Day 5 at TIFF. Highlights for today

The festival reached its middle, so the organisers propose us the following schedule, if you don’t have your own yet. Free your evening, get some warm clothes, and come to Vlaha to watch Cabbage, Potatoes and Other Demons, an absurd documentary on how growing too much cabbage can actually be bad for business. The event will take place in Arkhai Sculpture Park, near Cluj Napoca.

Alternatively, go for another type of Romanian reality check with Pata-Cluj, a documentary about a community living in the slums set up near the city’s garbage dumps, (21.30, Casa TIFF).

If you’ve seen History of Love yesterday, as we also suggested in the article Love bites at TIFF with director Radu Mihaileanu, now you have a chance to hear backstage stories. Radu Mihaileanu and Derek Jacobi are today’s special guests for an informal discussion with Mihnea Maruta, at 17.00, TIFF Lounge. The film is screening again at Florin Piersic, at 18:00.

For those interested in something more adult-friendly, Carte Blanche Viva Erotica screenings start tonight. Urania Palace is the place if you’re in the mood for a trip down memory lane of vintage erotic films.

What’s on TIFF

Also, the competition of the 16th edition of the TIFF features directors on their first or second film and this year maps a veritable conflict zone: stories on the edge of a knife inspired by real events or personal experiences, challenging situations and daring approaches, moral fables that are either extreme or nuanced beyond clarity, all taken on by emerging directors taking the kinds of risks that will surely bring them recognition. Of the 12 titles competing for the Transilvania Trophy, 8 are feature debuts.

If you can’t come to Cluj Napoca to attend TIFF, don’t worry. Some of the movies are screened in Bucharest at Afi Palace.

This year’s Romanian Days section (June 8-10) presents 27 titles— 13 features and 14 shorts — selected out of over 120 submissions. Five of this year’s features are world premieres. And, like every year, Transilvania IFF’s Romanian Days will bring together hundreds of industry figures from Romania and around the world.

The enigmatic rebel of French cinema, a European film icon, and one of the world’s most beloved actors, the legendary Alain Delon comes to Romania for the first time as a special guest of the 16th edition of the TIFF. The French star, who is often cited as one of the most beautiful men of all time, conquered the hearts and minds of the audiences during the golden age of European cinema. TIFF will award Alain Delon the Lifetime Achievement Award for exceptional artistic contribution. In his honor, on June 9, the Unirii Square will host a special screening of Pour la peau d’un flic / For a Cop’s Hide (1981), a thriller directed by the great French actor and which also features Delon in the starring role.

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