SCREENINGS OF ‘CONSTANTIN AND ELENA’
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FUTURE SCREENINGS
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PAST SCREENINGS
• 2008 November 25 | Amsterdam, Netherlands *| Tuschinski Theatre | world premiere at IDFA | winner of the First Appearance Award
• 2009 January 11 | Piatra Neamt, Romania *| Teatrul Tineretului | unofficial screening for the main characters, family, and guests of the short film festival Filmul de Piatra (festival and screening organized by Filmlab)
• 2009 April 10 | Bucharest, Romania *| Cinema Union | first screening in Bucharest, organized by Filmlab | view photos on Facebook
• 2009 April 14 | Paris, France *| Cinema Nouveau Latina | screening as part of the ”Le Paris du Cinema Roumain” festival
• 2009 May 2 | London, UK *| Curzon Mayfair Cinema | screening in the “All Change” Romanian Film Festival in London | view photos on Facebook
• 2009 June 4 | Cluj, Transilvania, Romania *| Cinema Victoria | screening in Transilvania Int’l Film Festival (TIFF) | winner of Best Debut Award
• 2009 July 1 | Bucharest, Romania *| Peasant’s Museum | special screening organized by Filmlab
• 2009 August 15 | Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina *| screening in Sarajevo Film Festival | winner of the Special Jury Mention in the documentary competition
• 2009 August 26 | Bucharest, Romania *| Peasant’s Museum Open Air Cinema | special screening organized by Filmlab
• 2009 September 5 | Garcina village, near Piatra Neamt, Romania* | the courtyard of the village’s mayoralty | event organized by Filmlab, attended by Constantin and Elena themselves and most of the villagers that appear in the film [Facebook Event Page]
• 2009 September 18th, 8:00pm | Sighisoara, Romania | Sighisoara Film Festival | This was an open-air screening that I could not attend being on my way to Seoul, but Helga tells me we had great audience, laughs and applause.
• 2009 September 22nd-25th, | Seoul, Korea* | EBS International Documentary Festival 22nd: Arthouse Momo, 10:30 | 24th: Arthouse Momo, 15:30, followed by Q&A | 25th: EBS Space, 10:00, followed by director’s masterclass | Meeting the Korean public was a great experience, and I could definitely say different from all the other festivals I went to. [link]
• 2009 September 29th | Arad, Romania | Ro-IFF [link]
• 2009 September 29th-30th| Iasi, Romania | [link]
• 2009 October 5, 8:00pm | Bucharest, Romania* | Czech Cultural Center [link]
• 2009 October 15th, 3:00pm | Valdivia, Chile | Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia [link]
• 2009 October 18th,12:50PM* & 5:50PM* | Perm, Russia | Flahertiana Film Festival [link]
• 2009 October 17th & 23rd*, 9:00PM | Lisbon, Portugal | Doclisboa | Wonderful city, wonderful festival and wonderful team! I have the feeling this should/would be on of the best doc festivals in the world. | [link]
> 2009 October 24th, 4:50PM | HBO Romania Broadcast [link]
• 2009 October 27th, 4:00PM* | Montpellier, France | Cinemed | A nice festival and a wonderful cinema, unfortunately half empty; Good exercise of my very basic French | [link]
• 2009 October 29th | Bucharest, Romania | Peasant’s Museum, International Festival of Literature [link]
• 2009 October 30th, 5:00PM & November 1st, 1:40PM* | Sibiu, Romania | Astra Film Fest [link]
• 2009 October 29th | Hague, Netherlands | Nutshuis Film Week
• 2009 November 4th, 8:15PM | Budapest, Hungary | Verzio Human Rights Documentary Festival [link]
• 2009 November 12, 3:30PM & 13th, 11:30 | Leeuwarden, Netherlands | Noordelijk Film Festival [link]
• 2009 November 22 | Amsterdam, Netherlands* | IDFA [link]
• 2009 November 29th | Bratislava, Slovakia* | Bratislava IFF [link]
• 2009 December | Tirana, Albania* | Tirana IFF [link] Sometimes, in festivals, things can go wrong. Enough said.
• 2009 December 17th, 7:00PM | Lisbon, Portugal | Romanian Cultural Institute (Rua Dr. Antonio Candido, no. 18)
• 2010 February 4th & 5th | Barcelona, Spain* | Docs Barcelona [link] A small festival built around the industry part of doc making. 21 degrees, lying in the sun on the beach, partying at night, good HD screening… nice.
• 2010 February 6th, 9:30pm | Toronto, Canada* | Romanian Film Festival [link] A VERY young team of organizers doing an amazing job. I love them.
• 2010 February 25th & 26th | New York, USA* | MOMA Documentary Fortnight [link] One screening was half-full, the other - full, good audience and Q&A, but the most amazing thing is just being in NYC
• 2010 March 18-28 | Bradford, UK | Bradford International Film Festival [link]
• 2010 March 22-28 | Tartu, Estonia* | Worldfilm [link] Most fun I’ve ever had in a festival! Yay!
• 2010 March 24-31 | Ljubljana, Slovenia* | Ljubljana Documentary Film Festival [link]
• 2010 April 8-11 | Brussels, Belgium* | Balkan Trafik Festival [link]
• 2010 April 8-13 | Bratislava, Slovakia* | International Francophone Film Festival [link]
• 2010 April 7-18 | Buenos Aires, Argentina* | Festival Internacional de Cine Independente (BAFICI) [link]
> 2010 April 15, 8:00 PM | HBO Romania Broadcast [link]
• 2010 April 16 | Los Angeles, USA | UCLA Screenings - Contemporary Romanian Cinema [link]
• 2010 April 21-27 | Wiesbaden, Germany* | goEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film [link]
• 2010 April 26 | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | New Europe Film Festival
• 2010 April 15-30 | Minneapolis / St. Paul, USA | Minneapolis / 28th Annual St. Paul International Film Festival [link]
• 2010 April 22 - May 6 | San Francisco, USA* | 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival [link]
• 2010 May 6-15 | Tel Aviv, Israel* | Docaviv [link]
• 2010 May 11-16 | Chisinau, Moldavia | Cronograf [link]
• 2010 May 31 - June 6 | Krakow, Poland* | 50th Krakow Film Festival [link]
| NOTE: The screenings marked with * are the ones which I personally attended / will attend.
| CLICK: You can find out more about some of the screenings on the
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Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?
Polprav said this on October 22nd, 2009 at 10:47 pm