The outstanding jury of this year's Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) is comprised of notable personalities in the Romanian and international cinema.
Christine Dollhofer – founder and festival Director of Crossing Europe Film Festival from Linz, Martin Blaney – journalist at Screen International publication, and Monica Barladeanu – actress, are three of the five members of the jury at Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) 2010 that have confirmed their presence until now.
Monica Barladeanu is one of the most famous women in Romania. Her career embraces international productions, such as highly successful US series Lost, or comedy film Buds for Life, and also parts in Romanian films, among which The Death of Mister Lazarescu, directed by Cristi Puiu, a feature film awarded with no less than 30 trophies, including Un Certain Regard Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005. Recently, Monica Barladeanu was the lead actress in the feature Francesca, the debut film of director Bobby Paunescu, for which she was nominated at the 2010 Gopo Awards, for Best Actress in a leading role.
Another celebrity who will be part of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) 2010 is Christine Dollhofer, a resounding name in the Austrian film industry, with significant contribution to the development of European cinema. Between 1997 and 2004, Dollhofer was the Artistic Director of Diagonale Austrian Film Festival, offering the festival audience a whole series of original, highly impressive and surprising films, selected from all over Europe. In 2004, she was one of the founders of the Linz Film Festival - Crossing Europe Film Festival that has shortly become one of the most important cinema events in the region.
Joining these three personalities is Martin Blaney, a well-known journalist from Screen International publication. Martin Blaney is a regular with film festivals all over the world, as moderator of workshops and round table discussions, an excellent and utterly involved promoter of films and valuable filmmakers.
The TIFF Jury will designate the winners of the 9th edition of the festival, after seeing the 12 films included in TIFF Competition this year – films that have been carefully selected by Mihai Chirilov, Artistic Director of the festival. The results of TIFF selection for the 2010 Competition will be announced on April 30.
Besides the Transilvania Trophy of EU 10.000, the TIFF Jury will designate the awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Performance.
