01-07-2017

Romanian Films Czech in at Karlovy Vary IFF, June 30 – July 8, 2017

    It's time to meet the Romanian films at the 52nd edition of Karlovy Vary IFF kicking off today...

    + A difficult assignment awaits TV reporter Alex in Iulia Rugină's 3rd feature Breaking News, presented in the Official Competition;
    + In Tarzan's Testicles, Alexandru Solomon brings the audience from the Documentary Competition to a research center in Sukhumi, the capital of today’s Abkhazia, where the legend has it that it was built to create a hybrid between man and monkey;
    + In East of the West, Cristi Iftime debuts with a journey in the old family car Marița.
    + Future Frames, the European Film Promotion's programme, brings ten student directors to follow at the Karlovy Vary IFF. 
    Matei Lucaci-Grunberg, from the National University of Theatre and Film "I.L. Caragiale" Bucharest, will screen his short Bones for Otto.

    Breaking News
    Directed by: Iulia Rugină
    Romania, 2017, 81min.
    Section: Official Selection - Competition

    July 5th
    @17:00 - Grand Hall
    July 6th
    @10:00 - Pupp Cinema     
    July 8th
    @09:00 - Drahomíra Cinema

    Tarzan’s Testicles / Ouăle lui Tarzan
    Directed by: Alexandru Solomon
    Romania / France, 2017, 105min.
    Section: Documentary Films - Competition

    July 3rd
    @18:30 - Čas Cinema
    July 4th
    @16:30 - Drahomíra Cinema

    Mariţa
    Directed by: Cristi Iftime
    Romania, 2017, 100min.
    Section: East of the West - Competition

    July 4th
    @18:30 - Karlovy Vary Mun. Theatre
    July 7th
    @16:30 - Lazne III   

    Bones for Otto / Oase pentru Otto
    Directed by: Matei Lucaci-Grunberg
    Romania, 2016, 29min.
    Section: Future Frames: Ten New Filmmakers To Follow

    July 3rd
    @18:30 - Small Hall
    July 7th
    @22:30 - Lazne III