Bucharest hosts Romania’s first film festival for blind people

The National Film Festival for the Blind, the first film event in Romania dedicated to people with visual impairments, takes place in Bucharest between May 15 and May 19. The festival’s program includes several Romanian films, such as Aferim! directed by Radu Jude, Cristian Mungiu’s Over the Hills (Dupa Dealuri), Iulia Rugina’s Love Building and Child’s Pose (Pozitia Copilului) directed by Catalin Peter Netzer. The screenings will take place at Elvire Popesco and the Peasant Museum cinemas. There will be a total of 10 screenings with audio description. Besides the movie’s soundtrack, people will also hear other explanations, very important for understanding the film’s action, such as the sets, the actors’ gestures, the mimics, the characters’ outfits, the order of their entry, the relationships between them, and any other image that help the public understand the movie. The explanations are carefully synchronized with the film without overlapping with the actors’ lines. The audio description will only be heard in headphones offered to the public when entering the cinema room. Those without visual impairments can also attend these screenings. If they wish to share this unique experience, they can also ask for headphones when they enter the cinema. Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com