Transylvania International Film Festival to start on June 3rd; competition registration now open

The tenth annual edition of the Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF) will be held this year between June 3 and 12, in Cluj-Napoca, northwestern Romania, according to the festival’s official website. As in the previous years, a selection of films in the festival will be screened later in Sibiu, central Romania, between June 15 and 19. Online registrations have been opened for the official competition of the festival for the Shadows - Short film section and the Romanian Film Days - Feature and Short film sections. All films proposed for competition must have been produced after January 1, 2009. TIFF is one of the main film festivals held in Romania and previous editions have rejoiced the presence of guests such as Vanessa Redgrave, Catherine Deneuve and Wim Wenders. Last year, TIFF took place between May 28 and June 6 in Cluj and between June 9 and 13 in Sibiu. It featured 18 feature length Romanian films and 19 short films. Two of these films were the Cannes-nominated Aurora, directed by Cristi Puiu, and ‘Marti dupa Craciun’ (Tuesday after Christmas), directed by Radu Muntean. Several documentaries were screened: ‘Dacia, dragostea mea’ (Dacia, my love), ‘Kapitalism, reteta noastra secreta’ (Kapitalism, our secret recipe), ‘Lumea vazuta de Ion B.” (The world seen by Ion B.) and ‘The Shukar Collective Project’, among others. Sources: Mediafax, editor@romania-insider.com