{"id":15951,"date":"2024-06-24T19:50:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T19:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/3000-aiff-spectators-at-bran-and-bucharest-and-8-finalist-projects-in-the-write-a-screenplay-for-crime-drama\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T19:51:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T19:51:40","slug":"3000-aiff-spectators-at-bran-and-bucharest-and-8-finalist-projects-in-the-write-a-screenplay-for-crime-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/en\/3000-aiff-spectators-at-bran-and-bucharest-and-8-finalist-projects-in-the-write-a-screenplay-for-crime-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"3,000 AIFF Spectators at Bran and Bucharest and 8 Finalist Projects in the Write a Screenplay For Crime Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

3,000 AIFF Spectators at Bran and Bucharest and 8 Finalist Projects in the Write a Screenplay For Crime Drama<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<\/div>

The 8th edition of the American Independent Film Festival (AIFF) has successfully concluded, attracting 3,000 spectators who enjoyed the festival’s films both in Bucharest and outdoors at Bran Castle. During the closing ceremony, actress Monica B\u00eerl\u0103deanu, the program’s ambassador, announced the winners of the 6th edition of the <\/span>Write a Screenplay For…<\/span><\/i> contest, dedicated to the crime drama genre. Following an analysis of 35 shortlisted projects, the eight finalist screenplays are: Daniel Oltean \u2013 <\/span>Abisul se uit\u0103 \u0219i el \u00een tine<\/span><\/i>, Iulian Popa – <\/span>Aici to\u021bi sunt ferici\u021bi<\/span><\/i>, Cristina Iliescu – <\/span>Unknown yet<\/span><\/i>, Ilinca Straton & Eugen Dediu – <\/span>Drumul Lupilor<\/span><\/i> (TV mini-series category), and Maria Dr\u0103gu\u0219 – <\/span>Gioconda<\/span><\/i>, J\u00e1kob Lad\u00e1nyi & M\u00e1rton Berecz – <\/span>Rose\u2019s Well<\/span><\/i>, Inna Cebotari & Volker Smidt – <\/span>Three Sides<\/span><\/i>, Nick Tzamarias – <\/span>Chronos<\/span><\/i> (feature film category).<\/span><\/p>\n

Director Cristian Mungiu, Cinemascop Association, and Gabriela Iacob, Head of Scripted Content Development at PRO TV, reviewed 250 submitted screenplays. 35 projects made it to the semifinals and participated in pitch interview sessions, resulting in the selection of the eight finalists. After development sessions with Gabriela Iacob, Cristian Mungiu, and Swedish script consultant Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten, the screenwriters are required to complete the first draft of their screenplay by October 1st. PRO TV and Cinemascop Association will then select the two winning projects \u2014 one in the TV mini-series category and one in the feature film category. The winners will receive a non-refundable development grant of 1,000 euros each.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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The <\/span>Write a Screenplay For<\/span><\/i>… contest, held in partnership with PRO TV, is an AIFF initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n

AIFF 8 presented to the audience some of the most anticipated new American films of the year, including Yorgos Lanthimos’ <\/span>Kinds of Kindness<\/span><\/i>, a marathon of the most fascinating art-house TV series of the 1990s, <\/span>Twin Peaks<\/span><\/i>, and screenings of cult films honoring the late legend Roger Corman. The festival featured meetings with directors like Alexander Payne and Shane Atkinson, screenwriter Larry Gross, and American producer Rose Kuo, as well as two special outdoor screenings at Bran Castle. The earnings from this year’s festival will be donated to five non-profit organizations: \u0218ansa Ta, Teen Challenge, Ferentari Studios, Hospice Casa Speran\u021bei, and Expert Forum, continuing AIFF’s charitable mission. Representatives of these organizations presented their causes before some film screenings, in discussions moderated by personalities such as Bogdan \u0218erban (Radio Guerrilla), Andreea Pietro\u0219el, and Zoli Toth (RFI), or actress Andreea Stan.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Related to Les Films de Cannes \u00e0 Bucarest, AIFF is a festival dedicated to North American independent films, outside Hollywood conventions. Over the past seven editions, the project has showcased in Romania a selection of the latest critically acclaimed independent productions from the US, featured in major North American festivals such as Sundance, New York, Tribeca, Telluride, or Toronto, and major festivals like Berlin, Venice, or Cannes. The festival has had the honor of hosting internationally renowned actors such as Joaquin Phoenix, Ethan Hawke, John C. Reilly, Sebastian Stan, Mary-Louise Parker, and directors like Roberto Minervini and Jacques Audiard, who have shared their professional and life experiences with the Bucharest audience. The festival has also facilitated live conversations between the local cinephile audience and some of the great directors of contemporary American cinema, including Barry Jenkins, Sean Baker, Kent Jones, Paul Schrader, Benh Zeitlin, and Steven Spielberg.<\/span><\/p>\n

Organized by the Cinemascop Association, AIFF 8 is a cultural project funded by the Ministry of Culture, the United States Embassy in Romania*, and the National Center for Cinematography.<\/span><\/p>\n

Supported by: Banca Transilvania, Pepsi, Romanian Cultural Institute<\/span><\/p>\n

Partners: Bran Castle, Bran Domain Administration Company, French Institute in Romania, Elvire Popesco Cinema, Romanian Peasant Museum Cinema, Europa Cinemas, Eventbook<\/span><\/p>\n

Local Partner: KunSTadt Cultural Association<\/span><\/p>\n

Main Media Partners: PRO TV, Radio Guerrilla<\/span><\/p>\n

Media Partners: Agerpres, Libertatea, ELLE Romania, Scena9, Biz Magazine, Haute Culture Magazine, Zile \u0219i Nop\u021bi, IQads, Igloo, Cultura la Dub\u0103, Films in Frame, Observator Cultural, Cinemagia, Cinefan, Cinefilia, Cine Ghid, MovieNews, Liternet, FILM Magazine\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Monitoring Partner: MediaTrust<\/span><\/p>\n

*This project is partially funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of State. The opinions, findings, and conclusions presented during the project are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of State.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"eveniment":[],"class_list":["post-15951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunicate-presa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15951"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15953,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15951\/revisions\/15953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15951"},{"taxonomy":"eveniment","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/american-independent-ff\/2024\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eveniment?post=15951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}