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.

The fourteenth edition of this manifestation, organized by Radio Romania, will be held this year, during the period 21-25 November and will be host in the traditional location: The Central Pavilion of the Romexpo Exhibitions Centre.

Access to the event will be done via tickets, worth 3 RON (~1 dollar), bought near the entrance, which will also be used to enter the Gaudeamus Raffle. The winners of the 3 prizes (a Dacia Logan vehicle offered by Automobile Dacia, a laptop offered by Caro Group and a Radio-CD player capabilities offered by Radio Romania), will be designated by random, Sunday the 25th of November at 12:00.

Pupils, students, pensioners, members of the writers union and teachers will have free access, based on specific documents. The visitors from the above categories will not be able to enter the raffle unless they buy an entry ticket.

The money made out of selling the tickets will be used to finance literary debuts and for translating the work of romanian writers in languages with a wider international usage. The objective of this (as was with the prior edition of the Gaudeamus Fair), is to obtain a Nobel prize for romanian literature.

The visiting hours of the fair are as follows:
Wednesday - Friday, between 11:00 and 20:00.
Saturday, between 10:00 and 20:00.
Sunday, between 10:00 and 16:00.

For other information check the official site