14/05/2013 - The festival's 12th edition has British film-maker Stephen Frears as guest of honour

One of the most popular sidebars of the Transylvania International Film Festival (May 31-June 9, Cluj-Napoca) is the Romanian Days, which showcases the best new productions recently made in Romania. All the screenings are scheduled between June 6-8, with certain titles to be seen for the first time by both cinemagoers and professionals. This year's Romanian Days will screen 11 feature films and 20 shorts, the organizers announced yersterday during a press conference held in Cluj-Napoca.

One of the world premieres is Miss Christina (pictured), Alexandru Maftei's (Hello! How Are You? [+see also:
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Alexandra Gulea's Matei, Child Miner [+see also:
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Documentary Here... I Mean There by Laura Capatana Juller, Adrian Sitaru's Domestic, Marian Crisan's Rocker [+see also:
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