The 2018 run of TIFF takes place between May 25 and June 3, in Cluj-Napoca, in western Romania. The announced films were previously screened and won awards at the 2017 Venice and San Sebastian film festivals, says TransylvaniaToday.ro.
The announced films are: Foxtrot, a winner of the Grand Jury Prize Silver Lion at the 2017 Venice Film Festival; Under the Tree, directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdssonrevine, and screened in the Orizzonti section of the Venice festival; Love and Bullets, the mafia-themed musical directed by the Maretti brothers, and included in the official competition of the Venice festival; Nico, 1988, directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli, and a winner of the Orizzonti section at the Venice festival; the documentary Caniba, directed by anthropologists Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel; Longing, the dark comedy by Savi Gabizon; Johnny Hendrix Hinestroza’s Candelaria, the winner of the Venice Days section; Life and Nothing More, directed by António Méndez Esparza, and a winner of the FIPRESCI award at the San Sebastian film festival; Giant, directed by Jon Garano and Jose Mari Goenaga, and a winner of the jury prize at the San Sebastian festival; and Diego Lerman’s A Sort of Family, the winner of the screenplay award at the San Sebastian festival.
This year, TIFF sold over 90,000 tickets for the event, 14% more than in 2016. A total of 225 films were screened at the festival, and over 130,000 participated at the events in the program, including the free, open-air screenings, workshops, launches, exhibitions and debates. Over 1,200 Romanian and foreign guests were present at the festival.
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