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CHISINAU TO HOST VI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILM SCHOOLS CLASSFEST

21 november, 2016
CHISINAU TO HOST VI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILM SCHOOLS CLASSFEST Chisinau to host VI International festival of film schools ClassFest from November 21 -26.

 

ClassFest Director Svetlana Tirtau said at the press conference that the festival will be attended by representatives of film schools from nine countries of West and East Europe.

 

“Young people will present more than 100 short films at the festival. Young directors will tell about their problems, poverty, war and lack of work. Ministry of Culture has allocated 100 thousand lei for the festival. Some of the expenses were assumed by the representatives of the countries, from which representatives come”, she said.

 

Rector of Academy of Music, Theatre and Visual Arts Victoria Melinic said that “the festival is an international event, which contributes to the propaganda of modern cinema; it also stimulates intercultural dialogue, which facilitates exchange of experience of various theatre and film schools, as well as providing support to young filmmakers”.

 

According to Valeriu Matei, Director of Romanian Institute of Culture in Chisinau “in addition to the festival, participants from various countries will organize workshops; in November 25 and 29 and December 5 free concerts will be organized at the National Philharmonic”.

 

During six festival days the viewers will see short films of various genres, presented by students of University of Theater and Film Shota Rustaveli from Georgia, Academy of Film and Television (Germany), National School of Cinema, Television and Theatre (Poland), Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television Ivan Karpenko-Karyi (Ukraine), University of Arts (Italy), National University of Theatrical Art and Cinematography Ion Luca Caragiale (Romania), School of Independent Film Friedl Kubelka (Austria), Academy of Music, Theatre and Visual Arts (Moldova).

 

The festival will take place at the Odeon cinema. The entrance is free.

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