TIFF weekend: invitation to Banffy castle

Oana Vasiliu 02/06/2017 | 16:00

The already traditional weekend at the Castle program from TIFF returns to Bonțida village – Banffy castle with creative workshops, daytime games and shows for children, and special events for grown-ups in the evening.

On June 3 and 4, the Banffy Castle will host the screening of Roar (1981), an unclassifiable cult film which endangered the lives of its actors and crew, and the cine-concert Metropolis (1927), a 90-year old silent film masterpiece, accompanied by a live performance by the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra in Cluj-Napoca.

On Saturday, June 3, starting at 21.45, the audience will get to see Roar on a big screen, the first and last film directed by Noel Marshall, the executive producer of The Exorcist (1973) horror. The production of “the most dangerous film ever made” lasted no less than 11 years, and the project almost killed the director and his entire family. It is said that none of the over 150 animals has sufferred during this process, but that more than 70 members of the crew and actors did. The images in the film depict real attacks which caused lesions requiring surgical interventions.

“It`s a sort of Jaws in the jungle”, wrote Variety about the movie launched in the USA only in 2015, and one that perfectly blends with this year`s visual campaign of Transilvania IFF, which will be revealed around this time.

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One of the events that should not be missed this year is the Metropolis cine-concert, Fritz Lang`s 1927 masterpiece, with the live accompaniment of the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra in Cluj-Napoca, scoring the original music composed by Gottfried Huppertz, conducted by the German conductor Stefan Geiger. On Sunday, June 4, starting at 21.45, in the fantastic Banffy Castle, the dystopia created by the expressionist director Fritz Lang will bear new meanings through the grand interpretation of the Cluj orchestra.

Launched in 1927, Metropolis has influenced not only modern cinematography, but also pop culture, which has, along the way, borrowed and reinterpreted many of the symbolic elements used by Fritz Lang to illustrate the society of 2026.

With a portfolio of tens of projects of sound portrayal of cinema masterpieces, conductor Stefan Geiger has been conducting the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Bremen since 2002, and was chosen the main conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Panama, Brazil for the 2016/2017 season. He conducted the cine-concerts The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 2013, and Pandora`s Box, in 2015.

Tickets can be bought in advance on www.biletmaster.ro, and directly on the TIFF 2017 app, available in App Store and Google Store.

What’s on TIFF

Also, the competition of the 16th edition of the TIFF features directors on their first or second film and this year maps a veritable conflict zone: stories on the edge of a knife inspired by real events or personal experiences, challenging situations and daring approaches, moral fables that are either extreme or nuanced beyond clarity, all taken on by emerging directors taking the kinds of risks that will surely bring them recognition. Of the 12 titles competing for the Transilvania Trophy, 8 are feature debuts.

Read also: Interview. Tudor Giurgiu: What to expect from TIFF 2017?

This year’s Romanian Days section (June 8-10) presents 27 titles— 13 features and 14 shorts — selected out of over 120 submissions. Five of this year’s features are world premieres. And, like every year, Transilvania IFF’s Romanian Days will bring together hundreds of industry figures from Romania and around the world.

The enigmatic rebel of French cinema, a European film icon, and one of the world’s most beloved actors, the legendary Alain Delon comes to Romania for the first time as a special guest of the 16th edition of the TIFF. The French star, who is often cited as one of the most beautiful men of all time, conquered the hearts and minds of the audiences during the golden age of European cinema. TIFF will award Alain Delon the Lifetime Achievement Award for exceptional artistic contribution. In his honor, on June 9, the Unirii Square will host a special screening of  Pour la peau d’un flic / For a Cop’s Hide (1981), a thriller directed by the great French actor and which also features Delon in the starring role.

Business Review will report daily from TIFF 2017.

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