The public will be able to watch, at\u00a0Cinema Victoria Timi\u0219oara<\/strong>, 14 of the most recent Balkan productions of the year, premiered in Romania, awarded at prestigious festivals such as: Cannes Film Festival, Berlinale, Gothenburg Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights, Pula Film Festival, Sarajevo International Film Festival and Thessaloniki International Film Festival. The opening film,\u00a0\u201eEmbryo Larva Butterfly\u201d<\/strong>, directed by Kyros Papavassiliou, is part of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival selection and will be screened on November 6 at Cinema Victoria Timi\u0219oara. Tickets will go on sale soon.<\/p>\n More information about the program, events and tickets:\u00a0Facebook Taifas Festival<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0www.taifasfestival.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n TAIFAS is not limited to the niche of the film industry, the complementary components of the event transform it into a broad interdisciplinary project, combining film, gastronomy, literature, and music.<\/p>\n Thus, on Sunday,\u00a0November 5<\/strong>, the official opening of the festival will take place with\u00a0a premiere concert in Timi\u0219oara<\/strong>. Starting at 6:30 PM, the stage at the Banatul Philharmonic will feature\u00a0Simion Bogdan-Mihai and the \"L\u0103utarii de M\u0103tase\" ensemble<\/strong>. The musical experience will be enhanced by the young talents from the \"Crescut pe Muzic\u0103\" ensemble: Florinel Caraivan (18 years old, accordion), \u0218tefan Milutinovici (22 years old, wind instruments), and Ionu\u021b P\u00eentiuc (18 years old, trumpet).<\/p>\n Tickets for the concert are available online at\u00a0www.iabilet.ro<\/a>\u00a0and in the network\u00a0iabilet.ro\/retea<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The program also includes a\u00a0literary residency<\/strong>, organized in collaboration with the independent bookstore \"La Dou\u0103 Bufni\u021be.\" Four contemporary authors, coming from different regions of the country and from the Republic of Moldova - Moni St\u0103nil\u0103, Alexandru Vakulovski, Vasile Ernu, and Adrian Schiop - will have the opportunity to write in the intimacy of the city for a month, sharing their visions on Balkan culture.<\/p>\n Concomitant with the festival, an international film residency program will take place, organized in partnership with the Department of Radio, TV, and Cinema at Sakarya University, Turkey. The residency includes a theoretical component with lectures by Serhat Yetimova and Mustafa Aslan, along with discussions featuring guests from the film industry. Additionally, there is a practical component guided by Ivana Mladenovic, a film director from Serbia. The residents are young and emerging directors from Balkan countries such as Croatia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and the Republic of Moldova.<\/p>\n A film education symposium will also take place during the festival. The symposium invites teachers and educators from Timi\u0219oara and Timi\u0219 county to a round table to share experiences and didactic strategies, to familiarize themselves with the resources developed by the Contrasens Cultural Association over time and to use them in the teaching plan. Good practice examples from Bulgaria and Croatia will be presented to provide a global perspective on how film can be effectively integrated into the learning process. In the second part of the symposium, teachers will benefit from free training by the facilitator Isabelle Bourdon from the Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que Fran\u00e7aise Paris. Teachers interested in participating in the symposium are asked to contact the Contrasens Association team at: asociatia.contrasens@gmail.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n TAIFAS isn't just about cultural experiences for adults, it's also about sharing the joy and magic of film with young people aged 6 to 19, who will have the opportunity to explore the Balkan cinematic universe. Six films created by Balkan directors will be screened at Cinema Victoria Timi\u0219oara specifically for them.<\/p>\n There will also be 2 craft food events and 6 public engagements featuring Q&A sessions, artist talks, public talks, and workshops.<\/p>\n TAIFAS will not end any differently than it began, so the audience will be invited to a Balkan Disco Party, open to all, featuring Ligia-Verkin Ke\u0219isian aka LIGIA K.<\/p>\n The events will take place in various locations across Timi\u0219oara: Cinema Victoria, Banatul Philharmonic, Reciproc, La Dou\u0103 Bufni\u021be Bookstore, as well as other spaces announced throughout the festival.<\/p>\n More information about the program, events and tickets:\u00a0Facebook Taifas Festival<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0www.taifasfestival.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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:<\/strong>\u00a0AFCN, Ministry of Culture through the Timi\u0219oara Projects Center.<\/p>\n Project partners:<\/strong>\u00a0Archeia 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:<\/strong>\u00a0Guerrilla 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":" TAIFAS: festival de film \u0219i cultur\u0103 balcanic\u0103. Prima edi\u021bie, la Timi\u0219oara Un nou eveniment \u00ee\u0219i anun\u021b\u0103 prezen\u021ba: TAIFAS –\u00a0festival de film \u0219i cultur\u0103 balcanic\u0103, o poveste despre oameni, locuri \u0219i conexiuni, despre istorii comune, despre dureri \u0219i pl\u0103ceri. 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\nThe selection was made from over 80 films by C\u0103t\u0103lin Olaru, film critic and curator, artistic director of the TAIFAS festival.
\nDuring the festival, more than 50 filmmakers - directors, producers and actors - from Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Turkey, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and Romania will be present in Timisoara.<\/p>\nTAIFAS - extensive interdisciplinary project<\/h3>\n
From 6 to 99 years old: a program suitable for everyone.<\/h3>\n