{"id":937355,"date":"2025-10-11T14:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=937355"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:04:36","slug":"bucharest-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/features-and-reports\/world-of-culture\/bucharest-international-film-festival-id937355.html","title":{"rendered":"Bucharest International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Grand Prize <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">of the 2025 edition of the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Bucharest International Film Festival was awarded to the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">production<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>The President\u2019s Cake<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> directed by Hasan Hadi. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The film also won Tudor Panduru the cinematography award. The a<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">ward for Best Screenplay went to the film <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>One for the Road<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0a film co-written and directed by Francesco Sossai. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Bucharest International Film Festival, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">which was in its 21<\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">st<\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> edition this year, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">is the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">capital city\u2019s<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> only feature film competition, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">brings to<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">gether <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">new productions, award winners at <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">major festivals around the world, Romanian productions, as well as <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">special<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> events. The festival opened with the screening of the film <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Baby Teeth <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">directed by Mihai Mincan, a film <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">first shown internationally a<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">t the Venice International Film Festival. Opening the festival with a Romanian title has already become a tradition, with the 2024 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">edition<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> being <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">opened<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> by the multi-award-winning <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>New Year That Never <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Came<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">, directed by Bogdan Mure\u0219anu.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The 21st edition <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">featured<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> two retrospectives, one dedicated to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, and the second to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Israeli director Nadav Lapid. Both events <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">enjoyed <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the presence of the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">two <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">directors, as special guests of the Bucharest International Film Festival. Dana Dimitriu, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">initiator and director of the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">festival<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">told us more <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">about the two retrospectives, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">beginning<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> with <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">that<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> dedicated to Nadav Lapid:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">His<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> most famous films <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">are<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>Ahed&#8217;s Knee<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>Synonyms<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">which won <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">the Golden Bear at the Berlinale, and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>Yes<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">, his most recent <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">work<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">, which was presented this year at Cannes and recently <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">opened<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> in Paris. Nadav Lapid, one of the most famous Israeli directors, is based in Paris and is a very active militant against the Netanyahu regime and the war in Gaza. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">He speaks about this situation <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">both in his films and in his <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">public statements<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">. They are extraordinary films and some of them do<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">n\u2019t make it into the cinema networks,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> which is why <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">the festival provides <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">a unique opportunity to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">watch them<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> in the presence of the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">director.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> The second retrospective was dedicated to Sergei Loznitsa, who came to Bucharest with his documentary films <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>State Funeral<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>Babi Yar<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> but also with his most recent short film, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>Paleontology <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>L<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>esson,<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> which was <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">shown for the first time internationally <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">in Bucharest. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">At the Q&amp;A with the public, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Loznitsa spoke about working on these films <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">and the process of making a<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> documentary <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">film<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">. The meeting was extraordinary and I am glad that this remarkable director was <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">in<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">t<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">roduced to the festival public<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">. For those <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">not familiar with<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> Sergei Loznitsa, he is a graduate of the Moscow Film School <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">before later moving to<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> Germany, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">the author of remarkable films that pay a kind of homage to Ukraine, criticize Russian propaganda and show the horrors of war. These are films that I would recommend to everyone, films that should be seen by everyone.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The latest edition of the Bucharest International Film Festival also featured two new titles in the Romanian directors section: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Andrei \u0218tefan R\u0103u\u021bu\u2019s <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Night Butterflies<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> and Claudiu Mitcu\u2019s <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Rusalka<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">. The director of the festival Dana Dimitriu tells us more:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I\u2019d heard about Andrei \u0218tefan R\u0103u\u021bu&#8217;s film and wanted to see it. I found it very interesting that he made a film about a singer I like very much, Marina Voica. Not many young people probably know who she is, but I really liked the warmth of this film and the way in which Andrei \u0218tefan R\u0103u\u021bu speaks about the Romanian pop music of the 1980s, which I believe is a chapter we should know about. Marina Voica was herself invited to attend the screening and that made it a very special evening. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Rusalka<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> is another film I liked, and I like Claudiu Mitcu&#8217;s films and projects in general. We wanted to have this film too because it is a great challenge to promote Romanian cinema. And we, at the festival, don&#8217;t just promote the latest Romanian productions <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">and<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> the classics, we stage screenings of all kinds of films, because as we know, it&#8217;s becoming increasingly difficult to promote films due to financial problems\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Bucharest International Film Festival featured also had an event dedicated to one of the most important theatre and cinema actors in Romania, Grigore Vasiliu Birlic. The Media Hall of the Romanian Peasant Museum hosted the screening of the film <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Telegrams<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">starring Birlic, which was shown at the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">prestigious Cannes International Film Festival in 1960. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The film was <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">directed by Gheorghe Naghi, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">based on <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the short stories of I.L. Caragiale <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">and shows <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Birlic <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">in one of his most exquisite roles. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">screening<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> was organi<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">s<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1f1f1f;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">ed in partnership with the Grigore Vasiliu Birlic Cultural Association.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grand Prize of the 2025 edition of the Bucharest International Film Festival was awarded to the production The President\u2019s Cake, directed by Hasan Hadi. 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