The festival will open with the screening of the Romanian film “The Bridge” (2014, directed by Vlad Trandafir), followed by the Swiss film “Back to Mandima” (2011).
“Le Pont” / “The Bridge” (2014, Romania-France, 44 min)
Romanian and French with Hebrew and English subtitles
13.03.2015, at 12:00, Tel Aviv Cinematheque
Tickets: www.cinema.co.il / tel. 03-6060800 ext 1
Directed and written by: Vlad Trandafir
Cast: Ion Grigorescu, Dan Perjovschi, Thierry Ollat, Catherina Kiss and Vlad Trandafir
Synopsis: A project of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Marseilles, “Le Pont” evokes the sense of adventure and the link in today’s postcolonial world. Most artists invited to the exhibition experienced migration or they were interested in it. One hundred and forty-five artists from all over the world exhibited their works in the galleries and the cinema of the museum, as well as in twenty-seven other sites in the city. For Romanian artists Ion Grigorescu and Dan Perjovschi, this project was a good opportunity to look into the relationship between the East and the West.
Vlad Trandafir’s first interest was in mathematics at the Faculté des Sciences de Luminy in Marseille. After returning to Romania, he was admitted as a student at the National University of Film and Drama “I.L.Caragiale” in Bucharest, from which he graduated in 2007. His films received several awards and competed in the official selection of the international film festivals of Viena, Cambridge, Sydney, Tricase, Drama, Atena, Teheran, Fribourg, Porto, Oxford, Belgrad, Sofia, Tallinn, Bratislava, Minsk, Amman. He currently works as a film writer-director, he co-wrote his first feature screenplay, A Month in Thailand, with Romanian director Paul Negoescu - nominated at the International Critics' Week award at the Venice Film Festival and winner of the FIPRESCI award at the Sofia International Film Festival. He has directed various films and TV shows, such as Corners of Bucharest (video project, 2014 and 2013), Profile, story, characters (TV show, 2011), Afternoon in Drumul Taberei (short film, 2011), The Fabulous Destiny of Toma Cuzin (short film, 2011), Synopsis docu-drama (short film, 2007) and Duty (short film, 2006).
The International Day of the Francophonie has been celebrated worldwide each year on March 20, since 1998. The French Embassy and the French Institute, in collaboration with institutions of the various francophone states, are organizing a series of cultural events in Israel, under the title "The Days of the Francophonie".
This year, joining France (the French Institute in Israel and the French Embassy) in the celebrations are: Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Greece, Switzerland, Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ivory Coast, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Romania.
The complete program of the Francophonie Film Festival:
First series, at 12:00, Screening Hall no.1
"The Bridge” (Romania)
"Back to Mandima” (Switzerland)
Second series, at 14:00, Screening Hall no.1
“I was a child of Holocaust survivors” (Canada)
“In memory of Rock” and “All boys are called Patrick” (France)
“Welkom” (Belgium)
“Dead End” (Cyprus)
Third series, at 16:00, Screening Hall no.1
“Ly Son Island” (Vietnam)
“Welcome to the Democratic Republic of Congo” (The Democratic Republic of Congo)
“Chania, Crete” (Greece)
Flyer Dictee de la Francophonie
