Electro (2007)

Director: Matei-Alexandru Mocanu
Screenwriter: Matei-Alexandru Mocanu
Running time: 52 min.

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“A snapshot of a subculture in development as Bucharest DJs, promoters and clubbers talk about the Romanian capital’s growing electronica scene.”
A fresh look at electronica from the perspective of a country shaking off pop-culture isolation, Matei-Alexandru Mocanu’s stylish documentary is a snapshot of a subculture in development. Bucharest DJs, promoters and clubbers with tastes ranging from thumping techno to experimental sound sculpture address the different subsets of the scene, the influence of fashion and drugs, relations with the international electronic underground, and the question of whether they are building a movement or just making music.

Awards / Festivals
- Official Selection (Transylvania Int’l Film Festival) 2007
- Official Selection (ASTRA Film Sibiu – Int`l Festival of Documentary Film and Visual Anthropology) 2007
- Official Selection (Ethnocineca08  - Austria) 2008
- Official Selection ( MusiXine / Oulu Music Video Festival – Finland) 2008
- Official Selection (Music on Film – Film on Music – Czech Republic) 2008
- Official Selection (DaKino Int`l Film Festival) 2007

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Viva Constanta ! (2007)

Director: Ambrus Emese
Screenwriter: Ambrus Emese
Running time: 43 min.

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Tudor Lakatos is a 40-year-old Gipsy teacher in the ghetto of Somcuta, in the northern region of Romania, who wants to become famous as an Elvis Presley imitator. He translates most of the King’s songs into the Gipsy language. One day, under the name of Elvis Rromano (Gipsy Elvis), he sets off to the port city of Constanta to try his luck with popularizing this kind of music, rock and rom (Gipsy rock).

Awards / Festivals
- Special Prize for Best Documentary on Intercultural Dialogue (DocumFest Film Festival, Timisoara) 2008
- Official Selection (ASTRA Film Sibiu – Int`l Festival of Documentary Film and Visual Anthropology) 2007
- Official Selection (Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival) 2008
- Official Selection (CineFest Int’l Festival of Young Filmmakers) 2008
- Official Selection (Transylvania Int’l Film Festival) 2008
- Official Selection (DaKINO Int’l Film Festival) 2007

“The Unveiling of Contemporary Romanian Cinema”

Inspired by the primacy of things present and organized by the ToRo Arts Group with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute, romaniancinemaNOW: The 2nd Annual Toronto-Romanian Film Festival will be running from February 13th to the 15th (2009) and will emphasize the extent to which “things peripheral,” often manifesting themselves on the borders of the mainstream and the commercial, continue to inspire a less-ironic, less-tragic and less-miserable understanding of the idiosyncrasies of the everyday.

Screenings will be held at:

Innis Town Hall – 2 Sussex Ave
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Bloor Cinema – 526 Bloor St.  (West)
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Friday, February 13 – Opening Night
19:00 – Opening Night – Bloor Cinema
23:00 – Opening Night Reception – TBA

Saturday, February 14 – Doc. Day – documentary screenings co-presented by
12:00 – Shorts Programme 1 – Innis Town Hall
15:00 – Doc.Day Shorts 1 – Innis Town Hall
18:00 – Doc.Day Shorts 2 – Innis Town Hall
21:00 – Doc.Day Feature – Bloor Cinema

Sunday, February 15 – Indie/Debuts. Day
12:00 – Shorts Programme 2 – Innis Town Hall
15:00 – Indie / Debut Feature 1 – Innis Town Hall
18:00 – Indie / Debut Feature 2 – Innis Town Hall
21:00 – Indie / Debut Feature 3 – Bloor Cinema

Tickets

Advance tickets ($8 student, $12 adult), as well as day and festival passes will be available until February 1st, 2009, at the UofT Tix box office, located at 7 Hart House Circle, by visiting the UofT Tix website, at www.uofttix.ca, or by calling the box office directly at 416-978-8849.

After February 1st, tickets will be $10 for students and $15 for adults, day and festival passes also reflecting this change in price.

PROGRAM
* Please be advised that ToRo Arts Group reserves the right to modify and/or alter the evening’s program
so as to meet all necessary legal and copyright requirements. All changes made will arrive with due noti-
fication.