Out of competition, Transilvania IFF 24 will also feature the latest films by Radu Jude: Kontinental ‘25 (winner of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the 2025 Berlinale) and the experimental Sleep #2, a found-footage film made entirely from webcam recordings and a tribute to Andy Warhol. The world premiere of The Spruce Forest by Tudor Giurgiu reconstructs one of the da...
The most compelling Romanian films of the past year will be screened at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival, in the much-anticipated Romanian Days section. This year's competition features eight feature-length films — including an impressive six documentaries — and 20 short films, competing for the Best Feature Film, Best Debut, and Best Short Film ...
Legendary filmmaker Béla Tarr, one of the most important and influential auteurs in contemporary cinema, will be the guest of honor at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival, taking place June 13–22, 2025, in Cluj-Napoca. Tarr will be presented with the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award and will hold a special masterclass for young filmmakers and f...
Two prominent figures of Romanian cinema will be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 13–22, 2025): actress Emilia Dobrin and film critic Valerian Sava. Tickets and passes for TIFF.24 are available online at tiff.eventbook.ro. Valerian Sava, one of the most influential and enduring Romanian film...
Two prominent figures of Romanian cinema will be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 13–22, 2025): actress Emilia Dobrin and film critic Valerian Sava. Tickets and passes for TIFF.24 are available online at tiff.eventbook.ro. With memorable roles in landmark stage productions and standout appea...
Ca în fiecare an, Muzeul de Artă se transformă în scena de muzică la cea de-a 24-a ediție TIFF! Între 14 și 22 iunie, artiști din România, Germania, Ucraina, SUA, Canada sau Franța vor pregăti show-uri indie, alternative rock, jazz, post punk, folk sau hip-hop pentru clujeni și invitați. Spațiul din curtea Muzeului de Artă se va deschide de la ora 17:00 și include un bar și o z...
First- and second-time directors are set to compete for top honours at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival, taking place in Cluj-Napoca from June 13 to 22, 2025. Twelve films from around the world will vie for the coveted Transilvania Trophy and other accolades in the Official Competition, while ten works will compete for the top prize in the What's...
First- and second-time directors are set to compete for top honours at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival, taking place in Cluj-Napoca from June 13 to 22, 2025. Twelve films from around the world will vie for the coveted Transilvania Trophy and other accolades in the Official Competition, while ten works will compete for the top prize in the What's...
Filmmaker Andrei Ujică, the author of several landmark works of documentary cinema, will be honored at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 13–22, 2025, Cluj-Napoca), where he will receive the Excellence Award for his outstanding contribution to the art of filmmaking. His presence at TIFF.24 will be marked by a special screening of TWST – Thing...
The poster for this edition, created by Péter Árpád Loránt, envisions a film screening in Cluj’s Union Square (Piața Unirii) in a highly futuristic, ultra-technologized setting where robots watch over TIFF audiences. The visual campaign anticipates an eclectic and generous retrospective — Tomorrow is Fear — made up of films that either imagine the future, mostly through a sc...
In a world where what seemed like science fiction in the last century is now (increasingly close to) reality, the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 13–22, 2025, Cluj-Napoca) not only offers a thematically curated retrospective, but also dares to imagine a future dominated by technology. Advances in the field and the explosion of Artificial Intelligence across virtu...
Estonian cinema takes center stage at the 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 13–22, Cluj-Napoca) through the Focus Estonia program — a curated selection featuring both recent releases and rediscovered classics, screened in restored versions. Focus Estonia is made possible with the support of the Embassy of Estonia in Bucharest and the Estonian...
Poetic, absurd, yet deeply anchored in the social realities of his country, Kazakh director Adilkhan Yerzhanov is the author of a compact body of work filled with references and cinematic homages, and will have a mini-retrospective at TIFF.24 featuring three of his most recent films. Moor (2024) is an urban drama with thriller accents and moments of visual poetry, in which a...