The Deflowering of Eva Van End by Dutch filmmaker Michiel ten Horn is a quirky comedy reminiscent of the American hit Little Miss Sunshine (2006). The Deflowering of Eva Van End is a smart comedy about an eccentric dysfunctional Dutch family that hosts a well-traveled German exchange student who uses his weird and worldly ways to open the minds of his hosts.
The film recently screened at the 2013 Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF). I interviewed actor Tomer...
Peruvian director Adrián Saba’s breakout first feature film ‘The Cleaner’ (‘El Limpiador’, 2012) has won multiple awards (including the prestigious the New Voices/New Visions award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival) and traveled to numerous film festivals around the globe since its world premier in the New Directors category of the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
This haunting and lyrical Peruvian gem is reminiscent of the post apo...
When I met Sebastián Lelio it was under the influence of ‘Carpathia’ vodka and in the bowels of a dark Transylvanian nightclub. Sebastian, myself, and a group of others were dancing our booties off to this summer’s club music hits. None of us knew each other’s name, but we were all smiling cheek-to-cheek, dancing and bonding. We were happy and free celebrating life beyond worldview, career or age. The next day I went to see Sebastián’s f...
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'KON-TIKI' (2012) was the film event to close the 12th Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF) on June 9, 2013.
‘Are you a traveler or a tourist?’ That is the question. What Is the difference? A tourist thinks about going home the minute he/she has arrived at his/her destination, whereas a traveler gets so wrapped up in the adventure he/she rarely ever returns home (Paul Bowles’ ‘The Sheltering Sky’). Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl was ...
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Hindi film „Ship of Theseus” wins the Transilvania Trophy. On the night of June 8, 2013, Cluj National Theatre hosted the Awards Ceremony of the Transilvania International Film Festival. Attended by well over 800 guests, the Closing Gala of the 12th edition was presented by Tudor Giurgiu, the director of the festival.
The starts of the night, protagonists of unforgettable TIFF moments were actress Luminița Gheorghiu, the recipient of the Excellence Aw...
12th TIFF 2013 AWARDS:
The Transilvania trophy (15.000 Euro) - Ship of Theseus, by Anand Gandhi (India)
Best Director Award (5.000 Euro offered by BCR) - Rikiya Imaizumi, for I Catch a Terrible Cat / Koppidoi neko (Japan)
Special Prize of the Jury (1.500 Euro offered by Vodafone) - Ana Guevara Pose, Leticia Jorge Romero, for Tanta agua (Uruguay)
Best Cinematography award (3.500 Euro in digital post-production services offered by Cinelabs) - Pankaj Kumar, for Ship of Theseus
Best A...
At the 12th Transylvania International Film Festival (31 May- 9 June, 2013), the winner of the 'Romanian Days Breakthrough Award' (1.000 Euro offered by URSUS) – 'A Month in Thailand' (by Paul Negoescu).
‘A Month In Thailand’ (2012) by writer/director Paul Negoescu screened in competition recently at the 12th Transylvania International Film Festival. The film depicts a grey Bucharest, Romania in the course of one night in the life of 'Radu' (play...
SAMSARA (2011) by filmmakers Ron Fricke and producer Mark Magidson is the follow-up to the epic non-narrative film BARAKA (1992), which made cinematic history twenty years ago with its arresting 70mm Panavision System images filmed in 24 countries. Described by director Ron Fricke as a ‘guided meditation’ BARAKA still has people dropping their jaw at the astonishing innovative camera work and intercutting of the haunting musical score. Now, the filmmakers bring the same cam...
As a tourist to Transylvania, I cannot help but think about Coppola's canon film, 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' (1992).
Of course when I asked locals in Cluj, Transylvania about touring the region in search of the origin of the vampire myth, I learned that indeed it is just a myth. Well, no one can deny that whether Dracula's history is fact or fiction it unceasingly thrives in the world's collective un-conscience. So, it's fun to look back on the myth after havi...
On June 7, 2013 Romanian film 'Adalbert's Dream' (2011) held its official DVD launch of the film at the TIFF Lounge during the 12th annual Transylvania International Film Festival.
When I met Romanian director Gabriel Achim, I asked him about his film and he said this: 'Well, if you like intellectual porn then you will like my film...' Well, what a pitch because I couldn’t wait to see it, and indeed ADALBERT'S DREAM (Visul Lui Adalbert, 2011) IS &ls...
On June 7, 2013 Romanian film 'Adalbert's Dream' (2011) held its official DVD launch of the film at the TIFF Lounge during the 12th annual Transylvania International Film Festival.
When I met Romanian director Gabriel Achim, I asked him about his film and he said this: 'Well, if you like intellectual porn then you will like my film...' Well, what a pitch because I couldn’t wait to see it, and indeed ADALBERT'S DREAM (Visul Lui Adalbert, 2011) IS ‘Inte...
On June 7th, 2013 during the 12th annual Transylvania International Film Festival, Romanian film 'Adalbert's Dream' (2011) held its official DVD launch at the TIFF lounge.
When I met Romanian director Gabriel Achim, I asked him about his film and he said this: 'Well, if you like intellectual porn then you will like my film...' Well, what a pitch because I couldn’t wait to see it, and indeed ADALBERT'S DREAM (Visul Lui Adalbert, 2011) IS ‘Intellectual ...
Iceland’s official Oscar entry for 2012 ‘The Deep’ (Djúpið
Iceland, 2012), directed by native Icelander Baltasar Kormákur (‘Contraband’, 2012; 'Two Guns', 2013), tells the true story of a seemingly impossible survival after a terrible sea squall off the coast of Iceland. In 1984, a fishing boat named ‘Breki’ took to sea and was completely destroyed during a disastrous storm. All souls on deck perished,...
‘Paradise: Love’ (‘Paradies: Liebe’, 2012).
No one comments about sexual tourism when it deals with men traveling to foreign countries for bargain sex (Amsterdam, Brazil, Thailand, Japan, etc., etc.) but when Ulrich Seidl takes on the anything but subtle subject of women traveling the globe for sex tourism, the film is controversial and hotly debated. Sometimes labeled as racist and vulgar, ‘Paradise: Love’ is a story about consensual sex for money between ...
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Stephen Frears, Lifetime Achievement Award at Transilvania IFF 2013.
One of the most internationally acclaimed British directors, Stephen Frears, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 12th edition of Transilvania International Film Festival (May 31 - June 9, Cluj). An Oscar and BAFTA nominee for films such as My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons or The Queen, Frears will be present at the Cluj National Theatre on June 8, for the Closing Ceremony.
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Miss Christina/ Domnișoara Christina (by Alexandru Maftei)
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World Premieres in the Romanian Days section.
One of the sought-after sections of Transilvania International Film Festival (May 31 – June 9, Cluj) will bring to the big screen, between June 6 and 8, a series of Romanian films which will be thus screened for the first time. The Romanian Days selection made by Artistic Director Mihai Chirilov gathers 11 feature films and 20 short films, some of them w...
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The 12th edition of the Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF) kicked off on May 31st.. The festival will run until June 9th, 2013. Located in the beautiful historic city of Cluj, TIFF is the largest film festival in Romania and has experienced a fabulous and highly energetic growth over the past few years. In 2012, festival presented 241 films from 46 countries, screened in 13 venues.
More than 800 guests (directors, actors, producers, sales agents, jou...
