{"id":2091,"date":"2017-10-13T17:29:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T14:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/?p=2091\/"},"modified":"2017-10-16T18:53:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T15:53:57","slug":"les-films-de-cannes-bucarest-8-begins-today-10000-tickets-booked-start-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2017\/les-films-de-cannes-bucarest-8-begins-today-10000-tickets-booked-start-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Films de Cannes \u00e0 Bucarest 8 begins today. Over 10,000 tickets booked before the start of the festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most anticipated cultural events of the fall begins today, October 13th<\/sup><\/strong>, and will pervade Bucharest for 10 days, Bra\u0219ov for a week (October 13th<\/sup>-19th<\/sup><\/strong>) and Cluj for a weekend (October 13th<\/sup>-15th<\/sup><\/strong>). Over 10,000 tickets were already sold in advance on Eventbook.ro<\/a> before the start of the festival. Les Films de Cannes <\/strong>\u00e0 Bucarest<\/strong> this year takes place at CinemaPRO<\/strong>, Cinema Elvire Popesco<\/strong>, the Peasant\u2019s Museum Cinema <\/strong>(Cinema Muzeul \u021a\u0103ranului), and Cinema Eforie<\/strong>. The program can be found at www.filmedefestival.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Bucharest, winning films of the Palme d\u2019Or are scheduled to open the festival in the 4 theatres. After the opening gala<\/em><\/strong>, which begins at 19:00 o\u2019clock<\/strong> at the Peasant\u2019s Museum Cinema<\/strong>, the film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days<\/em><\/strong><\/a> will be screened at 20:30<\/strong> with the cast in attendance. Also at 20:30<\/strong>, this year\u2019s winner of the Palme d\u2019Or, The Square<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, will be shown at CinemaPRO<\/strong>, followed by a question and answer session with the Swedish director Ruben <\/strong>\u00d6stlund<\/strong> via Skype. Tickets for this evening\u2019s screening of the Swedish non-conformist comedy already sold out on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Entre les murs<\/em><\/strong><\/a> shows at Cinema Elvira Popesco<\/strong>, the Palme d\u2019Or winner for the French director Laurent Cantet<\/strong>, one of the two special guests of the festival, to whom there is also a dedicated retrospective<\/em><\/strong>. Laurent Cantet<\/strong> will arrive in Romania on October 18th<\/sup><\/strong> and introduce the film Retour <\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00e0 Ithaque<\/a> (Return to Ithaca)<\/em><\/strong>, which will be preceded by the screening of his short film, Tous <\/em>\u00e0 la manif<\/em>, for which he received the Prix Jean Vigo in 1994. On October 19th<\/sup><\/strong>, he will participate in the premiere of his most recent film, L\u2019Atelier<\/a> (The Workshop)<\/em><\/strong>, included this year in the Cannes Un Certain Regard competition and, after the film, will be taking questions from the audience in a discussion moderated by Boglarka Nagy<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The fourth Palme d\u2019Or screened on Friday is Pelle the Conqueror<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (1987), directed by Bille August. The filmmaker has twice claimed the trophy at Cannes and became the first Palme d\u2019Or winner to decide to make a film for the Chinese market. The film is called The Chinese Widow<\/em><\/strong><\/a> and can be seen Sunday<\/strong> at 17:30<\/strong> at the Peasant\u2019s Museum Cinema<\/strong> as part of the CHINA FOCUS<\/strong> of this edition of the festival.<\/p>\n

To open the CHINA FOCUS<\/strong>, the short film A Gentle Night<\/em><\/strong> by Qiu Yang (Palme d\u2019Or, Cannes 2017) will be screened. The screening will take place at 18:00<\/strong> on Saturday<\/strong> at the Peasant\u2019s Museum Cinema<\/strong>, and will be introduced by the film critic Maggie Lee<\/strong> (Variety) with the director Qiu Yang<\/strong> in attendance via Skype. The film A Gentle Night<\/em><\/strong> will be followed by the feature length Mystery<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Ye Lou, (Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2012). In the CHINA FOCUS<\/strong> section, there will also be I Am Not Madame Bovary<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, the film by Xiaogang Feng, who had his world premiere at Cannes and won several festival awards from around the world. The film Angels Wear White<\/em><\/strong><\/a> brings us the work of Vivian Qu on the screen, one of the most renowned and appreciated contemporary Chinese filmmakers.<\/p>\n

The Assassin<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, by Hou Hsiao-hsien, winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes in 2015, proposed by Taiwan to the Oscars is a wonderful exploration of the history of martial arts, with the dialogues in Chinese. It is possibly one of the most viewed recent films in Europe, that has been meet by the international press with applause. During the Tang dynasty in the 9th<\/sup> century, a female assassin is ordered to kill a nobleman she\u2019d once loved. \u201cShot for shot, it\u2019s perhaps the most ravishingly beautiful film Hou has ever made, and certainly one of his most deeply transporting,\u201d writes the American publication \u201cVariety\u201d<\/p>\n

CHINA FOCUS<\/strong> closes with the winner of this year\u2019s Golden Leopard from the Locarno International Film Festival, Mrs. Fang<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. The film about the radical documentarian Wang Bing tells a story that generated an entire ethical debate both during its filming, as well as after premiering, at the prestigious Swiss festival. Mrs. Fang<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is presented in partnership with Astra Film Sibiu \u2013 being one of the 4 documentaries present at Cannes, and which the two festivals, taking place in parallel, have decided to present concurrently and in premiere this week in Bucharest and Sibiu.<\/p>\n

Also taking place this week is the B<\/strong>\u00e9la Tarr Retrospective<\/strong>, with four of the director\u2019s most powerful films. Today, the film Almanac of Fall<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (1985) is screened at 20:30 <\/strong>at Cinema Eforie<\/strong>, as Saturday<\/strong> at the same place, the filmmaker\u2019s masterpiece, Werckmeister Harmonies<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (2001) is shown at 15:45<\/strong>, and at 19:00 o\u2019clock<\/strong>, the film awarded in Venice, The Turin Horse<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (2011), after which the director decided to withdraw from filmmaking. Also at Cinema Eforie<\/strong>, the director\u2019s 7-and-a-half-hour film, Satantango<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>(1994), will be shown on film on Sunday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

B<\/strong>\u00e9la Tarr<\/strong><\/a>, a lone wolf of post-Tarkovskian, Eastern European cinema, rarely accepts public outings and for this, we are even more looking forward to the open discussion about cinema and his films, which will take place Saturday<\/strong> at Cinema Eforie<\/strong>. The highly-anticipated director will enter in dialogue with the renowned French critic, Jean Michel Frodon<\/strong><\/a>, a special guest of the festival.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, Sunday<\/strong>, October<\/strong> 15th<\/sup> <\/strong>is a special day in which the cinephile audience of Bucharest has the opportunity to see, in the flesh, one of the youngest and most talented actors of the moment, Louis Garrel<\/strong>. Coming from a family of filmmakers and present in two films that will be shown this weekend at the 8th<\/sup> edition of Les Films de Cannes <\/strong>\u00e0 Bucarest<\/strong>, Louis Garrel<\/strong> will take questions from the audience after the screening of the film Le Redoubtable<\/em><\/strong><\/a> at CinemaPRO<\/strong>, directed by Michel Hazanavicius, where he portrays the personality of Jean-Luc Godard, the emblematic figure of the French New Wave.<\/p>\n

With this, Les Films de Cannes <\/strong>\u00e0<\/strong> Bucarest<\/strong> invites you all to reserve your seats in time to the films and debates that interest you, as more than 10,000 tickets have already been booked before the opening of the festival by many lovers of the arthouse films brought from the Croisette this year.<\/p>\n

Every evening, after the screenings, cinephiles are expected for a glass of wine at Apollo 111<\/strong> (Strada Actor Ion Brezoianu, nr. 23-25) to talk about the films of the day and about those following.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the eighth edition of Les Films de Cannes \u00e0 Bucarest are on sale at Eventbook.ro<\/a> and in the Eventbook network. The complete program and more details about films and guests are available on the site filmedefestival.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The B<\/strong>\u00e9la Tarr Retrospective<\/strong> is organized by Voodoo Films and financed by the National Center for Cinematography and Artists in dialogue \u2013 Laurent Cantet<\/strong> is a project co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund.*<\/p>\n

The festival is presented by\u00a0Orange Romania<\/strong>, a traditional partner of the event.<\/p>\n

Supported by:\u00a0BRD Groupe Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale<\/strong>
\nOfficial car of the festival:\u00a0Renault<\/strong>
\nWith the support of:\u00a0Catena, Apa Nova, Groupama Asigur\u0103ri, Silva, TASTEmakers<\/strong>
\nOfficial Coffee of the festival:\u00a0Nespresso<\/strong><\/p>\n

The eighth edition of\u00a0Les Films de Cannes \u00e0 Bucarest\u00a0<\/strong>is organized by the\u00a0Cinemascop Association<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Voodoo Films<\/strong>, in partnership with the\u00a0Embassy of France<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0French Institute in Bucharest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Les Films de Cannes \u00e0 Bucarest<\/strong>\u00a0is a cultural project financed by the The Ministry of Culture and National Identity, the National Center of Cinematography, SACD \/ Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers), the Cultural Project Centre of the Bucharest City Hall \u2013 ARCUB, within the Cultural Program \u201cBucure\u015fti Ora\u0219 Participativ\u201d 2017 and the Romanian Cultural Institute.<\/p>\n

Partners:\u00a0<\/strong>Hotel Mercure, S.E.R.V.E, UPS, Media Image Factory, PiArt Vision, \u0162uca Zb\u00e2rcea & Asocia\u0163ii.<\/p>\n

Media partners<\/strong>: Europa FM, TVR, Zile \u0219i Nop\u021bi, Cinemap, Glamour, VIVA!, ELLE, News.ro, A List Magazine, Observator Cutural, Scena9, Agerpres, LiterNet, The Institute, Cinemagia, Movie News, AaRC, Cinefan, Umblat.ro, Urban.ro<\/p>\n

Media monitoring partner<\/strong>: mediaTRUST<\/p>\n

The local editions of the festival, taking place in the 7 other cities are carried out in\u00a0Bra\u0219ov<\/strong>\u00a0with the support of the Local Council of Bra\u0219ov, through the program \u201cProject co-financed by the Bra\u0219ov Local Council\u201d, in\u00a0Cluj-Napoca\u00a0<\/strong>with the support of the Local Council of Cluj Napoca, the City Hall of Cluj Napoca and the \u201cSuedia\u201d Association, in\u00a0Sibiu<\/strong>\u00a0in partnership with ASTRA Film Festival, in\u00a0Arad\u00a0<\/strong>through the program \u201cCo-financed by The Municipal Cultural Center Arad\u201d, in\u00a0Timi\u0219oara<\/strong>\u00a0with the support of the City Hall of Timi\u0219oara, The Cultural House Of The City Of Timi\u0219oara and the Philharmonic of Banat, in\u00a0Ia\u0219i<\/strong>\u00a0with the support of The City Hall of Ia\u0219i and the Athenaeum, and in\u00a0Suceava<\/strong>\u00a0with the help of the City Hall of Suceava.<\/p>\n

*The project does not necessarily represent the position of the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or the way in which the results of the project can be used. This is entirely the responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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