Mihai Chirilov, the Festival's artistic director, has put together a gourmet cinematic menu for AperiTIFF, combining everything from super-stylised documentaries and hybrid productions to anti-system films, horror cine-concerts and exhibitions. This is not to say, by some false logic, that films about war have no place at TIFF. In art you don't operate with such easy automat...
More than 1000 guests from 10 countries are expected to attend TIFF, Romania's largest film festival, from 17th to 26th of June. Due to a partnership with the Cluj-Napoca City Hall, this year the guests, as well as the TIFF team and volunteers, will benefit from free unlimited public transportation for the entire duration of the event, based on the festival badge. Directors,...
After the success of the first edition, the Coming Up Next section, dedicated to series aficionados, returns this year with eight new titles that have made a splash in Finland, Israel, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, USA and Sweden. Spectators at the 21st Transilvania International Film Festival (17-26 June) will have the chance to watch the first episodes of the stories that...
A unique one-man-show by the world's only performer who accompanies his own cimbalom on vocals will transform the Arkhai Sculpture Park into a place of magic at the 21st Transilvania International Film Festival. From Romanian folklore, through classical creations to the most beloved rock songs, the authentic, fascinating and spirited music of Sibiu artist Romulus Cipariu will c...
The secrets of the most appreciated cuisines in the world and stories of people who dare to test the limits of conventional living are coming back in the Film Food section at the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 17 – 26, Cluj-Napoca). The section is dedicated to cinema fans who are passionate about unique culinary experiences. At TIFF 2022, viewers will step be...
This year, the Art Museum becomes one of the most effervescent musical centers of the Transilvania International Film Festival. During the 8 evenings, from 7PM, the TIFF audience is invited to concerts held by some of the most innovative Romanian and international bands and musicians. Sunday, 19 June 2022 - MUSSPELL (Romania) Bolloni Anna (vocals, guitar) and Dosa Noemi...
Ukrainian citizens will have free access to the festival with an ID card presented at the entrance before each event: - for all screenings in Piața Unirii (English subtitles) - for all screenings in Parc Poligon Florești (English subtitles) - for the screenings of How I Learned to Fly, a film for children and teenagers, with subtitles in Ukrainian, on Saturday 18th of...
Anna Nagler, Director of Local Language Original Series for Central and Eastern Europe, and Cristopher Mack, Director of Creative Growth for Netflix International, are the Netflix experts who will be working with the teams of the 5 selected projects in the Drama Room program at the Transilvania International Film Festival 2022. The sessions will focus on the fundamentals of sto...
Ten projects in development will be presented to industry professionals (producers, distributors, sales agents, representatives of film funds & more) at the Transilvania Pitch Stop (TPS) this year. The 9th edition of the program includes the presentation of projects in front of potential partners and financiers on the 23th of June, during Transilvania International Film Festiva...
Chef Adi Hădean comes to Transilvania International Film Festival 2022 for a special day: Ukrainian Street Food Day. He will prepare, together with Ukrainian chefs, traditional dishes from the neighbouring country, which people from Cluj are invited to try on June 20 at a special event on Potaissa Street in the city centre. All funds raised from the event will be donated to the...
Bestia / The Polish Dancer (1917), director Aleksander Hertz's masterpiece of silent cinema, starring Pola Negri in the title role, premieres in Romania in a digitally restored version at the 21st Transilvania International Film Festival. The only Polish production featuring the famous actress to survive to this day will be accompanied live by the music of Grammy award-winning...
At its 21st edition, the Transilvania International Film Festival (17-26 June) revisits the works of three leading filmmakers from France, Hungary and Romania. The most awarded and the newest productions by Gaspar Noé, Ildikó Enyedi and Alexandru Solomon will be screened in Cluj-Napoca in the 3x3 section. The full programme will be available soon on tiff.ro. 3x3: Gaspar Noé...
One of Ukraine's best-known and most appreciated bands, DakhaBrakha (in old Ukrainian "give/take"), returns to the Transilvania International Film Festival (17 - 26 June 2022) for an extraordinary concert, part of the TIFF For Ukraine initiative. Founded in 2004 in Kiev by avant-garde theatre director Vladislav Troitsky, DakhaBrakha defines its style as "ethnic chaos". The esse...