Among the TIFF.23 special guests, Romanian director Paul Negoescu (Two Lottery Tickets, Men of Deeds) and Markéta Šantrochová, president of European Film Promotion are part of the Official Competition jury.
The What's Up, Doc? competition jury includes editor and director Dana Bunescu, Bulgarian producer Mira Staleva, and Italian film critic Giuseppe Gariazzo.
Known for landmark films such as Buletin de București (dir. Virgil Calotescu) and The Curse of the Earth, the Curse of Love (dir. Mircea Mureșan), Catrinel Dumitrescu is a significant name in Romanian cinema and theater. She will receive the Excellence Award at the TIFF.23 Closing Gala and participate in a special screening of Marriage with Rehearsal (dir. Virgil Calotescu) on Saturday, June 22, at 17:00 at Cinema ARTA.
Bogdan Dumitrache has grown alongside the New Wave, starring in major Romanian productions from The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu (dir. Cristi Puiu) to Child’s Pose (dir. Călin Netzer) and When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism (dir. Corneliu Porumboiu). At TIFF.23, you can see two of his latest films – 3 Kilometers to the End of the World (dir. Emanuel Pârvu) and Free Fall (dir. Fésős András) – and meet him at Q&A sessions.
Premiering nationally at TIFF, 3 Kilometers to the End of the World is the only Romanian film selected in the Official Competition at the most recent edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Special guests include director Emanuel Pârvu and Miruna Berescu, the film’s producer and co-writer.
One of the most important Romanian directors of all time, Stere Gulea, will present the premiere of Moromeții 3, the final part of the trilogy based on Marin Preda’s novels, at TIFF. He will be joined in Cluj by actors Horațiu Mălăele, Olimpia Melinte, Alex Călin, Dorina Chiriac, and Mara Bugarin. The screening of Moromeții 3 will take place on Friday, June 21, in Piața Unirii.
Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac will be present at the screening of the film NASTY (dir. Tudor Giurgiu, Cristian Pascariu, Tudor D. Popescu) in Piața Unirii on Sunday, June 16.
The legendary artist Marina Voica returns to TIFF, this time as the protagonist of the film Night Butterflies (dir. Andrei Răuțu), selected in the Romanian Film Days.
Among this year’s festival guests are directors Cristi Puiu and Nae Caranfil, actors Iulian Postelnicu, Rodica Lazăr, Dorian Boguță, Katia Pascariu, Dana Rogoz, Ana Ularu, and Toma Cuzin, as well as celebrities like Doina Levintza, Ovidiu Buta, Irina Margareta Nistor, Amalia Enache, and Andreea Esca.