{"id":7246,"date":"2025-10-16T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7246"},"modified":"2025-10-16T06:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:00:40","slug":"weekend-calendar-national-theater-festival-night-of-open-synagogues-astra-film-fest-in-sibiu-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7246","title":{"rendered":"Weekend calendar: National Theater Festival, Night of Open Synagogues, Astra Film Fest in Sibiu and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three Bucharest synagogues can be visited afterhours this weekend, while many events are ongoing at Bucharest Photofest and the National Theater Festival.\n

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

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National Theater Festival<\/p>\n

October 17 \u2013 October 26<\/p>\n

Productions from all over Romania are presented at the event. More on the program here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Night of Open Synagogues <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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October 18<\/span><\/p>\n

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Three Bucharest synagogues, namely the Choral Temple, the Holy Union Temple, and the Yeshua Tova Synagogue, will be open for visits between 8:00 PM and 12:00 AM. More details <\/span>here<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bucharest Photofest <\/span><\/p>\n

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Until October 19<\/span><\/p>\n

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Exhibitions, screenings, artist talks, and many other special events are part of the program. Further details <\/span>here<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bucharest Best Comedy Film<\/span><\/p>\n

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Until October 20<\/span><\/p>\n

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The event showcases Romanian comedy productions, humorous online videos, and young talents from all performative arts. More details <\/span>here<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Until December 14<\/span><\/p>\n

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The event, held at Dacia-Romania Palace, encompasses five exhibitions exploring the work of Theodor Pallady, the story of George Enescu or Japanese design. Further info <\/span>here<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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RE: STRAUS<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Ion Dacian National Operetta and Musical Theatre celebrates the bicentennial of Johan Strauss and 75 years since its founding within this festival. More details <\/span>here<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sursa International Light Art Festival<\/span><\/p>\n

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Until October 19<\/span><\/p>\n

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Between October 13 and 19, the National Library of Romania will host the SURSA International Light Art Festival, an exhibition-manifesto dedicated to the art of light \u2013 that visual language that transforms space into emotion and perception into experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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October 16, 17<\/span><\/p>\n

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Leo Hussain conducts the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra for a program of works by Sergei Prokofiev and Gustav Mahler. Cellist \u0218tefan Cazacu is the soloist. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Marilena Preda S\u00e2nc: Bodyscape 1982\u20131988<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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The show, focused on works the artist created in the 1980s, covers a large number of collages, photographs with interventions, and drawings that have never been shown before. More details <\/span>here<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Flying Carpets – Thomas Ruff & Transylvania & Anatolia<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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The exhibition \u201creveals the collision between tradition and modernity, between local and global, the fusion of seemingly irreconcilable values, so relevant to our hybrid present.\u201d More details <\/span>here<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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J\u00f3zsef Klein and the Baia Mare Art School<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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The exhibition includes a wide selection of paintings, drawings, sculptures and documents, mostly from the painter’s studio and from the Baia Mare County Museum of Art, the National Museum of Art of Romania, the Satu Mare County Museum, the Art Museum in Cluj, the Center for Culture, Art and Leisure in T\u00e2rgu-Mure\u0219, but also from private collections in Budapest and Paris. More <\/span>here<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/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<\/a><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Dan Perjovschi | Romania \u2013 A retrospective 1985-2025<\/span><\/p>\n

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Until October 26<\/span><\/p>\n

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Timi\u0219oara\u2019s Corneliu Miklosi Museum hosts this exhibition gathering drawings, performances, civic actions, protests, publications and installations, to deliver a fresco of Romania of the last 40 years. More details <\/span>here<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Decentralized Games<\/span><\/p>\n

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October 18 \u2013 December 6<\/span><\/p>\n

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The exhibition brings into dialogue two emblematic artists who defined the visual modernity of 1960s Timi\u0219oara: Roman Coto\u0219man and Moln\u00e1r Zolt\u00e1n. More <\/span>here<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Taifas \u2013 Balkan Film and Culture Festival<\/span><\/p>\n

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Until October 19<\/span><\/p>\n

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Timi\u0219oara hosts a wide-ranging cinematic and cultural experience: 11 national premiere, a Radu Jude retrospective, and various culinary, musical and literary events. More <\/span>here<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Timi\u0219oara International Literature Festival<\/span><\/p>\n

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October 16 \u2013 October 18<\/span><\/p>\n

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Icelandic poet and novelist Sj\u00f3n, Mircea C\u0103rt\u0103rescu, former Polish ambassador to Romania Bogumi\u0142 Luft, and poet, literary critic, and publisher Gojko Bo\u017eovi\u0107 are among the guests of this year\u2019s edition. More details <\/span>here<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Astra Film Festival <\/span><\/p>\n

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October 17- October 26<\/span><\/p>\n

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The documentary film festival returns to Sibiu with a selection of more than 70 productions from around the world, 65 of which are world, international, European or national premieres, debates, meetings with guests and directors from all over the world, workshops and training programs for students and young directors, concerts and parties, plus the documentary film education program, Astra Film Junior, designed for young audiences. More <\/span>here<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lenutaidi<\/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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