The 23rd edition of the Transylvania International Film Festival kicked off with the screening of the revenge thriller Dogman, which focuses on the French veteran Luc Besson, in his presence.
About 3,500 spectators supported the Uvere Square in Kluh-Napoc for the start of the festival, which lasts 11 days until June 24. It is the largest film festival in Romania, and one of the main events in the industry calendar in Eastern Europe, with more than 200 films, exhibitions, concerts, talks and special events scheduled. It is expected that about 1,000 specialists in this field will participate.
Along with Jojo Tree Ships, most recently seen in Alex Garland’s Civil War film, this year’s TIFF guest list includes Italian director Daniele Welchetti (The Yes Man), who will be honored with the festival’s special award for his contribution to world cinema. And Romanian cinema and theater legend Catrinel Dumitrescu (Aurora), who will receive the Excellence Award at the closing ceremony on June 22.
Twelve films by first- and second-time directors will compete for the Transylvania Cup and other prizes in the main competition.
“The films of the official competition tell stories about atypical characters and their reactions to social pressures and the need for connection, affirmation or independence,” says Transylvania International Film Festival Artistic Director Mihai Cherilov. “Intimate dramas, silly comedies, unconventional melodramas or family chronicles of different calibres, with a flair for Slight for young people’s stories at a crossroads”, this year’s main competition usually focuses largely on up-and-coming European directors and has just five European titles: Ernst de Geer’s Swedish drama Hypnotism, Anais Thielen’s French romantic drama The Dreamer, and the directors’ dark comedy Where Elephants Go Romanians Catalin Rotaru and Gabi Virginia Varga, and two feature debuts: the drama The Summer Brother by Dutch director Joren Molter and the comedic melodrama The Enduring Image by Catalan director Laura Ferris.
There are four entries from Asia: The Old Bachelor by Iranian director Oktay Barahini, Dai Trippar from China by Tanki Chen, and two Indian films: Adaman Girl directed by Vinothraj Palani, and Girls Will Be Girls by Shochi Kalati.
“The films of the official competition tell stories about atypical characters and their reactions to social pressures and the need for connection, affirmation or independence,” says Transylvania International Film Festival Artistic Director Mihai Cherilov. “Intimate dramas, silly comedies, unconventional melodramas or family chronicles of different calibres, with a flair for Slightly for stories of young people at a crossroads,” this year’s main competition usually focuses heavily on emerging European directors and has only five European titles: the Swedish drama Hypnotism by Ernst de Geer, the French romantic drama The Dreamer by Anais Thielen, and the black comedy drama Where the Elephants Go by Romanian directors Catalin Rotaru and Gaby Virginia Varga, and two debuts: the drama The Summer Brother by Dutch director Joren Molter and the comedic melodrama The Enduring Image by Catalan director Laura Ferris.
There are four entries from Asia: The Old Bachelor by Iranian director Oktay Barahini, Dai Trippar from China by Tanki Chen, and two Indian films: Adamaan Girl directed by Vinothraj Palani, and Girls Will Be Girls by director Shuchi as follows.
The second edition of the festival’s documentary competition sidebar What’s the matter, Doctor? Brings ten titles, nine European productions, and one American: Robert Kolodny’s Featherweight, the true-life story of Italian-American boxer Willie Pep. Represent Romanian cinema with Alice On & Every directed by Isabella von Tenet.
Some highlights in the sidebar sections include Danish star Mads Mikkelsen’s historical drama The Promised Land. Yorgos Lanthimos’ competition entry Was A Kind of Kindness, which received the Jesse Plemons Award for Best Actor; German director Tilman Singer’s horror and thriller film The Cuckoo, with Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens. South Korean box office smash Exhume directed by Jang Jae-hyun; German drama Dying from Matthias Glasner, which won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. and the acclaimed whimsical fantasy romantic drama We’re All Strangers with Paul Mescal directed by Andrew Hay.
TIFF pays special tribute to Japanese cinema with Focus Japan, which showcases contemporary and classic Japanese films, anime, and documentaries. Among other titles, the lineup includes three films by one of Japan’s most famous contemporary directors Ryosuke Hamaguchi (Evil Doesn’t Exist, Driving My Car and Passion) as well as masterpieces from Japanese masters Kenji Mizoguchi (The Ruler of Sansho), Shohei Imamura (The Song of Narayama) and Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story.) .
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