Csaba Káel (born in 1961) graduated as a film director from the University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest and directed several television plays, shorts, commercials, portrait films. His debut feature film Bánk bán (2002) was screened all over the world. Since 2011 he is the CEO of the Müpa Budapest, Hungary’s internationally acclaimed cultural institution. In 2019 he was ap...

The series of meetings with Romanian filmmakers invited to TIFF continues on Thursday, at 12:00, at TIFF Lounge. Get ready to meet the creators of the Documentary You are Ceaușescu to me, the only documentary present both in ZFR and What’s up, Doc? section, which has become competitive since this edition. Invited to the public discussion, moderated by film critic Ionut Mareș, w...

On Thursday, the Romanian Days start at TIFF 2022, and on this occasion, we invite you to meet the local actors, directors and producers present at the festival, in a series of discussions scheduled daily at TIFF Lounge. On June 23, at 11:00AM, you have the opportunity to meet the team of the film A Higher Law, included this year both in the ZFR competition and on the list of f...

Wednesday, in the Hungarian Day, at TIFF Lounge, director Csaba Káel - the CEO of the Hungarian National Film Institute, will hold a presentation in which both film professionals and film lovers are invited to participate, starting at 6:00PM, to learn about the Hungarian film industry. Access is free. Government Commissioner for Hungarian Film, Csaba Káel is the CEO of the p...

Interview with Cristina Groșan, director of Things Worth Weeping For  How long have you been interested in making films, what are your first memories related to it? I'm from Arad, making films there didn't seem to be a real, accessible job. Simply because I didn't know anyone who made films, I didn't even go to the cinema as a child, and for a long time for me film meant...

8 ground-breaking films join their creators at TIFF on Hungarian Day. With a varied programme including musical treats, the section dedicated to the new Hungarian cinema marks the Romanian premieres of some of the most acclaimed Hungarian films of the past year. The viewers present in Cluj on Wednesday 22 June will have the opportunity to watch them in the presence of the filmm...

Anca Damian's most recent feature film, the musical animation "The Island" will be screened for the first time in Romania today, at the Students' House in Cluj, within the section "Romanian Days" starting at 6:30. The premiere will be accompanied by the augmented reality exhibition “in Search of Paradise A.R.”, organized by the Art Museum in Cluj. What was the stone from w...

Wednesday's debate at TIFF Talks will bring mr. Sorin Ioniță to TIFF Lounge, at 17:00 –The president of the Expert Forum think tank, in dialogue with the journalist Claudiu Pândaru. Their discussion,moderated by Mihnea Măruță, will start from the subject of the film The Shadow Man (d. Byun Sung-hyun), scheduled in this evening, at 20:30, at Cinema Florin Piersic. About The M...

On Wednesday, June 22, at TIFF Talks, we talk about social responsibility and sustainability strategies, but also about how they can be implemented in organizing large-scale events. The guests at TIFF Lounge (Unirii Square), starting at 15:00, will be Oana Gresoiu - Group Chief Sustainability Officer Verdino Green Foods, Maria Lichtenberg - one of the founders of Biotrem Rom...

Due to the strong wind, today's screening of Captain Volkonogov Escaped from Unirii Square Open Air will be canceled. The film is rescheduled today (Tuesday, June 21), from 11:15PM, at the Students' House. Also, today's screening of The Good Boss from Poligon Park Florești will be canceled. The film is rescheduled for Monday, 27.06.2022, 9:45PM, at the same location. All...

Theo Kamecke is a new York director from the ’70. Originally a sculptor, he made his film debut in 1964, directing the film To be alive!  Although his career was short-lived, his second film, Moonwalk one (1971), made its mark on the history of cinema, which is why today we celebrate it with a cine-concert, with the music of the invaders, almost 53 years after the landing. A...

Javier Bardem has a special talent for turning disagreeable characters into savory delights for the public's eyes (one of the most prominent examples is the killer Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men). This is also the case of the protagonist Blanco in the latest feature film of acclaimed Spanish director Fernando León de Aranoa, The Good Boss. Both the title of the film...

An emblematic name for the world of documentary film in Romania, Alexandru Solomon comes to InspiraTIFF on Tuesday, June 21, and will speak with the audience, from 3PM, at TIFF Lounge (Unirii Square). The filmmaker, celebrated at this edition in the 3x3 section, will answer questions from viewers and will talk about his career as director, director of image, producer and screen...