Toronto-Romanian Film Festival - Saturday, April 16th

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Every newspaper has a comic strip section, so we believe it to be
fitting that as we near the 4th edition of the Toronto-Romanian Film
Festival we take a look at Romanian animation. This is not, however,
your average Saturday morning cartoon line-up! So come and join us on
the evening of Saturday, April 16th, at the Toronto Underground Cinema
as we kick off the ToRo Fest season.

Gopo & Beyond

It is a little known fact that Romania first took home the Palme d’Or
at Cannes in 1957, for an ingenious animated film titled “A Short
History / O Scurta Istorie.” Its director, Ion Popescu-Gopo, would go
on to direct numerous live-action and animated films and become a
staple figure in Romania’s animation industry.

Unfortunately, the long tradition and history of Romanian animation
that started with Gopo would stagnate and ultimately decline soon
after the fall of Communism. In the new millennium, however,
animations are making a comeback, not least due to Romania’s most
important international animation film festival, Anim’Est.

As the 4th edition of the Toronto-Romanian Film Festival is
approaching, this double-bill will look back at the work of the father
of Romanian animation, as well as forward, at his successors.

The screening will be held on Saturday, April 16th at 7 pm, at the
Toronto Underground Cinema, located at 186 Spadina Avenue between
Dundas and Queen West.

Tickets are $5 and will be available for purchase at the door before
the screening.

We invite you to take a look at our event poster, appended below. If
you wish to get in touch or find out more about our events, please
write to us at off...@toroartsgroup.com.

We look forward to seeing everyone on the 16th!


The ToRo Team


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ToRo Arts Group
Ilinka Mihailescu
+1 416 573 9198
toroartsgroup.com