During the period 20-24 November this year (2007 for those that have forgotten), in the grand capital of Romania, there will be held the seventeenth (17) edition of The International Film Festival DaKINO.

As in the previous years, there will be competitions of short films on different categories (fiction + animation, documentary), parallel programs with awarded films and last but not least, special moments prepared by the organizers (which have yet to be leaked, despite the question in the prior 3 press releases).

From the almost 400 films (43 countries) which entered the preliminaries, only 93 (from 23 countries) will get to satisfy our sight, hearing and imagination at this edition of the festival. Romania won't be missing this event, going to the preselection with 37 romanian movies, out of which 26 at the short film section and 11 at the documentary category; 17 of which passed the preliminaries.

This year, The Auditorium Complex - MNAR (Bucharest), has the distinct honor of hosting the event, which promises 7 titles from 2007, of which I must note: Beowolf (which will be the first movie shown), Ploy and Atonement (which will be refreshing at the end of the festival).

I was unable to find the ad for this year, but I hope to make you smile with the one from last year, thanks to Youtube.com.