Cinemascope Festival takes place this year between August 1-11, in the summer garden in Eforie Sud, reopened 6 years ago, with the appearance of this project. In 2024, Cinemascop returns with an intense and complex program, with activities and events for all ages, tastes and curiosities. All of these are free to attend.
The seventh edition has a special theme, which proposes the discovery of European cultures. Nine of the eleven days of the festival are dedicated to each country, with a program made together with partner cultural institutes and embassies. Thus, two new elements appeared in this year’s program. Visitors will have the opportunity to taste culinary dishes from Turkey, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and France, not before participating in the sports activities prepared, for the first time at Cinemascop, outside the summer garden, on the beach (Moon Beach area). Also, a fifth community meal, this time in the form of a performance, will take place on August 9, a creation of teenagers from the CEVA Performing Arts Educational Center.
Of course, the film screenings will be indispensable, with them culminating the summer evenings at the festival. Starting at 9:00 p.m., the screen will light up with comedy, adventure, romance, or drama films, all offered by the members of the cluster of European cultural institutes, EUNIC Romania. Except that in two of the evenings at the festival, music will become the focal point, because on August 3 the summer garden is celebrating – and not anyway, but quietly, at a silent disco party. Then, on August 9, the audience will enjoy a concert by the trio Maria Grosu Grundová & 10 strings, who will delight with a series of well-known songs from beloved prestigious films.
The summer garden opens every day at 18:00, because that’s when the activities start one after another. Various workshops await visitors of all ages, both recurring and special. Participants will be able to paint, make collages, comics, sock and sand toys, or learn how to use recyclable materials in creative ways. Special workshops challenge you to discover more about disinformation, learn the technique of cyanotype or graffiti, or enjoy theater and improvisation exercises. The festival’s partner, Generali, has prepared surprise gifts for workshop participants, and the Czech brand Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth supports the educational creative workshops for children this year as well.
The space can also be visited as such, it is a relaxing place where you can, for example, listen to music specific to the countries featured every day. Against this backdrop, you can see the prepared contemporary art exhibitions that will welcome you from the entrance and take you through the entire garden to the former ticket office, which is currently the micro-gallery 1mp Gallery. You’ll even be able to take your art home from the Art Machine, or watch the art in the making outside in the garden, where artists Maria Zurbagiu and Reinier Landwehr will create a 140 square meter mural. The latter, of Dutch origin, participates in the festival with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
From August 1 to 11, the festival program looks like this:
Thursday, August 1
Workshop for children – My postcard: 18:00 – 20:00
Creative workshop – Flower bracelets from silk cocoons: 18:00 – 20:00
Creative workshop – Ebru art, color and water dance: 18:00 – 20:00
Community meal – Kısır: 19:30
Turkish film screening – Ertuğrul 1890 (dir. Mitsutoshi Tanaka, 2015, 2h12′): 21:00
Friday, August 2
Beach sports – football: 09:00: 11:00, 16:00 – 18:00
Workshop for children – The magic lantern: 18:00 – 20:00
Creative recycling workshop: 18:00 – 20:00
Community meal – Chlebíčky: 19:30
Czech film screening – Buko (dir. Alice Nellis, 2022, 1h52′): 21:00
Saturday, August 3
Beach sports – volleyball: 09:00: 11:00, 16:00 – 18:00
Children’s workshop – My friend Sosetel: 18:00 – 20:00
Creative recycling workshop – 18:00 – 20:00
Silent disco party: 9:00 p.m
Sunday, August 4
Beach sports – football: 09:00 – 11:00, 16:00 – 18:00
Workshop for children – Collage with Vincent van Gogh: 18:00 – 20:00
Creative recycling workshop: 18:00 – 20:00
Community meal – Poffertjes: 19:30
Screening of the Dutch film – All by bike (dir. Arne Gielen, 2022, 1h10′): 9:00 p.m.
Monday, August 5
Workshop for children – Comics: 18:00 – 20:00
Screening of the Italian film – A different world (dir. Riccardo Milani, 2024, 1h53′): 21:00
Tuesday, August 6
Creative recycling workshop: 18:00 – 20:00
Polish film screening – Planet of the Lonely (dir Mitja Okorn, 2016, 2h14′): 21:00
Wednesday, August 7
Workshop for children – Self-portrait at the sea: 18:00 – 20:00
Swedish film screening – UFO Sweden (dir. Victor Danell, 2022, 1h55′): 21:00
Thursday, August 8 ????????
Sports on the beach – pétanque: 09:00 – 11:00, 16:00 – 18:00
Children’s workshop – Matisse’s seedlings: 18:00 – 20:00
“Everything is true or false” workshop: 18:00 – 20:00
Community meal and wine tasting (Caii de la Letea): 19:30
French film screening – Bad Dog (dir. Jean-Baptiste Durand, 2023, 1h33′): 9:00 p.m.
Friday, August 9
Workshop for children – Garlands for the sky: 18:00 – 20:00
Creative recycling workshop: 18:00 – 20:00
Community table “PiPer – performative picnic”: 19:30
Concert with film music by Maria Grosu Grundová & 10 Strings: 21:00
Saturday, August 10
Sports on the beach – sheep: 09:00 – 11:00, 16:00 – 18:00
“Theatre and other freedom exercises” workshop: 18:00 – 20:00
Atelier typo-graff: 18:00 – 20:00
Romanian film screening – Horia (dir. Ana Maria Comănescu, 2024, 1h48′): 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 11
Children’s workshop – Animal cinema: 18:00 – 20:00
Cyanotype workshop – “Blue at the shore”: 18:00 – 20:00
British film screening – Empire of Light (dir. Sam Mendes, 2022, 1h55′): 21:00
Exhibitions: 1mp Gallery: Matei Emanuel “Should you let me cross the border?”/ “Should you let me cross the border?”; ETAJ on Wheels: Mimi Pleșoianu; French Institute: eco-exhibition adapted from the comic book “O endless world”, by Jean-Marc Jancovici and Christophe Blain; a suite of drawings signed by Adrian Preda, part of the volume of poetry “Sentimentul Naturii”, by Florin Dumitrescu, published by Max Blacher Publishing House, in partnership with H’art Gallery.
The general public will receive, as a gift, a bottle of Azuga beer before the film screenings and during the silent disco party and the concert. The number is limited.
Project co-financed by AFCN. The project does not necessarily represent the position of the National Cultural Fund Administration. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or how the results of the project may be used. These are entirely the responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.
Organizer: Visual Arts Forum Association
Co-organizers: Czech Center, EUNIC Romania, RADEF RomaniaFilm, Eforie City Hall
Sponsors: Generali, Skoda, Kaufland Romania, Azuga, Iulius Mall, Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth, Caii de la Letea, Policolor
Partners: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, French Institute, Romanian Cultural Institute, Yunus Emre Institute, British Council, Polish Institute, Italian Institute of Culture, Swedish Embassy, ”Carmen Sylva” Theoretical High School, CEVA, ETAJ, ARCHÉ, Pastila Roz, Moon Beach
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