Interview with Cristina Groșan, director of Things Worth Weeping For How long have you been interested in making films, what are your first memories related to it? I'm from Arad, making films there didn't seem to be a real, accessible job. Simply because I didn't know anyone who made films, I didn't even go to the cinema as a child, and for a long time for me film meant...
8 ground-breaking films join their creators at TIFF on Hungarian Day. With a varied programme including musical treats, the section dedicated to the new Hungarian cinema marks the Romanian premieres of some of the most acclaimed Hungarian films of the past year. The viewers present in Cluj on Wednesday 22 June will have the opportunity to watch them in the presence of the filmm...
Anca Damian's most recent feature film, the musical animation "The Island" will be screened for the first time in Romania today, at the Students' House in Cluj, within the section "Romanian Days" starting at 6:30. The premiere will be accompanied by the augmented reality exhibition “in Search of Paradise A.R.”, organized by the Art Museum in Cluj. What was the stone from w...
Wednesday's debate at TIFF Talks will bring mr. Sorin Ioniță to TIFF Lounge, at 17:00 –The president of the Expert Forum think tank, in dialogue with the journalist Claudiu Pândaru. Their discussion,moderated by Mihnea Măruță, will start from the subject of the film The Shadow Man (d. Byun Sung-hyun), scheduled in this evening, at 20:30, at Cinema Florin Piersic. About The M...
On Wednesday, June 22, at TIFF Talks, we talk about social responsibility and sustainability strategies, but also about how they can be implemented in organizing large-scale events. The guests at TIFF Lounge (Unirii Square), starting at 15:00, will be Oana Gresoiu - Group Chief Sustainability Officer Verdino Green Foods, Maria Lichtenberg - one of the founders of Biotrem Rom...
Due to the strong wind, today's screening of Captain Volkonogov Escaped from Unirii Square Open Air will be canceled. The film is rescheduled today (Tuesday, June 21), from 11:15PM, at the Students' House. Also, today's screening of The Good Boss from Poligon Park Florești will be canceled. The film is rescheduled for Monday, 27.06.2022, 9:45PM, at the same location. All...
Theo Kamecke is a new York director from the ’70. Originally a sculptor, he made his film debut in 1964, directing the film To be alive! Although his career was short-lived, his second film, Moonwalk one (1971), made its mark on the history of cinema, which is why today we celebrate it with a cine-concert, with the music of the invaders, almost 53 years after the landing. A...
Javier Bardem has a special talent for turning disagreeable characters into savory delights for the public's eyes (one of the most prominent examples is the killer Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men). This is also the case of the protagonist Blanco in the latest feature film of acclaimed Spanish director Fernando León de Aranoa, The Good Boss. Both the title of the film...
An emblematic name for the world of documentary film in Romania, Alexandru Solomon comes to InspiraTIFF on Tuesday, June 21, and will speak with the audience, from 3PM, at TIFF Lounge (Unirii Square). The filmmaker, celebrated at this edition in the 3x3 section, will answer questions from viewers and will talk about his career as director, director of image, producer and screen...
Director Filip Jan Rymsza: “When you show something like this to the audience, you expect them to feel uncomfortable and implicitly strange” Yesterday, Mosquito State was screened at TIFF, directed by Polish Filip Jan Rymsza. The film explores the adventures of Wall Street analyst Richard Boca, as he becomes obsessed with more and more chaotic details that come into his life...
Images from inaccessible places, photos taken by Krzysztof Kieślowski himself, immersive experiences, but also emotions captured by the camera lens during the first 20 years of TIFF will be admired in the 6 exhibitions open to the public between June 17 and 26. Film lovers and photography lovers will be able to visit them, with free access, every day of the festival, at the Art...
At TIFF.21, last night, Citizen Ashe was screened at the Victoria Cinema, directed by Rex Miller and Sam Pollard. Before the screening of the documentary that follows the life of the famous sportsman and activist Arthur Ashe, a sneak peek from Nasty was projected for the first time, directed by Tudor Giurgiu and produced by Cosmin Hodor. The audience watched the fragment of the...
The 3 titles presented at TIFF (enter the void, vortex and irreversible, chronological version) are enough to penetrate the mind of a great provocative filmmaker. But beyond shock and controversy, is there enough substance in Gaspar Noé's films? The cinematographer’s works can be defined as intensely synesthetic, due to their visual and musical power. By the way, they involv...