Submissions now open for the 26th edition of Transilvania IFF
Submissions for the 26th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival are now open! The festival will take place between 11-21 June 2027 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with submissions accepted until 1 February 2027. Submissions are made online through the Eventival platform. Producers, sales agents and distributors holding the film’s screening rights can submit their films online via Eventival.
Full regulations: https://tiff.ro/en/regulations
Submit your film here:
Filmmakers can submit films for four competitive sections: Official Competition, What’s Up, Doc?, Romanian Days and TEEN Spirit, and three non-competitive programmes: Full Moon, Supernova and No Limit.
Essentials:
- Official Competition: directors’ first or second fiction features.
- What’s Up, Doc?: first or second documentary features, including hybrid films, of at least 60 minutes. Previous fiction films do not affect eligibility.
- Romanian Days: Romanian shorts and features produced in 2026–2027. Minority co-productions screen out of competition.
- TEEN Spirit: fiction films and documentaries exploring youth experiences and culture, with a Youth Award decided by a young jury.
- Competitive entries must have had their world premiere after 1 May 2026.
- Foreign and Romanian entries in the Official Competition and What’s Up, Doc? must not have been screened in Romania.
Deadline: 1 February 2027
Submission fees:
For international feature films:
- EUR 30 - early bird, for submissions from 20 October to 1 December 2026
- EUR 50 - for submissions from 2 December 2026 to 1 February 2027
Romanian films are exempt from submission fees.
