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Binding Europe through Cinema and Dance

Project promoter: The European Foundation for Urban Culture

Project partners:

  • Edinborg Cultural Center
  • RIFF - Reykjavik International Film Festival

Project value: 216,862 EUR

Grant value (85% SEE Grant and 15% national budget): 858,940 lei (194,308.34 EUR)

Website: www.danceandcinema.ro

Project summary

The project made possible the fulfillment of a dream; two audacious projects, STEPS Contemporary Dance International Festival and COMEDY CLUJ International Film Festival managed to grow both nationally and internationally.
The main objective of the project was to raise awareness over European cultural diversity in Romania through a partnership between Romania and Iceland that aimed at promoting European artists, comedy films and contemporary dance, but also cultural management as a growing and necessary specialization.

Facts & figures

STEPS International Festival of Contemporary Dance

  • 1 contemporary dance festival organized;
  • 120 artists of world known dance companies from 5 European countries involved;
  • 6 shows presented, highlighting mixes between sensations, sounds and moves;
  • 4,354 people participated to the events within the festival;
  • 20 people and 300 volunteers.

COMEDY CLUJ International Film Festival

  • 1 film festival organized, offering a creative platform for networking and thought sharing between artist, cinematographers and audience members;
  • 92 films from 14 European countries projected to 5,257 people;
  • 54 people worked as a team to develop and run the festival, helped by 150 volunteers;
  • 32 guests (directors, actors, screenwriters, producers and film critics) invited;
  • 97 national and international journalists attended the festival as accredited members.

1 mentorship programme enabling 10 young people from Romania and Iceland to develop their knowledge in cultural management thus making possible a network of specialists that will contribute to other cultural projects.

Galerie foto/video

Watch the aftermovies of two festivals that brought dance and cinema to their highest veiling here:

Comedy Cluj 2015

Steps Festival 2015

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