Open-air film screenings to attend this summer in Bucharest
The warm summer evenings favor outdoor events, and many film screenings have moved outside, also a way to adapt to the current sanitary rules imposed by the coronavirus crisis. From art cinema initiatives to corporate-backed events, here…
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The warm summer evenings favor outdoor events, and many film screenings have moved outside, also a way to adapt to the current sanitary rules imposed by the coronavirus crisis. From art cinema initiatives to corporate-backed events, here is a selection of what is available in Bucharest.
The Film Garden(Grădina cu Filme), an outdoor movie theater and event venue in Bucharest's Lahovari Square, hosts until September 13, from Tuesday to Sunday, a variety of film screenings, in addition to concerts and events.
The program includes series dedicated to Romanian film, European film, dance or fashion films, and music documentaries. The public can discover the Romanian movies alongside film critic Ileana Bîrsan, the program's curator. After the screenings, she will hold interviews with local directors, producers, or actors.
The program for July is available here.
The Elvire Popesco cinema at the French Institute is a favorite spot of film lovers and festival-goers. Until the hall can reopen, and taking advantage of the warm summer evenings, the cinema proposes a series of open-air film screenings in the courtyard of the French Institute. The program includes a variety of French films, older or newer, and many other international productions.
Among the upcoming productions that will be screened are Jean-Luc Godard's Le Mepris (Contempt), starring Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccoli, Jean Renoir's French Cancan, Elia Suleiman's It Must Be Heaven, a 2019 Palme d'Or contender, and Pedro Almodovar's Dolor y Gloria, also in the race for a Palme d'Or last year at the Cannes film festival, where lead actor Antonio Banderas was named Best Actor for his performance.
The upcoming program is available here.
In its turn, the Cervantes Institute hosts this July a series of film screenings in a partnership with the Embassy of Peru. The films, which run with English subtitles, are shown in the patio of the institute. The screenings start at 21:30, and the next films to be screened are Siete Semillas and One Last Afternoon (La última tarde), a Goya awards nominee in 2018.
Access to the events is free of charge, within a limit of 40 available seats, and can be done based on a prior reservation. The public needs to comply with the current sanitary rules.
