Weekend calendar: Film festivals, exhibitions, concerts and more
The last weekend of March comes with a host of exhibitions, concerts, and film festivals, including the French Film Festival, which continues in Bucharest and several other cities in the country.
In Bucharest:
French Film Festival
Until March 31
This is the 28th edition of the event celebrating French cinema and the theme this year is Vertiges. In times marked by continuous acceleration, change, and lack of balance, the public is invited to reflect on what can change, if at all, and what cinema can tell about change. Twenty-eight films will be screened at Elvire Popesco Cinema. The program is available here.
Echoes of Ji.hlava
Until March 28
The Czech Center in Bucharest hosts the program of documentary film screenings Echoes of Ji.hlava, where the public can see four productions that were selected for the latest edition of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. Workshops and Q&As with the directors are also part of the program. Entry is free. More details here.
Art Safari
Until July 28
This season of Art Safari brings to the spotlight masters of Romanian art such as Eustațiu Stoenescu, Nicolae Grigorescu, Nicolae Tonitza, Ștefan Luchian, and Corneliu Baba. Five exhibitions are part of the program of the event which takes place at the Dacia-Romania Palace in Bucharest’s Old Town. Further details on each exhibition and their schedule here.
George Enescu Philharmonic concerts
March 28, 29
Valentin Uryupin conducts the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra in a program covering Mendelssohn’s Elijah oratorio. Soprano Diana Ţugui, mezzosoprano Anastasia Lepeshinskaya, tenor Omer Kobiljak, and bass Beniamin Pop are the soloists. Further details here.
Un ballo in maschera @ ONB
March 30, 31
Daniel Magdal is Riccardo, Madeleine Pascu is Amelia, and Cătălin Toropoc is Renato in Verdi’s three-act opera. The entire cast is listed here.
The Universe of Salvador Dalí
Until May 12
ARCUB hosts this exhibition encompassing some 170 works by Salvador Dalí, ranging from sculptures and engravings to drawings, miniatures, and furniture. The exhibited items are part of Beniamino Levi’s collection. More details here.
Victor Brauner. Between the oneiric and the occult
Until April 30
The exhibition at the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR) focused on the Surrealist painter brings together works from the collections of local and European museums – paintings, drawings, books, magazines and more. More here.
Jonathan Lasker: Paintings from Five Decades
Until May 11
The solo exhibition of the New-York-based painter is open at the Museum of Recent Art (MARe) in Bucharest. The show, part of MARe’s international program, includes 15 large-size works by the artist, created over the past five decades and selected from various European collections. More details here.
Théo Massoulier: Organism
Until March 30
Théo Massoulier’s first solo show with Gaep presents new sculptures, assemblages and paintings that investigate our relationship with technology and the distinction between alive and non-alive. Further details here and here.
Art films @ MNAR
Until December
A series of documentaries on well-known names of art will be screened at the Auditorium Hall of the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR). The program opens on March 15th with a screening of Titian. The Empire of Color. More here.
Nowruz- Spring Festival
Until March 29
Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum and the embassies of Iran, India, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Turkey, and Yunus Emre Cultural Institute organize this event occasioned by the New Persian Year. The public can visit at the Village Museum an exhibition of traditional dress, carpets, music instruments and photos from the five countries. More here.
In the country
Visuali Italiane- The new Italian cinema in Romania
March 28 – March 31
The festival holds its Timișoara edition at Cinema Victoria, where the public can see recent releases from established or emerging directors, as well as reference productions. The program is curated by film critic Eddie Bertozzi, the coordinator of the Pardi di domain selection committee of the Locarno International Film Festival. More details here.
Emergencies - Lia and Dan Perjovschi double solo show @ Brașov Art Museum
Until April 30
The exhibition showcases parts of the research the two artists conducted over the last 35 years. Lia Perjovschi’s works, grouped under the title Survival Kit, meet Dan Perjovschi’s, presented in the section Press Stress. The exhibition is open at the Brașov Art Museum. More here.
All you have seen will come true - Andrei Gamarț @ Constanța Art Museum
Until May 12
After being presented in Brașov, All you have seen will come true will go on display in Constanța, following a partnership between the city’s Art Museum and Mobius Gallery. The show is a retrospective of the last ten years of the artist. More here.
IZANAGI – Japanese Film Festival – Iasi next week
March 30 – March 31
The festival dedicated to Japanese animation holds this weekend in Iași edition at Cinema Ateneu. More details here.
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