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25 Jul 2021

Film Food: The Recipe for Balance and Dinner at Casa TIFF (Visuin)

Monday, July 26 6.30 PM Screening: The Recipe for Balance (dir. Oscar Bernacer) | Military Circle 8 PM Dinner @VISUIN (Casa TIFF) by Chef Bogdan Vavrita  Director Oscar Bernacer invites us to the kitchen of Ricard Camarena, who has two Michelin stars and the Spain’s National Gastronomy Prize, and is well-known for his famous recipes based on local Valencian produce. To...

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25 Jul 2021

InspiraTIFF with Nae Caranfil

Nae Caranfil, one of the most beloved Romanian directors, is the first guest at this years' InspiraTIFF. Cinema lovers are invited tomorrow, July 26, 5 PM, at Casa TIFF, to meet the director who will receive the Excellence Award. Acces is free limited by available seats. Nae Caranfil will also attend the screening of his first film, E pericoloso sporgersi, monday, 9:45 PM at...

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25 Jul 2021

Day 3 at TIFF 2021

After two intense days filled with films, concerts, exhibitions and special screenings, the weekend continues at the Cetățuie Open Air location, where children can enjoy another day filled with special activities, games, painting and many more. At 9.45 PM, the audience is invited to watch Tina, a documentary about the life of Tina Turner. From 8.30 PM, music lovers are invi...

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24 Jul 2021

Safety rules for the 2021 edition

Transilvania International Film Festival will abide by all safety measures in order to prevent and limit the spread and contamination of the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus and all measures are inline with the Government decree no.29 of 14.05.2021. The access rules for events which are part of TIFF are subject to change. Screenings Access to screenings will only be permitted by we...

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24 Jul 2021

Special screenings and events in the second day of the festival

After a first day surrounded by the joy of seeing each other in cinemas and outdoor screenings, the festival continues, today, July 24 with special screenings and events for all ages. At the Cetățuie Open Air location, a special events dedicated to children and parents will take place. Children will have the opportunity to play games, participate in workshops, build film sc...

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23 Jul 2021

Chirilov’s recommendations

The Transilvania IFF 20th edition is a mix of indoor and outdoor screenings, reminding the viewers of the good, old days. The artistic director of the festival, Mihai Chirilov, gives us 20 recommendations in a completely random order:  1.    The flood won’t come (the best cooking scene and it’s not even in the Film Food section) 2.    Life was that (Florin Piersic jr, absolut...

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23 Jul 2021

More tickets available for the Opening Gala

For those of you who couldn't buy a ticket for the Opening Gala, tonight, in Unirii Square, now you have the opportunity to buy the remaining ones. Starring Javier Cámara and Belén Cuesta and boasting five Goya nominations, this delicious comedy about two neighboring couples explores the complexity of modern relationships. The People Upstairs is directed by Cesc Gay and is i...

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23 Jul 2021

Transilvania Talent Lab 2021

ransilvania Talent Lab (TTL) the only training program specialised in cinema management in Romania, comes back this year at TIFF aiming to support film professionals involved in cinema management in Romania and surrounding countries by giving them the chance to evaluate, rethink and optimise their post-reopening strategies. This year TTL participants are invited to join an Exhi...

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23 Jul 2021

EducaTIFF: the National Media and Cinema Education Conference

Educators and media leaders are meeting for the National Media and Cinema Education Conference organized during the 20th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (July 23-August 1). The event, planned for July 26-27 at Hotel Platinia in Cluj-Napoca, looks at implementing an optional school curriculum for learning through cinema. Initiated by the Association for R...

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23 Jul 2021

10 feature film projects selected at Transilvania Pitch Stop 2021

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 8th edition of the program includes the presentation of projects in front of potential partners and financiers on the 29th of July, during Transilvania International Film Festiva...

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23 Jul 2021

Transilvania IFF launches Drama Room, a program dedicated to drama series creation and financing

Transilvania International Film Festival (July 23 – August 1) launches the Drama Room, a program dedicated to drama series creation and financing, aiming at building capacity locally and within the covered region. The first edition of Drama Room will be a hybrid event and will take place between July 26-28, 2021. It will consist of a series of online tutoring sessions in col...

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22 Jul 2021

Projects selected for the InfiniTIFF Incubator

11 projects were selected this year for the InfiniTIFF program dedicated to artists, entrepreneurs, creatives, and cultural operators working in new —VR, AR, XR, and interactive — media. During the July 27-28 TIFF industry events, participants will attend a training led by Peter Barta, who created The Long Run Method, an entrepreneurship education and training program. Ov...

20 Jul 2021

TIFF 2021 Juries

Invited on the jury that will decide the winner of the Transilvania Trophy, the famous Mexican screenwriter and author Guillermo Arriaga, known for the 2006 Oscar-nominated Babel or for the best screenplay  winner at Cannes The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada will come to Cluj with the Director of the Film Department of the Cannes Film Festival Christian Jeune, Belfilms fou...