European Film Festival celebrates 15 with 50 films

Newsroom 20/04/2011 | 11:25

The fifteenth European Film Festival, organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR), is taking place between May 5 and 29 in five locations across Romania. More than 50 films from 30 countries will be broadcast, including the premiere of the Romanian film Metrobranding, a documentary by Ana Vlad and Adrian Voicu. Another first this year is the Republic of Moldova’s participation in the festival with some student films.

In Bucharest, the program runs from May 5 to 15, with screenings at Cinema Studio and Cinema Eforie. The festival will continue in Brasov between May 12 and 15, in Iasi between May 19 and 22, the same dates in Timisoara, and in Tirgu Mures between May 26 and 29.

Proceedings will begin on Thursday, May 5, at CinemaPro in Bucharest, with the screening of Essential Killing (Poland, 2010), directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, 2010.

The Honorary Ambassador of the European Film Festival this year is Radu Muntean, director of Tuesday after Christmas (2010, Marti dupa Craciun), which has been screened and won prizes at many festivals.

More information about tickets is soon to be announce.