Winner of two awards at the latest Goya Awards, where it was nominated in eight categories, La Cena is set in 1939, immediately after the end of the Spanish Civil War. A group of defeated Republican chefs is ordered to prepare a celebratory banquet for Franco and his top generals at Madrid’s Palace Hotel. As they carry out this assignment, they devise a risky plan that may repr...

What if you discovered there is an international porridge championship? In The Golden Spurtle, this seemingly absurd premise becomes the starting point for a journey into a small Scottish village where, once a year, people from around the world compete in the art of transforming oats into a memorable bowl of porridge. Beyond the humor and competition, the documentary warmly and...

Paris Asleep (Paris qui dort, dir. René Clair, France, 1925) Paris Asleep marks René Clair’s directorial debut and stands among the earliest experiments in cinematic fantasy. It begins with a simple and inventive premise: Paris is suddenly frozen in time by a mad scientist, with only a handful of people unaffected by the mysterious phenomenon. From this situation emerges a v...

Beyond Sleep (Nooit meer slapen, dir. Boudewijn Koole, Netherlands, 2016) A young geologist travels to northern Norway on a scientific expedition that gradually turns into a struggle for survival. In the Arctic tundra, where daylight never ends, orientation becomes increasingly difficult, and the planned journey transforms into a physical and psychological ordeal. Inspired b...

Meanders (Meandre, dir. Mircea Săucan, Romania, 1967) Based on a screenplay by Horia Lovinescu, Meanders remains one of the most unusual and daring works of Romanian cinema in the 1960s, confirming Mircea Săucan as a singular author connected to European cinematic modernism. The story follows the intertwined lives of a talented architect at a personal and professional cro...

25 Years Later (După 25 de ani), one of the special programs of the anniversary edition Transilvania IFF.25 (June 12–21, 2026, Cluj-Napoca), looks back to the year 2001, bringing together titles that defined the turn of the millennium in cinema: absolute masterpieces awarded at Cannes, Berlin, or the Oscars; cult films that cinephiles return to time and again and that continue...

Marking 100 years since the birth of the iconic actress, a collection of rare photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken by Sam Shaw—renowned American photographer and one of the most important visual chroniclers of 1950s Hollywood—will be presented in a unique exhibition at Transilvania IFF.25: Dear Marilyn. The festival thus joins a long list of global initiatives dedicated to Monro...

The Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF, June 12–21, 2026) celebrates one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary European cinema: Corneliu Porumboiu. Twenty years after his feature debut, TIFF.25 presents a complete retrospective of his work—from 12:08 East of Bucharest to La Gomera. A two-time winner of the Transilvania Trophy, Porumboiu will receive the TIF...

On the occasion of its 25th edition, the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF.25, June 12–21, 2026) has included in its program a unique performance — Notte Morricone — blending choreography, music, and cinema in a tribute to the legendary Italian composer Ennio Morricone. Produced by Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto (Italy) and created by Spanish choreogr...

Starting with its anniversary edition (June 12–21, 2026, Cluj-Napoca), the Transilvania International Film Festival will introduce the Janovics Jenő Award, a new distinction dedicated to the memory of a pioneer of Cluj and European cinema. The award will be presented annually to an international film personality whose work reflects a pioneering spirit, bold vision, and a drive...

Ediția aniversară Animest dă startul călătoriei de anul acesta, de mâine și până duminică, 12 octombrie, în mai multe spații din București, destinații preferate ale iubitorilor de film și cultură: Cinema Elvire Popesco, Cinemateca Eforie, Cinema Muzeul Țăranului, Institutul Cervantes, CINETic și Sala Luceafărul. Acestora li se adaugă anul acesta Centrul Cultural Animest, care v...

A cherished Animest tradition is showcasing a diversity of perspectives on the state of the art in animation worldwide through the films we screen, as well as through the direct interactions we facilitate between the Bucharest audiences and students and experts representing some of the top animation schools in the world. For our 20th edition this year, you are in for a doubl...