Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) is presented by Romanian Film Promotion and it is the first international feature film festival in Romania. It's main host is the town of Cluj Napoca, Transilvania. Founded in 2002, TIFF has grown rapidly to be the most important film-related event in Romania and one of the most spectacular annual events in the region.
In 2007, the festival was upgraded to a new level, with then-European Capital of Culture Sibiu as a second host.
In this 8th edition, Menahem Golan, one of the most active and prolific creators of modern cinema, whose name appeared in 250 films over the years, is a special guest at the 8th edition of Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF). Moreover, his presence at Cluj will concur with his 80th anniversary. Born on May 31, 1929, in Israel, Menahem has distinguished himself in early life as a paratrooper in the Israelian air forces, changing his name from Globus to Golan because of patriotic reasons.
Besides this great presence, an impressive list of awarded documentaries, innovative musicals and spectacular film directing debuts are part of the offer prepared by the eight edition of the festival. Here's a short list of the TOP Films, although the organizers didn't yet managed to give a secure information on what are the movies that are going to be screened in Sibiu. You can read more about them on IMDB just by clicking on the title.
•Man on Wire (director: James Marsh), Winner of an Oscar for Best Documentary Film in 2009 and awarded with another 24 trophee, comes to tell us the story about a french young guy (Philipe Petit),that illegally walked on a wire rigged between New York's twin towers.
•Hunger (director: Steve McQueen, awarded 28 times, including Camera d'Or at Cannes 2008), is about the last 6 weeks of life of Bobby Sands, the guy who led the the 1981 Irish hunger strike and participated in the no wash protest where the Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
•Repo! The genetic opera (director: Darren Lynn Bousman) is a futuristic musical thriller. The action takes place in the year 2056, when an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. The hero seems to be, ironically, a corporatist biotech company that offers organic transplants, ofcourse, for a high price. Those who don't manage to pay are scheduled for repossession and villainous Repo Man is the one who has to find them.
•Zift (director: Javor Gardev), a bulgarian production, is a genre mixture of neo-noir and sots-art. Shortly after the release, the movie became a major box-office success in Bulgaria. Moth is jailed shortly before the communist ocupation of 1944 for a wrongful conviction of murder. When he's freed on parole, he finds himself in the totalitarian Sofia of the 60's, and his first night of freedom shows him a diabolical city with decaying neighborhoods, gloomy streets and really bizarre people.
•Choke (director: Clark Gregg, after the novel of Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fifgt Club) is said that it redefined the comedy genre.It's a story about a sex addicted man that, in order to pay for his mother's hospital bills, plays on the sympathies of those who rescue him from chocking to deth.
•Valentino: The Last Emperor (producer: Matt Tyrnauer, Vanity Fair journalist) gives the fans of Valentino the chance to learn more about the fashion designer.
The list goes on with Il Divo (director: Paolo Serrentino), Terribly happy (Henrik Ruben Genz) , The countess (director: Julie Delpy), and Il y a longtemps que je t'aime , all winners of awards at certain categoriesof Cannes, Golden Globe Bafta or Cesar.
The screening will take place in the HABITUS Cultural Center , Huet Square and the Tineretului Open Air Cinema.