For several years now, Romania has been a cultural hotspot for the performing arts, film, theatre and music. Looking back over the cultural calendar of 2014, BR highlights the top festivals held around the country, according to Business-Revew.eu.luj-Napoca was the talk of the cultural world from May 30 to June 8, during which the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) screened over 217 movies from 55 countries, complemented by countless related events such as exhibitions, concerts, master classes, debates and parties. The 13th run of the event attracted over 160,000 cinephiles and 1,000 special guests, with 63,000 tickets sold for various events. Director Tudor Giurgiu, also director of the festival, used the event to launch his campaign to save Romania’s silver screens and revive the once-loved local pastime of going to the cinema. Statistics presented by Giurgiu show that currently just 25 movie theaters out of 30 are still active in the state-owned Romania Film network, including only six modernized halls with digital equipment. Last year, 450 movies were screened in Romania, of which 198 were premieres. In terms of admissions, ranked by the origin of first-release feature films, 250,000 people watched Romanian-made films in 2013, 100,000 movie goers selected European productions, whereas almost 8 million people viewed American movies.
In October, Cluj-Napoca was again in the spotlight, during the Cluj International Comedy Festival. The event involved 147 film projections in nine different locations, the screening of 192 movies from 38 countries across four continents and over 100 special guests who entertained the public for ten days, as well as jazz concerts, theater, dance and parties, all put together by over 200 organizers, both festival employees and volunteers.
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