Bucharest Fashion Film Festival #5, placed at the intersection between film, advertising and fashion, brings together professionals in the domain between September 23 and 26, the organizers announced.According to a release, proposing the best contemporary fashion films, documentaries, as well as a selection of cult films exploring the role of costumes in film, the festival opens the discussion on the relation between fashion and film and the rapport between clothes-man-society through film projections, round tables and workshops with international guests, new media installations and feedback sessions on portfolios.The main topic of this year's edition is transparency, the BFFF having scheduled the outdoors exhibition "Based on a True Story: A Collaborative Investigation" on the topic of transparency in fashion.BFFF includes feature films organized into two sections: documentaries on notable characters or pressing problems in fashion history and a series of art films, with the later coagulated around the section focusing on costume Dressing the Cinema. The first title announced in the documentary section is Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful (Germany, 2020, directed by Gero von Boehm), among the feature films of interest for cinephiles being The Day I Became a Woman (Iran, 2000, directed by Marzieh Makhmalbat) and Blanche (France, 1971, directed by Walerian Borowczyk).BFFF will offer awards for Best Movie, Best Local Production and the Fresh Perspectives Award, offered to a non-conformist low budget film, as well as the Public's Choice.The selected films will be presented online on the platform of the festival, bucharestfashionfilm.ro, with the prizes to be granted by the jury formed of film, advertising and fashion professionals: Marley Hansen, curator, NOWNESS, Grigor Devejiev, creative director Jam Project, Marcin Kempski, fashion phtographer, Sandra Bold, global creative director with Publicis Milano, Ina Borcea, fashion editor Harpers Bazaar Romania.
The 2025 edition of the year’s first major film fest in Europe (and one of the biggest worldwide), the Berlin International Film Festival, took place between 13 and 23 February. My notes come with a bit of delay, as I was also hit by the festival flu that got so many of us sniffling and […]
In the absence of current negative influences, Romania’s economy could have an annual growth potential of 3-4%. Political instability and global geopolitical risks are dampening growth. Economic growth in 2024 was driven by wage increases and accelerating consumption, satisfied however largely through imports. Due to a decline in domestic economic competitiveness, net exports contributed negatively […]
The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announced on Thursday, March 13, the launch of a new financial education section on the BVB Research Hub platform, dedicated to retail investors. The capital market operator said that it started this project out of the need to increase the level of financial education and promote the investment culture. It […]
The Romanian governing coalition's presidential candidate, Crin Antonescu, announced on Thursday, March 13, that he is launching a podcast designed to popularize his candidacy before the May elections. Antonescu, who is backed by the alliance made up of the Liberals (PNL), Social Democrats (PSD), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians (UDMR), and the minorities, stated that he will […]
Some 4,500 teachers will learn about rights and responsibilities online, accessibility, inclusion, online well-being, and ethics as part of Incubatorul Civic Digital (ICD - The Civic Digital Incubator), a digital citizenship and democratic culture project implemented by Institutul Intercultural Timișoara, Asociația TechSoup and Școala de Valori. The project, which offers free training, is aimed at […]
Mihaela Murariu, Attorney at Law at Grecu Partners Business Law Firm, analyzes the impact of Artificial Intelligence on personal data protection. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a ubiquitous technology, used in more and more fields, from marketing and healthcare to recruitment and financial services. However, the widespread use of AI raises numerous questions about privacy […]
