In the presence of the the most socially responsible and prominent journalists of Brasov, the organizers of Brasov International Film Festival & Market (1-11 August) held a press conference today to announce the selected films and the members of the Jury of this year's edition. The conference, that took place at the Kronwell Hotel, was presented by Film Director Bruno Pischiutta, Artistic Consultant and, Film Producer Daria Trifu, Festival Director,
They have announced the following complete schedule:
AUGUST 1 - 8:00 PM
GALA NIGHT (DINNER IS SERVED) / FILM OUT OF COMPETITION
SEVEN POUNDS (2008; USA)
Starring: Will Smith, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
From the director of The Pursuit of Happiness, Seven Pounds tells the story of a man with a fateful secret who embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers. The film features the cause of organ donation, this year’s theme of Brasov International Film Festival & Market. Beside his acting career Will Smith is known for his charity work, founding with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation.
* Dress code: Formal
AUGUST 2 - 8:30 PM
FILM IN COMPETITION
ARBITRAGE (2012; USA, Poland)
Starring: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth
Directed by: Nicholas Jarecki
A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
* Dress code: Semi-Formal
AUGUST 3 - 8:30 PM
FILM IN COMPETITION
THE AGES OF LOVE (2011; Italy)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Monica Bellucci, Riccardo Scamarcio
Directed by: Giovanni Veronesi
Roberto is a young and ambitious lawyer who is going to marry Sara. But the things start to get complicated when he meets Micol... Fabio, a famous anchorman, has been the perfect husband for twenty five years, except for one night... Adrian is an American professor who moved to Rome after his divorce. His peaceful existence is about to be disrupted by Viola.
* Dress code: Semi-Formal
AUGUST 4 - 8:30 PM
FILM IN COMPETITION
ONE DAY (2011; UK, USA)
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Tom Mison
Directed by: Lone Scherfig
After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.
* Dress code: Semi-Formal
AUGUST 5 - 8:30 PM
FILM IN COMPETITION
THE SORCERER AND THE WHITE SNAKE (2011; China, Hong Kong)
Starring: Jet Li, Shengyi Huang, Raymond Lam
Directed by: Siu-Tung Ching
A master monk tries to protect a naive young physician from a thousand-year-old snake demon. A contest of psychic powers results in mayhem.
* Dress code: Semi-Formal
AUGUST 6 - 8:30 PM
FILM IN COMPETITION
SNOWFLAKE, THE WHITE GORILLA (2011; USA)
Stars: Elsa Pataky, K. Stroink, Manel Fuentes
Directed by: Andres G. Schaer
Snowflake is the only white gorilla in the world and his zoo's main attraction. With the help of Ailur, a Buddhist black panther reincarnated into the body of a red panda, and Paula, a smart little girl, Snowflake plans a sneak visit to the witch at the circus. But outside the safety of the zoo's walls, the three friends are in danger.
* Dress code: Semi-Formal
AUGUST 7 - 8:30 PM
FILM IN COMPETITION
THE DECOY BRIDE (2011; UK)
Starring: David Tennant, Kelly Jaworski, Alice Eve
Directed by: Sheree Folkson
When the world's media descend on the remote Scottish island where a Hollywood actress is attempting to get married, a local girl is hired as a decoy bride to put the paparazzi off the scent.
* Dress code: Semi-Formal
AUGUST 8 - 8:30 PM
FILM IN COMPETITION
THE WORDS (2012; USA)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana
Directed by: Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.
* Dress code: Semi-Formal
AUGUST 9 - 8:30 PM
FILM IN COMPETITION
CAPTAIN THUNDER (2011; Spain)
Starring: Natasha Yarovenko, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Alejandro Naranjo
Directed by: Antonio Hernandez
A 12th-century knight-errant wanders the world fighting injustice and is accompanied by his faithful friends Crispin and Goliath.
* Dress code: Semi-Formal
AUGUST 10 - 8:30 PM
FILM IN COMPETITION
I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT (2011; USA)
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear
Directed by: Douglas McGrath
A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids.
* Dress code: Semi-Formal
AUGUST 11 - 8:00 PM
AWARDS GALA NIGHT (DINNER IS SERVED) / FILM OUT OF COMPETITION
MY SISTER'S KEEPER (2009; USA)
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack
Directed by: Nick Cassavetes
Born with a precise purpose, to save her elder sister from a terrible death, Anna Fitzgerald (Abigail Breslin) fights for earning medical emancipation from her parents. With Cameron Diaz joining its cast, the film features the matter of organ donation, thus fitting the subject of the second edition of the Brasov International Film Festival & Market 2013. Cameron Diaz is known to be very socially committed creating in 2001 her own foundation, Begin Today for Tomorrow.
* Dress code: Formal
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The jury members are the following:
Mr. Bruno Pischiutta - Film Director
President of the Jury
Bruno Pischiutta, internationally acclaimed film writer, director, producer and editor is the principal teacher of the International Film Workshops and the Artistic Consultant of Brasov International Film Festival & Market.
His latest feature film PUNCTURED HOPE, was screened in theaters in Los Angeles for three months during the 2009 Academy Awards® season. The film was nominated by The Political Film Society (Hollywood) as ‘BEST FILM EXPOSE’ and ‘BEST FILM ON HUMAN RIGHTS’ of 2009 alongside AVATAR, THE HURT LOCKER, INVICTUS and INGLORIOUS BASTERDS. This nomination qualifies Maestro Pischiutta as one of the best film directors of dramatic feature films in North America.
Ms. Nubia Buitrago - Actress
Nubia is a successful Canadian actress who has been featured in over 100 films and TV series. She is a graduate of Bruno Pischiutta's Film Acting courses in Toronto. Nubia was a member of the Jury of Brasov International Film Festival & Market in 2012. She is working with Brasov Film Center as an actress and a film translator (English - Spanish); she has translated into Spanish the feature documentary BRASOV: PROBABLY THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD, the feature film PUNCTURED HOPE and the screenplay of the upcoming feature film titled SUICIDE. Nubia has also been cast to play an important role in SUICIDE.
Ms. Ana-Maria Cioflec - Actress, Screenplay Writer
Ana-Maria was born and raised in Brasov. She has graduated from the Faculty of Letters at the University of Transylvania and, in 2012, she has graduated from the International Film Workshops (taught by Bruno Pischiutta). Ana-Maria is interested in becoming an international Screenplay Writer and Actress. Since 2012, she has been working with Brasov Film Center as a translator (Romanian - English) and screenplay editor. At present, she is editing an English screenplay by Johnny Pienaar for an upcoming fear film production directed by Bruno Pischiutta and produced by Daria Trifu; she is also working as a writer and editor of DARIA! magazine.
Ms. Aida Vondeth - Actress
Aida was born and raised in Buzau. She is an aspiring Film Director though she also practices acting. While in high school, she has worked as the designer and editor of a local magazine; she has produced, filmed and edited several short films and video clips and, in 2012, she has worked as the 3rd Assistant Director in Brasov Film Center's feature documentary production titled BRASOV: PROBABLY THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD (Dir. Bruno Pischiutta, Prod. Daria Trifu). At present, Aida has been contracted to design the 2013 edition of DARIA! magazine and she will also attend the upcoming International Film Workshops (taught by Bruno Pischiutta) in August in Brasov.
Mr. Elio Dell'Unto - Production Manager
Elio is a Canadian Film Production Manager with over 30 years of experience. He has been working with Bruno Pischiutta since the later 80's. Elio has attended film festivals and markets worldwide. He is credited as Production Manager of Bruno's films that include MAYBE, DEAD LOVE and PUNCTURED HOPE.
Denisa Barvon, the winner of the contest "The IMAGE of BRIFF 2013", was present at the press conference and she announced the winners of the raffle that offered four tickets to the Opening Gala of the Festival - total value 800 RON.
About the Festival:
Brasov International Film Festival & Market is the most important and renowned nonviolent film festival in the world. This year, the Festival is being dedicated to the promotion of the cause of Organ Donation. It is a new world; it is time for a new morality! It is time to put the important things first. The team of the Festival, are working for their CAUSE through the medium of film because they are filmmakers. Film is their way of expressing themselves and they take into consideration the fact that the films selected to participate in the Festival each year will live on after them: they will become Brasov International Film Festival & Market’s legacy.
The organizers of the Festival believe that, considering the terrific steps medicine made in the last few years, organs donation has not to be considered an abstract subject but a very real process that regards hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.
Brasov International Film Festival & Market thanks the following sponsors and media partners:
Staropramen (www.staropramen.com), Nissa (www.nissa.ro), Klopman (www.klopman.com), Kronwell Hotel (www.kronwell.com), Race the Oceans, Tourism Association - Brasov (www.brasovtourism.eu), Toronto Pictures (www.torontopictures.ning.com), Global Film Studio (www.globalfilmstudio.com), Brasov Film Center (www.rollywood.org), Art Act Magazine (www.artactmagazine.ro), Calendar Evenimente (www.calendarevenimente.ro).