Anonimul International Film Festival at its 6th edition - de Ella Moroiu

The 6th edition of Anonimul Interational Independent Film Festival started yesterday, August 10, in Sfantu Gheorghe (South-East Romania). The event attracted a large audience.

The host of the event, actor Mihai Baranga, was joined on stage by the president of the Festival, Marcel Iures, one of Romania's most acclaimed stage and screen actors, featured in big international titles (Youth without Youth, Pirates of the Caribbean, Spooks, Goa!, The Cave, Project W, Layer Cake, Mission: Impossible, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles).

"From all the anonymity, the idea of prestige starts to shape - the prestige of a list of words, like discretion, modesty, passion, consistency, even generosity. This is where this festival is heading!", Iures said.

After a short concert performed by the choir from Sfantu Gheorghe, the audience preset at the opening night could see Los Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces) by Pedro Almodóvar, a film which had been selected in the Cannes 2009 official competition.

There was another debut on Monday: that of the Anonimul IFF Competition, with first fiction short movies. The Romanian works to take part in this competition are: Pe seama ta..., by Ana Maria Lazarovici, and O Familie (A Family), directed by Emanuel Pirvu.

The first titles from Actors who became Directors and Producers programme were introduced yesterday: short movies signed by actors like Jude Law, Ewan McGregor and



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