After 13 years of bringing Romanian and international premiere films to Timi\u0219oara, the TIFF Caravan event has evolved into a full-fledged festival, turning into the first edition of TIFF Timi\u0219oara.<\/p>\n
The four-day festival, from September 5-8, promises premiere films, the most popular movies from the recent TIFF edition held in Cluj-Napoca (June 14-24), a cine-concert, workshops, children’s films, and meetings with Romanian actors, directors, and producers.<\/p>\n
One of the most anticipated Romanian films of the year, “Morome\u021bii 3” (directed by Stere Gulea), will have a special preview at TIFF Timi\u0219oara in the presence of the team. The last film in Stere Gulea’s trilogy based on Marin Preda’s novels centers on Niculae, Ilie Moromete’s youngest son, who has become a young writer called to support the party line and participate in collectivization. The top cast includes Alex C\u0103lin, Hora\u021biu M\u0103l\u0103ele, Mara Bugarin, Olimpia Melinte, Iulian Postelnicu, and R\u0103zvan Vasilescu.<\/p>\n
Another unique screening will be “The New Year’s Eve That Never Was,” the feature debut of director Bogdan Mure\u0219anu, recently selected for the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival. This tragicomedy, set over a single day before the 1989 Revolution, stars Adrian V\u0103ncic\u0103, Iulian Postelnicu, Emilia Dobrin, Mihai C\u0103lin, and Nicoleta H\u00e2ncu.<\/p>\n
The TIFF Timi\u0219oara program also features other new Romanian films, such as “Clasat” (directed by Horia Cucuta, George Ganeard), a story constructed as a journalistic investigation that won the Romanian Film Days Award at TIFF.23, and “Between Silence and Sin” (directed by Diana Nicolae), a documentary about poet Ana Blandiana.<\/p>\n
Residents of Timi\u0219oara are also invited to an extraordinary cine-concert: Bl\u00fcesferat\u00fc \u2013 a symphony of blues. The screening of the most famous silent film of all time, “Nosferatu” (directed by F.W. Murnau, 1922, Germany), will be accompanied live by the blues band Bl\u00fcesferat\u00fc from Bra\u0219ov.<\/p>\n
Viewers will also have the opportunity to watch the winner of the Transilvania Trophy at TIFF.23 \u2013 “Girls Will Be Girls” (directed by Shuchi Talati), which explores what it means to be a woman in a strict and oppressive environment, along with films like “Summer Brother,” “One Life,” and “La Cocina.”<\/p>\n
TIFF Timi\u0219oara also has a section dedicated to children, who can participate in a stop-motion animation workshop by BeanBag Animation Studio, Cluj-Napoca. Here, they will learn to create animated stories using characters they imagine themselves. The workshops are for students aged 7-13 and 14-18, participation is free, and registration is required \u2013 https:\/\/forms.gle\/oFHCmiQoKMZgJ6Fi6<\/a>.<\/p>\n TIFF Timi\u0219oara will take place at Cinema Timi\u0219, Cinema Victoria, and Gr\u0103dina de Var\u0103 Capitol. Tickets for screenings at Cinema Timi\u0219 and Cinema Victoria are available online. Access to screenings at Gr\u0103dina de Var\u0103 Capitol is free. The full program is available at tiff.ro\/timisoara.<\/p>\n