Call Jane, a courageous story about women's rights inspired by life in the USA in the late 1960s, opens the 21st edition of TIFF with a gala screening on Friday, June 17, at 20:45 in Unirii Square in Cluj-Napoca. Until the 26th of June, some of the most anticipated films of the year - great comedies, multi-award-winning titles and stories inspired by real-life events - will run...
A symbol of the Romanian cinema and theatre, loved and applauded by generations of spectators, actress Maia Morgenstern will be celebrated at the 21st Transilvania International Film Festival (17 - 26 June, Cluj-Napoca). Her immense contribution to Romanian culture will be rewarded with the Excellence Award at the TIFF Closing Gala on the 25th of June, a crowning achievement of...
The new voices of Romanian cinema are gaining ground at the 21st edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (17 - 26 June). 9 of the 12 feature films presented this year in the Romanian film competition are authored by first-time directors, many of them already applauded and awarded by the juries of major international festivals. Cinephiles are invited to discover...
For the first time in the history of the Transilvania International Film Festival, the 21st edition of the event will include a competition dedicated to documentary film. 10 unique works by first and second feature-length documentary filmmakers from all over the world will compete this year for the What's up, doc? award, which has become increasingly popular with TIFF audiences...
12 productions from all over the world, including two Romanian films, are competing for the Transilvania Trophy at the 21st edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival. Aimed at first-time and second-time feature filmmakers, the TIFF Competition brings to the fore a strong selection of recent productions which viewers are invited to see in their national premiere in...
These are troubled times. Just a few hundred kilometres from Romania's border, an armed conflict is in full swing. As its escalation and fuelling do nothing but alter the promise of peace in the region, the visual campaign for the 21st Transilvania International Film Festival (17-26 June, Cluj-Napoca) sends an unequivocal message: Make Films, Not War! Inspired by the classic...
The 21st edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (June, 17 - 26 2022) includes Focus Poland, a diverse programme dedicated to Polish cinema featuring the most important productions of contemporary filmmakers, collaborations with the New Horizons International Film Festival of Wrocław and with Stefan Laudyn (director of the Warsaw International Film Festival), as...
Romanian screenwriters and producers who have a series or mini-series project in development are expected to enter their projects in the Drama Room program, at the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 17 - 26, 2022). The second edition of Drama Room is organized in partnership with Netflix Romania, and the deadline for registration is June 3. Drama Room is designed...
Eliades Ochoa, who became famous worldwide in the late 1990s as a founding member of the Buena Vista Social Club, is "one of the best guitarists of his generation" (The Guardian), an iconic figure in Latin American music. Composer and performer of unmistakable songs such as "Píntate Los Labios Maria", "Chan Chan" or "El Cuarto de Tula", Ochoa's music is closely linked to the in...
New Israeli cinema will be in the spotlight at the 21st Transilvania International Film Festival. The program includes powerful films and documentaries, a fascinating series, and meetings with directors, industry professionals and officials who will engage in discussions with audiences in Cluj-Napoca from 17 to 26 of June. Focus Israel at TIFF2022 is made possible with the supp...
In 1969, the whole planet watched with bated breath as mankind took its first step on the Moon. This year, the Transilvania International Film Festival (17-26 June, Cluj-Napoca) invites filmgoers to relive the excitement and intensity of that legendary event in a sensational cine-concert. Moonwalk One, the film that tells the spectacular story of the Apollo 11 mission, can be s...
Transilvania International Film Festival (17 – 26 June, Cluj-Napoca) launches TIFF For Ukraine, a special initiative dedicated to Ukrainian community and filmmakers. This year’s festival includes films created by directors from our neighbouring country. Among them, Reflection (2021), directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych, telling the story Serhiy, a Ukrainian surgeon captured by...
Awarded at the Berlinale and receiving standing ovations at Cannes, rewarded with important distinctions in San Sebastián and appreciated by the film jury in Venice, the first confirmed titles of this year’s TIFF official selection mark the big screen comeback of some of the most appreciated filmmakers nowadays. Between 17-26th of June, spectators will have the opportunity to w...