Elvira Popescu

"Condition d'elevation" (State of Elevation) by Isabelle Prim and "Au nom de la terre" (In the Name of the Land) by Edouard Bergeon are the winning films in the young talents competitive section of the French Film Festival in Romania.

Berlin Golden Bear winner "Synonymes" by Nadav Lapid, and Cannes Camera d'Or awardee "Nuestras Madres" (Our Mothers) by Cesar Diaz will run in Bucharest on Saturday as part of the Les Films de Cannes a Bucharest events, according to the festival organisers.

Film directors Elia Suleiman, Mounia Meddour and Jasmila Zbanic are the special guests of the Les Films de Cannes a Bucarest festival, which takes places between October 18 and 27 in Bucharest, informs a press release of the organisers sent to AGERPRES. Palestinian artist Elia Suleiman is the winner of the special prize of the jury of this year's edition of the festival on the Croisette.

NexT International Film Festival, in its 9th edition, brings to Bucharest, starting on Wednesday, 146 of the newest short films, special guests, seminars and parties, in eight different venues - Studio Cinema, Elvire Popesco Cinema, CinemaPRO and the Romanian Cultural Institute, Control Club, J'ai Bistrot, Carturesti, Ciclop Garage (Magheru Boulevard, 6-8).