The 7th edition of Divan Film Festival, the great Romanian celebration of Balkan films and cuisine is taking place from 20-21 August 2016 in Craiova, moving from 22nd to 28th to Cetate, gathering filmmakers, scholars, actors, producers and film enthusiasts from all corners of the Balkans.

For the fourth consecutive year, Divan Film Festival and altcineAction! continue their successful collaboration by screening short films from the online short film festival’s last edition. This year, however, the collaboration becomes even stronger as the two festivals, along with Balkan Cultural Centre and Tirana International Film Festival, constitute the partners of the innovative The 5C Project! 

Divan Film Festival, the third stop of The 5C Project cine-caravan is ready to welcome the five young critics, Mariana Hristova, Galina Maksimovic, Ozge Ozduzen, Andrei Sendrea and Rhiannon Wain and offer them a rich and interesting programme of lectures, workshops, screenings and masterclasses, as well as their participation in the annual international academic symposium organized by Divan and chaired by the artistic director of the festival, Marian Tutui, which this year runs under the theme Urban Life in the Balkans.

Some of the acclaimed scholars participating in the 7th edition of Divan Film Festival are Dana Duma, Lydia Papadimitriou, Alexandra Milovanovic, Ana Grgic, Wang Yao and of course our five critics, all of them presenting papers and starting in depth conversations with their colleagues and the audience. 

But Divan Film Festival is not just about outstanding films. What do Balkans have in common among lots of things? Food of course! Participants of the festival will have the unique chance to discuss, debate and enjoy the screenings over delicacies from all around the Balkans, proving that Balkan cuisine is as tasteful and diverse as the peninsula’s films.

Let’s have a more detailed look into this year’s Divan Film Festival programme.

A Matter of Will by Dusan Kasalica 

A Night in Tokoriki by Roxana Stroe (Romania, 2016, 18min)

Mario was Watching the Sea with Love by Svetlana Dramlic (Slovenia, 2014, 12min)

Bones for Otto by Matei Lucaci-Grunberg (Romania, 2016, 29min)

Be Happy, it’s an Order! by Sinan Cetin (Turkey, 2008, 5min)

Bal-Can-Can by Darko Mitrevski 

Death in Sarajevo by Danis Tanovic

Zarafa by Remi Bazancon and Jean-Christophe Lie (France/Belgium, 2012, 78min)

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul by Fatih Akin

The Parade by Srdjan Dragojevic

The Third Half by Darko Mitrevski

The Enchanted Grove by Gheorghe Naghi (Romania, 1980, 75min)

That’s how Life is by Marin Iorda (Romania, 1928, 12min)

Gogulica Railwayman by Cornel Dumitrescu (Romania, 1929, 9min)

Ecaterina Teodoroiu by Ion Niculescu-Bruna (Romania, 1930, 43min)

Bucharest by Nicolae Traian Bratu (Romania, 1942, 41min)

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul by Fatih Akin

The Parade by Srdjan Dragojevic (In presence of the director)

The Pledge by Christos Gkotsis

Pyramid by Galaxy Spanos

Diving In by Simon Intihar

See you in the Morning by Alma Zekollari

Libelula by Mihai Salajan and Adelina Bulibasa

Holly Cow by Imam Hasanov

Female Business by Julianna Cristescu (Romania, 2016, 12min)

Officer by Stefan Zaharia (Romania, 2015, 16min)

Be Happy, it’s an Order! by Sinan Cetin (Turkey, 2008, 5min)

Balkan Spirit by Hermann Vaske 

Marilena from P7 by Cristian Nemescu

Bucharest Non-Stop by Dan Chisu

A Matter of Will by Dusan Kasalica (Montenegro, 2015, 24min)

Network Unavailable by Adina Dulcu (Romania, 2016, 15min)

Chamomile by Neritan Zinxhiria (Greece, 2012, 15min)

Finale by Dorian Boguta (Romania, 2015, 15min)

Epiphany by Drazen Zarkovic (Croatia, 2016, 4min)

A Country of Two by Neritan Zinxhiria (Albania/Greece/Romania, 2016, 9min)

Damaged Goods by Nermin Hamzagic (Bosnia and Herzegovia, 2015, 20min)

Mother by Lidija Mojsovska (FYROM, 2014, 12min)

4 ½ Senses by Raluca Racean-Gorgos and Ion Arama (Romania, 22min)

Our Skin is Going to Gray by Ivan Bakrac (Serbia, 2014, 13min)

The Consecration by Tudor Botezatu (Romania, 2015, 12min)

Death in Sarajevo by Danis Tanovic

A Country of Two by Neritan Zinxhiria (Albania/Greece/Romania, 2016, 9min)

Damaged Goods by Nermin Hamzagic (Bosnia and Herzegovia, 2015, 20min)

Mother by Lidija Mojsovska (FYROM, 2014, 12min)

4 ½ Senses by Raluca Racean-Gorgos and Ion Arama (Romania, 22min)

Our Skin is Going to Gray by Ivan Bakrac (Serbia, 2014, 13min)

The Consecration by Tudor Botezatu (Romania, 2015, 12min)

The Third Half by Darko Mitrevski 

Network Unavailable by Adina Dulcu (Romania, 2016, 15min)

A Night in Tokoriki by Roxana Stroe (Romania, 2016, 18min)

Mario was Watching the Sea with Love by Svetlana Dramlic (Slovenia, 2014, 12min)

Bones for Otto by Matei Lucaci-Grunberg (Romania, 2016, 29min)

Bal-Can-Can by Darko Mitrevski