Weekend Calendar: SoNoRo, Dracula Film Festival, St Dumitru Fair, Bucharest Best Comedy Film Festival, Timișoara International Literature Festival and more
Chamber music festival SoNoRo takes over unconventional venues in the capital, while Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest is getting ready for its final weekend. In the country, Brașov sees the opening of the event gathering horror, SF, thriller…
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Chamber music festival SoNoRo takes over unconventional venues in the capital, while Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest is getting ready for its final weekend. In the country, Brașov sees the opening of the event gathering horror, SF, thriller and fantasy films, and Timișoara hosts its yearly literature festival.
In Bucharest
Les Films de CannesàBucarest
October 20 – October 29
A highlight event of Bucharest’s cinematic fall, the festival awaits the public with screenings and special guests at the Elvire Popesco Cinema, the Peasant Museum Cinema, Cinematheque Eforie and Union Cinema. The program includes premiers and award-winning films from the selection of the Cannes festival but also previews of Romanian productions, meetings with filmmakers, masterclasses, retrospectives and professional events. The list of guests includes filmmakers Nicolas Philibert, Maïwenn Le Besco, Lubna Playoust, Catherine Corsini, and Delphine Gleize. The program is available here.
Bucharest Best Comedy Film Festival
Until October 30
The festival covers a competition section dedicated to comedy film, Expo Comedy, a workshop on the art of the comedy film actor, and events held at the film and events hub in Parcul Drumul Taberei, Amo Lounge. More on the program here.
National Theater Festival
October 20 – October 30
Three international productions are part of the program of the event, which showcases top productions from theaters across the country. More on the program here.
SoNoRo
October 27 – November 5
The 18th edition of the chamber music festival brings several concerts where the program is played as a premiere but also a series of talks. The program is available here.


