Dedicated to first- or second-time feature film directors, the Official Competition of the 2019 Transilvania International Film Festival includes 12 unique, strong, and provocative works from among which the official jury will select the winner of the Transilvania Trophy. “All if fair in love and cinema” emerges as the theme for this year’s selection, which focuses on human rel...
TIFF.18 opens with one of the most anticipated Romanian premieres of the year: Parking - the first Romanian film almost entirely produced abroad (in Spain). The first screening will take place on Friday, May 31, in Unirii Square, where director and TIFF President Tudor Giurgiu will be joined by the following actors: Mihai Smarandache, Carmen Florescu and Erzsébet Fülöp, writer...
Saturday, June 1, 9:30 PM, Bánffy Castle in Bonțida | Tickets: bit.ly/2Pt3IBt Fans of Li’l Quinquin surely remember his antics in a small town in Northern France, as well as the investigations of ridiculous commander Van der Weyden. Folowing the success of P'tit Quinquin/ Li’l Quinquin, presented at TIFF 2015 shortly after its Cannes premiere, Bruno Dumont brings back his am...
A sensational cine-concert brings legendary guitarist Gary Lucas back to Romania A sensational cine-concert brings legendary guitarist Gary Lucas back to Romania, following the success of his TIFF 2010 live accompaniament for R. George Melford’s 1931 Dracula. This time he will present a series of original pieces inspired by Wu Yonggang’s 1934 celebrated silent classic The Go...
Monday, June 3, 7 PM, Student Culture House Two exceptional bands, the British eclectic TransGlobal Underground and the brass masters of the Tirana Fanfare, came together in 2013 to create a unique trans-cultural project. The resulting new musical universe will be presented as part of the TIFF 2019 Focus Albania. Southern Albanian kaba rhythms combine with reggae influenc...
The program of the 18th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival presents over 200 titles from around the world The program of the 18th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival presents over 200 titles from around the world, including winners of premiere festivals, new films from TIFF alumni of years past, two popular comedies from established d...
The French-Romanian Culinary Caravan will offer specialties prepared by famous chefs from the two countries, while visual arts will meet cinema in the show An Evening in My Parents’ Studio — all part of the Romania-France Season 2019 In a four-months itinerary that includes Paris, Bordeaux, Calais, Montpellier, and Marseille, the French-Romanian Culinary Caravan stops at TIF...
Between May 31-June 9, the French Focus will present Romanian premieres of new, diverse productions signed by emerging French directors Olivier Assayas’s Doubles Vies / Non-Fiction (Venice, Toronto), featuring Guillaume Canet and Academy Award-winner Juliette Binoche (for her role in the 1997 The English Patient) is among the confirmed titles and events for the Focus France...
A short sleection of Agnès Varda’s films will pay homage to the legendary and innimitable queen of French cinema in TIFF’s 3x3 section. In her six decades-long career, Varda alternated between fiction and documentary while maintaining a unitary cinematic vision. A symbol of the Nouvelle Vague, Varda received numerous awards for her career: a César (1997), a Palme d’Or in Cannes...
French director, writer, and producer Michel Gondry will have a complete retrospective at TIFF 2019. An Oscar-winner for this screenplay for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), which he co-wrote with Charlie Kaufman and Pierre Bismuth, Gondry is known for his versatile skills and artistic innovations. Technology, experiments, and art installations are markers of his u...
Tuesday, June 4, 7pm, Students Culture House Reunited after an 18-year hiatus, the legendary French group Les Négresses Vertes will meet Romanian fans for the first time as part of a tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of their first album. Tickets are available at: https://bit.ly/2YOOdrN The band is one of the few international successes selling millions of albums w...
Composer and pianist Jean-Michel Bernard, who was awarded in Cannes in 2007, and legendary French group Les Négresses Vertes will play in Romania for the first time at the 18th edition of the Transilvania International Festival. The two concerts are presented at TIFF as part of the Romania-France Season 2019. Soundtrack of Dreams: Jean-Michel Bernard Cine concert Saturda...
Festivalul International de Film Experimental Bucuresti BIEFF isi schimba locul in calendarul evenimentelor culturale, odata cu cea de-a sasea editie, care va avea loc intre 14 – 20 martie 2016. Noua editie BIEFF invita publicul la o negociere a granitelor cinema-ului, printr-o selectie bogata in creatii ce provin din zona de intersectie intre cinema si artele vizuale si prin...