ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival, now in its 19th edition, will take place between August 8 and 14, 2022, in Sfântu Gheorghe, in the Danube Delta.

The call for entries for the short film competition is open until May 6.

Romanian or foreign fiction and animation short films can be submitted until May 6, with a maximum duration of 30 minutes, produced after January 1, 2021.

Their selection belongs to the film critic Ionuț Mareș and will be announced around June 10 .

The ANONIMUL Festival Trophy, the award for Best Foreign Short Film and Best Romanian Short Film will be awarded based on the votes cast by the audience at the festival, while the Anonimul Foundation will award the Ovidiu Bose Easter Prize.

Details about the 19th edition of the ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival will be communicated by the organizers in the coming months on the event’s website and Social Media channels.

The ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival is an event organized by the Anonimul Foundation and the FAMart Association.

• A TRIP TO HEAVEN, directed by Linh Duong, Vietnam
• ANT HILL, directed by Marek Naprstek (animatie), Cehia
• BINGE LOVING, directed by Thomas Deknop, Belgia
• DA YIE, directed by Antony Nti, Ghana/Belgia
• DUSTIN, directed by Naïla Guiguet, Franţa
• HENET WARD, Morad Mostafa, Egipt
• NIGHT SHIFT, directed by Zhizi Hao, UK
• O CORDEIRO DE DEUS, directed by David Pinheiro Vicente Portugalia, Franţa
• PAIN, directed by Anna Rose Duckworth, Noua Zeelandă
• STICKER, directed by Georgi M. Unkovski, Macedonia de Nord

The FilmFreeway Festival account was illicitly used, the issue being currently under investigation, while the submitters are credited for the full entry fee they were abusively asked for.

Submissions to ANONIMUL IFF are free of charge and they can only be registered through the official Festival website until May 14th.

Thank you for your interest in our Festival and we are looking forward to your submissions according to our regulations. For any further info, please get in contact with us at festival@anonimul.ro.

ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival, at the 18th edition, will take place between August 9 and 15, 2021, in Sfântu Gheorghe, in the Danube Delta. The call for entries for the short film competition is open until May 14.

Romanian or foreign fiction and animation short films can be submitted until May 14, with a maximum duration of 30 minutes, produced after January 1, 2020. Their selection will be made by the film critic Ionuț Mareș and will be announced after June 22 .

The ANONIMUL Festival Trophy, the award for Best Foreign Short Film and Best Romanian Short Film will be awarded based on the votes cast by the audience at the festival, while the Anonimul Foundation will award the Ovidiu Bose Easter Prize.

Details about the 18th edition of the ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival will be communicated by the organizers in the coming months on the event’s website and Social Media channels.

The ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival is an event organized by the Anonimul Foundation and the FAMart Association.

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• WORKING WOMAN, directed by Michal Aviad, Israel
• THE BEST OF DORIEN B., directed by Anke Blonde, Belgium
• TRANSNISTRA, directed by Anna Eborn, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium
• THE FATHER, directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov​, Bulgaria, Greece
• TEHRAN: CITY OF LOVE, directed by Ali Jaberansari, Iran, UK & The Netherlands
• MONSTERS., directed by Marius Olteanu, Romania

Submissions for the ANONIMUL 2019 Short Film Competition are open here until May 24th 2019.   

Regulations

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The ANONIMUL 15 Closing Gala took place Saturday, August 11th. The audience awarded the following:
For the Short Film Competition:
The Audience Award for Best International Short went to the film RETOUCH, directed by Kaveh Mazaheri (Iran).
The Audience Award for Best Romanian Short to film TOTUL E FOARTE DEPARTE/ EVERYTHING IS FAR AWAY, directed by Emanuel Pârvu.
The Ovidiu Bose Paștină Award, offered by the Anonimul Foundation, went to the film MADRE/ MOTHER, directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Spain).
For the Feature Film Competition, the 2018 ANONIMUL Trophy went to UNDER THE TREE, directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson (Iceland- Denmark). The Trophy was awarded in director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson’s presence.

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Director Emir Baigazin was awarded with the ANONIMUL Trophy for his contribution to the beauty of world cinema Friday, August 10th, within the 15th edition of ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival.

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Emir Baigazin’s most recent film, THE RIVER, will have its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival in the Orizzonti Competition, just a few weeks after the director’s presence at ANONIMUL 15. The film was announced in the Orizzonti Competition July 25th, within the press conference held by the President of Biennale di Venezia, Paolo Baratta and the Director of the Cinema Department, Alberto Barbera.
Emir Baigazin made his debut with HARMONY LESSONS, which premiered in the Official Competition at Berlin International Film Festival in 2013, where it was awarded The Silver Bear for an Outstanding Artistic Contribution- Aziz Zhambakiyev for the camera. The Silver Bear was awarded by a Jury presided by director Wong Kar-wai the very same year when Călin Peter Netzer’s Poziția copilului won The Golden Bear. HARMONY LESSONS was also included that same year in the ANONIMUL 10 Competition by Festival Selector Ludmila Cvikova and it ranked second in the preferences of the audience voting in Sfântu Gheorghe.

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ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival presents an extended program of Romanian films, either in previews screenings in Romania or films already released in cinemas across the country.
ANONIMUL 15 will run 6th to 12th August in Sfântu Gheorghe, the Danube Delta.

“I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS”, directed by Radu Jude, will be presented in a preview screening in Romania at ANONIMUL 15. With Ioana Iacob, Alexandru Dabija, Alex Bogdan, Ilinca Manolache, Şerban Pavlu and Claudia Iremia, the film tells the story of a young artist planning to reconstruct a historical event for a public performance. The film premiered in the Official Competition at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and won The Grand Prize-The Crystal Globe, being the first Romanian film to win this award in the history of the 53 editions of the festival. The film will be released in cinemas September 28th 2018.

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DISAPPEARANCE
Directed by: Ali Asgari

3/4
Directed by: Ilian Metev

DJON AFRICA
Directed by: Filipa Reis & João Miller Guerra

NERVOUS TRANSLATION
Directed by: Shireen Seno

UNDER THE TREE
Directed by: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson

THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS
Directed by: Vlad Zamfirescu

THE SEAGULL
Directed by: Alex Baciu & Maria Popistașu

LAME DUCK
Directed by: Cristian Bota

MICHELANGELO
Directed by: Anghel Damian

APRIL, DREAM
Directed by: Andrei Inizian

THE KNIFE SALESMAN
Directed by: Jamie Helmer & Michael Leonard

DENISE
Directed by: Rossella Inglese

J’MANGE FROID/ I’M COLD MEAT
Directed by: Romain Laguna

AJOTUNTI/ DRIVING LESSON
Directed by: Jarno Lindemark

ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival, running 6th to 12th August 2018 in Sfântu Gheorghe, the Danube Delta, announces the titles in Competition:

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