The Spring of Movies. TIFF returns to Cluj with the 9th edition

The town on the Someşul Mic river is preparing to become ahain the international capital of the movie between the 28^th of March – the 6^th of June when the 9^th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival will take place here. According to the tradition this year’s festival will also “spoil” the public with sensational productions, interesting events, an impressive number of important guests, parties and other surprises.

Soul Kitchen

The opening of the festival will take place in the Piaţa Unirii square in Cluj-Napoca and will be marked by the projection of Fatih Akin’s most recent production – „Soul Kitchen”, an exceptional comedy rewarded with the jury’s special price within the 2009 Venice film festival. The movie tells the story of Zinos, the owner of a restaurant, whose adventures and problems will put a smile on the viewers’ faces for nearly 100 minutes.

Soul Kitchen

Winner of two Oscars for Best adapted screenplay and Best supporting actrice and owner of another 65 awards among which the Biggest Award of the Sundance film festival, the movie „Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire” directed by Lee Daniels, is obviously, one of the most awaited films of TIFF. The movie is an emotional story about the life of Claireece Precious Jones, an iliterate teenager, with various problems, who tries to radically change her life after all the doors have been shut in front of her.

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Another important moment of this year’s edition will be the screening of the controversial „Videocracy”, directed by Erik Gandini and included within the documentaries program presented by HBO Romania. „Videocracy” will be the title which will give the guests – politicians, movie specialists and the public the chance to debate about „Film and Politics”. The documentary, a Swedish production, presents in an original and challenging way the impact of certain media channels, owned by  Silvio Berlusconi, on the Italian population over the past 30 years.

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

The list of movies presented in the TIFF 2010 continues with hit titles such as: „Submarino”, directed by Thomas Vinterberg, the drama „Hadewijch”, made by the French director Bruno Dumont, „Io sono l'amore”, a tragic and over welming love story directed by Luca Guadagnino and having Tilda Swinton in the leading role, „How I Ended this Summer”, directed by Aleksei Popogrebsky, „Mother” made by the Korean director Joon-ho Bong and „Revolucion”, a collection of short films about the Mexican revolution 100 years ago, as it is seen nowadays by the young movie makers. Among the directors of this short films, the public will see movies made by the actors Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna. The public will also have the opportunity to see „J'ai tue ma mere”, the aclaimed debut of an only 19 years old director - Xavier Dolan.

It is necessary to mention that this year more than 400 movies applied for the competition’s selection, the jury’s task being extremelly difficult considering that only 12 movies will finally enter the contest.