The 200 films from 55 countries brought 102,000 ticket payers to the cinema screens, 8% more than in 2019, the year in which the previous record was set.

The most popular event in the program of this edition of TIFF was the special screening on the last night of the festival.

Official Competition, the new film of the Argentine directorial duo Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, attracted over 3,200 ticket payers in Unirii Open Air.

In the Official Competition, a billionaire decides to produce a legendary film and looks for the best in the industry. Renowned director Lola Cuevas (Penélope Cruz) is chosen to direct, and is soon joined by two incredibly talented actors: Félix Rivero (Antonio Banderas), adored in Hollywood, and the radical theater actor Iván Torres (Oscar Martínez).

They're both legends, but not good friends. When Lola tests them more and more eccentrically, Félix and Iván will have not only to face each, but also re-evaluate themselfs.

The film distributed by Prorom, Official Competition will soon premiere in Romania on VOD platforms.

Foto by Nicu Cherciu / TIFF.

When she finds out that she has to stay in a rehabilitation center for a year, the actress Candy hires her ambitious double, Paula, to take her place. But Paula steals her identity, career and boyfriend, and eventually kicks her out of the house.

Directed by Jamie Babbit, The Stand In stars Drew Barrymore, Sarah Jes Austell, Michael Zegen, T.J. Miller and Holland Taylor.

The Stand In can be seen on HBO Max.

Starring Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once will be released in cinemas in the US on March 25th.

Here are some reviews:

“Everything Everywhere does everything but buck your seats and spritz you with water, although I’m pretty sure the Daniels would be thrilled for the film to play in 4DX theaters that do just that. […] There are enough ideas in Everything Everywhere All at Once to fuel a dozen movies, or else a full-blown TV series, but the Daniels have shoehorned it all into a bombastic, emotionally draining 139 minutes”. (Peter Debruge, Variety).

“Everything Everywhere All at Once is a complex film that encompasses a variety of subjects, but it does justice to each of them with a carefully written script, marvelous performances, and a healthy dose of bizarre humor to counter its bleak story. Michelle Yeoh in particular gives a powerhouse performance in a story that puts a fresh, welcome spin on the idea of the multiverse”. (Rafael Motamayor, IGN).

“It's impossible to describe. It's unlike anything you've ever seen. It's the best American movie in years, and certainly the best movie to hit theaters since the pandemic began”. (Jacob Hall, Slashfilm).

“Here is an orgiastic work of slaphappy genius that doesn’t operate like a narrative film so much as a particle accelerator — or maybe a cosmic washing machine — that two psychotic 12-year-olds designed in the hopes of reconciling the anxiety of what our lives could be with the beauty of what they are”. (David Ehrlich, IndieWire).

“Ultimately, though, Everything Everywhere is best appreciated for its grandiose ambitions, bombarding the viewer with its frenetic style while telling a poignant story about an older woman trying to make peace with her not-so-wonderful life”. (Tim Grierson, Screen Daily).

Prorom will release Everything Everywhere All at Once soon in cinemas and VOD.

Foto: Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan.
Photo Credit: Allyson Riggs.

HBO Max™, the premium streaming platform from WarnerMedia, is now available in 61 territories globally after launching in 15 additional European countries today, including the Netherlands, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.

The 15 countries where HBO Max launched today are: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

HBO Max™ is WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform, offering best in class quality entertainment. HBO Max™ features the greatest array of storytelling for all audiences from the iconic brands of HBO, Warner Bros., DC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and more.

The platform launched in the United States in May 2020. HBO Max™ began its global rollout launching in markets across Latin America and the Caribbean last summer, followed by its first European launches in the Nordics and Spain. Currently available in 61 territories, there are plans for continued expansion of HBO Max in 2022.

Many of Prorom movies are already available on HBO Max™: The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, Come Away, Animal Crackers, War with Grandpa, The Stand-In, Ava, The Comeback Trail, Made in Italy, Mia and the White Lion.

Other Prorom titles will soon be available on the HBO Max™ as well: The Protégé, Gunpowder Milkshake or The Marksman.

Flo's best friend is his Collie Lassie. When his family is forced to give the dog away, Flo is heartbroken. But Lassie isn’t easily separated from Flo and embarks on an adventurous journey across Germany, a journey back to her beloved friend Flo.

Based on Eric Knight's book Lassie Come Home.

Lassie, the most famous dog in the history of films, returns with an exciting new adventure that will warm our hearts.

The emotional story of this inseparable friendship will resonate not only with pet lovers, but also with those who have not forgotten to be children.

Watch online here: https://play.happycinema.ro/programs/lassie_come_home

An intense and sometimes brutal survival-adventure centering on a wealthy middle class American family, who travel to the vast wilderness of Kenya hoping for a dream vacation filled with excitement, bonding and a chance to fix the growing rifts within their family.

But when their safari vehicle is attacked by a rhino protecting her calf, the family is left stranded miles from help and their dream vacation turns into a nightmarish struggle for survival in a world where they are the bottom of the food chain.  

Endangered Species stars Rebecca Romijn, Philip Winchester and Jerry O'Connell. The screenplay is written by Isabel Bassett and M.J. Bassett, from a story by Paul Chronnell.

Prorom will soon release Endangered Species in cinemas and on VOD.