 Romanian Film Treat - 5 Guests, 3 Films, 1 Panel Discussion at The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival
17 October – 1 November 2007
The Ratiu Foundation and the Romanian Cultural Centre in London invite you to a fabulous Romanian Film Treat in London in a month time: 5 Guests, 3 Films, 1 Panel Discussion at The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival!
The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival's full programme was announced by BFI Director Amanda Nevill and LFF Artistic Director Sandra Hebron. The programme includes 184 features and 133 shorts, as well as a host of screen talks, masterclasses and live events. Details at www.lff.org.uk
This year’s programme includes, for the first time in the Festival’s prestigious history, three Romanian films (2 features and a short film: ‘4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days’, ‘California Dreamin (Endless)’ and ‘Home’), as well as a dedicated panel discussion on Romanian cinema and its recent successes.
‘2007 is a benchmark year in the progress of Romanian art and culture abroad. The wonderful Romanian programme in The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival confirms this fully, and we are confident that we are going to see more Romanian films in the UK in the future. The Ratiu Foundation and the Romanian Cultural Centre in London are glad and honoured to work with The Times BFI 51st London Film Festival, the British Film Institute, Sight & Sound magazine and Artificial Eye, in order to help the promotion of Romanian film in the UK.’ (Nicolae Ratiu, Chairman of the Ratiu Foundation)
‘We have supported Romanian film in the past five years through our Romanian Film Club and the four editions of the Romanian Film Festival at Curzon Mayfair. Our festival was instrumental in showcasing a variety of Romanian films. ‘The Death of Mr Lazarescu’ (director Cristi Puiu – distributed by Tartan Films) opened our 2006 Festival, and ‘12:08 East of Bucharest’ (director Corneliu Porumboiu – distributed by Artificial Eye) opened the 2007 edition. We have screened Cristian Mungiu’s debut feature, ‘Occident’, in 2003, as well as many of his short films.
We are delighted by the recent success of the Romanian cinema on the international film market. Today’s exposure and widespread recognition in the UK is also due to the efforts of our constant partners. Our special thanks go to: Verena Stackleberg, Michael Pierce, Melanie Crawley, Sylvia Stevens, Bill McAlister, David Parkinson, Eugen Serbanescu, Alina Salcudeanu, Raduta Matache, Mike Phillips, Kieron Corless, Rob Winter, Jessica Smith and Helen de Witt. As with anything worth fighting for, together with all our friends and supporters, after five years of work we can now celebrate.’ (Ramona Mitrica, Director of the Romanian Cultural Centre).
The current October edition of Sight & Sound magazine features an extended piece by Nick Roddick on Romanian cinema, which sets out to find what has inspired the deadpan style and trademark humour of Romania’s New Wave.
The success of new Romanian cinema is well deserved and hails from a long cinematic tradition that produced many great directors. Cristian Mungiu, the Cannes Palme d’Or winner of 2007, follows in the footsteps of other Romanian winners at Cannes, such as Ion Popescu Gopo (Palme d’Or for Short Film, ‘Short History’, 1957), and Liviu Ciulei (Award for Best Director, for ‘The Forest of the Hanged’, 1965. The film was presented in Cannes Classics this year). More recent Cannes winners include Cristi Puiu (Un Certain Regard, for ‘The Death of Mr Lazarescu’, 2005) and Corneliu Porumboiu (Camera d’Or for Debut Feature, ‘12:08 East of Bucharest’, 2006) – both films were screened in recent London Film Festivals. The 2007 Cannes edition also rewarded the late Cristian Nemescu, with Un Certain Regard Prize, for his debut feature 'California Dreamin'.
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Citeste mai departe... [17 Ooctombrie – 1 Noiembrie - Romanian Film Treat]
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 The Directors of Gallery Yujiro cordially invite you to celebrate their 1st Ikkyou Tanjoubi, annual fundraiser, and inauguration of, The 5th Collective artists studios, coinciding with Frieze Art Fair.
Gallery Yujiro, and honorary guests Anne Marie Martin, CEO British Romanian Chamber of Commerce, Richard Ralph former U.K. Ambassador of Peru, now Chairman of Montreccio Metals, Cllr Bob Skelly, Mayor of Southwark, host an exclusive night of art and performance from some of the hottest international contemporary artists London has to offer.
The evening kicks off with a performance by Merchant Trio, acoustic musicians Alec Kronacker, Heather Roche and Thomas Stone whose stunning compositions and improvisations create a unique percussive textured sound. Following Merchant Trio are London’s hottest upcoming international contemporary artists Lee Campbell, Robert Luzar and Laura Wilson who will collaborate in a unique live performance.
London School of Samba, the UK’s leading samba band, famous for its award winning Notting Hill Carnival performances, will add a thrill and high energy with a band and Passista dancers, and leading us into the late night hours, are Eclectic DJ duo JellyBass with a sensational audio experience, featuring their own ground breaking genre of deep bassy beats, ground shaking tunes, pulsing grooves and a floor filling live set. Accompanying the sounds is VJ Shakinda, who presents an individual and exciting show of kinetic visual art, with one off site-specific works and Yujiro-inspired imagery, Shakinda has wowed multitudes globally in his whirlwind first year on the scene, already accompanying stars such as Fabio & Grooverider, Pete Tong and Goldie.
A silent auction will take place throughout the evening, highest bidders win a coveted, stunning work of contemporary art, artists include: Launa Bacon, Ben Deakin, Christian Gozenbach, John Hughes, Erin Newell and Laura Wilson.
Enjoy the evening’s tasty tits bits of sushi canapés, indulge in the luxurious flowing chocolate fountains and a constant stream of Yujiro - cocktails.
* Surprise Birthday
Price: £100
Ticket information: contact Lauren on +442073948591 or
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Gallery Yujiro
Studio Unit A502, Tower Point
Tower Bridge Business Complex
100 Clements Road
London SE16 4DG
Tel: +442073948591
Web: galleryyujiro.com
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Citeste mai departe... [9 octombrie - 1st Ikkyou Tanjoubi]
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 Wednesday 10 October 2007 – CULTURE POWER PRESENTATION: ‘Small countries in the grip of the war of civilisations. What can the atlanticist Romania do against Islamic fundamentalism.’ by Sever Voinescu
19.00 – 21.00, The Romanian Cultural Centre, 8th floor, 54-62 Regent Street, London W1B 5RE; Tel. 020 7439 4052, ext 102; e-mail:
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; Entry is free but booking is essential.
“Almost no one doubts that we live in a time of confrontation. Today, neither imperial interests nor ideologies are clashing, but civilisations. All the talk about such huge fights are either philosophical or refer exclusively to the major players in the international arena. One could easily get the impression that the ‘war of civilisations’ is in fact a war between the US and Al Qaeda, with some global or regional actors - such as the UK, Russia, Iran or Israel - playing secondary roles of variable importance. But beyond the circle of countries that make the newspapers’ front page every morning, there are more than 100 other countries. Speaking about the war of civilisations, nobody thinks of them, as if they do not belong to any civilisation. As a matter of fact, they are deeply involved in this global confrontation, sometimes even against their will.
Recently admitted into the EU, Romania is the keeper of the Eastern border of the Euro-Atlantic community. Romania, with her Christian civilisation, seems unthreatened by radical Islamism for the time being. Fighting international terrorism and promoting democracy worldwide are nevertheless major foreign and security policy objectives. We will examine what kind of threat Islamism poses to Romania, if any, and, moreover, what Romania can do in the war against Islamic fundamentalism, as the most notoriously pro-American country in Europe.” (Sever Voinescu)
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Citeste mai departe... [10 octombrie - Small countries in the grip of the war of civilisations.]
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A very lively touch of Romanian arts will compliment the opening ceremony of the Romanian Honorary Consulate in Leeds.
When: 5 October 2007, 4.30 pm
Where: Leeds Civic Hall, Banquet Hall, Leeds, LS1 1UR
Admission: By invitation.
A highly successful mix of British & Romanian talent, Mukka are the ultimate live band, whisking their audience on a whirlwind journey through deepest Transylvanian melancholy to joyful abandon, whipped up by frenetic Balkan instrumentals. The result is a most exciting example of highly original music, which spans east and west and where new compositions sit alongside reworking of traditional tunes sourced from all over the Balkans and the Middle East.
The event is organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute in London.
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Citeste mai departe... [5 octombrie - Mukka band in Leeds]
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 The Royal Court Theatre presents:
RHINOCEROS
By Eugène Ionesco
Direction Dominic Cooke
In a new translation by Martin Crimp
21 September – 15 December
Press Night Thursday 27 September
RHINOCEROS will open in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
at the Royal Court on 27 September 2007, as part of the theatre’s
Autumn International Season, directed by the Royal Court’s Artistic
DirectorDominic Cooke.
Full cast: Zawe Ashton, Michael Begley, Jasper Britton, Paul Chahidi,
Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacqueline Defferary, David Hinton, Lloyd
Hutchinson, Claire Prempeh, Alwyne Taylor, Graham Turner.
The production will be designed by Anthony Ward, with lighting by
Johanna Town and sound by Ian Dickinson. Full cast and creative team to
be announced.
When a rhinoceros charges across the town square one Sunday afternoon,
Berenger thinks nothing of it. Soon, however, rhinoceroses are popping
up everywhere and Berenger’s whole world is under threat. What will it
take for him to stand up to the increasing menace of rhinocerisation?
Ionesco’s iconic satire on apathy and conformity is given its first
major UK revival since its Royal Court premiere in 1960, which was
directed by Orson Welles, starring Laurence Olivier.
Rhinoceros will be performed in repertoire with Max Frisch’s The
Arsonists, which is directed by Royal Court Associate Director Ramin
Gray, and features the same cast.
A full performance schedule is available on request.
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Citeste mai departe... [21 septembrie - 15 decembrie - Rhinoceros]
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