The dose of InspiraTIFF on Thursday is provided by actor and producer Alexandru Papadopol, one of the protagonists of A Higher Law feature film (r. Octav Chelaru), presented at TIFF in the official competition and ,also, in the Romanian Days section. Come and meet him at TIFF Lounge at 15:00 and find out about his career in film and theater, as well as other projects he works o...
They are young and promising. Their projects have already been acclaimed at national and international festivals. AperiTIFF has selected and presents eight young Romanian filmmakers you should keep an eye on in the upcoming years. Octav Chelaru Octav Chelaru was born in Piatra Neamț on 30 September 1991 and studied computer science in Iasi, a field in which he still works...
How insignificant is the value of freedom for those who have known it all their lives? The director and screenwriter Alexandru Belc answered this question when he made his debut in the fiction feature film with Metronom, a drama that follows the story of a high school couple from the communist period. In the role of the protagonist is Șerban Lazarovici, known for his roles in T...
Csaba Káel (born in 1961) graduated as a film director from the University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest and directed several television plays, shorts, commercials, portrait films. His debut feature film Bánk bán (2002) was screened all over the world. Since 2011 he is the CEO of the Müpa Budapest, Hungary’s internationally acclaimed cultural institution. In 2019 he was ap...
The series of meetings with Romanian filmmakers invited to TIFF continues on Thursday, at 12:00, at TIFF Lounge. Get ready to meet the creators of the Documentary You are Ceaușescu to me, the only documentary present both in ZFR and What’s up, Doc? section, which has become competitive since this edition. Invited to the public discussion, moderated by film critic Ionut Mareș, w...
On Thursday, the Romanian Days start at TIFF 2022, and on this occasion, we invite you to meet the local actors, directors and producers present at the festival, in a series of discussions scheduled daily at TIFF Lounge. On June 23, at 11:00AM, you have the opportunity to meet the team of the film A Higher Law, included this year both in the ZFR competition and on the list of f...
Wednesday, in the Hungarian Day, at TIFF Lounge, director Csaba Káel - the CEO of the Hungarian National Film Institute, will hold a presentation in which both film professionals and film lovers are invited to participate, starting at 6:00PM, to learn about the Hungarian film industry. Access is free. Government Commissioner for Hungarian Film, Csaba Káel is the CEO of the p...
Interview with Cristina Groșan, director of Things Worth Weeping For How long have you been interested in making films, what are your first memories related to it? I'm from Arad, making films there didn't seem to be a real, accessible job. Simply because I didn't know anyone who made films, I didn't even go to the cinema as a child, and for a long time for me film meant...
8 ground-breaking films join their creators at TIFF on Hungarian Day. With a varied programme including musical treats, the section dedicated to the new Hungarian cinema marks the Romanian premieres of some of the most acclaimed Hungarian films of the past year. The viewers present in Cluj on Wednesday 22 June will have the opportunity to watch them in the presence of the filmm...
Anca Damian's most recent feature film, the musical animation "The Island" will be screened for the first time in Romania today, at the Students' House in Cluj, within the section "Romanian Days" starting at 6:30. The premiere will be accompanied by the augmented reality exhibition “in Search of Paradise A.R.”, organized by the Art Museum in Cluj. What was the stone from w...
Wednesday's debate at TIFF Talks will bring mr. Sorin Ioniță to TIFF Lounge, at 17:00 –The president of the Expert Forum think tank, in dialogue with the journalist Claudiu Pândaru. Their discussion,moderated by Mihnea Măruță, will start from the subject of the film The Shadow Man (d. Byun Sung-hyun), scheduled in this evening, at 20:30, at Cinema Florin Piersic. About The M...
On Wednesday, June 22, at TIFF Talks, we talk about social responsibility and sustainability strategies, but also about how they can be implemented in organizing large-scale events. The guests at TIFF Lounge (Unirii Square), starting at 15:00, will be Oana Gresoiu - Group Chief Sustainability Officer Verdino Green Foods, Maria Lichtenberg - one of the founders of Biotrem Rom...
Due to the strong wind, today's screening of Captain Volkonogov Escaped from Unirii Square Open Air will be canceled. The film is rescheduled today (Tuesday, June 21), from 11:15PM, at the Students' House. Also, today's screening of The Good Boss from Poligon Park Florești will be canceled. The film is rescheduled for Monday, 27.06.2022, 9:45PM, at the same location. All...