In 1967, The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, an album with an extremely over-the-top cover—a collage featuring hundreds of legendary figures from pop culture. Nearly sixty years later, John Lennon comes back to life in an equally over-the-top film, The Last Viking. Although present only as the dissociative identity of Manfred (Mads Mikkelsen), a man with...

  From a one-take film made as a collective challenge in Eforie Sud to a discussion about the Romanian National Film Center, aesthetic camps and the risk of repeating oneself, Tudor Giurgiu talks about the need to change working formulas. At the same time, the director is preparing a documentary about Nadia Comăneci and is thinking about a broader direction dedicated to spor...

3 Days in September, the new film by Tudor Giurgiu, begins with what seems like a simple situation: one evening, a woman learns something that shakes her relationship and forces her off a familiar path. But the moment Bianca (Andreea Vasile) starts running, her flight becomes more than a reaction to shock—it becomes the beginning of a breakaway. The audience follows her almost...

  Open as always, the festival’s artistic director, Mihai Chirilov, spoke to us about the changes in film and society over the past 25 years, and about the films that could fuel the conversation.   Șerban Mark Pop   This year, TIFF is turning 25 and celebrating its anniversary with a special selection titled 25 Years Later. What thoughts can you share with us reg...

One of the central exhibitions of this year’s edition is “Dear Marilyn,” created by American photographer Sam Shaw. Marking 100 years since the birth of Marilyn Monroe, TIFF.25 brings before the public previously unseen images of the iconic actress, captured by one of the most important visual chroniclers of 1950s Hollywood. The exhibition is part of a series of internationa...

Just weeks after the closing of the Cannes Film Festival, some of this year’s most talked-about, awarded and controversial titles are heading to the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 12–21, 2026, Cluj-Napoca), where they will screen in Romanian premiere. From major European auteurs and long-awaited comebacks to radical genre experiences, the selection brings togeth...

Weekend at the Castle, the Transilvania International Film Festival programme that transforms Bánffy Castle in Bonțida into one of Romania’s most spectacular open-air cinemas, returns this year with two evenings dedicated to special cinematic experiences. On June 13 and 14, audiences at Transilvania IFF.25 (June 12–21, 2026, Cluj-Napoca) are invited to two event screenings: a s...

Weekend at the Castle, the Transilvania International Film Festival programme that transforms Bánffy Castle in Bonțida into one of Romania’s most spectacular open-air cinemas, returns this year with two evenings dedicated to special cinematic experiences. On June 13 and 14, audiences at Transilvania IFF.25 (June 12–21, 2026, Cluj-Napoca) are invited to two event screenings: a s...

Ben Wheatley is one of the most original and unpredictable British directors of his generation. His films—from the psychological thriller Kill List (2011) to the dystopian High-Rise (2015), from the dark comedy Sightseers (2012) to the blockbuster Meg 2: The Trench (2023)—refuse to fit into a single genre, blending horror with satire, violence with absurd humour, and convent...

Sam Riley was the lead singer of a rock band before turning to acting, an unconventional path that has shaped his entire career. The role that brought him international recognition was his portrayal of Ian Curtis, the legendary frontman of Joy Division, in Control (dir. Anton Corbijn, 2007), which earned him numerous awards, including a British Independent Film Award and a B...

Transilvania International Film Festival (June 12–21, 2026, Cluj-Napoca) continues its Teen Spirit competitive section, dedicated to productions exploring the world and concerns of new generations. Fiction features and documentaries aimed primarily at Gen Z audiences will compete for the Youth Award trophy, presented by a jury made up exclusively of young film enthusiasts. T...

As part of the 25th edition of Transilvania IFF, the courtyard of the Art Museum in Cluj-Napoca once again becomes a live music venue, hosting a series of concerts by both Romanian and international artists. The programme brings together acts from a wide range of musical territories – from indie, alternative and contemporary jazz to soul and electronic music. Tickets for the...

Black comedy doesn’t look much today like it did in the ’70s or ’90s. Some films are now hard to imagine in a cinematic landscape where audiences and industry alike are far more attentive to the limits of humour and what can become the subject of a joke. That’s precisely why the The Pitch Black Anthology selection at the 25th edition of the Transilvania International Film Fe...