{"id":6996,"date":"2025-09-30T09:01:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6996"},"modified":"2025-09-30T09:01:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:01:54","slug":"romanias-dracula-film-festival-returns-for-13th-edition-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6996","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s Dracula Film Festival returns for 13th edition this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dracula Film Festival, Romania\u2019s leading showcase for fantasy and horror cinema, returns this fall with its 13th edition, bringing national premieres of international productions and a wide array of competitions for filmmakers. Running from October 29 to November 2 in Bra\u0219ov, the event will feature ten feature films and more than 30 short films.<\/p>\n

The event, which consistently ranks among the world\u2019s top 90 genre festivals according to Dread Central<\/a>, will again highlight the diversity of contemporary fantasy cinema, from animation and sci-fi to thriller and horror, the organizers said.<\/p>\n

The official competition includes the Dracula Trophy for best feature film, Little Dracula for best international short, Vladut for best Romanian short, and Dracula Digital, a contest for young amateur filmmakers creating short films on mobile phones.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s feature competition presents titles such as Lily\u2019s Ritual (Spain), The Krampus Rises (Italy\/Spain\/US), Ever After (US, starring Malcolm McDowell), Labyrinth (US, directed by Ryuhei Kitamura), and A WWII Fairy Tale (UK), a documentary about Michael Mann\u2019s cult classic The Keep.<\/p>\n

Short film competitions will bring Romanian and international entries spanning themes from dystopias and folklore to satire and supernatural horror.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Young filmmakers aged 16 to 29 will compete in Dracula Digital, with finalists challenged to create new shorts within 60 hours during the festival.<\/p>\n

Beyond cinema, the festival experience will expand with Dracula Fantasy Con, a parallel event running from October 31 to November 2 at Coresi Shopping Resort, gathering artists and creators from comics, literature, video games, and fantasy art.<\/p>\n

Screenings will take place at Cinema Modern in Bra\u0219ov, with tickets available from October 1 at Biletebrasov.ro. Full program details will be published soon here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n

(Photo source: press release)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dracula Film Festival, Romania\u2019s leading showcase for fantasy and horror cinema, returns this fall with its 13th edition, bringing national premieres of international productions and a wide array of competitions for filmmakers. Running from October 29 to November 2 in Bra\u0219ov, the event will feature ten feature films and more than 30 short films. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}