Film screenings and soundtracks from Cluj,
films of all genres, from fiction to animation,
films from every era, from silent movies to the present,
films by authors and workshops from Cluj,
films about Cluj and the world,
films on Cluj and the people of Cluj in the eyes of filmmakers from all over the world.

Organizer: Tranzit Foundation
Co-organizers: RTV Bucuresti, Filmtett, Faculty of Theatre and Film UBB, Hungarian Department of Cinematography and Media; Transilvanian Observer (Erdélyi Figyelő) / RTV Cluj; Minimum Party; Sapientia EMTE Department of Film, Photo and Media.
Sponsors: Communitas Foundation
Location: Tranzit House (Barițiu 16, entrance from Nameless Street).

Curator: Könczei Csilla
Art consultant: Schneider Tibor
Organizing team: Réka Erőss, Maxim Lorand, Attila Seprődi, Jasmina Cloșca, Csenge Szilágyi, Botond Biró, Dénes Csaba, Schneider Bence, Sofia Iulia Nelega

PROGRAM:
Monday, August 17.
16:00 – 17:30 FILM WORKSHOPS IN CLUJ / Minimum Party 2026
Conversation with the filmmakers

18:00 – 20:00 OPENING EVENT – Goulash.

20:00 – 22:00 CREATORS FROM CLUJ, ACTORS FROM CLUJ
Stars of Little Importance. Hungarian feature film, dir. Renátó Olasz, 2025, 90’
Hungarian film with Romanian subtitles
Discussion with the actors Loránd Farkas, Zsolt Gedő, moderated by Réka Erőss.
Tuesday, August 18.

17:00 – 18:20 CLUJ FILM WORKSHOPS / BBU Faculty of Theater and Film
With English subtitles
Midday. Animation film, directed by Dóra Babota-László, 4’
Little Darling. Short film, directed by Paula Condrat, 19’
Hi, Mom! Short film, directed by Tamás Kiss, 19’
Beatbox to the Beat. Documentary, directed by Mátyás Orbán, 15’
Between Us. Short film, directed by Erika Pál, 10’
Kossuth said: shot in your head! Short film, directed by Zalán Siklósi, 13’

18:30 – 20:00 DOCUMENTARIES BY CLUJ CREATORS
Freedom on the Mountain. Transylvanian documentary, dir. László Csibi, 2025, 52’. With Romanian subtitles
Discussion with director László Csibi, sociologist László Péter, expert in the film and Gábor Kalamár, cinematographer

20:00 – 21:20 CLUJ FILM WORKSHOPS / Exam films of the Department of Photography, Film and Media, Sapientia EMTE
With English subtitles
The Red-Haired Woman. Short film, directed by Dániel Pál – Dániel Szabó, 22’
Gyuri., Directed by Henrietta Eröss – Róbert Pászka, 20’
The Mechanism of Collapse. Documentary, directed by Csaba Dénes, 17’
Discussion with the authors, moderated by Réka Erőss.

21:30 – 22:20 SHORT FILMS BY YOUNG CLUJ FILMMAKERS
Bernády Goes to America. Animated documentary, directed by Gyopár Buzási, 2023, 5’. with English and Romanian subtitles.
Strigoi. Short film, directed by Márton Nagy, 2025, 25’. English and Romanian subtitles.
Discussion with the authors Gyopár Buzási and Márton Nagy, moderated by Réka Erőss.
Wednesday, August 19.

17:00 – 18:30 CLUJ FILM WORKSHOPS / Filmtett Camp
Budrala Sára: Dance! (2025), short film, 13’
Lukács Gergely: Nest (2025), short film, 16’
Pantyi Petra: Still Water (2025), short film, 10’
Discussion with the creators Petra Pantyi, Sára Budrala and Gergely Lukács. Moderates: Botond Biró

19:00 – 20:00 ÁDÁM BODOR 90
The Possibilities of Making Friends. Romanian-Hungarian feature film, dir. Gábor Ferenczi, 2007, 50’

20:00 – 21:00 ÁDÁM BODOR 90
Ádám Bodor and Utunk – Words and Music.
Performed by Domokos Csergő, Áron Dimény, Albert Márkos, Kristóf Szőcs
Thursday, August 20.

17:00 – 18:00 DOCUMENTARIES BY CLUJ CREATORS
Portrait of Lajos Fazekas. Documentary, dir. Emese Ambrus, 2025, 52’, with Romanian subtitles
Discussion with the creators. Moderator: Attila Seprődi

18:00 – 19:00 DOCUMENTARIES BY CLUJ CREATORS / HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE BROADCAST
The Lábasház. Documentary, dir. József Benczédi, 2025, 28’, with Romanian subtitles
Discussion with the creators. Moderator: Attila Seprődi

19:30 – 21:00 CLUJ FILM WORKSHOPS / TVR CLUJ
A Chance at Life. A Transylvanian documentary about the work of the Social Fiber Association. Directed by Judit Spitzer, 2026, 60’, with Romanian subtitles
Discussion with the creators, director Judit Spitzer, Zsuzsa Panek and Dávid Madaras, members of the Social Fiber Association. Moderator: Botond Biró

Friday, August 21.
NATURE CONSERVATION / One voice has the Somes and the Tisza…
17:00 – 18:00 Stories by the River. Romanian-Hungarian documentary, directed by Adi Dohotaru, Mihai Dragolea, Radu Gaciu, Gábor-Gáspár Kalamár, 2026, 54’
18:00 – 18:30 Message in a Bottle: The Official History of the PET Pirates. Hungarian documentary, dir. Dávid Molnár Attila, 2018, 52’
18:30 – 20:00 Discussion with the creators, participants in nature conservation projects, ecologists, and activists. The discussion will be held in two languages—Hungarian and Romanian—with translation provided.
Participants: Krisztina Babos, biologist and journalist; Bendegúz Bachrathy, youth group leader for the PET Cup; Adrian Dohotaru, author, director, and civic activist, vice president of the Urban Nature Network (Rețeaua Natura Urbană). Gábor Gáspár Kalamár, director; Radu Mititeanu, environmental activist and director of the Napoca Cycling Club; Anna Szabó, biologist and ecologist; Kata Vészity, project manager of the river-saving PET Cup movement.
Moderator: Zoltán Sipos, journalist and editor-in-chief of Átlátszó Erdély.