BIEFF 2018 Edition Catalogue
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2017 THEME PROGRAMS Special Acknowledgments to all the filmmakers, producers and distributors whose films are screened in BIEFF 2018 and to the following persons and institutions: 4 Concept 64 BERLINALE SPOTLIGHT: Alessandro Raja – Festival Scope Corina Burlacu – Eastwards Joost Daamen – IDFA International Documentary Mirsad Purivatra – Sarajevo Film Festival 6 Festival Board FORUM EXPANDED Alexander Nanau – Film Monitor Association Cornelia Popa – Cinelab Romania Film Festival Amsterdam Monica Anita – TNT Alexandru Berceanu – CINETic Cristian Ignat – Canopy Juan José Felix – Embassy of the Republic of Natalia Andronachi – Austrian Cultural Forum 8 Festival Team 76 IDENTITY AND BELONGING: Adina-Ioana Șuteu – French Institute Bucharest Cristiana Tăutu – British Council Romania Argentina Natalia Trebik – Le Fresnoy Studio National des Alina Raicu – Embassy of Canada in Romania Cristina Niculae – Peggy Production Juhani Alanen – Tampere International Short Film Arts Contemporains SARAJEVO THEME PROGRAM Ana Agopian – CINEPUB Cristina Nițu – Fala Português Festival Nicolae Mandea – UNATC National University of 9 UNATC / UNARTE Presentation Ana Androne – Embassy of the Kingdom of the Cristina Petrea – Manekino Film Jukka-Pekka Laakso – Tampere International Theatre and Film Bucharest 84 A DUTCH PERSPECTIVE: Netherlands Dana Berghes – National Museum of Short Film Festival Paolo Moretti – Festival of Documentary Film 10 Partner Festivals ROTTERDAM THEME PROGRAM Ana Mișu – TH Hotels Contemporary Art MNAC Bucharest Kevin Hamilton - Embassy of Canada in Romania FIDMarseille Ana Serafim – Embassy of Canada in Romania Daniel Ebner – VIS Vienna Shorts Lars Henrik Gass – International Short Film Pavla Kallistova – ATHANOR Ana Ungar – TNT Daniel Mareș – Lente Festival Oberhausen Peter Greenaway 17 International Competition Jury 93 GOLDEN SHORTS: Anamaria Antoci – Bucharest International Dance Daniela Mirodone – Fala Português Laura Abrihan – Peggy Production Peter van Hoof – International Film Festival BEST FILMS IN MAJOR FESTIVALS Film Festival Delia Marcu – festival friend Laura Ștefănuț – National Museum of Rotterdam 18 Opening Gala Anamaria Diaconescu – Hellenic-Romania Dietmar Schwärzler – Sixpackfilm Austria Contemporary Art MNAC Bucharest Raluca Ganea – ARCUB 99 ROMANIAN CINEMATIC EXPERIMENTS Bilateral Chamber of Commerce Edith van der Heijde – EYE Film Institute Laurențiu Brătan – Anim’est International Raluca Oana Radu – Shift Pub Anca Brezeanu – Sky Tour Netherlands Animation Film Festival Rana Mokaddem – Embassy of Lebanon in 20 Closing Gala Anca Mitran – Romanian National Film Center Elena Belciu – CINETic Laurențiu Damian – Romanian Filmmakers’ Union Romania SIDE EVENTS Anca Pandrea – Lente Evelin Hust – Goethe-Institut Bucharest Liliana Costa – Agência da Curta Metragem Răzvan Bucur – ZeList Monitor 22 Closing Film Andreea Dumitriu – Eastwards Ezio Peraro – Italian Cultural Institute Liliana Ciurea – Embassy of Switzerland in Rémi Bonhomme – Semaine de la Critique, 105 Panel: Meet The Experts - The Lifespan Andrei Jakab – festival friend Felipe Guillermo Alvarez de Toledo – Embassy of Romania Cannes Film Festival Andrei Lixandru – Eventbook the Republic of Argentina Liliana Passima – National Museum of the Of Cinematic Experimentation Roxana Călinescu – Romanian Cultural Institute INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Andrei Rus – One World Romania Filipa Henriques – Portugal Film Romanian Peasant Roxana Lăpădat – Austrian Cultural Forum Angelika Ramlow – Arsenal Institute for Film and Florentina Bratfanof – festival friend Liliana Țuroiu – Romanian Cultural Institute Roxana Trestioreanu – UNARTE National 24 A LIE THAT TELLS THE TRUTH 106 Preview Screening Video Art Berlin Florian Vimer – Lokal Lisa Linde Nieveld – EYE Film Institute University of Arts Bucharest International Competition I Anna Abrahams – EYE Film Institute Netherlands François Bonenfant – Le Fresnoy Studio National Netherlands Rozana Mihalache – Green Hours Arthur den Hartog – Embassy of the Kingdom of des Arts Contemporains Loredana Stroe – Embassy of the Republic of Salette Ramalho – Agência da Curta Metragem the Netherlands František Zachoval – Czech Centre Bucharest Argentina Simona Necula – CEREFREA Villa Noël 32 HUMAN NATURE / MOTHER NATURE Bianca Lucas – Sarajevo Film Festival Gabriela Albu – Peasant Museum Cinema Lucian Pricop – Romanian Filmmakers’ Union Sorina Diaconu – festival friend International Competition II Bianca Oana – Manekino Film Gabriela Petre – Italian Cultural Institute Lucie Guérin – French Institute Bucharest Stefanie Schulte Strathaus – Berlinale Forum Brigitta Burger-Utzer – Sixpackfilm Austria Gabriela Trandafir – Embassy of Liban in Romania Marian Bârcău – Canopy Expanded 40 (SELF)PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST Boglarka Nagy – French Institute Bucharest Gabriela Suciu – Asociația Follow Art Marina Neacșu – Goethe-Institut Bucharest Steliana Mazilu – festival friend Camelia Ciucă – Romanian National Film Center Gala Hernández – LUXBOX Marion Poeth – Cinedans Dance on Screen Ștefana Mărmureanu – Romanian Cultural AS A YOUNG MAN Carla Fotea – festival friend George Pascaru – Canopy Festival Amsterdam Institute International Competition III Carmen Constantin – Administration of the Hajnalka Kerekes – Romanian Ministry of Culture Markéta Šantrochová – Czech Film Center Tamina Bojoancă – Goethe-Institut Bucharest National Cultural Fund and National Identity Martijn te Pas – IDFA International Documentary Theus Zwakhals – LIMA Amsterdam 48 EMBRACING THE FEMALE GAZE Carmen Grigoraș – Embassy of Finland in Hilke Doering – International Short Film Festival Film Festival Amsterdam Thomas Kloiber – Austrian Cultural Forum International Competition IV Romania Oberhausen Martine Dekker – Cinedans Dance On Screen Toril Simonsen – Norwegian Film Institute Carmen Stejeroiu – Romanian National Film Ioana Biriș – Eastwards Festival Amsterdam Tudor Ciortea – NouMax Center Ioana Diaconu – Bucharest Fashion Film Festival Matt Carter – LUX Artists’ Moving Image Tytti Rantanen – AV-arkki 56 INTIMACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE Carsten Spicher – International Short Film Ioana Spătaru – Shift Pub Menotty Tudosie – Valvis Holding Ulrich Ziemons – Berlinale Forum Expanded International Competition V Festival Oberhausen Ioana Turcu – Eventbook Miguel Dias – Curtas Vila do Conde International Urs Herren – Embassy of Switzerland in Romania Călin Dan – National Museum of Contemporary Ionuț Drăghicean – BDG Film Festival Valentina Neagu – Administration of the National Art MNAC Bucharest Irina Cios – Administration of the National Miguel Valverde – Portugal Film & IndieLisboa Cultural Fund Cătălin Bălescu – UNARTE National University of Cultural Fund International Independent Film Festival Vesa Puhakka – AV-arkki Arts Bucharest Irina Petrescu – French Institute Bucharest Mihaela Drăghici – Fala Português Victor Teioșanu – Ursus Christoph Terhechte – Berlinale Forum Isabella Alexandrescu – US Embassy Romania Mihaela Păun – ARCUB Voicu Rădescu – Green Hours Christophe Gigaudaut – French Institute Jenniffer Corrales – Romanian Ministry of Culture Mihai Chirilov – Transilvania International Film Wouter Jansen – Some Shorts Bucharest and National Identity Festival Yvonne Irimescu – NexT International Short Film Christophe Leparc – Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Jing Haase – Swedish Film Institute Mihai Crăiță – Eventbook Festival Cannes Film Festival Johannes Klein – The Festival Agency Mihai Olaru – Nikon and to all BIEFF 2018 media partners, Claudiu Sfirschi-Lăudat – Greek Cultural Jonathan Pouthier – Centre Pompidou Mihai Orășanu – MDV Film volunteers and other festival friends. Foundation Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF - Concept BIEFF is also honored to collaborate with some of the major international film festivals and institutions in the area Copel Moscu, Festival Director of avant-garde cinema and visual art, Moreover, BIEFF has started in 2010 a wonderful collaboration with one of the leading Adina Pintilie, Artistic Director recognized worldwide for their consistent experimental filmmakers of our time, PETER GREENAWAY. He made an unforgetable creative support of innovative, radical official opening at our festival in 2010 with an impressive Masterclass, addressed Created under the patronage of creative background, BIEFF comes as a filmmaking and visual art: QUINZAINE especially wto our core audience, Romanian film and visual art students and professionals; the National University of Theatre and natural complementary reaction, its main DES RÉALISATEURS - Cannes Film Festival, and in 2011 he brought his groundbreaking LIVE CINEMA VJ PERFORMANCE Film “I.L. Caragiale” and the National goal being to broaden perception, to open BERLINALE Forum Expanded - Berlin LUPERCYCLOPEDIA, a highly innovative audio-visual experiment, intended to challenge University of Arts Bucharest, with the a whole new artistic territory, both for International Film Festival, ARSENAL the borders of filmic language and offer the audience a totally new cinematic experience, support of the Administration of the the general and the specialized audience, Institute for Film and Video Art Berlin, performance which was immensely successful all over the world. National Cultural Fund and the Romanian particularly for film and visual art students International Film Festival ROTTERDAM, National Cinema Center, BUCHAREST and professionals. SARAJEVO Film Festival, Le FRESNOY – Starting with 2012, PETER GREENAWAY has become the HONORARY PRESIDENT of INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM Studio National des Arts