaited special guest of the 9th Transilvania IFF, director Wim Wenders, included in the 3x3 section and winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award presented to an outstanding personality of the European cinema, will meet the festival's audience for the free gala screening of Don't Come Knocking (2005), at 8 30 PM, in the Republica cinema.

Selected in

Liviu Ciulei event screening

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-01 00:00:00

Transilvania IFF pays homage on Wednesday to a number of important Romanian and European filmmakers. Liviu Ciulei, a famous personality of Romanian theater and film, working as a director, actor and set designer, and the first Romanian winner of the Palme d'Or for Best Directing, is the recipient of the Excellency Award (offered by Mercedes-Benz), and also one of the three outstanding directors included in the 3 x 3 section.

At 6 PM,

Aurora opens the Romanian Days

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-02 00:00:00

Thursday, June 3^rd, is the official kick-off for three days full of the best Romanian films at TIFF.

National and world premieres, spectacular debuts, characters to remember, impressive subjects are all to be seen in the line-up of the 5^th Romanian Days, the richest one so far, including 16 fiction & documentary features and 19 shorts, the best recent local film productions.

One of the two Romanian films selected this

If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle wraps the day in Ursus Open Air

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-02 00:00:00

Silver Bear - Grand Jury Award and the Alfred Bauer Award in the 2010 Berlinale competition, If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle will end the first day dedicated to Romanian cinema at the 10^th edition of the Transilvania IFF. Much acclaimed by the critics and a local box office hit, Florin Serban's film will be screened starting 9 45 PM in the Ursus Open Air.

The film tells the story of Silviu, a young delinquent

Full Romanian Day at Transilvania IFF 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-03 00:00:00

The Romanian Days go on at TIFF on Friday, June 4^th, starring five hit features and an irrestible program of short films.

Starting 4 PM, at the Republica Cinema, the Transilvania IFF presents Portrait of the Fighter As A Young Man, Constantin Popescu's first feature, selected in the Forum section of the Berlinale. The film describes the story of a group of brave people, led by Ion

Let's Go Digital! wraps up tonight

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-03 00:00:00

The Let’s Go Digital! film workshop dedicated to teenagers across the country draws to a close, as the screening of the films produced during the 8th edition of the workshop will take place on Friday, June 4th, in the Arta Cinema. Five shorts done by the very young participants and the making-of video for their eight days of intensive work will prove once more that this unique wokshop has succeded in discovering and hel

Confessions of Love in open air

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-03 00:00:00

On Friday, the people of Cluj will have the opportunity to attend two anniversary screenings of two Romanian great films.

At 21:30 h, the UBB Auditorium hall will host a very special anniversary screening. 40 years have passed since the release of a film that has marked the history of national cinema: Reconstituirea / The Reenactment directed by Lucian Pintilie. The film will be screened in the presence of actress

The second weekend at TIFF 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-03 00:00:00

The second weekend at this year's TIFF is already full of surprises, special screenings and events. Friday, at 19:00 h, the UBB-Auditorium hall will host the special screening of the film The Aviatrix of Kazbek, in the presence of the actress Anamaria Marinca (the leading role) and of the director Ineke Smits (member of the TIFF 2010 Jury). The film is about a battalion of Georgian soldiers stationed

Wim Wenders Masterclass

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-03 00:00:00

The long awaited special guest of the 9th Transilvania IFF, director Wim Wenders, included in the 3x3 section and winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award presented to an outstanding personality of the European cinema, is inviting the cinema lovers at a very special masterclass, at TIFF Meeting Point, starting from 12:00 h.

Masterclass Oana Păunescu

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-04 00:00:00

On Saturday, the 5th of June, at 11:00 am, TIFFashion invites the people of Cluj to attend a masterclass about fashion and film held by Oana Păunescu, film costume designer and art director of the DADA brand. ’For me fashion has always been a challenge. I feel that I am rather a painter of costumes, than a designer. Although most of the people consider them to be complementary, for me these two worlds, fashion and film

Dorina Lazăr in Angela Goes On

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-04 00:00:00

Saturday, at Arta Cinema, from 5:30 pm, the cinema lovers may enjoy another special screening: Angela Goes On, directed by Lucian Bratu. Released in 1981 and starring Dorina Lazăr, one of the greatest Romanian actresses and the recipient of the Life Time Achievement Award at Transilvania IFF 2010, the film tells the love story between a taxi driver lady, with an ordinary life, and a petroleum worker who comes to the

Radu Gabrea and his newest movie at TIFF 2010

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-04 00:00:00

The last weekend of the festival will be a delight for the cinema lovers.

The most recent production from director Radu Gabrea, The Red Gloves, will be screening at the Republica Cinema. The action of the film is set in 1975, when the communist regime in Romania began a large-scale programme of arrests and trials designed to quash any revolutionary initiative. One of the victims is Felix Goldschmidt, a young man of Saxon origin and a student

TIFF 2010 Closing Gala will be broadcasted live

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-03 00:00:00

The most awaited moment of the festival, the announcement of the winners at TIFF 2010, will take place at the National Theatre, during the Awards Ceremony, starting from 8:30 pm.

This year, the event will be broadcasted live on tiff.ro, TVR Cluj, NCN and Realitatea.net.

Mundane History wins the Transilvania Trophy

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-06 00:00:00

Thai film Mundane History is the winner of the 2010 Transilvania Trophy. Director Anocha Suwichakornpong received the honours on the stage of the National Theater in Cluj-Napoca at the Award Ceremony of the 9^th edition of the Transilvania IFF, held on Saturday evening, June 5^th. The jury characterized her film appreciated “its unconventional structure and eclectic use of images in this moving story, showing the underlying

Protest

Transilvania International Film Festival — 2010-06-06 00:00:00

Romanian film funding system works at the moment on the basis of the cinema law. The films which are programmed in this festival, as well as the films that have been presented and awarded during the past few years in prestigious international festivals, were all produced with the support of the same law: O.G 39 / 2005.

On May 17^th 2010, the Romanian Senate voted, in majority, a new law initiative coming from the social-democrate senator, Sergiu Nicolaescu. This fact, among