The 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival finished in Romania.
During the closing gala on Saturday evening at the National Theater of Cluj-Napoca, the British director Mahdi Fleifel To an unknown country won the TRANSILVANIA trophy, the first prize of the festival.
The film is described as an intense drama on two Palestinian refugees living in Athens, taken between small scams and the hope of a better life in Germany. In the midst of a climate of despair and moral compromise, one moved more deeply in a cycle of manipulation and exploitation of those around it.
“It was more a matter of survival than of narration. We had trouble for almost ten years to get there,” said Fleifel, adding in progress Israeli -Palestinian conflict: “The problem in Palestine is not the Palestinians, it is the occupation – and it must end.”
German director Noaz Deshe Xoftex won the price for the best achievement of € 3,500, sponsored by the Romanian Cultural Institute. The special prize for the special jury was given to the American director Julian Castronovo Beginnings (or, objects in the Domaine des debris, currently cataloged).
Here are all the winners of the 24th Transilvania International Film Festival.
Transilvania Trophy (Amount of 10,000 euros)
To an unknown country (Dir. Mahdi Fleifel, United Kingdom)
Best staging price (Amount of 3,500 euros, offered by ICR)
Noaz aure – Xoftex (Germany)
Special jury prize (Amount of 1,500 euros, offered per ICR)
Beginnings, or objects in the debris domain, as currently cataloged (Dir. Julian Castronovo, United States)
Best performance price (Amount of 1,000 euros, offered by Conceptual Lab by Theo Nissim)
Young edges – The kingdom (dir. Julien Colonna, France)
“What’s new, doc? Price (Amount of 2,000 euros, offered by Tenaris Silcotub)
Saturn (Dir. Daniel Tornero, Spain)
Special mention of “What’s new, doc?” Jury
The return of the projectionist (Dir. Orkhan Aghazadeh, France)
Special mention of “What’s new, doc?” Jury
Wolf Street letters (Dir. Arjun Talwar, Poland)
Romanian days: Best feature film (Amount of 1500 euros, offered by Dacin Sara and handle and equipment services worth 10,000 euros, offered by Cinelab România)
The new year that never came (Dir. Bogdan Mureșanu, Romania)
Romananian Days Prize for the best starts (Amount of 1,500 euros, offered by Banca Transilvania)
Radiant future (Dir. Andra MacMasters, Romania)
Romanian Days Prize for the best short film (Amount of 1,500 and 5,000 euros [camera & electric & grip equipment services]offered by cutarefilm)
Help (Dir. Valentin-Răraș Fogoroș, Romania)
The public price (Amount of 2,000 euros, offered by Mastercard)
Deaf (Dir. Eva Libertad García López, Spain)
Most popular Romanian film of the festival (Vodafone Hearts’ Award) (amount of 2,500 euros, offered by Vodafone)
The new year that never came (Dir. Bogdan Mureșanu, Romania)
Excellence Award: Director (offered by Nova Power & Gas)
Andrei Ujica
Excellence Award: actor
Florin Piersic
Lifetime production price: director
Béla Tarr
Lifetime production price: actress
Emila Dobrin
Lifetime production prize: film criticism
Valerian Sava
Transilvania trophy for a special contribution to world cinema: actress
MARIA DE MEDEIROS
Fipesci price (Offered by the jury of the International Federation of Cinema Critics for a film in the Films section of the Romanian film)
Triton (Dir. Ana Lungu, Romania)
Price for young people (adolescents) (Amount of 1,500 euros, offered by McDonalds)
Few girls (Dir. Urška Djukić, Slovenia)
Special mention of the jury for adolescents
Girls from the station (Dir. Juana Macías, Spain)
Ecumenical jury price (Amount of 1,000 euros, offered by Signis and Interfilm, for a film from the festival competition)
Peacock (Dir. Bernhard Wenger, Germany)
Special mention of the ecumenical jury
Rains on Babel (Gala du Soleil, Colombia)
Signs price (Amount 500 euros, offered by Signis Roumanie, to a short film in the Romanian days section)
Grandfather sleeps (Dir. Matei Branea, Romania)
Transilvania pitch stop
Chainsaw price in Europe (25,000 euros in post-production services)
Kazimir (Dir. Dorian boguță)
TPS development price (Amount of 5000 euros, offered by Avanpost)
Horseshoe (Dir. Lucia chicoș)
National Center for Cinematography of the Moldova Republic (Amount of 1,500 euros)
Desire (Dir. Nuray Kayacan Sünbül, Türkiye)
Connection Cottbus Cocolab Award – East -West Emerging Producers Award (Selection of a producer of Romania or the Republic of Moldova to participate in the new Cocolab 2024 program dedicated to emerging producers)
Grandparents paradise (Dir. Alex țibu, șerban racovițeanu)
Theater
Prize for the best series project (composed of a development agreement with Pro TV)
The accountant (Scriptwriter: Bogdan Drucea, Romania)
Creative residence at the castle of Bethlen-Haller (For a project for the theater, offered by Jidvei)
Regym (Screenwriters Alex Pintic, Alberto Nicolae, Romania)
Local competition
Local competition price (Amount of 1,000 euros, offered by Banca Transilvania and post-production services worth 10,000 euros for the director’s next film project, offered by Numa Film)
conclusion (Dir. Memory Vlad)
The unusual price (Offered by Komiti, made up of consulting and production services, including support during the pre-production phase [planning, organization, call sheet] and 3 days of shooting with a technical team and professional equipment])))
The possibilities of an escape (Dir. Lehel Fazakas and Antal Bence)
Special mention of the jury (Stock Exchange offered by the School film, guaranteeing participation in one of the introductory courses in scripting or realization, according to the winner’s place of residence at the time of complaint for the price, as well as color rating services up of 5,000 euros for the director’s next cinema project, offered by Numa Film)
The waters in which we bathe (Dir. Răzvan Dima)
PRICE (Diploma and sculpture made by Ovidiu Guleș)
Ole (Dir. Pure Ambrosia)
Other awards
French -speaking young jury price (Offered by TV5 Monde and the French Institute, composed of the acquisition of film distribution rights in Romanian cinemas)
Pass from the pass (Dir. Antoine Chevrollier, France)
Alex Bourse de Leo șerban (Amount of 2,500 euros, offered in partnership with Conceptual Lab from Theo Nissim)
The millionaire millionaire (right. Stroy Radu)
Special mention in Alex. Leo șerban scholarship (Amount of 1,000 euros, offered in partnership with Conceptual Lab from Theo Nissim for a young Romanian actor who made a notable success in a short film or a feature film first in 2024 or 2025)
ȘTefan Mihai
