The prize of the Local Competition, worth 1500 euros, offered by Banca Transilvania, was awarded to the director Farkas Boglárka Angéla, for the film ”Ceea ce nu am observat” (What I did not notice), a story focused on the disappearance of loved ones and the memories left behind. The award was presented to the winner at the Awards Gala organized on yesterday, August 4, at the A...
Director Andrei Zincă and actors Nicodim Ungureanu, Iulia Lumânare, Cristian Popa and Tünde Skovrán are the special guests, today, at Casa TIFF. The team of the movie ”So, whats freedom”, presented for the first time ever at TIFF, in the Romanian Days section, will meet with the public from 6 PM, in a discussion moderated by Ionuț Mareș. The movie, inspired from reality, is...
Cinema lovers who are interested in discovering literature that talks about the evolution of cinematography are invited to attend, at TIFF 2020, two book launches, organized and held at Casa TIFF, with free entry. Today, the 5th of August, from 5 PM, Eikon oublishing house launches the volume ”Adaptarea cinematografica a operelor literare. Aporii. Prejudecăți. Noi perspectiv...
The daily dose of InspiraTIFF is brought to you tomorrow, the 5th of August, from charismatic actor and director Pavel Bartoș. The audience has the chance to meet him from 11 AM, at Casa TIFF. Access to the event is free of charge but the places are limited. Pavel Bartoș started his career on the stage of the puppet theatre Puck, in Cluj-Napoca, in 1993, after graduating fro...
With an eleven years tradition in the Transilvania International Film Festival, the Local Competition promotes and awards aspiring young talents from Cluj, while giving them the opportunity to see their movies on the big screen. This year, seven films, qualified for the final round, will be screened at the Local Competition Gala, today, 8PM, at the Art Museum. Entry is free of...
If the evenings are reserved for screenings of the most awarded films and absolute premieres, during the day, good music conquers the courtyard of the Art Museum, one of the main attractions on the TIFF 2020 map. A traditional partner of the festival, Banca Transilvania promotes at this edition 12 young bands and artists from Romania, under the umbrella of BT live Sessions -...
Between August 4th and August 9th, the Ethnographic National Park ”Romulus Vuia” in Cluj-Napoca, becomes the meeting point of people from the city and the local producers from Transylvania. Every day, the TIFF audience is invited to discover the tasty local cuisine, meet the locals and explore the attractions and museum in the park. Opened for the audience between 10 AM And...
Starting tomorrow, the 4th of August and taking place every evening from 6 PM, TIFF Talks aims to challenge the audience to a discussion with Romanian actors and directors who are presenting their movies for the first time in front of the TIFF 2020 public. The first guests are the members of the ”5 minutes too late” movie, projected for the first time in Romania, tonight, fr...
One of the most appreciated Romanian actors today, Vlad Ivanov is Mihnea Măruță's special guest, this Tuesday, in the InspiraTIFF session. Film lovers can meet him at Casa TIFF, the event starting at 11 AM, with free entry based upon availability. This year, the TIFF audience can watch the actor perform the role of Doctor Ivan in the movie Servants, directed by Ivan Ostroch...
Six people have been waiting, for a long time, for a future where they could meet and be together. Loneliness deepens and reveals nostalgia, anxieties, fears. Solitude forces them to discover new means of expression, which they will then have to give up. Exeunt (lat. exeo – they exit, frequently used as a direction in a play for the exit of a group of actors) will be for the...
A great presence on stage and a key figure of the Romanian cinema, actress Magda Catone will meet and talk with the InspiraTIFF audience Monday, August 3rd, from 11 AM, at Casa TIFF. With an impressive career which includes memorable roles in movies and TV but also prizes for her performances in theatre, the actress is close to celebrate forty years of artistic activity. Sh...
A few of the most surprising titles from the 2020 program of the Transilvania International Film Festival can be seen online throughout Romania on the festival’s platform TIFF Unlimited (unlimited.tiff.ro). Those who cannot make it to Cluj between July 31-August 9 and those who want to continue their festival experience online will have severals new hits available to them from...
The 3X3 section of this year’s Transilvania International Film Festival celebrates three auteurs whose work is highly political, wether it in the form of black comedy, war dramas, or thrillers: Costa-Gavras, Vinko Brešan and Dušan Makavejev. In Adults in the Room (2019), renowned Greek-born French director Costa-Gavras delves into the most difficult moment in Greece’s recent...