Official Lineup and Schedule 2016

Official Lineup of Brasov Int’l Film Festival 2016

August 14, 2016 — The 2016 lineup of Brasov International Film Festival & Market, the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world, has been announced. The event takes place 1 – 11 September and all films will be screened on the Festival’s Vimeo channel exclusively:

Brasov Int’l Film Festival – Vimeo Channel

The following films will be screened In Competition:

THURSDAY – SEPTEMBER 1

NOT EVEN THE MOUNTAIN STAYS THE SAME (2015)
Short Documentary – 21 min. – Romania
Directed by Diana Nicolae

 

 

 

 

 

VOYAGE (2015)
Animation Short Film (3D) – 8 min. – Romania
Directed by Marian Poiana

 

 

 

 

 

 

FLUTULUS (2016)
Short Film – 30 min. – Moldova
Directed by Igor Sadovski

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE GLOVE (2015)
Short Film – 12 min. – Romania
Directed by Vlad Dorofte

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 2

BEIJING NEW YORK (2015)
Feature Film – 108 min. – USA, China, UK
Directed by Rain Li

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 3

A SAUROPOD ABROAD (2016)
Feature Documentary – 97 min. – Canada
Directed by Anna Cooley

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 4

THE SINKING OF SOZOPOL (2014)
Feature Film – 100 min. – Bulgaria
Directed by Kostadin Bonev

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONDAY – SEPTEMBER 5

THE LEGACY OF MENLA (2016)
Feature Documentary – 64 min. – Hungary
Directed by Adam Miklos

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUESDAY – SEPTEMBER 6

NIGHT TRAIN (2015)
Feature Documentary – 62 min. – Japan
Directed by Yuichi Minamiguchi

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY – SEPTEMBER 7

COURAGE (2015)
Feature Documentary – 72 min – Brazil
Directed by Sebastião Braga

 

 

 

 

 

 

THURSDAY – SEPTEMBER 8

OUT OF ORDER (2015)
Feature Film – 99 min. – UAE, Egypt
Directed by Mahmoud Kamel

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 9

BEAUTY WILL SAVE THE WORLD (2014)
Short Documentary – 27 min. – Spain
Directed by Juan del Santo and Javier Figuero

 

 

 

 

 

HE AND SHE (2016)
Short Film – 15 min. – Germany
Directed by Marco Gadge

 

 

 

 

 

 

TWIN STARS (2016)
Short Film – 17 min. – Turkey
Directed by Mehmet Tığlı

 

 

 

 

 

 

I WOULD LIKE TO BE ENRAPTURED, MUZZLED AND ON MY BACK TATTOOED (2015)
Short Film – 16 min. – Brazil
Directed by Andy Malafaia

 

 

 

 

 

ARRIVEDERCI ROSA (2015)
Short Film – 18 min. – UK
Directed by Flaminia Graziadei

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 10

WOMEN ARE THE ANSWER (2015)
Feature Documentary – 90 min. – Australia
Directed by Fiona Cochrane

 

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 11

1942 (2015)
Short Film – 10 min. – Switzerland
Directed by Valentin Pittard

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHEN THE HERON FLIES (2015)
Short Film – 18 min. – France
Directed by Lionel Laget

 

 

 

 

 

 

FILL IN THE BLANKS (2016)
Short Film – 9 min. – France
Directed by Chloé Marçais

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE LIGHT THIEF (2015)
Short Film – 19 min. – Bahrain, Spain
Directed by Eva Daoud

 

 

 

 

 

 

All films are featured in the 2016/2017 edition of Daria! magazine that will be published on August 26 and it will be available online here: Daria! 2016

The Festival was founded by film director Bruno Pischiutta and producer Daria Trifu in 2012 to showcase nonviolent, main stream motion pictures and to show that those movies are not only capable of great international success but they are also in high demand by the public.

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Brasov Film Festival 2015 – Day 11 – Awards Ceremony

On Sunday night, September 13, the Awards Ceremony took place before a full house of guests.

The Jury of the Festival has selected to award the following:

Best Cinematography Award
Edward Button for OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN – USA

Best Lead Male Actor Award
Ian Doherty for DADDY – USA

Best Costumes Award
Jaswant Singh Mintu for COME BACK JEETU – India

Best Art Direction Award
Anne Zentgraf for FIDDLESTICKS – Germany

Best Music Score Award
Tony Green for THE LIFE AND DEATH OF AN UNHAPPILY MARRIED MAN – USA

Best Lead Female Actor Award
Clara Voda for NIGHTFALL IN INDIA – Spain

Best Screenplay Award
Frank Green for WILDLIKE – USA

Best Film Award
Abbas Rafei for OBLIVION SEASON – Iran

Best Director Award
Mercedes Gaspar for ESCAPES – Spain

Introduction

Awards Ceremony

Interview with ‘Best Cinematographer Award Winner’ Edward Button

Interview with ‘Best Director Award Winner’ Mercedes Gaspar

The Organizers of the Festival have selected to award the following:

Special Award – Best Film Out Of Competition
LET’S DANCE TO THE RHYTHM – Goa, India / Produced by Muguel Barreto

Special Award
Producer Elio Dell’Unto – Toronto, Canada

Special Award – The IMAGE of Brasov Film Festival 2015
Actor Andrei Neamtu

MMBF Rising Star Award (Matthew Martino Benevolent Fund) – London, UK
Actress Denisa Barvon

Interview with Producer Elio Dell’Unto

Interview with Actor Andrei Neamtu

Interview with Actress Denisa Barvon

Brasov Film Festival 2015 – Day 10

The ninth and last film In-Competition, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF AN UNHAPPILY MARRIED MAN, was screened at the Brasov International Film Festival on Saturday, September 12.

The film is about a young man (Tommy Beardmore) disillusioned with his failing marriage and dead end career who abruptly decides to visit his past to figure out where it all went wrong.

The movie is an American production starring D’arcy Fellona and Tommy Beardmore. It is written, directed and produced by Josh Hope, produced by Mikki Raphael Rosenberg, Josh Hope, Tommy Beardmore & Chris Hong. Director of Photography – Seth Savoy. Composer – Tony Green. Editor – Chris Hong.

Before presenting the movie, actress Denisa Barvon and director Bruno Pischiutta introduce and thank the volunteers who have assisted the organizers of the Festival this year.

Producer Daria Trifu interviews actress Mary Spark who is soon to play a role in the upcoming feature film by Bruno Pischiutta.

Brasov Film Festival 2015 – Day 9

The feature film WILDLIKE, a USA 2015 production written, directed and produced by Frank Green, was the eight film to screen In-Competition at the Brasov International Film Festival on Friday, September 11.

From the beautiful and enchanting state of Alaska comes this very delicate film about the sexual abuse of children. The performances of the leading stars, Bruce Greenwood (I Robot, Star Trek, Flight), Ella Purnell (she played the young Angelina Jolie in Disney’s Maleficent) and Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker, Flight) are very sober and dramatic.

14-year-old Mackenzie (Ella Purnell), a troubled but daring teenage girl, is sent by her struggling mother to live with her uncle (Brian Geraghty) in Juneau, Alaska. She runs away and an unlikely friendship with a loner backpacker (Bruce Greenwood) forms in the spectacular Alaska wilderness, giving a runaway girl hope and sanctuary in America’s last frontier.

Director’s statement:

“I have been very close to all facets of this story for some time. I delved into the landscape of Alaska and studied the trauma that girls and women endure from childhood sexual abuse.”

Producer and Festival Director Daria Trifu, film director and Festival’s Artistic Consultant Bruno Pischiutta and actress Denisa Barvon introduce the 8th film In-Competition from the USA, WILDLIKE.

EAST HAMPTON, NY – OCTOBER 10: (L-R) Diane Farr, Frank Hall Green, Ella Purnell, Bruce Greenwood and Nolan Gerard Funk attend the Wildlike premiere during the 2014 Hamptons International Film Festival on October 10, 2014 in East Hampton, New York. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for The Hamptons International Film Festival)

Actress Andreea Dumitru was also present at the Festival and she was interviewed by actress Denisa Barvon following the screening of WILDLIKE. Here she mentions the upcoming feature film she will play in entitled THE BAD JOKE directed by Bruno Pischiutta.

Brasov Film Festival 2015 – Day 8

The feature film DADDY, a USA 2015 production by Iranian director Mahmoud Shoolizadeh, was the seventh film to screen In-Competition at the Brasov International Film Festival on Thursday, September 10. The film was presented as a World Premiere.

DADDY is starring Ian Doherty and Alyssa Marchalletta.

When he (Ian Doherty) finds out that his girlfriend (Alyssa Marchalletta) is pregnant, a troubled teen changes his ways and tries passionately to prepare for fatherhood, but he has an extremely hard time to cope with the unexpected and shocking challenge he is facing.

This is a very well realized American feature film and it is exceptional because it has been produced with a zero dollars budget.

Producer and Festival Director Daria Trifu together with film director and Festival’s Artistic Consultant Bruno Pischiutta and actress Denisa Barvon introduce DADDY before its screening In-Competition at the Brasov Film Festival.

 

Brasov Film Festival 2015 – Day 7

The sixth film In-Competition, from Spain, had its Romanian premiere at the Brasov International Film Festival on Wednesday evening, September 9. The film is ESCAPES (Spanish: HUIDAS) written, directed and produced by Mercedes Gaspar who was present for the screening. The movie is starring Huichi Chiu and Liberto Rabal.

Director Bruno Pischiutta and actress Denisa Barvon interview Spanish director Mercedes Gaspar on the stage of Brasov International Film Festival & Market before the screening of her movie.

Following the success of the film at the Festival, producer Daria Trifu has conducted an interview with Mercedes Gaspar.

In attendance, there was also Cicerone Busuioc, the PR Manager of the Iubim Brasovul Group, who discussed the movie with the director.

ESCAPES

After the death of her father, the leading character, a young girl named China (Huichi Chiu) goes on trip that will help her to find the human being’s essence. During this travel, she will discover that running away from her past and present is not the way to solve her problems.

Brasov Film Festival 2015 – DAY 6

The fifth film In-Competition, from Iran, had its European premiere at the Brasov International Film Festival on Tuesday evening, September 8. The film was OBLIVION SEASON, directed and produced by Abbas Rafei and written by Ali Asghari. The movie is starring Sareh Bayat and Amin Zendeghani.

An ex-prostitute (Sareh Bayat) starts a new life by marrying her loved one (Amin Zendeghani) but leaving the shadow of her dark past is not as easy as it seemed before. Now she is the prisoner of her husband and in order to earn her freedom she should fight with the chauvinistic society of Iran.

Director’s view:

“I tried to show a woman behind bars and fences all over today’s Tehran, who is trying to overcome all the intolerance and traditional and religious dogmatism in her society in order to live and stay alive. A society which doesn’t wish to let her forget the past.”

 

Once again, following the success of the film at the Festival, filmmakers and guests have gathered at the restaurant Die Stube – the second location of the event.

Brasov Film Festival 2015 – DAY 5

The forth film In-Competition, an International Premiere from the USA, was screened on Monday evening, September 7. The film was OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN, directed by Liz Hinlein and produced by Diane Marshall-Green, Liz Hinlein, Adrienne Harris and Edward Button. The director of photography is Edward Button who is also present at the Festival. The movie is starring Diane Marshall-Green and Chad Michael Murray.

This feature film gives us a view of the young filmmakers’ scene in Los Angeles as well as the life and issues of homeless kids.

Reeling from the death of her famous father, filmmaker Samantha Trassler (Diane Marshall-Green) falls down the rabbit hole of PK (Chad Michael Murray), a charismatic homeless man who becomes the subject of her latest documentary. She is at loose ends until PK gives her renewed purpose. Their affair, however, threatens to tear apart the fabric of both of their lives.

The Festival is proud to have presented this beautiful film that has been written, directed and produced by women. This year, Brasov International Film Festival is dedicated to the women of the world and their problems and challenges.

Following the success of the film at the Festival, filmmakers and guests have gathered at the restaurant Die Stube – the second location of the event – where actress Denisa Barvon has interviewed Edward Button about his experience working on OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN.

Brasov Film Festival 2015 – Day 3

The second film In-Competition, from Spain, was screened yesterday evening with very much success. The film was NIGHTFALL IN INDIA, directed and produced by Chema Rodriguez and produced by Álvaro Alonso, Álvaro Suárez, Daniel Mitulescu and Juan Pablo Libossart. It is starring Juan Diego and Clara Voda.

In the audience there were also present actor Florin Opritescu from Barcelona, producer and cinematographer Edward Button from New York, who’s film OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN is screening tomorrow on September 7, producer Elio Dell’Unto from Toronto and actor Andrei Neamtu from Brasov. The evening was presented by director Bruno Pischiutta and actress Denisa Barvon.

NIGHTFALL IN INDIA brings us across different continents as the protagonists of the story travel from Spain and all the way till India.

Ricardo (Juan Diego) is in a wheelchair for 10 years and wants to die on the shore of the Ganges and to meet again Gadhali, the love of his life. Dana (Clara Vodă) will be along on this journey through Europe, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan. Both of them have high expectations from this trip.

Before the screening of the film, actor Andrei Neamtu has been announced as the winner of the contest “The IMAGE of the Festival 2015”.

Following the screening, Daria Trifu and actress Denisa Barvon have interviewed actor Florin Opritescu who expressed his very high regards for the quality of production of NIGHTFALL IN INDIA and, in particular, for the exceptional performance of Juan Diego and Clara Voda.

Brasov Film Festival 2015 – Day 2

The first film In-Competition was screened yesterday evening in front of a full house made out primarily of children and their parents. The film screened was FIDDLESTICKS, directed and produced by Veit Helmer, from Germany.

In the audience there were also present actor Florin Opritescu from Madrid, producer Miguel Baretto from Paris, producer and cinematographer Edward Button from New York, producer Elio Dell’Unto from Toronto, actress Andreea Dumitru and actor Andrei Neamtu from Brasov.

FIDDLESTICKS is an amazing film for children. It is a very sophisticated and elaborated production. The cast is composed by both adults and children.

Bollersdorf town is average. Its citizens take great pride in being average and go to great lengths to remain average. The children of Bollersdorf have had a bellyful of average and with the help of their pet coati they set about freeing their grandparents from the local old folks’ home. A hilarious caper ensues to create a new world record to put Bollersdorf on the map and make it a centre of technology.

The film is starring Benno Furmann, Fritzi Haberland, Alexander Scheer and Rolf Zacher. Brasov International Film Festival has screened the Romanian version of the movie (dubbed in Romanian language).

Following the screening, Daria Trifu and actress Denisa Barvon have interviewed some of the kids present.

Daria Trifu and Denisa Barvon are interviewing some of the kids who have attended the screening of the feature film for children, FIDDLESTICKS (directed by Veit Helmer). This movie is presented at the Festival, In-Competition.