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Special guests from Romania will attend selected screenings and connected events, giving London the chance to find out more about Romania’s cinematography straight from the source. 

During the 9th anniversary of the Festival, we welcome to London a line-up of Romania’s most talented – Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur, stars of ‘Beyond the Hills’, Rodica Lazăr starring in ‘Principles of Life’, Mihaela Sîrbu from ‘Everybody in Our Family’, Ana Ularu from ‘Periferic’ – and actor extraordinaire Victor Rebengiuc who returns to greet his London fans for a special screening of ‘Medal of Honour’.

Well known author and journalist  Liviu Antonesei, a long-term friend, supporter, and adviser of the Festival will be present in London for the screenings and Q&A sessions, together with Eugen Șerbănescu, President of the National Centre of Cinematography in Bucharest, the  traditional partner of the Festival, and Alina Sălcudeanu, the Centre’s Head of International Relations.

COSMINA STRATAN

At the Cannes Film Festival, 2012, she won the award for best actress, a prize shared with Cristina Flutur who also made her debut in Beyond the Hills

CRISTINA FLUTUR

The role in Beyond the Hills represented her debut in feature films and brought her the award for best actress at Cannes Film Festival, 2012.

RODICA LAZĂR

RODICA LAZĂR is a prolific young actress. Featuring in dramatized documentaries, TV movies, and feature films, she has a long list of screen credits to her name

MIHAELA SIRBU

Her film credits include numerous short films, the feature film The Phantom Father and Radu Jude’s feature Everybody in Our Family

ANA ULARU

She was awarded the Boccalino Award at Locarno for Best Actress and Best Actress in the Thessaloniki Film Festival for her performance in Periferic

ALEXANDRU BACIU

He works mainly as a scriptwriter, and his features have been selected in major film festivals, such as Cannes, Locarno or New York.

ANDREEA VASILE

ANDREEA VASILE has a master's degree in acting, her credits include Film, Theatre and Television.

FLORENTINA ONEA

FLORENTINA ONEA has been one of the most decorated producers in Romanian cinema.

TOMA CUZIN

He is a very popular actor in Romanian TV series, he has a long list of screen credits to his name.

VICTOR REBENGIUC

VICTOR REBENGIUC is an award-winning Romanian film and stage actor, renowned as a civil society activist.