- 10 December 2014 - 14 December 2014
- Tags Icr Institutul cultural roman Bieff Film
The fifth edition of the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF will take place between the 10th and 14th of December 2014, at CinemaPRO and Elvira Popescu Cinema. 76 films from 28 countries will be screened, most of them as national premieres. The Romanian Cultural Institute is again a partner of the event and is offering the Grand Prize of 3000 EUR.
BIEFF is the first showcase of avant-garde cinema and visual art in Romania, a non-commercial event with educational purpose, aimed at bringing in front of the audience highly innovative films and filmmakers with strong personal views on contemporary reality, which also daringly explore the boundaries of cinematic language.
The winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, Roy Andersson’s most recent film, will open this year’s edition on Wednesday, December 10th, from 7pm, at CinemaPRO. The festival will close with a very provocative event – the Romanian premiere of Ulrich Seidl’s most recent adventure with the hybrid documentary genre – In the Basement, screened on Sunday, December 14th 2014, at 7.00, also at CinemaPRO.
BIEFF presents on one side an INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION, consisting of some of the most intriguing and innovative visual experiments from the last few years, titles awarded and screened in prestigious festivals, museums and galleries all over the world, such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Rotterdam, Oberhausen, Toronto, Centre Pompidou etc. BIEFF is also honored to collaborate with some of the major international film festivals and institutions in the area of avant-garde cinema and visual art, recognized worldwide for their consistent creative support of innovative, radical filmmaking and visual art: QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS - Cannes Film Festival, BERLINALE Forum Expanded - Berlin International Film Festival, International Film Festival ROTTERDAM, International Short Film Festival OBERHAUSEN, IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - Paradocs, Centre POMPIDOU Paris, Le FRESNOY – Studio National des Arts Contemporains, CINEDANS - Dance on Screen Festival Amsterdam, TAMPERE Film Festival, SIXPACKFILM Austria and EYE Film Institute Netherlands, each of them bringing to Bucharest a selection of highly innovative multi-awarded films from their last year’s selections.
We are honored to welcome in our International Competition Jury prestigious films professionals such as: ANNE DELSETH — Member of the Selection Committee, Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Cannes Film Festival; THEUS ZWAKHALS — Short Film Programmer, International Film Festival Rotterdam; JONATHAN POUTHIER — Cinema Programmer, Centre Pompidou Paris; MARION POETH — Program Manager, Cinedans Dance on Screen Festival Amsterdam; ILEANA BÎRSAN — Film Critic and Cinema Educator.
The festival also includes an experimental film workshop organized by NISI MASA – The European Network of Young Cinema (5th – 14th of December), the Andy Warhol Retrospective at Galateca Gallery (three anti-films of the artist will be screened on December 11th, 13th and 14th) and a performance of Compania România (December 13th, Elvira Popescu Cinema).
BIEFF would not be possible without the support of the Romanian National Cinema Centre, the Romanian Cultural Institute, Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Cannes, Berlinale Forum Expanded, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Oberhausen Film Festival, IDFA Amsterdam Paradocs, Centre Pompidou, Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains, CINEDANS - Dance on Screen Festival Amsterdam, Tampere Film Festival, Sixpackfilm Austria and EYE Film Institute Netherlands, the National University of Arts Bucharest, the National University of Theatre and Film Bucharest, the French Institute in Bucharest, the Austrian Cultural Forum, Goethe-Institut Bukarest, Czech Centre Bucharest, Balassi Institute, the Italian Cultural Institute "Vito Grasso", Instituto Cervantes, the Rule of Law Program South-East Europe of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Embassy of Sweden, Embassy of Finland, Embassy of Israel, Accion Cultural Española, German Films, Dacia, ABIS Studio, NouMax, Cinelab, Lara Zankoul Photography, the National Dance Centre Bucharest CNDB, Galateca, Lente Cafe, La Mama, Book4travel, Eventbook, Control Club.
