Summer events in Romania: Film festivals and outdoor screenings
The summer months are filled with film festivals, many of them holding outdoor screenings to take advantage of the warm summer evenings. Below is a selection of upcoming events.
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The summer months are filled with film festivals, many of them holding outdoor screenings to take advantage of the warm summer evenings. Below is a selection of upcoming events.
Ceau, Cinema!
July 16 – July 20, Timişoara
The 12th edition of the event features a comprehensive program, encompassing Romanian film premieres, a Ken Loach Focus, a cineconcert featuring a silent cinema classic, and outdoor screenings, among other highlights. The festival will also present three films that established Wim Wenders internationally as a leading representative of the New German Cinema movement in restored versions. Delphine & Muriel Coulin's The Quiet Son will be screened at the opening gala. More details on the program here.
Alba Iulia Music and Film Festival
July 25 – July 27, Alba Iulia
The Alba Carolina Fortress plays host to this event screening recent films awarded at major international festivals and movies from the TIFF selection. The public can also meet actors and directors for various Q&A sessions. The event program is updated here.
Romanian Film Evenings
August 6 – August 10, Iaşi
This year's edition is dedicated to "women who give voice, color, and courage to cinema, theater, and music." The festival opens with a screening of Traffic, directed by director Teodora Ana Mihai from a script by Cristian Mungiu. The film is inspired by the real case of a burglary carried out by a group of Romanians at the Kunsthal Rotterdam in October 2012. Teodora Ana Mihai will attend the screening alongside actors Rareș Andrici and Ionuț Niculae. Antonia Marin (production coordinator), Irina-Margareta Nistor (SFR ambassador), and Tudor Reu (producer) will also participate in the meeting with the public. Following the film screening, Piața Unirii will host the opening concert featuring Tania Turtureanu. More on the festival here.
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