Twelve first and sophomore features, including Where Elephants Go by Romanian directors Cătălin Rotaru and Gabi Virginia Șarga, have been selected for the Official Competition of the 23rd Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), which will be held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania 14 – 24 June 2024, according to Film New Europe.
Ten titles were selected for the What’s Up Doc? Competition, while the Romanian Days lineup includes 12 feature films and 10 short films competing for three awards: Best Feature Film, Best Debut and Best Short Film. Additionally, seven feature and long documentary films, as well as 10 short films, will screen out of competition in Romanian Days.
“The films of the Official Competition are, for the most part, about atypical, nonconformist characters, about their reactions to social pressures and the need for connection, affirmation, or independence: intimate dramas, absurd comedies, unconventional melodramas, or family chronicles of different calibers, with a slight predilection for stories with and about young people at crossroads,” Mihai Chirilov, the artistic director of TIFF, said in a statement.
The festival is organised by the Association for the Promotion of Romanian Film and the Transilvania Film Festival Association with support from the Ministry of Culture, the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), the Cluj-Napoca City Hall and Local Council, the Romanian Cultural Institute, Dacin Sara, Romanian Filmmakers’ Union (UCIN), the Department of Interethnic Relations – DRI, Florești Commune City Hall and Creative Europe – MEDIA.
Official Competition:
Toll (Brazil)
Directed by Carolina Markowicz
The Adamant Girl (India)
Directed by PS Vinothraj
Girls Will Be Girls (India)
Directed by Shuchi Talati
The Old Bachelor (Iran)
Directed by Oktay Baraheni
Summer Brother (the Netherlands)
Directed by Joren Molter
The Other Son (Colombia)
Directed by Juan Sebastián Quebrada
Permanent Picture (Spain)
Directed by Laura Ferrés
The Dreamer (France)
Directed by Anaïs Tellenne
Daniel Auerbach (Israel)
Directed by David Volach
Day Tripper (China)
Directed by Yanqi Chen
The Hypnosis (Sweden)
Directed by Ernst de Geer
Where Elephants Go (Romania)
Directed by Cătălin Rotaru and Gabi Virginia Șarga
Produced by Green Cat Film
Coproduced by Atelier de Film, Avanpost Media
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre (CNC)
Romanian Days Competition Section:
Feature Films and Long Documentaries:
Family Weekend / Weekend în familie (Romania), world premiere
Directed by Mihnea Toma
Night Butterflies / Fluturi de noapte (Romania), world premiere
Directed by Andrei Răuțu
Alice On & Off (Romania), documentary
Directed by Isabela Tent
Rusalka (Romania), world premiere
Directed by Claudiu Mitcu
Produced by Wearebasca
Coproduced by Chainsaw Europe
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre (CNC)
Horia (Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia)
Directed by Ana-Maria Comănescu
Produced by microFILM
Coproduced by Klas Film, Biberche Productions
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the Bulgarian National Film Center, Film Center Serbia
A Cautionary Tale / Cum să fiu mort dacă-s viu? (Romania, UK), documentary
Directed by Ilinca Călugăreanu
Maia – Portrait with Hands / Maia, portret cu mâini (Romania), documentary
Directed by Alexandra Gulea
Where Elephants Go / Unde se duc elefanții (Romania)
Directed by Cătălin Rotaru, Gabi Șarga
Three Kilometers to the End of the World / Trei kilometri până la capătul lumii (Romania)
Directed by Emanuel Pârvu
Produced by FAMart Association
Coproduced by FAMart Films
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), Publicis Groupe Media Bucharest, MMS Communications Romania, House of Media
Ext. Car. Night / Ext. Mașină. Noapte (Romania), world premiere
Directed by Andrei Crețulescu
Holy Week (Romania, Switzerland)
Directed by Andrei Cohn
Produced by Mandragora
Coproduced by Bord Cadre Films
Dismissed / Clasat (Romania), world premiere
Directed by George ve Gänæaard, Horia Cucută
Short Films:
99,999% (Romania)
Directed by Roberta Șerban
Cat Funeral / Pisica moartă (Romania)
Directed by Ana-Maria Comănescu
Eugen, Antonia’s Friend / Eugen, prietenul Antoniei (Romania)
Directed by Vlăduț Iosef
FuckYouLoveYou (Romania)
Directed by Elias Ferkin Musuret
Happy (Romania)
Directed by Mara Cohn
Holding It Up with the Sztroes / Ținând-o sus cu Stroe (Romania)
Directed by Stroe Hana
Last Year at the North Railway Station / Anul trecut la Gara de Nord (Romania)
Directed by Marin Cumatrenco
Networking (Romania)
Directed by Marian Fărcuț
The Cherry on Top the Boeuf Salad / Cireașa de la salata boeuf (Romania)
Directed by Matei Preda
Truth or Dare / Flori, fete și băieți (Romania)
Directed by Simona Borcea
Click HERE to see the films selected in the What’s Up, Doc? Competition and HERE for the full selection of the Romanian Days section.
