Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is content with life and comes at the world with a healthy scepticism. Despite this she encounters a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.

This is a problem because she is a scholar of narrative and knows all the cautionary tales about wishes gone wrong. He pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.

Oscar-winning filmmaker George Miller first encountered Alithea and the Djinn when he read British author A.S. Byatt’s 1994 short story The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye in the late 1990s.

“It’s a story that seemed to probe many of the mysteries and paradoxes of life, and so succinctly” Miller recalls. “Once read it stayed with me, as some stories tend to do… then, one day it occurred to me that it should be a film.”

“It felt unique, something that you couldn’t quite fit into any genre and it ticked one very important box - there must be a whole lot more to it than meets the eye. There are stories within stories, a little like One Thousand and One Nights” says Miller.

Idris Elba: “It is an absolute postcard to the art of storytelling. It’s an unconventional film but has a very honest focus. The point is that stories are really important to humankind”.    

Prorom and Ro Image will release Three Thousand Years of Longing in Romanian cinemas on September, 2, 2022.

In addition to film screenings, all open to the general public, the public will have the opportunity to participate in creative and facepainting workshops, juggling shows, pantomime, and a craft and contemporary design fair.

Entry to all KINOdiseea Open Air events is free, and the full program is available at www.kinodiseea.ro.

Three Prorom films can be seen during this event as follows:

August 26, 21:00 Monster Family 2, Director: Holger Tappe, General Audience, animation, 103 min.

August 27, 21:00 The Wolf and the Lion / Le Loup et le Lion, Director: Gilles de Maistre, General Audience, 99 min.

August 31, 21:00 Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion / Astérix: Le Secret de la Potion Magique, Director: Alexandre Astier, Louis Clichy, General Audience, 85 min.

The film, directed by Castille Landon, will premiere on August 26 in Romanian cinemas, two weeks before the US premiere.

After Ever Happy is based on the book series After by Anna Todd. Over the last several years fans have been treated to three installments in Tessa (Josephine Langford) and Hardin’s (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) whirlwind romance: After, After We Collided and After We Fell.

Prorom and Ro Image 2000 will release After Ever Happy in Romania on August, 26.

Prorom will release After Ever Happy on August, 26 also in Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Numerous eager fans, artists and content creators chose to discover the grand finale of the love story between Tessa and Hardin in the fourth screening of the After series - After Ever Happy at Cineplexx Băneasa, at the Ladies Night preview event on Wednesday , August 24.

Among the stars who were happy to see Tessa and Hardin again were: Cleopatra Stratan and Eduard Sanda (photo above), Radu and Ana Sîrbu, Mira, Bella Santiago, Andreea Stravoiu, Marina Niţoiu, Roxana Ghiorghian, Maya Pop, Ioana Picoş, Alessiah and Paulina.

The event from Cineplexx Băneasa was also announced on social media with the participation of some of the most popular online figures such as: Ioana Vişănescu, Vlad Vaida, Cesima Cristina, Maya Pop, Bianca Pârvu, Liana Alexandra and Valentin Popescu.

During the Ladies Night event at Cineplexx Băneasa, all those who purchased tickets to the newest film in the After series had the chance to win the official book or sets with diversified cosmetic products.

The event was followed by a big screen surprise from Hardin himself (Hero Fiennes Tiffin), who recorded and sent a special message dedicated to the audience from Cineplexx Romania.

After Ever Happy is in cinemas from August 26.

Images from the event can be seen here.

Isabelle Fuhrman, who broke out in Hollywood as the lead of the disturbing 2009 hit Orphan, will reprise her role in Orphan: First Kill.

William Brent Bell (The Boy, The Devil Inside) is the director of this movie.

In Orphan: First Kill, written by David Coggeshall, Leena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.

In order to help Fuhrman bring her character to life again, filmmakers used a combination of forced perspective shooting and a world-class makeup team.

Julia Stiles (The Bourne Identity, 10 Things I Hate About You) is also joining the cast of Orphan: First Kill, produced by Entertainment One and Dark Castle Entertainment.

Prorom will release Orphan: First Kill in Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia.

Prorom and Ro Image 2000 will release Orphan: First Kill in Romanian cinemas on July 29.

The screenings take place at Cinema Elvire Popesco.

Thursday, July 21, 9:00 PM Official Competition (Spain).

A smart Spanish comedy about fame and pride with Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz. Record audience at TIFF 2022, where it closed the festival.

Saturday, July 23, 4:00 PM Everything Everywhere All At Once (USA).

Great hype in the US, a comedy with martial arts and parallel realities, adored by critics.

Tickets: https://eventbook.ro/festival/retrospectiva-tiff-bucuresti