Short films which were selected for the most important international festivals will be screened starting tomorrow, April 10, in this year's edition of the NexT International Film Festival in Bucharest, Romania. Special screenings will also be organized in Brasov, Cluj, and Iasi, on Aptil, 10, 11 and 12.

A novelty this year will be the selection of films presented at the Aubagne International Film Festival. Short films from the program Short Matters! of the European Film Academy EFA, as well as the ones in the Semaine de la critique section of the Cannes Film festival will also be presented this year in Bucharest. The third evening of the festival, Friday, April 13, will be dedicated to short films nominated at the Oscars . Screenings will start at 20,00 at Patria Cinema downtown Bucharest. Tickets for the evening cost RON 15 and can be bought here. Subscriptions for the entire festival are RON 80, and can be bought online here. Tickets can also be bought from participating cinemas, Studio, Corso and Patria, as well as from the English bookshop Anthony Frost.

Screenings of Semaine de la critique films will start on Sunday, April 14, from 17:00, at Studio cinema. These will include two films directed by Romanians. Short films from the Aubagne festival will be on at the Studio cinema starting Friday, April 12, from 20:30. Films in the EFA program Short matters!, including one directed by Romanian Tudor Giurgiu, will be screened at Corso cinema on Friday, April 12, from 17:00 and 19:30, and on Sunday, April 14, from 15:30 and 18:00. The list of films in each category is below.

The festival will also include a series of seminars that will take place at cafe Verona. They are offered by JTI and the entry is free. On April 11, the seminars will be: Film marketing & distribution with Thorsten Ritter (Beta Cinema), Virginie Devesa (Alpha Violet), Ileana Cecanu (Transilvania Film) and Ada Solomon (Parada Film), at 10:00, then at 12:00- the road to the Oscars, with Chris Tidman, CEO of Shorts International, and at 13:30, Media Desk Romania with Valentina Miu.

The full schedule of the festival is here.

Films from the Aubagne festival:

• Les Miettes , France, 2008, 31′, directed by Pierre Pinaud
• French Roast, France, 2008, 8′, directed by Fabrice O. Joubert
• Chienne d’histoire, France, 2010, 15′, directed by Serge Avédikian
• L’histoire Du Petit Paolo , France / Belgium, 2011, 22′, directed by Nicolas Liguori
• Merci, Mon Chien, France / Canada, 2012, 8′, directed by Julie Rembauville , Nicolas Bianco-Levrin
• Tennis Elbow, France, 2012, 17′, directed by Vital Philippot

Semaine de la critique films:

• Circle Line, South Korea, 2012, 26′, directed by Shin Suwon
• O Duplo, Brasil , 2012, 26′, directed by Juliana Rojas
• Middag Med Familjen, Sweden, 2012, 15′, directed by Ştefan Constantinescu
• Hazara, Israel, 2012, 19’, directed by Shay Levi
• Orizont, Romania, 2012, 11’, directed by Paul Negoescu
• Yeguas Y Cotorras, Argentina, 2012, 30’, directed by Natalia Garagiola
• Song Hong, France, 2012, 15′, directed by Stéphanie Lansaque şi François Leroy
• Un Dimanche Matin, France, 2012, 18’, directed by Damien Manivel

Films from the Short matters! Program:

• Demain, Ça Sera Bien, France, 16’, directed by Pauline Gay
• Superman, Spiderman Sau Batman, Romania, 11’, directed by Tudor Giurgiu
• Two Hearts, Ireland, 17’, directed by Darren Thornton
• Miten Marjoja Poimitaan, Finland, 18’, directed by Elina Talvensaari
• L’ambassadeur Et Moi, Switzerland, 15’, directed by Jan Czarlewski
• Vilaine Fille Mauvais Garçon, France, 30’, directed by Justine Triet
• Csicska, Hungary 20’, directed by Attila Till
• Villa Antropoff, Latvia/Estonia, 13’, directed by Vladimir Leschiov & Kaspar Jancis
• Sessiz, Turkey, 14’, directed by L. Rezan Yeşilbaş
• Manhã De Santo António, Portugal, 25’, directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
• Back Of Beyond, UK, 25’, directed by Michael Lennox
• Titloi Telous, Greece, 10’, directed by Yorgos Zois
• Einspruch Vi, Switzerland, 17’, directed by Rolando Colla

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(photo source: NexT Film festival's website)