The Transilvania International Film Festival, which will take place between June 12 and 21 in Cluj-Napoca, is set to celebrate director Corneliu Porumboiu with a complete retrospective of his work.<\/p>\n
A two-time winner of the Transilvania Trophy, Porumboiu will receive the TIFF.25 Special Award and give a masterclass during the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cA defining figure of the Romanian New Wave, Porumboiu has built a singular cinema – precise, ironic, and quietly radical – where language becomes action and meaning is constantly up for debate,\u201d according to the organizers\u2019 press release.<\/p>\n
His relationship with the festival is not new. 12:08 East of Bucharest<\/em> opened the festival in 2006 and won the Transilvania Trophy. In 2009, Police, Adjective<\/em> brought him a second trophy. He has returned to TIFF many times since, as a jury member, collaborator, and a constant presence in Romanian Days, where his films have been repeatedly awarded.<\/p>\n The retrospective spans all his features: from the deadpan inquiry into revolution in 12:08 East of Bucharest, to the moral and linguistic maze of Police, Adjective<\/em>; from the stripped-down meta-cinema of When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism<\/em> to the playful archival experiment The Second Game<\/em> and the absurdist logic of Infinite Football. <\/em>With The Treasure<\/em>, he delivers a minimalist story of obsession and buried hopes, while La Gomera<\/em> marks a stylish, noir-inflected turn.<\/p>\n The program is completed by his early works, such as Pe aripile vinului<\/em>, C\u0103l\u0103torie la ora\u0219<\/em>, and Visul lui Liviu<\/em>, as well as a special screening introduced by the director himself.<\/p>\n