Gala Screenings

Opening film

Wedding in Bessarabia (Nap Toader) – Romania-Moldavia-Luxembourg, 92’

The second feature film from director Nap Toader (Napoleon Helmis), after The Italian Girls (2004).

An attractive romantic comedy about the mixture of traditions, shot in Kishinev in the summer of 2008.

The film won the Jury’s Special Award at the “Black Nights” Festival in Tallinn (Estonia).

Closing film (“Goal” section)

Looking for Eric (Ken Loach) – UK, 116’

Eric the postman is slipping through his own fingers...

His chaotic family, his wild stepsons, and the cement mixer in the front garden don't help, but it is Eric's own secret that drives him to the brink. Can he face Lily, the woman he once loved? Despite outrageous efforts and misplaced goodwill from his football fan mates, Eric continues to sink.

In desperate times it takes a spliff and a special friend to challenge Eric to journey into the most perilous territory of all – the past.

As a certain frenchman says, “He who is afraid to throw the dice, will never throw a six.”