Weekend calendar: Film festivals, exhibitions, concerts and more
The last weekend of March comes with a host of exhibitions, concerts, and film festivals, including the French Film Festival, which continues in Bucharest and several other cities in the country.<o:p></o:p>
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The last weekend of March comes with a host of exhibitions, concerts, and film festivals, including the French Film Festival, which continues in Bucharest and several other cities in the country.
In Bucharest:
French Film Festival
Until March 31
This is the 28th edition of the event celebrating French cinema and the theme this year is Vertiges. In times marked by continuous acceleration, change, and lack of balance, the public is invited to reflect on what can change, if at all, and what cinema can tell about change. Twenty-eight films will be screened at Elvire Popesco Cinema. The program is available here.
Echoes of Ji.hlava
Until March 28
The Czech Center in Bucharest hosts the program of documentary film screenings Echoes of Ji.hlava, where the public can see four productions that were selected for the latest edition of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. Workshops and Q&As with the directors are also part of the program. Entry is free. More details here.
Art Safari
Until July 28
This season of Art Safari brings to the spotlight masters of Romanian art such as Eustațiu Stoenescu, Nicolae Grigorescu, Nicolae Tonitza, Ștefan Luchian, and Corneliu Baba. Five exhibitions are part of the program of the event which takes place at the Dacia-Romania Palace in Bucharest’s Old Town. Further details on each exhibition and their schedule here.
George Enescu Philharmonic concerts
March 28, 29
Valentin Uryupin conducts the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra in a program covering Mendelssohn’s Elijah oratorio. Soprano Diana Ţugui, mezzosoprano Anastasia Lepeshinskaya, tenor Omer Kobiljak, and bass Beniamin Pop are the soloists. Further details here.


