The Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) in Warsaw announces the resumption, after a three-year break, of two iconic programs: the Romanian Culture Festival in Krakow, now in its 13th year, taking place between May 10 and 14, and the New Romanian Cinema Caravan, a release informs.

ICR Warsaw invites Krakow audiences to 15 events in various cultural fields - literature, film, visual arts, performance, music - as well as to Romanian language workshops for children and adults.

The program of the Romanian Culture Festival in Krakow builds around two themes of major importance for the 2023 Romanian cultural calendar: Timisoara - European Capital of Culture and the 350th anniversary of the birth of Moldova ruler Dimitrie Cantemir (b. 1673 - d. 1723).

* The festival starts on May 10 with the presentation of the Polish translation of the novel America de peste pogrom/America Over the Pogrom by Catalin Mihuleac at the Austeria Bookstore, from 18:00, in the presence of the author, of the novel's translator - Professor Kazimierz Jurczak, and journalist Georgina Grybos.

The feature film Immaculate directed by Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark is scheduled on the same day, starting at 20:30 at the Pod Baranami Cinema in downtown Krakow - as the first screening of the New Romanian Cinema Caravan.

The festival's opening ceremony will take place on May 11 at 18:00, at the International Cultural Center in Krakow, with the Krumau Live show by the Timisoara-based group Psihodrom, followed by the opening of the comic book exhibition Banat Tour, signed by Sorina Vazelina. After the inauguration, as of 20:30 p.m., the public is invited to watch the film Oameni de treaba/Men of Deeds, directed by Paul Negoescu, at Pod Baranami Cinema.

* May 12th will be dedicated to the presentation in Poland of the Dictionary of the 20th Century Central-European Novel, a volume coordinated by Professor Adriana Babeti; the day will end with the screening of the feature film Om Caine/Man and Dog, directed by Stefan Constantinescu.

* On May 13, the International Cultural Center will host the screening of two documentaries from the series 'The Secret Map of Timisoara: People and Places' - Cafeina pe Bega/Caffeine on the Bega River and Timpuri noi. O mică revolutie/New times. A Small Revolution, followed by discussions with series screenwriter Adriana Babeti and project coordinator Alexandru Condrache.

As of 14:00, Romanian language workshops for adults are planned at the Voivodeship Public Library in Krakow under the title Being on Cloud No. 9 - Romanians and Emotions; the workshops are offered by translators Joanna Kornas-Warwas and Ioana Diaconu Muresan.

The New Romanian Cinema Caravan continues with two screenings: a group of short films and the feature film Intregalde, directed by Radu Muntean.

The day will wrap up at the Betel Club, with an audio-visual show by electronic music band Doctorul Sinteza (Alexandru Pascu and Cristian Vaduva), Sergiu Catana, as well as the musical project 150 STOKA, signed by Octavian Horvath (as of 22:00).

* The last day of the festival, on May 14, begins with a workshop intended for the children of the local Romanian community, titled Poezii şi poveşti cu şmâc/Poems and Stories With a Flutter, offered by Ioana Diaconu-Muresan and Joanna Kornas-Warwas and hosted by the Voivodeship Public Library in Krakow, from 11:00 a.m.

The last screening of the Krakow leg of the New Romanian Cinema Caravan will be that of Berliner, directed by Marian Crisan, scheduled from 16:00 p.m.; the Romanian Culture Festival in Krakow will conclude with Restitutio Cantemir, a broad-scale event dedicated to the personality of Moldovan Prince Dimitrie Cantemir.

As of 18:00, Radio Krakow will host a concert by the Anton Pann ancient music vocal and instrumental ensemble and guests; the compositions by Dimitrie Cantemir published in the Book of Music Science will be presented by a hologram that evokes the Moldovan prince and scholar, specially created for this concert.

An exhibition featuring reproductions of Cantemir's major works, literary writings and musical manuscripts will also be mounted at the venue.

After Krakow, Restitutio Cantemir will travel to Berlin, Brussels and other European cities, as part of a public-private partnership between the Romanian Cultural Institute, the Romanian Academy, the Ministry of Culture and ComputerLand Romania.

The exhibitions Banat Tour and Spotlight Heritage Timisoara can be seen until May 31 at the International Cultural Center, respectively on the exterior walls of the Voivodeship Public Library in Krakow. AGERPRES (RO - author: Daniel Popescu, editor: Florin Marin; EN - editor: Simona Klodnischi)