The grounds of the Maramures Village Museum in the municipality of Sighetu Marmatiei will be transformed into a genuine open-air cinema for five consecutive evenings, starting on 19 August, with short films from several countries due to be screened, institution director Mirela Ana Barz told AGERPRES on Monday.
The screenings are being held under the auspices of the Maramures International Film Festival as part of an intercultural project, agerpres reports.
"Maramures International Film Festival brings together original films and stories from different corners of the world that could delight audiences. All screenings will take place outdoors, surrounded by the atmosphere of old peasant houses and a setting that is easy on the eye," Mirela Ana Barz said.
According to the organisers, the short films were selected from more than 2,000 submissions and were made in Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Ukraine, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Cyprus, Israel, Czechia, Germany, Cuba, China, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Canada.
Some of the films have received recognition at major film festivals in Locarno, Sundance, Venice, Berlin and Annecy.
The Sighetu Marmatiei film festival will open with the short film "Primary Education," directed by Aria Sanchez and Marina Meira. The Cuba-Brazil-Spain co-production won the Best Director award at the 2025 Locarno Film Festival.
Young theatre and film actress Denisa Vraja, who is from Sighetu Marmatiei, will take part in a question-and-answer session on Sunday, 23 August, following a screening of "On Our Own"/"De capul nostru," directed by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu. Denisa Vraja plays the lead role in the film, which received the C.I.C.A.E. Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The announcement of the awards is scheduled for Sunday, 23 August at 11.30pm, after which the winning films will be screened.
The festival will take place from 19 to 23 August, with screenings running from 9.30pm to 1am each evening. Admission is free.
Throughout the event, the public transport company in Sighetu Marmatiei will operate special services to and from the museum.
The festival is part of the project "Intercultural Consciousness of Multinational Cities: Tolerance of New Generations - InterCities," funded through the Interreg VI-A NEXT Hungary Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine programme and implemented in partnership with the Executive Committee of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Council in Ukraine, which is the lead partner.
