Australian actor Geoffrey Rush to receive the highest accolade awarded at the 22nd edition of Transilvania International Film Festival. With roles in some of the most awarded films of the last decades, Rush has been seen in popular film franchises including Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Rush will be celebrated in Cluj-Napoca, on June 17, 2023, where the actor is set to r...
British actor Timothy Spall is one of the special guests of the 22nd edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 9 – 18, 2023, Cluj-Napoca). The actor will be honoured for Lifetime Achievement at the Opening Gala of the festival, on June 9. Timothy Spall has created over 150 roles in film and television and has worked extensively with director Mike Leigh. H...
Inaugurated during the previous edition, when You Are Ceausescu to me won the section prize, the What's Up, Doc? Competition continues in the same playful vein, with a focus not only on classic documentaries but also on films that tread the fine line between fact and fiction. "Regardless of the path they take, which can sometimes be mystifying, breaking the rules of the genre,...
22 feature films are competing in the two international competitions of the 22nd Transilvania International Film Festival (Cluj-Napoca, June 9-18). Directed by first and second-time filmmakers, 12 of them are competing for the Transilvania Trophy and the other awards of the Official Competition, and 10 for the title of Best Film of the What's Up, Doc? Competition. Of the 12...
TIFF.22’s Unirii Open Air programme includes documentaries, wacky comedies and action films, Wes Anderson's latest extravaganza, and an evening dedicated to a classic love story. Every evening from 9.45pm, 3000 spectators are expected in Unirii Open Air. Tickets are on sale online - https://tiff.eventbook.ro/ On Friday, June 9, Northern Comfort (Iceland / UK / Germany, 20...
Dedicated to those passionate about unique culinary experiences, Film Food returns to Transilvania International Film Festival (9 - 18 June). Life stories, intense flavours from the world's most appreciated cuisines, Michelin stars and authentic tastes are all to be found in this year's films in the Film Food section; the screenings will be followed by special dinners prepared...
Electronic music band Tangerine Dream will hold its first concert in Romania during the 22nd edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 9-18, 2023, Cluj-Napoca). This year’s TIFF concerts will also include a special show of the Swedish-British artist Jay-Jay Johanson, who will perform at Bonțida during an event dedicated to Swedish music and film. TIFF car...
Starting this year, Transilvania International Film Festival is one of the founders of SMART7, a network of European film festivals that aims to develop the cultural industry and the festival field, as well as to provide a meeting place for works by new European filmmakers in a international competition. Thus, The SMART7 competition makes its debut in the programme of the 22nd...
Northern Comfort (Iceland / UK / Germany, 2023) will open the 22nd edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (9 - 18 June 2023). Directed by Icelandic filmmaker Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, the film is part of Nordic Focus, a complex programme of Transilvania IFF.22 that will include more than 40 films, concerts and cine-concerts from Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Fin...
Classics from the silent era of cinema, renowned musicians and composers, improvisation and traditional rhythms come together in three fabulous cine-concerts at the 22nd edition of Transilvania International Film Festival (9th – 18th June 2023, Cluj-Napoca). Tickets for the cine-concerts and passes for TIFF 2023 are now on sale - https://tiff.eventbook.ro/ The se...
The 22nd edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival takes us on a journey into the cinematic universe of one of the most prolific American directors of the modern period, Sidney Lumet (1924 - 2011). Between 9th – 18th June, Close-up Sidney Lumet brings six restored works by the renowned filmmaker at Cluj-Napoca. The programme is inspired by the retrospective dedica...
Founder of the French New Wave, radical film critic and intellectual, director Jean-Luc Godard (1930 - 2022) will be celebrated at the 22nd edition of Transilvania International Film Festival. Between 9th - 18th of June, eight of his acclaimed films will be screened as part of a special retrospective, Close-up Jean-Luc Godard, organised with the support of the French Institute...