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.
Graffiti Plus (GRF+), active in Romania's communication consulting market, has signed the contract for the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) funding for its listing on the AeRO market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB). GRF+ is also preparing to launch the private financing round it is conducting as a first step toward its debut […]
The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announced the establishment of its Corporate Governance Committee on Thursday, December 4, to support the implementation of the revised 2025 BVB Corporate Governance Code. Romania’s capital market recently celebrated 30 years of activity and is undergoing significant corporate governance reform. The revised BVB Corporate...
Daniel Băluţă, the mayor of Bucharest's District 4, signed the order to start work on the extension of the M4 subway line on Thursday, December 4. The investment is valued at EUR 3.5 billion and the route will be 11 kilometers long, between Gara de Nord and Gara Progresul railway stations. The extension will have 14 […]
Ten entrepreneurs and executives have launched Food Angels Hub, a community of investors dedicated to the food sector. The aim of the hub is to “develop and scale functional and profitable companies in the food, hospitality and food-tech sectors” and “turn Romania into a reference point for food innovation in the CEE region.” The founders […]
Romanian developer IULIUS announced that it secured a syndicated loan facility amounting to over EUR 305 million for its Palas Iași mixed-use complex. The financing is provided by a consortium made up of Erste Group Bank Austria, BCR, Raiffeisen Bank Romania, and Raiffeisen Bank International Austria. The loan will support the remodelling of Palas Iași […]
Producer Ada Solomon has been elected chair of the board of the European Film Academy, marking the highest level of representation the Romanian film industry has achieved within the institution. Solomon was chosen by more than 5,400 Academy members across Europe, according to the official announcement. Dutch producer Leontine Petit and French producer Matthieu Darras […]
