romaniancinemaNOW: film festival preview December 12, 2008

In anticipation of ToRo Arts Group’s second annual Toronto-Romanian Film Festival (February 2009), “romaniancinemaNOW: a film festival preview” has been programmed to take place on December 12th, 2008.
This preview aims to shed light on the other facets of the New Romanian Cinema and their respective international recognition, as well as to address questions related to
how the New Romanian Cinema, has continued to maintain and perpetuate such successes on both national and international circuits.

First on the inspection block are the formative years of the Romanian film industry within the walls of the National University of Theatre and Cinematic Arts, a locus of fresh talent to which Romania’s national cinema looks to continue its already established international fame.

Providing an academic comparison of the differences between Canadian and Romanian approaches to film education, the night’s special guests, Tereza Barta and Laurence Green, Associate Professors from York University’s Department of Film, have been invited to deliver their own interpretations of how certain educational dynamics, existent in the Romanian model, have and perhaps will continue to underpin the very
successes that the films on offer on December 12 will reference.

Showcasing a roster of Romania's most artistic and promising emerging student filmmakers from UNATC, the program will include, among others, Interior. Block of Flats, Hallway (Ciprian Alexandrescu, 2008), winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Uppsala International Short Film Festival and Late (Paul Negoescu, 2008), an official entry at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival, as well as two official selections from the Transilvania International Film Festival, Sandpit #186 (Adina Pintilie, 2007) and My Unfinished Films (Eva Pervolovici, 2008).

The night’s special guests, Tereza Barta and Laurence Green, Associate Professors at York University’s Production Department of Film, will introduce the films and provide a platform of discussion for the night’s programme.

Tickets
$15 adults
$10 students (with valid student ID)

Seating is general admission

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