Blog posts of '2019' 'October'

After a sports injury that left him unable to play professional football, Laurențiu Ginghină sees himself as a football revolutionary, yearning to upgrade and refine the game, but his theories and trials soon reveal the way that we’re all players in our own beautiful games. It’s Monty Python’s Fear of the Penalty… A heartbreaking and sometimes hilarious portrait of Porumboiu’s childhood friend.

INFINITE FOOTBALL (d: Corneliu Porumboiu)
Friday 25 October 2019; 6.45pm, Curzon Soho
UK Premiere. Followed by Q&A with director Corneliu Porumboiu

(2018 | Romania | Documentary | 70 min | in Romanian, with English subtitles)

Distributor: ANTI-WORLDS RELEASING 

http://www.anti-worldsreleasing.co.uk/

The 15th Romanian Film Festival in London: FRAGMENTS OF TRUTH

24 – 28 October 2019 

Curzon Soho Cinema (99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 5DY)

www.rofilmfest.com
Tkts: www.curzoncinemas.com/rff

The Romanian Film Festival is back once again, bringing you new releases, talented artists, and important debates with film experts and critics.
Special events and conversations accompany the screenings, continuing the tradition of the festival as a joyful celebration of Romanian cinema.

The 15th Romanian Film Festival is entitled Fragments of Truth and takes place at Curzon Soho between 24 - 28 October 2019.

Filmmaker Corneliu Porumboiu features twice, with his crime thriller The Whistlers and sports documentary Infinite Football. Ioana Uricaru's debut feature Lemonde plays, as does Daniel Sandu's One Step Behind the Seraphim, with the festival closing with Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time, sequel to one of Romanian cinema's most lauded adaptations.

Films are in Romanian with English subtitles.
Tickets: www.curzoncinemas.com/rff
All screenings take place at Curzon Soho, 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 5DY.
Nearest tube: Leicester Square; Piccadilly Circus.

Organised by: Profusion International (www.profusion.org.uk)
In partnership with Curzon Cinemas (www.curzoncinemas.com)
Sponsored by: Gateville Group- Construction & Refubishment (http://gatevillegroup.co.uk/)
Sponsored by: Prodan Romanian Cultural Foundation (https://romanianculture.org/)
Supported by: Traduceri autorizate (www.translationromanian.co.uk)