The first ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
September 27 to October 4, 2009


The former Bucharest International Film Festival changes its name and becomes the Romania International Film Festival. The first Ro-IFF takes place in less than two months in the City of Arad.

The official competition – called CineBlackSea – focuses films that must have been produced in either Russia, Republic of Moldavia, Ukraina, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Bulgaria,Turquie, Greece or Romania. There are separate competitions for feature films as well as short films and documentaries. CineBlackSea is meant to be a link between countries that recent history kept apart in different social, political and economic ways. Like this, Bucharest transforms for nine days into a metropolis of cinema and arts.

A competitive international section focuses on Women in Cinema – competing are feature films and documentaries, directed by women. The Focus will be dedicated to the opera of a special personality in film.

The programmers consider cinema as a mirror reflecting the needs and mentalities of different societies. One of the main principles of selecting films is drawing special attention to new filmmaking including their own ways of expression. The aim is to promote talents, to fight the cultural decay and to consolidate quality in culture, arts and mass media.

After the festival in Arad the films will be screened in other Romanian cities, such as Bucharest, Ramnicu Vâlcea and Mangalia. In 2010 the program will move to Pecs in Hungary as a part of the initiatives of the European Capital of Culture.


For further information and accreditation please contact:
Boxer & Sparrow Film PR, Berlin
Gunnar Gilgen
Reichenberger Strasse 117, D-10999 Berlin
tel. +49 (0)30 600 311 76, gilgen@bs-pr.de