SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Parasite
Directed by: Bong Joon-Ho
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong
Drama – South Korea – 2019 – 2h 12min +15
Language: Korean, English
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Synopsis
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Festivals and Awards: Palme d’Or – Cannes, Toronto, San Sebastian, Karlovy Vary, Sarajevo; Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best International Film
Friday, July 19, 2024, 4:30 p.m.
Timis Cinema, Timisoara
Ucho
Directed by: Karel Kachyňa
Cast: Jirina Bohdalová, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Gustav Opocenský
Drama, Thriller – Czechoslovakia – 1970 – 1h 34min +15
Language: Czech, Russian
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Synopsis:
After coming home from a Party gathering one night, a Czech official becomes convinced that he is about to be the subject of a political purge and tries to do damage control, while also dealing with his turbulent marriage.
Festivals: Cannes
Saturday, July 20, 2024, 4:00 p.m.
Timis Cinema, Timisoara
The film is brought with the support of the Czech Center in Bucharest.
Holy Week
Directed by: Andrei Cohn
Cast: Doru Bem, Nicoleta Lefter, Ciprian Chiricheș, Mario Gheorghe Dinu, Ana Ciontea
Drama – România, Elveţia / Romania, Switzerland – 2024 – 2h 13min +15
Language: Romanian
Subtitles: English
Synopsis:
Leiba runs the village inn in the 1900s, acting as a meeting point for Christians and Jews alike, however the conviviality masks racism and anti-Semitism.
Festivals: Berlin, TIFF
Saturday, July 20, 2024, 6:00 p.m.
Timis Cinema, Timisoara
* Screening followed by a discussion with director Andrei Cohn
Forever Hold Your Peace
Directed by: Ivan Marinovic
Cast: Tihana Lazovic, Goran Slavic, Momo Picuric
Comedy, Drama – Muntenegru – 2024 – 1h40min +15
Language: Serbo-Croatian
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Synopsis:
Dragana gives up marrying Momo two days before the date. His dangerously stubborn father forces the disastrous wedding into happening.
Festivals: Tallinn
Saturday, July 21, 2024, 9:45 p.m., part of Closing Gala
Capitol Summer Garden, Timisoara
* in case of bad weather, the screening moves to Timis Cinema
Horia
*Accessible screening for people with visual impairments
Directed by: Ana-Maria Comănescu
Cast: Daniela Nane, Angelina Pavel, Liviu Cheloiu, Vladimir Țeca
Drama – Romania – 2023 – 1h 48min A.G.
Language: Romanian
Subtitle: English
Synopsis:
Restless teenager Horia takes off on his father’s old motorbike in a cross-country journey to reunite with his love. On the road, he is joined by Stela, a sassy 13-year-old, and an unlikely friendship blooms.
Festivals: Tallinn, TIFF
Sunday, July 21, 2024, 1:00 p.m.
Victoria Cinema, Timisoara
Accessible screening for visually impaired people, who benefit from a narrative description of the film in headphones, through the Movie Reading application, which they can access from their phone. The viewing experience in the cinema remains unchanged for people without visual impairments.
Offret
Directed by: Andrei Tarkovski
Cast: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Valérie Mairesse, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Sven Wollter, Filippa Franzén, Tommy Kjellqvist
Drama – Sweden/France – 1986 – 2h 28min +15
Language: Swedish
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Synopsis:
At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return.
Festivals: Cannes (Grand Jury Prize, FIPRESCI Prize)
Sunday, July 21, 2024, 4:30 p.m.
Victoria Cinema, Timisoara