Toronto International Film Festival

Movie buffs converge in Thessaloniki

People wait in line for a screening on Friday at the 60th annual Thessaloniki International Film Festival, which kicked off on Thursday and runs to November 11. One of the biggest cinematic events in the Balkans, the festival is spread out across different venues in the northern port city though centered mainly around the warehouse complex on the seafront.

Monos by Alejandro Landes wins Transilvania Trophy at TIFF gala

The Colombian movie "Monos" by Alejandro Landes won the Transilvania Trophy at the TIFF gala on Saturday night at the National Theatre of Cluj-Napoca. The prize worth of EUR 15,000 awards a story of eight teenagers members of a guerilla ring with their hostage hiding in the mountains. The accidental killing of their precious cow dubbed Shakira unleashes a bloody fight for survival.

Anti-communist dissident Cornea remembered in documentary at TIFF opening gala

A few thousand spectators attended the opening of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) in the northwestern city of Cluj-Napoca, this year in its 17th edition, on Friday evening where a documentary short film about recently deceased anti-communist dissident Doina Cornea ran, as a tribute to one of the city's most famous personalities.

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