The 14th edition of the European Film Festival, organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute, will take place over May 6 - 30, 2010 in Bucharest, Braşov, Iaşi, Tîrgu-Mureş and Timişoara. The program will include over 50 films, representing 28 European countries.
WHAT'S NEW
- a record number of films: 53
- the first-time participation of Israel and Serbia
- a local edition in Tîrgu-Mureş
- the Vintage collection, which brings together eight of the best films from previous editions of the festival
- a day dedicated to Romanian film
The festival will open on May 6, at Cinema PRO in Bucharest, with the projection of Das Weisse Band (Austria, 2009), directed by Michael Haeneke. The film has received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Picture of 2009, together with numerous other international awards.
The honorary ambassador of this year's European Film Festival is director Radu Jude, winner of the C.I.C.A.E. Prize at the Berlin Film Festival (2009) and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Sofia International Film Festival for feature-length film The Happiest Girl in the World (Cea mai fericită fată din lume).
In Bucharest, the festival will take place over May 6 – 16, with showinga at Cinema Studio and Noul Cinematograf al Regizorului Român. The festival will continue in Braşov (May 13 - 16), Iaşi (May 20 – 23), Tîrgu-Mureş (Mat 21 – 23), and Timişoara (May 27 – 30).
The European Film Festival is organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute, and the film selection is carried out with the help of the embassies and cultural centers of the European nations. Partners: The European Commission Representation in Romania, Uniunea Cineaştilor din România (The Romanian Cineastes' Union), and Muzeul Ţăranului Român (The Romanian Peasants' Museum), with the support of Independenţa Film and Clorofilm.
ONE NIGHT AND ONE DAY OF CLASSIC FILMS
The VINTAGE collection of this year's edition brings together 8 of the most acclaimed films that showed during the previous editions of the festival. The Films will be shown at Muzeul Ţăranului Român on the night of May 15 and all day May 16. This section is carried out with the support of Independenţa Film.
TICKETS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS Bucharest - Cinema Studio and NCRR (Muzeul Ţăranului Român):
Cost of one ticket: 10 RON
Cost of a subscription (6 entries): 40 RON
SUBSCRIPTIONS will go on sale May 1, 2010 at the ticket windows of Studio and NCRR (Muzeul Ţăranului Român). A subscription allows for 6 entries (as space allows) at any of the two theaters. Before each showing, subscription holders are invited to get their seat tickets at the ticket window.
OPENING GALA (May 6): by invitation only.
All showings in Braşov, Tîrgu-Mureş, Iaşi şi Timişoara – free to the public.
More information available at www.festivalulfilmuluieuropean.ro or on Facebook
COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF FILM SHOWINGS
BUCHAREST
CINEMA STUDIO
Friday, May 7 18:00 Ben X – Nic Balthazar / Belgium – Flanders / 2007 / 90'
20:00 Autumn – Özcan Alper / Turkey / 2008 / 99'
Saturday, May 8
16:00 Metastases – Branko Schmidt / Croatia / 2009 / 84'
18:00 Cameleon – Krisztina Goda / Hungary / 2008 / 104'
20:00 Wild Herbs – Alain Resnais / France / 2009 / 104'
Sunday, May 9
16:00 Nomadak TX – Raúl de la Fuente / Spain / 2006 / 86'
18:00 The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner – Stephan Komandarev / co-production / 2008 / 105'
20:00 Revanche – Götz Spielmann / Austria / 2008 / 121'
Monday, May 10
18:00 Julia's Disappearance – Christoph Schaub / Switzerland / 2010 / 87'
20:00 Little Moscow – Waldemar Krzystek / Poland / 2008 / 114'
Tuesday, May 11
18:00 The Milk of Sorrow – Claudia Llosa / Spain / 2009 / 95'
20:00 Camino – Javier Fesser / Spain / 2008 / 143'
Wednesday, May 12
18:00 Eden – Declan Recks / Ireland / 2008 / 83'
20:00 Forbidden Fruit – Dome Karukoski / Finland / 2009 / 102'
Thursday, May 13
18:00 Wingless – Ivo Trajkov / Macedonia / 2009 / 90'
20:00 Jerichow – Christian Petzold / Germany / 2008 / 93'
Friday, May 14
18:00 The Wolf – Daniel Alfredson / Sweden / 2008 / 95'
20:00 Soul at Peace – Vladimír Balko / Slovakia / 2009 / 97'
Saturday, May 15
16:00 Yodok Stories – Andrzej Fidyk / Norway / 2008 / 75'
18:00 Well Kept Secrets - Athanassia – Panos Karkanevatos / Greece / 2008 / 95'
20:00 This Dear Month of August – Miguel Gomes / Portugal / 2008 / 147'
Sunday, May 16
15:00 White Ribbon – Michael Haneke / Austria / 2009 / 144'
18:00 Thursday – Hadrian Marcu / Romania / 2007 / 30'
Uncle Victor – Hadrian Marcu / Romania / 2010 / 18'
Mister David – Hadrian Marcu / Romania / 20010 / 20'
20:00 Tache – Igor Cobileanski / Romania/ 2009 / 76'
NOUL CINEMATOGRAF AL REGIZORULUI ROMÂN Friday, May 7
17:00 Another Man – Lionel Baier / Switzerland / 2008 / 89'
19:00 Wedding in Bessarabia – Nap Toader / Romania / 2009 / 92'
21:00 The Father of My Children – Mia Hansen–Løve / France / 2009 / 112'
Saturday, May 8
15:30 Goodbye, How Do You Do? – Boris Mitić / Serbia / 2009 / 60'
17:00 A Matter of Size – Sharon Maymon, Erez Tadmor / Israel / 2009 / 90'
19:00 Life Through My Eyes – Marija Džidževa / Macedonia / 2008 / 45'
Cash & Marry – Atanas Georgiev / Macedonia / 2009 / 70'
21:00 Kino Lika – Dalibor Matanić / Croatia / 2008 / 122'
Sunday, May 9
15:30 Waiting for the Light – Ciarín Scott / Ireland / 2008 / 70'
17:00 Involuntary – Ruben Östlund / Sweden / 2008 / 98'
19:00 Worlds Apart – Niels Arden Oplev / Denmark / 2008 / 116'
21:00 Lost Times – Áron Mátyássy / Hungary / 2009 / 90'
Monday, May 10
18:00 Vortex – Gytis Lukšas / Lithuania / 2009 / 140'
21:00 Eldorado – Bouli Lanners / Belgium - Wallonia / 2008 / 85'
Tuesday, May 11
18:30 Flammen & Citronen – Ole Christian Madsen / Denmark / 2008 / 130'
21:00 You're Marlon and Brando – Hüseyin Karabey / Turkey / 2008 / 93'
Wednesday, May 12
17:30 Duska – Jos Stelling / Holland / 2007 / 110'
19:00 Love and Other Crimes – Stefan Arsenijević / Serbia / 2008 / 105'
21:00 Grapes – Tomáš Barina / Czech Republic / 2008 / 90'
Thursday, May 13
18:30 Everyone Else – Maren Ade / Germany / 2009 / 119'
21:00 Sweet Rush – Andrzej Wajda / Poland / 2009 / 84'
Friday, May 14
17:00 Vittorio D. – Mario Canale, Annarosa Morri / Italy / 2009 / 92'
19:00 Revelation – Hans–Christian Schmid /Germany / 2009 / 110'
21:00 Will You Marry Us? – Micha Lewinsky / Switzerland / 2009 / 90'
Saturday, May 15
15:00 Savage – Brendan Muldowney / Ireland / 2009 / 84'
17:00 Evil – Julija Gruodienė, Rimantas Gruodis / Lithuania / 2009 / 30'
The Train Stops for 5 Minutes – Janina Lapinskaitė / Lithuania / 2009 / 57'
19:00 Terribly Happy – Henrik Ruben Genz / Denmark / 2008 / 90'
21:00 Baarìa – Giuseppe Tornatore / Italy / 2009 / 150'
Sunday, May 16 – VINTAGE Collection
00:15 The Child – Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne / Belgium / 2005 / 100'
02:00 My Brother is an Only Child – Daniele Luchetti / Italy / 2007 / 104'
03:45 Sarajevo, My Love – Jasmila Zbanic / Bosnia-Herțegovina / 2005 / 90'
13:00 Head First – Fatih Akin / Germany, Turkey / 2004 / 121'
15:00 King's Game – Nicolaj Arcel / Denmark / 2004 / 107'
17:00 Taking Sides – István Szabó / Germany / 2001 / 108'
19:00 His Brother – Patrice Chéreau / France / 2003 / 95'
21:00 The Secret – Michael Haneke / France / 2005 / 117'
OTHER CITIES
Braşov – Centrul Cultural Reduta (Reduta Cultural Center)
Thursday, May 13 – Gala Evening 19:30 Will You Marry Us? – Micha Lewinsky / Switzerland / 2009 / 90'
Friday, May 14
17:00 A Matter of Size – Sharon Maymon, Erez Tadmor / Israel / 2009 / 90'
19:00 Love and Other Crimes – Stefan Arsenijević / Serbia / 2008 / 105'
21:00 The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner – Stephan Komandarev / co-production / 2008 / 105'
Saturday, May 15
19:00 Cameleon – Krisztina Goda / Hungary / 2008 / 104'
21:00 Flammen & Citronen – Ole Christian Madsen / Denmark / 2008 / 130'
Sunday, May 16
15:00 The Father of My Children – Mia Hansen–Løve / France / 2009 / 112'
17:00 Revelation – Hans-Christian Schmid /Germany / 2009 / 110'
19:00 Vittorio D. – Mario Canale, Annarosa Morri / Italy / 2009 / 92'
21:00 This Dear Month of August – Miguel Gomes / Portugal / 2008 / 147'
Tîrgu-Mureş – Casa de Cultură a Studenţilor (Students' Cultural House)
Thursday, May 20 – Premiere
19:30 Konyec – Gábor Rohonyi / Hungary / 2006 / 105'
Friday, May 21 – Gala Evening
19:30 The Father of My Children – Mia Hansen-Løve / France / 2009 / 112'
Saturday, May 22
16:00 Involuntary – Ruben Östlund / Sweden / 2008 / 98'
18:00 Little Moscow – Waldemar Krzystek / Poland / 2008 / 114'
20:00 Lost Times – Áron Mátyássy / Hungary / 2009 / 90'
Sunday 23 mai
16:00 Cameleon – Krisztina Goda / Hungary / 2008 / 104'
18:00 The Concert – Radu Mihăileanu / România, France / 2009 / 119'
20:00 This Dear Month of August - Miguel Gomes / Portugal / 2008 / 147'
Iaşi – Casa de Cultură „Mihai Ursachi" (Mihai Ursachi Cultural House)
Thursday, May 20 – Gala Evening
19:30 The Milk of Sorrow – Claudia Llosa / Spain / 2009 / 95'
Friday, May 21
16:00 Eden – Declan Recks / Ireland / 2008 / 83'
18:00 Yodok Stories – Andrzej Fidyk / Norway / 2008 / 75'
20:00 Worlds Apart – Niels Arden Oplev / Denmark / 2008 / 116'
Saturday, May 22
16:00 Ward No. 6 – Galina Shadur / Russia / 2009 / 83'
18:00 Eldorado – Bouli Lanners / Belgium – Wallonia / 2008 / 85'
20:00 Wild Herbs – Alain Resnais / France / 2009 / 104'
Sunday, May 23
16:00 Soul at Peace – Vladimír Balko / Slovakia / 2009 / 97'
18:00 Julia's Disappearance – Christoph Schaub / Switzerland / 2010 / 87'
20:00 Vortex – Gytis Lukšas / Lithuania / 2009 / 140'
Timişoara - Cinema Studio
Thursday, May 27 – Gala Evening
19:30 Sweet Rush – Andrzej Wajda / Poland / 2009 / 84'
Friday, May 28
16:00 Forbidden Fruit – Dome Karukoski / Finland / 2009 / 102'
18:00 Wingless – Ivo Trajkov / Macedonia / 2009 / 90'
20:00 Everyone Else – Maren Ade / Germany / 2009 / 119'
Saturday, May 29
16:00 Grapes – Tomáš Barina / Czech Republic / 2008 / 90'
18:00 Jerichow – Christian Petzold / Germany / 2008 / 93'
20:00 Baarìa – Giuseppe Tornatore / Italy / 2009 / 150'
Sunday, May 30
16:00 Metastases – Branko Schmidt / Croatia / 2009 / 84'
18:00 Autumn – Özcan Alper / Turkey / 2008 / 99'
20:00 Camino – Javier Fesser / Spain / 2008 /143'
