Two prominent figures of Romanian cinema will be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 13–22, 2025): actress Emilia Dobrin and film critic Valerian Sava. Tickets and passes for TIFF.24 are available online at tiff.eventbook.ro. With memorable roles in landmark stage productions and standout appea...

Ca în fiecare an, Muzeul de Artă se transformă în scena de muzică la cea de-a 24-a ediție TIFF! Între 14 și 22 iunie, artiști din România, Germania, Ucraina, SUA, Canada sau Franța vor pregăti show-uri indie, alternative rock, jazz, post punk, folk sau hip-hop pentru clujeni și invitați. Spațiul din curtea Muzeului de Artă se va deschide de la ora 17:00 și include un bar și o z...

First- and second-time directors are set to compete for top honours at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival, taking place in Cluj-Napoca from June 13 to 22, 2025. Twelve films from around the world will vie for the coveted Transilvania Trophy and other accolades in the Official Competition, while ten works will compete for the top prize in the What's...

First- and second-time directors are set to compete for top honours at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival, taking place in Cluj-Napoca from June 13 to 22, 2025. Twelve films from around the world will vie for the coveted Transilvania Trophy and other accolades in the Official Competition, while ten works will compete for the top prize in the What's...

Filmmaker Andrei Ujică, the author of several landmark works of documentary cinema, will be honored at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 13–22, 2025, Cluj-Napoca), where he will receive the Excellence Award for his outstanding contribution to the art of filmmaking. His presence at TIFF.24 will be marked by a special screening of TWST – Thing...

The poster for this edition, created by Péter Árpád Loránt, envisions a film screening in Cluj’s Union Square (Piața Unirii) in a highly futuristic, ultra-technologized setting where robots watch over TIFF audiences. The visual campaign anticipates an eclectic and generous retrospective — Tomorrow is Fear — made up of films that either imagine the future, mostly through a sc...

In a world where what seemed like science fiction in the last century is now (increasingly close to) reality, the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 13–22, 2025, Cluj-Napoca) not only offers a thematically curated retrospective, but also dares to imagine a future dominated by technology. Advances in the field and the explosion of Artificial Intelligence across virtu...

Estonian cinema takes center stage at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 13–22, Cluj-Napoca) through the Focus Estonia program — a curated selection featuring both recent releases and rediscovered classics, screened in restored versions. Focus Estonia is made possible with the support of the Embassy of Estonia in Bucharest and the Estonian...

Poetic, absurd, yet deeply anchored in the social realities of his country, Kazakh director Adilkhan Yerzhanov is the author of a compact body of work filled with references and cinematic homages, and will have a mini-retrospective at TIFF.24 featuring three of his most recent films. Moor (2024) is an urban drama with thriller accents and moments of visual poetry, in which a...

Known for his unique cinematic vision, at the intersection of magical realism, Baltic folklore, and visual experimentation, Rainer Sarnet is one of the most interesting voices in contemporary Eastern European cinema. On the occasion of the extensive focus dedicated to Estonia, TIFF.24 offers a comprehensive portrait of him in the 3x3 section, giving the audience the rare opport...

Rodrigo Cortés' cinematic adventure began in his teenage years, after borrowing a Super 8 camera from his uncle and, together with his best friend, began to play at making films. After a series of award-winning short films, he made his feature film debut with The Contestant (2007), a dark comedy about a university professor who wins the lottery, only to discover that, after pay...

The Opening Gala of TIFF.24 will also include a special tribute to one of Romania’s most beloved actors – Florin Piersic. The Cluj-born icon of Romanian cinema and theatre will attend the event alongside family, friends, and fellow stars, receiving a Excellence Award. With his unmistakable charm, warm voice, and magnetic presence, Piersic has captivated generations of audiences...

Christy follows a teenage boy from an Irish suburb, on the verge of turning 18—an age that means he will soon age out of the care system. He ends up in the custody of his estranged half-brother, a man trying to build the kind of family he never had. Though initially worlds apart, the two slowly begin to confront and reconcile the traumas of their past in this moving slice-of-li...