10-05-2016

FESTIVALS: Transilvania IFF Announces 2016 Lineup

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    CLUJ-NAPOCA: Twelve films are competing for the Transilvania Trophy in the Official Competition of the 15th edition of Transilvania International Film Festival taking place from 27 May to 5 June 2016.

    The films made by first- and second-time directors represent 16 countries: France, Tunisia, Belgium, Iceland, Denmark, Australia, India, Bulgaria, Romania, Great Britain, Germany, Israel, France, Cambodia, Spain and, for the first time in the history of the festival, Vanuatu.

    The Competition Jury is composed of Wieland Speck, curator of the Berlinale Panorama section; Bill Guentzler, artistic director of the Cleveland International Film Festival; Bulgarian actress Margita Gosheva, recipient of the Acting Award for The Lesson (by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov produced by Abraxas Film) at TIFF 2015; and Polish director Tomasz Wasilewski, recipient of the Best Director Award for Floating Skyscrapers (Alter Ego Pictures) at TIFF 2014, and also present this year out of competition with United States of Love (Manana ).

    TIFF, presented by Romanian Film Promotion, is the first and the largest international feature film festival in Romania. In 2015 the festival sold 73,000 tickets and screened 223 films from 60 countries.

    Competition Films:

    As I Open my Eyes / À peine j’ouvre mes yeux (France, Tunisia, Belgium, United Arab Emirates)
    Directed by Lyla Bouzid

    Dogs / Câini (France, Romania, Bulgaria)
    Directed by Bogdan Mirică
    Produced by EZ Films 14
    Coproduced by 42Km Film, Argo Film
    Supported by the Romanian National Film Centre, Bulgarian National Film Centre

    Fado (Germany)
    Directed by Jonas Rothlaender

    Remainder (UK)
    Directed by Omer Fast

    Thirst / Jajda (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Svetla Tsotsorkova
    Produced by Front Film
    Supported by Bulgarian National Film Centre

    Shelley (Denmark)
    Directed by Ali Abbasi

    Tanna (Australia, Vanuatu)
    Directed by Bentley Dean, Martin Butler

    Tikkun (Israel)
    Directed by Avishai Sivan

    Island City (India)
    Directed by Ruchika Oberoi

    Where there is Shade / De l’ombre il y a (France, Cambodia)
    Directed by Nathan Nicholovitch

    The Open Door / La Puerta Abierta (Spain)
    Directed by Marina Seresesky

    Sparrows (Island, Denmark)
    Directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson