Festival Showcasing European Films, Music, and Culinary Delights Held at Romanian Seaside Town
The Cinemascop Film Festival is set to return to the picturesque summer garden in Eforie Sud, Romania, from August 1 to August 10, 2025. This event, dedicated to European film, contemporary art, and intercultural meetings, promises a week filled with captivating screenings, engaging workshops, and lively community events.
The festival's lineup includes eight European films, starting with a Polish film on August 1 (opening film with a Nobel-related theme). Other films to be screened are Hugh Welchman and Dorota Kobiela's The Peasants, Bogdan Mureşanu's The New Year That Never Came, Paolo Virzì's Like Crazy, Thomas Cailley's Animal Kingdom, Martin Horský’s Women on the Run, Karen Maine's Rosaline, Jiří Mádl's Waves, and Ed Perkins's The Princess.
Beyond the film screenings, the festival offers two evenings featuring music and dance performances and creative workshops and recycling activities. The festival's volunteer team, comprising teenagers, will prepare Dutch pancakes on August 9, while Tatar gastronomy will be celebrated on August 8. Another gastronomic event is scheduled for August 4, featuring a French-style feast with a variety of cheeses and grapes.
The festival's venue, the summer garden (Grădina de vară) in Eforie Sud, boasts the largest projection screen on the Romanian seaside. This venue reopened in 2018 after a revamping initiative by the Czech Center in Bucharest and has been maintained as a national cultural hub by the Visual Arts Forum Association since 2020.
All activities at the festival have free entrance, making it an accessible and enjoyable event for all. Workshops for children are planned for August 3, August 8, and August 9 to August 10. The first community dinner, scheduled for August 1, is organized by the Polish Institute and invites the audience to savor traditional Polish cuisine dishes.
If you're looking for more information about the 2024 edition of Cinemascop, we recommend visiting the official Cinemascop or Eforie Sud cultural event websites or contacting the organisers directly.
[1]: [Link to the festival's official website] [2]: [Link to the Czech Center's website] [3]: [Link to the Visual Arts Forum Association's website] [4]: [Link to the Polish Institute's website] [5]: [Link to the Italian Institute's website] [6]: [Link to the French Institute's website] [7]: [Link to the Liszt Institute's website] [8]: [Link to the Czech Center's photo gallery] [9]: [Link to the British Council's website]
Photo: Ruxandra Lipan/ Czech Center
- During the Cinemascop Film Festival in August, attendees can expect to enjoy not only captivating European films like 'The Peasants', 'The New Year That Never Came', and 'Waves', but also interactive creative workshops, food-and-drink events such as Dutch pancake preparation by the festival's volunteer team, and home-and-garden activities such as recycling workshops.
- After a week of exploration into contemporary art, European film, and intercultural meetings, visitors can unwind with food-and-drink celebrations, like the French-style feast on August 4, and lifestyle experiences, including two evenings of music and dance performances, all while enjoying the picturesque setting of the home-and-garden venue, Grădina de vară, in Eforie Sud, Romania.
