French Film Festival 2024
Mar-28
In its centennial year, the French Institute in Romania is organizing the 28th edition of the FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL, which will take place from March 21 to 31 in Bucharest and 12 other cities across the country. In Târgu Mureș, the event is scheduled for March 28-31 at the Mureș County Museum - History Section (Cetate), Multimedia Hall.
The general theme of this year's festival is Vertiges – vertigo and its variations in cinema. Our era is marked by continuous acceleration, change, and a loss of balance, all characteristic signs of vertigo. – Must everything change so that nothing changes? Or does everything truly change? And if tomorrow is already here, what can cinema tell us about these changes? – The audience is invited to immerse themselves in a stunning program that supports genre cinema, in particular, and celebrates alternative and challenging film proposals.
One of the festival's novelties is the Mauvais genres section, which includes a selection of French genre films (films de genre). In this section, the audience can watch Vincent doit mourir by Stéphan Castang. This debut film, selected at the Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023, tells the story of a man, Vincent, who is repeatedly and inexplicably attacked by people trying to kill him.
In the Panorama section, the films Le livre des solutions, Cronique d’une laisone passagere, and Une Année Difficile, by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, will be presented, with the latter being a major public success. This delightful comedy tells the story of Albert and Bruno, portrayed by Pio Marmaï and Jonathan Cohen, reluctantly joining an ecological movement.
The local organizer is the Mureș County Museum, with the support of the Mureș County Council.
The FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL is organized by the French Institute in Romania in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iași, and Timișoara and co-organized by: Arad Municipal Cultural Center, French Alliance Brașov, Cinefeel Brăila, Multifunctional Educational Center for Youth 'Jean Constantin' Constanța, Inspire Cinema Craiova, Arta by Cityplex Sfântu Gheorghe, National Theatre 'Radu Stanca' Sibiu, French Alliance Suceava, Mureș County Museum, and Mureș County Council, F-Sides, Residency BRD Scene9.
VR Partners: CINETIc, UNATC, IF Culture VR - La Sélection
Presented by: Orange
Partner: Groupama
Institutional partner: Embassy of Canada in Romania
Principal media partners: TV5 Monde, Phoenix Media, Radio Guerrilla, AGERPRES
Media partners: Radio România Cultural, Radio România Internațional, RADOR, BIZ, Haute Culture, Zile și Nopți, Cinemap, Films in Frame, IQ Ads, Smark, Observator Cultural, Urban.ro, LiterNet, CineFan, Film Menu, Acoperișul de sticlă, Revista FILM, Cinemagia, Ziarul Metropolis, Movie News, Munteanu Recomandă, AARC – All About Romanian Cinema, Cărturești Bookstores.
Cultural partner: RFI Romania
French Film Festival Schedule in Târgu Mureș - Mureș County Museum at Târgu Mureș Fortress, History Section, Multimedia Hall, Avram Iancu Street, No. 2.
Thursday, March 28 / 19:00 / PANORAMA
UNE ANNÉE DIFFICILE
Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
(1h58)
Friday, March 29 / 19:00 / MAUVAIS GENRES
VINCENT DOIT MOURIR
Stéphan Castang
(1h48) +15
Saturday, March 30 / 19:00 / PANORAMA
LE LIVRE DES SOLUTIONS
Michel Gondry
(1h42)
Sunday, March 31 / 19:00 / PANORAMA
CHRONIQUE D’UNE LIAISON PASSAGÈRE
Emmanuel Mouret
(1h40)
Access is granted based on the museum entrance ticket, within the available seats. Unique price: 15 lei/projection.
The general theme of this year's festival is Vertiges – vertigo and its variations in cinema. Our era is marked by continuous acceleration, change, and a loss of balance, all characteristic signs of vertigo. – Must everything change so that nothing changes? Or does everything truly change? And if tomorrow is already here, what can cinema tell us about these changes? – The audience is invited to immerse themselves in a stunning program that supports genre cinema, in particular, and celebrates alternative and challenging film proposals.
One of the festival's novelties is the Mauvais genres section, which includes a selection of French genre films (films de genre). In this section, the audience can watch Vincent doit mourir by Stéphan Castang. This debut film, selected at the Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023, tells the story of a man, Vincent, who is repeatedly and inexplicably attacked by people trying to kill him.
In the Panorama section, the films Le livre des solutions, Cronique d’une laisone passagere, and Une Année Difficile, by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, will be presented, with the latter being a major public success. This delightful comedy tells the story of Albert and Bruno, portrayed by Pio Marmaï and Jonathan Cohen, reluctantly joining an ecological movement.
The local organizer is the Mureș County Museum, with the support of the Mureș County Council.
The FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL is organized by the French Institute in Romania in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iași, and Timișoara and co-organized by: Arad Municipal Cultural Center, French Alliance Brașov, Cinefeel Brăila, Multifunctional Educational Center for Youth 'Jean Constantin' Constanța, Inspire Cinema Craiova, Arta by Cityplex Sfântu Gheorghe, National Theatre 'Radu Stanca' Sibiu, French Alliance Suceava, Mureș County Museum, and Mureș County Council, F-Sides, Residency BRD Scene9.
VR Partners: CINETIc, UNATC, IF Culture VR - La Sélection
Presented by: Orange
Partner: Groupama
Institutional partner: Embassy of Canada in Romania
Principal media partners: TV5 Monde, Phoenix Media, Radio Guerrilla, AGERPRES
Media partners: Radio România Cultural, Radio România Internațional, RADOR, BIZ, Haute Culture, Zile și Nopți, Cinemap, Films in Frame, IQ Ads, Smark, Observator Cultural, Urban.ro, LiterNet, CineFan, Film Menu, Acoperișul de sticlă, Revista FILM, Cinemagia, Ziarul Metropolis, Movie News, Munteanu Recomandă, AARC – All About Romanian Cinema, Cărturești Bookstores.
Cultural partner: RFI Romania
French Film Festival Schedule in Târgu Mureș - Mureș County Museum at Târgu Mureș Fortress, History Section, Multimedia Hall, Avram Iancu Street, No. 2.
Thursday, March 28 / 19:00 / PANORAMA
UNE ANNÉE DIFFICILE
Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
(1h58)
Friday, March 29 / 19:00 / MAUVAIS GENRES
VINCENT DOIT MOURIR
Stéphan Castang
(1h48) +15
Saturday, March 30 / 19:00 / PANORAMA
LE LIVRE DES SOLUTIONS
Michel Gondry
(1h42)
Sunday, March 31 / 19:00 / PANORAMA
CHRONIQUE D’UNE LIAISON PASSAGÈRE
Emmanuel Mouret
(1h40)
Access is granted based on the museum entrance ticket, within the available seats. Unique price: 15 lei/projection.
