Four more days until the start of the most important film event in Romania: Transilvania International Film Festival. A uniquely tempting offer for the lovers of the seventh art and not only, including event screenings, theatre shows, spectacular concerts and many more cultural surprises.
Throughout the nine editions of TIFF, the festival has granted special attention to masterclasses and workshops on various subjects, held by film professionals from international and Romanian industry, who shared their experience with the audience.
At the festival’s anniversary edition, on Saturday, June 4, 8.30 p.m. at Cinema Florin Piersic, film lovers are invited to see the first 3D screening in the history of TIFF: Pina (d. Wim Wenders).
The viewers fascinated by Wenders’ latest production and by 3D filmmaking are invited on Sunday, June 5, 11.00 a.m., at Cinema Florin Piersic at the masterclass on: Stereoscopic filmmaking in the digital age, held by Wolf Bosse - general manager at Das Werk. The masterclass will include an introduction into the history of stereo-3d, as well a presentation about the Pina shoot and aspects of the digital postproduction.
On June 10, film industry professionals, but also those who are active in the fields of Marketing, Public Relations, Sales, interested in how to promptly and efficiently promote a «product» by using the internet, have now the chance to discover the secrets of online social platforms. The most appreciated expert at this time in the fields of films distribution and marketing, Thomas Mai, will hold a workshop dedicated to Crowdfunding, Social Media and Distribution 2.0 on Friday, June 10, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., BNR hall (Unirii Square 7, BNR headquarters, Cluj branch). For 7 hours, based on an intensive work-plan, the participants of the workshop will be able to discover and understand the way in which social media can help in getting the financial support for a film production, as well as in distributing and selling films.
Also un June 10, at TIFF Lounge in Unirii Square, starting at 3 p.m., Iceland-born director Valdis Óskarsdóttir, present in the TIFF 2011 Official Competition with King’ Road and winner of a BAFTA award for Best editing for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, will share with the audience the way in which you can successfully combine film directing and editing.
Last, but not least, the renowned Romanian-born French producer Marin Karmitz, founder of the production and distribution company MK2, will be celebrated at TIFF 2011 through a Special Award. The producer of Certified Copy (d. Abbas Kiarostami), which will be screened during the tenth edition of TIFF, will host a masterclass sharing secrets on film production on June 11, 12.00, at TIFF Lounge in Unirii Square.
With the exception of Thomas Mai’s workshop, for which tickets have to be bought, the access for all the other masterclasses available at TIFF 2011 is free of charge and based upon seats availability.
For more details on applying for the workshop held by Thomas Mai, please see http://www.tiff.ro/stire/workshop-de-neratat-la-tiff-2011-sustinut-de-thomas-mai/151.
