Romanian Days presents the best domestic films made in the last year and new films getting pre-premiere screenings. That's the case for four features: Nicolae Mărgineanu's Poarta Albă set in the forced labor camp of the Danube-Black Sea canal in 1949; Cornel Gheorghiţă's The Crypt/Cripta, the story of a French businessman (played by Serge Riaboukine) trapped in the courtyard in Băile Herculane; the feature documentary A Last Year/Un ultim an în 114 minute, the debut of the visual artist Daniel Djam documenting the last year of his grandmother's life; and America, Here We Come!/America, venim!, the debut feature of Răzvan Săvescu.
The jury for the features competition in the Romanian Days is composed of Christoph Terhechte, Grainne Humphreys and Pamela Pianezza. The short film section has only eight films, an intentionally short selection by Mihai Chirilov, the artistic director of TIFF, to encourage quality over quantity. The jury for the short film competition in Romanian Days is made of the winners for short films awards in festivals included in Operation Kino programme: Pavel G. Vesnakov, Fatih Kızılgök and Cristina Groşan.
The line-up of Romanian films at the festival follows.
Feature Film Competition:
The second Game/Al doilea joc (documentary) by Corneliu Porumboiu, produced by 42KM Film
Where Are You Bucharest ?/Bucureşti, unde eşti (documentary) by Vlad Petri, produced by Vlad Petri (http://www.bucurestithemovie.ro/)
The Japanese Dog/Câinele japonez by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, produced by Libra Film
Closer to the Moon by Nae Caranfil, produced by Mandragora Movies in coproduction with Italy's Rainier Group, Poland's Agresywna Banda, France's Denis Friedman Production and with the support of the U.S. company Ithaca LLC
The Crypt/Cripta by Cornel Gheorghiţă, produced by Romania’s Ro de Film in coproduction with Milonga Productions
The Unsaved/La limita de jos a cerului by Igor Cobileanski, produced by Saga Film
Poarta Albă by Nicolae Mărgineanu, produced by Ager Film
Quod erat demonstrandum by Andrei Gruzsniczcki, produs by ICONProduction
Roxanne by Vali Hotea, produced by HiFilm Productions
#Selfie by Cristina Iacob, produced by MediaPro Entertainment
I’m an Old Communist Hag/Sunt o babă comunistă by Stere Gulea, produced by MediaPro Pictures
A Last Year/Un ultim an în 114 minute by Daniel Djamo, produced by Daniel Djamo
Feature films out of the competition:
America, Here We Come!/America, venim by Daniel Săvescu, produced by Libra Film
The Tănase Affair/Afacerea Tănase by Ionuţ Teianu, produced by Libra Film
Competition short films:
Horsepower/Cai putere by Daniel Sandu, produced by ICONProduction
Ela, Panda &Madam/Ela, Panda şi madam by Andrei Ştefan Răuţu, produced by Asociaţia Les Herbes Folles
Kowalski by Andrei Creţulescu, produced by Kinosseur in coproduction with Wearebasca, Digital Cube, DaKino
Start Anew World/O lume nouă by Luiza Pârvu, produced by Root Films, DaKino Production
The Walk/Plimbarea by Mihaela Popescu, produced by Saga Film
Dying from a Wound of Love/Să mori din dragoste rănită by Iulia Rugină, produced by Actoriedefilm.ro
Our Father/Tatăl nostru by Sergiu Lupşe, produced by Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
It Can Pass Through the Wall/Trece şi prin perete by Radu Jude, produced by Micro Film, Mitra Film, Motion Picture Management
