Tickets can be purchased online from\u00a0taifasfestival.ro<\/a>\u00a0or from the\u00a0Cinema Victoria Timi\u0219oara<\/a>. Additionally, film enthusiasts will benefit from a discount: when adding 7 tickets to the cart, they will only pay for 5.<\/p>\n The festival presents a diverse selection of films, offering Timi\u0219oara's audiences the opportunity to explore a variety of genres. The program includes complex dramas, comedies, as well as three science fiction films that explore dystopian realities, an animation, and a documentary.<\/p>\n The opening film of Taifas - \"Embryo Larva Butterfly,\" directed by Kyros Papavassiliou (2023), will screen on Monday, November 6, at 18:00 at Cinema Victoria Timi\u0219oara. This film is part of the selection from the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the lead actor, Christos Sougaris. \"Embryo Larva Butterfly\" will also be shown on Wednesday, November 8, in three other cities in Romania: Cluj (Cinema Arta), Lugoj (Cinema Bela Lugosi), and Arad (Cinema Arta).<\/p>\n Among the 14 films that will be screened, notable entries include Croatia's and Albania's submissions for the Oscars: \"Safe Place\" (dir. Juraj Lerotic) and \"A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On\" (dir. Gentian Ko\u00e7i). Also featured are \"Balada\" (dir. Aida Begic), a competition entry from the Sarajevo Film Festival; \"Carbide\" (dir. Josip \u017duvan), awarded Best Debut Film at the Pula Film Festival; \"The Good Driver\" (dir. Tonislav Hristov), a production from one of Bulgaria's most renowned documentarians; \"Once Upon a Time in the Future: 2121\" (dir. Serpil Alt\u0131n), winner of Best Film at the London Sci-Fi Film Festival; and the animation \"White Plastic Sky\" (dir. Tibor B\u00e1n\u00f3czki, Sarolta Szab\u00f3), nominated for Best Animated Feature at the European Film Awards.<\/p>\n Friday evening, November 10, at 20:00, at Reciproc Cafe - Bastion: \"HRANA,\" a Balkan gastro-cultural event (food-concept by Alina S\u0103ftulescu) will feature a tasting of Balkan dishes accompanied by fine beverages. The ticket price is 150 lei and can be purchased online from the festival's website.<\/p>\n Among the festival's related events is a Balkanic Disco Party featuring Ligia Ke\u0219i\u0219ian (November 11, 22:00, at Nemesis Art Club), where the audience will be energized with wild and tender sounds from the Balkans, Latin America, and the Orient.<\/p>\n Also on Saturday (November 11, 17:00, at HEI - House of European Institutes - Bastion), the event \"How to talk about memory and trauma through film\" will explore the potential of cinema in addressing trauma and memory, featuring guests Vera Herold (Cinemateca Portuguesa Lisbon), Isabelle Bourdon (Educational Coordinator at CinEd), and Mircea Dragu (psychotherapist, author of children's books).<\/p>\n On November 14, at 18:30, at La Dou\u0103 Bufni\u021be Bookstore, there will be a second meeting with the writers Moni St\u0103nil\u0103, Alexandru Vakulovski, Vasile Ernu, and Adrian Schiop. They participated in the Taifas literary residency in Timi\u0219oara for one month, during which they wrote about their vision of Balkan culture.<\/p>\n During the festival, there will be also a film education symposium. The symposium invites teachers and educators from Timi\u0219oara and Timi\u0219 County to participate in a roundtable discussion, to share experiences and teaching strategies. The goal is to familiarize them with resources developed by the Cultural Association Contrasens over time, aiming to integrate these resources into educational plans effectively.<\/p>\n More informations about the Festiva, events and tickets: Facebook Taifas Festival or www.taifasfestival.ro.<\/p>\n The Balkan film and culture festival is the result of a collaboration between two organizations passionate about art cinema, particularly Balkan cinema: Contrasens Cultural Association and Bad Unicorn.<\/p>\n Financiers: AFCN, Ministry of Culture through the Timi\u0219oara Projects Center.<\/p>\n Project partners: Archeia Tainion tis Ellados Tainiothiki (Greece), Arte Urbana Collectif (Bulgaria), CRIES Association and \"La Pas\" Artisan Gastronomy Festival, Bacaci Sjenki \/ Shadow Casters (Croatia), Cinema Arta Cluj, Victoria Cinema Timi\u0219oara, Cinemateca Portuguesa (Portugal), CinEd, House of the Timi\u0219 Didactic Corps, Banatul Philharmonic, FITT, Excelsior Hotel, iabilet.ro, The French Institute, La Dou\u0103 Bufni\u021be Bookstore, Sakarya University (Turkey), West University of Timi\u0219oara<\/p>\n Media partners: Guerrilla Radio, Agerpres, Happ.ro, Observator Cultural, Stiri de Timi\u0219oara, Metropolis newspaper<\/p>\n Co-financed by AFCN. The project is part of the national cultural program \"Timi\u0219oara \u2013 European Capital of Culture in 2023\" and is funded through the European Echoes program, administered by the Timi\u0219oara Projects Center, with funds allocated from the state budget through the Ministry of Culture. The project does not necessarily reflect the position of the funders. Funders are not responsible for the project's content or how its outcomes may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the funding recipient.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00cen acest weekend \u00eencepe Festivalul de Film \u0219i Cultur\u0103 Balcanic\u0103 – Taifas. Prima edi\u021bie, \u201eNoi \u00cenceputuri\/New Beginnings\u201d va avea loc \u00een perioada 5-12 noiembrie, la Timi\u0219oara. Publicul va putea urm\u0103ri, la Cinema Victoria Timi\u0219oara, cele mai recente produc\u021bii balcanice ale anului, premiate \u0219i participante la festivaluri precum Cannes, Berlinale, G\u00f6teborg Film Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-48"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taifasfestival.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taifasfestival.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taifasfestival.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taifasfestival.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taifasfestival.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6764"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/taifasfestival.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7438,"href":"https:\/\/taifasfestival.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6764\/revisions\/7438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taifasfestival.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taifasfestival.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taifasfestival.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taifasfestival.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}