{"id":5521,"date":"2025-06-19T05:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T05:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=5521"},"modified":"2025-06-19T05:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T05:05:02","slug":"weekend-calendar-road-movies-retrospective-sanziene-fair-consolid8-sibiu-international-theater-festival-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=5521","title":{"rendered":"Weekend calendar: Road movies retrospective, S\u00e2nziene Fair, consolid8, Sibiu International Theater Festival and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Cluj and Sibiu are busy with large film and theater events, Bucharest has numerous outdoor events, music festivals, and themed film programs.\n

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In Bucharest:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Road Movies Retrospective<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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June 18 \u2013 June 22<\/span><\/p>\n

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The event, which takes place at Elvire Popesco Cinema, presents a selection of films where the road becomes \u201ca form of cinema in motion, marked by encounters, wanderings, and revelations.\u201d From cult titles to contemporary perspectives from Europe and America, the program traces the way travel shapes characters. More here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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S\u00e2nziene Fair<\/span><\/p>\n

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June 20 \u2013 June 22<\/span><\/p>\n

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The fair is held at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant and will feature ia blouses from all areas of the country, the creations of craftsmen and artisans, and traditional gastronomy. More details here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Code2Cup Summer Festival\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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June 21<\/span><\/p>\n

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The festival brings together the tech community and coffee enthusiasts. It takes place at the Polytechnic University. More info here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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consolid8 festival\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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June 19 – June 20<\/span><\/p>\n

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The event is dedicated to green technologies and sustainable impact solutions, and takes place at the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism. More details here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bucharest Opera Festival<\/span><\/p>\n

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Until June 24<\/span><\/p>\n

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Opera, ballet, operetta, musical, and rock opera productions presented by multiple companies, including two from abroad, are part of the program. Further info is available <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Athenaeum Summer Festival<\/span><\/p>\n

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Until June 25<\/span><\/p>\n

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Baroque and romantic operas, contemporary works, and film music are part of the program, which also includes two outdoor concerts of classical music with free entrance. More details <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Open Streets<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Until October 12<\/span><\/p>\n

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The program that turns the city’s main arteries into pedestrian areas returns with a program of live concerts, street performances, dance evenings, parades, children’s workshops and creative activities, guided tours, and areas for exercise and sports. More\u00a0<\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Art Safari<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Until July 27<\/span><\/p>\n

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The current edition of the art event features exhibitions on Ioan Andreescu, Ion \u021auculescu, forgotten Romanian painters, but also the new generation of artists. More details\u00a0<\/span>here<\/span><\/a>. The event is closed for the Easter Sunday but open the Saturday before.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Concerts @ George Enescu Philharmonic<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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June 19, 20<\/span><\/p>\n

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George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Courtney Lewis, performs a program of works by Beethoven\u00a0and Elgar. Violinist Alena Baeva is the soloist. More\u00a0<\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ignacio Uriarte: Symbolism <\/span><\/p>\n

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Until June 21<\/span><\/p>\n

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The solo exhibition, open at Gaep, presents drawings and sculptural pieces, including a large group of nine drawings that signal a new direction in Ignacio Uriarte\u2019s practice.\u00a0Without relinquishing his adherence to the tools, gestures, and routines of office environments, he embraces a more colorful aesthetic and a more playful approach to corporate life.\u00a0Further details <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cats Are Taking Over<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Until July 30<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is the inaugural exhibition of Vila Catena’s contemporary art pavilion, a Sandwich and the Fildas Art Foundation joint initiative, via the Catena for Art program. The exhibition “explores the universe of the most charismatic domestic felines, often considered too trivial for “serious” art, reclaiming their place in contemporary creation.” More on the show and the artists included\u00a0<\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Open Doors @Cotroceni Palace<\/span><\/p>\n

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Weekends<\/span><\/p>\n

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The program that sees the garden of the Cotroceni Palace, the seat of the Presidential Administration, continues in a renewed format. More details\u00a0<\/span>here<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Film Garden <\/span><\/p>\n

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Until September 28<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Film Garden (Gr\u0103dina cu Filme), the venue in Bucharest\u2019s Alexandru Lahovari Square that hosts outdoor film screenings, will host a variety of screenings and talks with directors. More <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Grillfest Bbq Arena<\/span><\/p>\n

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June 20 \u2013 June 22\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Live cooking by grill masters from Romania and around the world, three stages with live concerts, DJ sets and electrifying shows, and dozens of food, craft drinks and sweets stands. More here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the country:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Art Encounters Biennial<\/span><\/p>\n

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Until July 13<\/span><\/p>\n

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The <\/span>Timi\u015foara<\/span> event explores at this edition the theme of Bounding Histories. Whispering Tales as it showcases more than 100 works by 60 artists, including five specially commissioned creations that examine the city\u2019s historic layers. Curators Ana Janevski (MoMA New York) and Tev\u017e Logar (independent curator) invite the public to reflect on the city\u2019s complex past and discover the hidden stories of emblematic places: the Garrison Headquarters \u2013 a former military building, FABER \u2013 a former factory, and the headquarters of the Art Encounters Foundation, a space with an industrial and educational history. More details <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Transilvania International Film Festival<\/span><\/p>\n

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June 13 \u2013 June 22<\/span><\/p>\n

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The largest film fest in the country kicks off in Cluj-Napoca with an extensive program of screenings, concerts, and industry events. Works by contemporary directors Rodrigo Cort\u00e9s, Rainer Sarnet, and Adilkhan Yerzhanov will be screened\u00a0at the event, among others, and a dedicated section will focus on Estonian cinema. More details <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sibiu International Theater Festival<\/span><\/p>\n

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June 20 \u2013 June 29<\/span><\/p>\n

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This year’s edition of the\u00a0Sibiu International Theater Festival (FITS) will again bring to the central Romania city a host of productions from all over the world. Actor Bill Murray, actress Kathleen Turner, and Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, the winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, are among the guests. More details here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0(Photo: detail from a previous edition of the Sibiu International Theater Festival by\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cristi111<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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editor@romania-insider.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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