TIFF 2015
Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) is presented by Romanian Film Promotion. Founded in 2002, Transilvania IFF is the first international feature film festival in Romania.
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- DirectorIlinca CalugareanuStarsIrina Margareta NistorTeodor ZamfirMircea CojocaruIn the oppressive 1980s communist Romania, the smuggled VHS tapes of banned Hollywood films become an inspirational ray of hope. A hybrid feature about the magic of film and the power it has to change lives.
- DirectorUlrich SeidlStarsFritz LangAlfreda KlebingerManfred EllingerA documentary that reveals what its subjects do in their respective basements.
- DirectorBaldvin ZophoníassonStarsHera HilmarÞorsteinn BachmannThorvaldur KristjanssonA Reykjavik pre-school teacher struggles to raise her daughter while selling casual sex to help make ends meet.
- DirectorPeter FlinthStarsLouis WilliamsHåvard JackwitzHalvor Tangen SchultzFour friends growing up in Oslo in the sixties, who occasionally think of themselves as the Fab Four. Based on the best selling book by Lars Saabye Christensen.
- DirectorNatalya KudryashovaStarsNatalya KudryashovaDarya MorozAleksey Mitin1987. Olga, Katya and Andrey are going to be Pioneers. They are going to be the last Pioneers of the USSR. Nowadays in their 30's, they are facing another reality with no place for heroic deeds.
- DirectorLaura CitarellaVerónica LlinásStarsVerónica LlinásJuliana MurasGermán De SilvaA woman walks through the field. Surrounding her, the dogs run, and whirl, and roll, and spread all over the frame, undoing fiction like the legendary Penelope's weaving. Further, the world, and the outskirts. Seasons, day and night and the different versions of the sky.
- DirectorGabriel RipsteinStarsTim RothKristyan FerrerMónica Del CarmenArnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons for a deadly Mexican cartel. ATF agent Hank Harris attempts to apprehend him, but gets kidnapped by Rubio, instead. Rubio takes him to his bosses, but during the 600-mile-long drive, they slowly befriend.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsHarry Dean StantonNastassja KinskiDean StockwellTravis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.
- DirectorPaula van der OestStarsMarwan KenzariSallie HarmsenFedja van HuêtA young assistant DA puts a serial killing nurse behind bars, only to discover evidence that may prove her innocence.
- DirectorAnahí BerneriStarsMáximo SilvaLeonardo SbaragliaCeleste CidA couple of thirty-somethings struggling with life, marriage, work, a kid and a new bought house outside the city.
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsHolger AnderssonNils WestblomViktor GyllenbergSam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless novelty salesmen, embark on a tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy that unfold in a series of absurdist episodes.
- DirectorAdrian TofeiStarsAdrian TofeiSonia TeodoriuFlorentina HaritonAn aspiring filmmaker goes to shocking extremes to convince Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway to star in his film. First entry in Adrian Tofei's trilogy which includes We Put the World to Sleep and Pure.
- DirectorMiguel CohanStarsMercedes MoránDaniel FanegoAlberto AmmannA day like any other day, in a peaceful and well guarded private neighborhood, Pedro Chazarreta is found dead. News are quickly spread: Chazarreta is not only a powerful businessman, but also the only suspect of having murdered his wife by simulating a silly domestic accident few years ago. To cover the Chazarreta's death affair, the popular newspaper "El Tribuno" calls to Nurit Iscar, aka "Betibu", a noir novels writer who has been inactive for years, only working as "ghost writer". Forced by her debts, Nurit accepts the deal and sets up at the Chazarreta's neighborhood to make a series of non fiction notes about the case of the year. Who killed Chazarreta? Is his death related to his wife's? Are the reasons of his death hidden in his past?
- DirectorSabuStarsKen'ichi MatsuyamaIto OnoRen ÔsugiA fantasy love story that drifts between this world and heaven. Chasuke (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) is in charge of making tea in heaven. He has feelings for a human woman named Yuri (Ito Ohno) whom he has seen from a writer who is scripting her life from heaven. He knows that Yuri is condemned to die in a car accident. To save the woman, Chasuke goes down to this world.
- DirectorOle EndresenStarsEdward SchultheissMorten RammHenriette SteenstrupA chubby jockey are no longer getting the best horses to ride, and has to cheat to pay off his considerable debt. A horse drugging goes wrong, and winds up in kidnapping the prizewinner horse Berlusconi.
- DirectorCorneliu PorumboiuStarsToma CuzinAdrian PurcarescuCorneliu CozmeiCosti is a family man whose cash-strapped neighbor makes him an intriguing proposition: help him find the fortune reportedly buried somewhere on the grounds of his family's country home in Romania and split the profits.
- DirectorGeorge OvashviliStarsIlyas SalmanMariam ButurishviliIrakli SamushiaThe river creates and the river destroys in an eternal cycle that even man can't escape.
- DirectorOlivier AssayasStarsJuliette BinocheKristen StewartChloë Grace MoretzA film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.
- DirectorAni Simon-KennedyStarsViktoría Rós AntonsdóttirDavið Laufdal ArnarssonBryndis Petra BragadóttirIt is a world without language. A world where one is raised to respect the rules. Only one Boy questions the verity of what he has been taught, and he must decide whether to continue living in a society of fear or choose his own destiny.
- DirectorBitte AnderssonStarsPeggy SandsAlle ErikssonM. WågensjöA lesbian rock band sets off on a road trip to a battle of the bands in the big city. A mysterious billionaire with an army of ninjas, cyborgs and roller derby girls is doing everything to stop them. Their journey is a whacky adventure filled with motorcycle gangs, prison riots and flamboyant musical numbers
- DirectorTudor GiurgiuStarsEmilian OpreaMihai ConstantinAndreea VasileCristian, a young idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise, tries to crack a case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma of choosing between his career and the truth weighs heavily on his shoulders. Looking further to solve the case, he enters a danger zone paved with unexpected and painful revelations.
- DirectorElwira NiewieraPiotr RosolowskiRafael - the minister of sports of an unrecognized country, and Natasha - a Russian opera singer, try living together in Abkhazia - a war-torn future-less country. Observing their difficult relations, we see life in a place marked by war and nationalism. The film portrays trapped people dreaming of peace, normality and happiness.
- DirectorMihai IonescuStarsAlexandru BindeaRuxandra EnescuAlexandru GeorgescuIn a surreal note, the satire reveals a story of a Machiavellian character, who is deeply tragic and dramatic. A citizen, while on his way home, falls into a manhole with no hatch - it had been stolen. His beer belly blocks him; he finds himself half inside the hole and hands in the pockets.
- DirectorAdrián BiniezStarsDiego MattioliNéstor GuzziniEsteban LamotheArgentinian soccer player leaves his club for a career outside sports. During his last five matches , he struggles with the question what he will do with his life.