ACTRUM is a non-profit Cultural Association that works in all areas of the artistic sector.
This year we are organizing our first online film festival.
In this festival, the finalist works will be screened online and it will be open to the public, who will have to vote through our website for their 3 favorite shorts/feature films from each section to award the public prizes.
Register your project! We accept any gender.
Welcome to 15th Cinefantasy!
We´ve created the CINEFANTASY - INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL. Encouraging, debating and divulging fantastic cinema and their universe. We present in these fourteen editions 1.336 films, 73 training activities, 5.595 films and an audience of more than 90 thousand people.
The 15th CINEFANTASY will happen at São Paulo, September 15th to 23th, with a program divided into exhibitions, parallel shows and training activities.
We hope you toast and celebrate the magic of this wonderful and fantastic universe with us!
A way to revitalize the Montevidean summer, a meeting place with the other, a space to enjoy what we like the most: Summer Film Festival.
Organized by Uruguay Campus Film, it was born in 2022 with the aim of strengthening exhibition spaces for short films and promoting exchanges between national filmmakers.
We understand that the audiovisual reality in Uruguay is arousing more and more interest among themselves and others, that more and more spaces are needed where filmmakers can approach a new audience and that they can get to know the national work in all its forms. On these bases the Summer Film Festival is founded, which in this second edition will include a category dedicated to international short films to have a broader and richer cinematography.
Workshops / Talks.
The Summer Film Festival is an opportunity to set up training spaces where filmmakers tell us about their experiences filming and the public can share that common space with them. A relaxed training space, away from the classroom, where filmmakers and viewers can talk and learn from that place.
Cinema in the neighborhood.
The Cinema in the Neighborhood section, which opens the Summer Film Festival, proposes a return to neighborhood cinema and the enjoyment of street art: with the collaboration of Efecto Cine, a giant screen and sound equipment will be set up in the alley final by Edil Hugo Prato and the selected feature film "Hilda's Vacation" by Agustín Banchero will be screened.
Background.
The Summer Film Festival synthesizes a long history of approaching the public that includes various screenings of shorts in events and installations that we have developed during the more than 10 years of UCF, such as: Film Day, Experimental Cinema, UCF is Shown, among many others. But its clearest antecedents undoubtedly go back to the third edition of Encontrá al Director que Llevás Dentro and the second edition of Cine en el Barrio.
Duemila30 is an international film experience dedicated to young talented filmmakers and focused on sustainable development and social inclusion.
Conceived as a platform for the advancement of social impact storytelling, Duemila30 is permeated by a unique atmosphere, made of young filmmakers from all over the world, international movie industry professionals, social and environmental activists and the young and passionate staff.
These elements allow for the creation of a fertile inclusive environment where ideas thrive and knowledge is effectively created and exchanged.
Join us for three days of workshops, screenings and events in Milan on the 9th, 10th and 11th of June 2023.
More details are coming out soon, in the meanwhile we can already tell you that:
you will live an extremely intense three days surrounded by young filmmakers from all over the world (25 different countries attended last year);
you will have the chance to personally interact and work with international professionals and experts of the movie industry (for last edition’s full list of guests click here); all participant’s short films will be screened in dedicated feedback sessions;
you’ll exchange ideas with activists and learn from their experience how to better tell social impact stories.
With twenty-five years of existence, (the first edition was in 1997) AVANCA Film Festival was awarded first place in 2011 contest of the support film festivals sponsored by ICA / Ministry of Culture.
An additional thematic programming has happened over all these years, giving space to screening of significant works of contemporary cinema appropriately framed in concerns and / or well-defined objectives.
The AVANCA is known as a space for workshops led by personalities of world cinema, and being more than a "master class", has allowed a unique cinema practice. Every year we have workshops, bringing together participants from all over Europe. The media have written that this is the largest European area of professional workshops in the field of cinema.
AVANCA is the only festival that congregates a Cinema International Competition, works from the television area, video and new supports of multimedia, with a special concern of exhibit the best world productions done in each category.
Since the first edition, the festival only accepts unprecedented films in Portugal.
The World Premiere competition is unique in our country and was only possible because Avanca became a passage point of unpublished authors and movies with great quality. Films that have their world premiere in the festival, independently of the submitted category, are also participating in the World Premiere Competition.
AVANCA is the Portuguese festival with the highest percentage of worldwide unpublished movies that find here their first showing.
Since 2010, we have organized the international film conference AVANCA | CINEMA, becoming the most important conference in the field of cinema in the Iberian Peninsula. This conference brings together speakers and participants from around the world.
Thematic exhibitions, editions of books, bibliographic presentations and various projects have marked these last 10 years of AVANCA with the quality that compels the festival and the participants obviously require.
"PUT YOUR CAMERA IN ACTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS"
The Erronka Munduan (Challenge for the World) contest has a different profile than other traditional festivals. We do not have a deadline for audiovisual production, so we give entry to new productions but also others that are already outside the traditional distribution period of other festivals.
OUR OBJETIV is to put filmmakers into action with their contribution to spread messages that attract attention and try to provoke reactions in society that help change the world.
We know that among all filmmakers we have many "human rights" themed audiovisuals that have already had their distribution tour and are now sleeping openly published on YouTube and Vimeo. We want to give them a new life, recover them, to spread them as virally and massively as we can.
LECCE FILM FEST promotes cinema culture in Italy through the best independent films of the World.
Theme, genre and duration are not important for us, we search instead the talent in a high-quality cinema.
This is a Festival with a Rock soul!
This is your Festival!
The InFest Film Festival is a 2-day freak short film Festival which is held in Rubí, a city of asphalt, industry and smoke located in the Valles Occidental, a region located near Barcelona (Spain).
The InFest festival emerges as a firm and clear proposal: that Rubí be known as the Rubiwood of the Vallés district. During the last 8 years, InFest has organized the best possible short film experience: outdoors screenings, concerts, bar service and all kinds of activities related to cinema. What else can we ask for?
The InFest is devoted to showcase new short films (produced after year 2018) showing Sci-Fi, Fantastic, Freak and Horror elements. Short films cannot exceed 15 minutes length (credits excluded). Foreign films MUST be dubbed or subtitled in Spanish or Catalan, or the film will not be accepted.
In 2023, InFest will celebrate its 8th annual edition. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the InFest was moved to the amphitheater of The castle of Rubí ("El Castell"), a defensive construction from the 13th century, which can host public events with more than 2000 people. The amphitheater features seats, stage and bar! Jury Prize and Audience Award will receive 1000 and 250 euros, respectively.
With the name Illusive Eye the optical process by which animation occurs in our brain by generating movement from the illusion produced by the rapid exposure to images in sequence is evoked. Animation offers the construction of credible universes, capable of freeing us from the limits of immediate reality.
With the coming of current communication technologies, animation has gained even more ground than it had in Film, Didactics and Videogames. Now, with the internet and the power of cell phones, mobile applications and the interconnection of devices and institutions with the network, animation has become an essential part of the language of interaction between the user and the world.
This audiovisual language has extended its discursive horizons as far as the human imagination reaches, and technically its evolution has allowed it to overcome reality by opening a fantastic vortex that provides immersive experiences and high doses of empathy as well as tons of fans of all ages and throughout the world, developing any theme with great aesthetic contributions and various levels of depth.
In honor of this abyss of creativity and as an invitation to immerse ourselves in it, this meeting space has been created for creators, scholars and amateurs. Looking to show not only its strength in the current film narrative but the presence of other types of speeches built on this means of visual expression: GIFs, memes, stickers, emoticons, headers, symbols for social networks, interface elements, banners, promotions , and any type of element generated from the illusion of an eye.
El Grito is the first and only fantasy and horror film festival in Venezuela.
We are a space that promotes reflection, meeting and training through fantasy and horror films, serving as a platform for their dissemination and promotion as genres that go beyond entertainment, highlighting its poetic value and its own tools to move from different narratives, techniques and themes. Under the initiative of the El Grito Casa Audiovisual (www.elgritoproduce.com), this meeting was born in December 2019 in the city of San Cristobal, Tachira State.
We look for works that transcend narrative, aesthetic and technical languages within the genre, using history as the main element in his audiovisual proposal, demonstrating as an author, a search for new ways of showing situations, conflicts and twists of the screw hand in hand with references from different disciplines that feed its concept.
EL GRITO seeks to raise its voice until it becomes a thunderous noise that shakes our city and summons for years all kinds of nightmares and monsters that can strengthen our worn out humanity sensibility.
More information in elgritoproduce.com
Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival enters its 12th edition, with a clear mission statement; BRIDGING CULTURES – BRIDGING PEOPLE. This is reflected in the film's storytelling, the shooting locations, or the cast and crew. The idea is to screen films that are inclusive, diverse, and invite the audience to experience a variety of languages and cultures.
EMIFF is recognized as one of the fastest-growing international film festivals in Europe, using independent film to shape a creative community, allowing filmmakers to feel inspired, network, and thrive in this idyllic Mediterranean island paradise.
THE hub for networking, EMIFF brings together the brightest local and international minds in cinema in Mallorca’s buzzing and the culturally rich city of Palma. For seven days and six nights, EMIFF’s program is curated to showcase a culturally diverse, inclusive and provocative mix of feature films, short films, documentaries, music videos, films for kids, experimental films, animation shorts, student films and a feature film and short film screenplay competition as well as a re installed VR section.
With competitive screenings unfolding at the most striking island locations, EMIFF is an ideal place for filmmakers to rub shoulders with industry professionals at the festival’s Producers Club, Pitch Forum, and workshops, with the opportunity to win prizes worth up to 25,000€ across the 16 awards categories sponsored by local production company MN STUDIOS. EMIFF’s Made In Baleares section presents films produced and directed by the most talented filmmakers from the Balearic Islands.
EMIFF is proud to be part of MovieMaker’s list “TOP 50 Film Festivals Worth The Entry fee” five years in a row, as well as appearing continuously on the 100 Best Reviewed Film.
Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF) was launched in 1980 as the Korean Short Film Festival.
It was the first short film festival to appear in Korea and will be held its 40th in 2023.
BISFF will be a remarkable opportunity for professionals and enthusiasts from across the nation and the around the world.
We are NGO of film enthusiasts named as Nirvan Foundation.
We are on a mission of providing platform for anyone who wants to showcase their artwork to the world. As the first step to this mission, we have formulated and sustained Jyotiba Phule International Film Festival
In 1855, Mahatma Jotiba Phule wrote his play Tritiya Ratna (Third Gem), which is also called ‘Tritiya Netra’ (The Third Eye). This play was the harbinger of social theatre. That is why Phule is known as the father of not only Marathi but also Indian social theatre. He had written this play with the objective of bringing about social change. Phule was an active social worker and thinker. He not only theorized social change but also worked for it and built a movement for social reform.
This Film Festival is small tribute to Jyotiba Phule's work!
The Greece International Film Festival (GIFF) is a screening festival that will take place every four months in a live audiences and will culminate in the grand ceremony at the end of the year in Athens.
We are a team of filmmakers, producers and distributors and we have been professionally involved in cinema and theater for over 25 years.
The Best Film of the Festival will win the great Greek Trophy and will be awarded to the director at the closing ceremony. Also, €3,000 will be given in services and prizes.
GIFF's goal is to promote and highlight all creators. We believe every story deserves to be told and we want to provide that opportunity.
Also, the ultimate goal of the Festival is to make it accessible to everyone.
Greece International Film Festival provides Laurels, Certificates, Honorable Mentions and Prizes to all the participants.
Films - Scripts - Photos
Call Photographers also. Seeking Creative and movie-themed photos.
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The tradition of awarding a laurel wreath to the winner began in the Pythias at Delphi in Greece in, the 6th century BC.
They were organized in honor of the god Apollo, who usually appeared with a laurel wreath in memory of the nymph Daphne who transformed herself into a plant to escape his amorous moods. The plant was named "Daphne".
The International Film Festival of Greece opens its doors to the audience for the second time to present domestic and international films.
The first edition of the festival took place on 29 and 30 April at Art63 (3 September 63, Athens) and hosted short and feature films from around the world. The festival screened fiction films, documentaries and animations by Greek and foreign directors. A significant number of films had their world and European premiere in our country. Also participating were selected cinematic-themed photographic works exhibited at the Festival on the days of the events.
The Greece International Film Festival aspires to function as a channel of communication between artists, directors, screenwriters and producers of the international and domestic film industry.
A special place in the activities of the International Film Festival of Greece is held by the Competition Department of Greek and International Short and Feature Films, Greek and International Screenplays, Greek and International Photography, which supports new works of art to find their way and get to know their audience.
Το Greece International Film Festival άνοιξε για πρώτη φορά τις πόρτες του στο κοινό και παρουσιάσε 24 ταινίες της εγχώριας και παγκόσμιας παραγωγής.
Το φεστιβάλ έλαβε χώρα την 29η και 30η Απριλίου στον χώρο τέχνης Art63 (3ης Σεπτεμβρίου 63, Αθήνα) και φιλοξένησε μικρού και μεγάλου μήκους ταινίες απ’ όλο τον κόσμο. Στο φεστιβάλ προβλήθηκαν ταινίες μυθοπλασίας, ντοκιμαντέρ και animation Ελλήνων και ξένων σκηνοθετών. Σημαντικός αριθμός των ταινιών έκαναν την παγκόσμια και ευρωπαϊκή πρεμιέρα τους στη χώρα μας. Επίσης, στο φεστιβάλ συμμετείχαν και επιλεγμένα έργα φωτογραφίας με θέμα τον κινηματογράφο και εκτέθηκαν στον χώρο κατά τις ημέρες των εκδηλώσεων.
Το Greece International Film Festival φιλοδοξεί να λειτουργήσει ως δίαυλος επικοινωνίας μεταξύ των καλλιτεχνών, των σκηνοθετών, των σεναριογράφων και των παραγωγών της διεθνούς και εγχώριας κινηματογραφικής βιομηχανίας.
Μια ξεχωριστή θέση στις δράσεις του Greece International Film Festival καταλαμβάνει το Διαγωνιστικό Τμήμα Ελληνικών και Διεθνών Ταινιών Μικρού και Μεγάλου Μήκους, Ελληνικών και Διεθνών Σεναρίων, Ελληνικής και Διεθνούς Φωτογραφίας, το οποίο υποστηρίζει τα νέα καλλιτεχνήματα ώστε να βρουν τον δρόμο τους και να συναντήσουν το κοινό τους.
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A.P.S. Callysto presents the first edition of the East Naples Short Film Contest as part of the Cinematopedia project, co-funded by the Creative Europe & Media program, an initiative aimed at current students and those who graduated no more than three years ago from film schools in Italy.
The contest aims to give voice to the talent and creativity of the young generation of authors and filmmakers, through meeting and participation, bringing out themes of interest to contemporary society and originality in storytelling.
The International Film Festival - El Cine Suma Paz is an event that takes place for the first time and brings together cinematographic content related to the Culture of Peace and the protection of the environment.
Our up coming LIVE event will take place at Maya Cinemas on August 12, 2023.
SFO Short Film Festival is dedicated to short films created by College Film Students, High School Students, and Independent Filmmakers. Cash awards are awarded in support of future film projects and Certificate of Awards are given to symbolize a record of accomplishment.
SHORT FILM CATEGORY SUBMISSION: (Minimum length 2 minutes; No longer than 30 minutes, including credits.)
1) Independent Filmmaker Short Film
2) SFO Film Student Challenge Competition
3) High School Short Film Competition
4) Animation Short Film Competition
SHORT FILM GENRES:
Short Film: Drama/Action/Crime/Suspense/Thriller
Short Film: Comedy/Romance
Short Film: Horror/ Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Short Film: Animation
Chennai World Cinema Festival
01-09-2023 – 07-09-2023
INR 2,500,000 Cash Award Festival.
2023 New Year Offer!
You can apply free of charge for all categories till January 31, 2023.
More Than Just A Festival!
Art, in all forms, inspires us. From the first drawings of prehistoric man to Artificial Intelligence driven illustrations, the journey of art has been one of curiosity, progress, and redemption. The form of cinema is the most impactful of them all. It is only this art form that has the power to blend time with space. The real and the images correspond to one another in films. It is only in cinema that we can reflect, introspect and often modify our realities as well as our history. It is a medium to look into our past and our future.
The transnationality of films often translates one civilization to another. Cinema is a calling card for the universal values of humanity.
We are here to celebrate this power of films: the power to unite, the power to transform and transcend. We are at the Chennai World Cinema Festival!
Tamil cinema has a history of 100 years.
Rangaswamy Nataraja Mudaliar (1885 – 3 May 1971) is known as the father of the Tamil Nadu film industry and was a pioneer in producing silent films. He had, directed, and released South India’s first silent film ‘Keesaka Vatham’ in 1918. The first Tamil talking feature film, Kalidas, a multilingual directed by H M Reddy was released on 31 October 1931. More than 100 Tamil movies are produced every year. Chennai is the Capital of the Tamil Cinema Industry.
Chennai World Cinema Festival is a unique film competition organized by working professionals from the film industry.
Our programming team focuses on Feature Films & Short Films, as our main mission is to promote talent and their vision. This festival encourages filmmakers from all countries to enter the Film Competition where we will be screening Indian and International feature-length films and short films. The festival will consider any film in any genre. From entertaining to educational, inspirational to thought-provoking, comedic to ironic, CWCF is the place to showcase your films to the widest possible live audience.
So, if you’re a Feature Film filmmaker or a filmmaker who creates innovative short films – whether they’re Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Historical, Horror, LGBTQ, Children, Animation, or Experimental – you’re welcome to enter.
Date and Place:
The Chennai World Cinema Festival will be held from September 01– 07, 2023 in Chennai, India
Festival Program:
The festival program is divided into the following categories:
INTERNATIONAL WORLD CINEMA [Competition Section] :
Films produced internationally. Filmmakers working in all International languages, and those working on Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Historical, Biography, Horror, LGBTQ, Children, Animation, or Experimental are encouraged to apply.
INDIAN WORLD CINEMA [Competition Section]:
The producer and the Director should be Indian nationals. Filmmakers working in all Indian regional languages, and those working on Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Historical, Biography, Horror, LGBTQ, Children, Animation, or Experimental are encouraged to apply.
WORLD CINEMA NON-COMPETITION SECTION:
Winner of any category in FIPRESCI (International federations of film critics) Accredited festivals of the period 2021-23 are eligible under this category.
FIPRESCI ( International Federation of Film Critics ) Winners World Cinema Non-Competition Section:
Panorama of European Cinema Film Festival,
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival,
Cairo International Film Festival,
European Cinema Lecce Film Festival,
EnergaCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival,
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival,
Gijón International Film Festival,
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival,
Ljubljana International Film Festival,
Stockholm International Film Festival,
Cottbus East European Cinema Festival,
Sevilla Film Festival,
Mar del Plata Film Festival,
Thessaloniki Film Festival,
Carthage Film Festival,
Valladolid International Film Festival,
Viennale Film Festival,
Warsaw International Film Festival,
Schlingel Chemnitz Film Festival,
Busan International Film Festival,
Montréal, Nouveau Cinéma Festival,
San Sebastian International Film Festival,
CineFest – Miskolc International Film Festival,
Toronto International Film Festival,
Drama Short Film Festival,
Venice International Film Festival,
Schwerin Film Festival,
Hong Kong International Film Festival,
Locarno International Film Festival,
International Motovun Film Festival,
European Film Festival Palic,
Golden Apricot Film Festival,
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival,
Filmfest München,
Brussels International Film Festival,
Transilvania International Film Festival,
Guadalajara International Film Festival,
Krakow Film Festival (Docs and Shorts),
Flying Broom Film Festival,
Cannes Film Festival,
Oberhausen Shorts Film Festival,
Off Camera Krakow Film Festival,
Dubuque Film Festival,
Wiesbaden goEast Film Festival,
International Istanbul Film Festival,
Nyon Visions du Réel Festival,
ZagrebDox Film Festival,
Rencontres de Toulouse – CinéLatino Film Festival,
Vilnius Film Festival – Kino Pavasaris,
Saguenay Short Film Festival,
International Film Festival of Kerala,
Ismailia (Docs, Shorts) Film Festival,
Sofia International Film Festival,
Luxor African Film Festival,
Bengaluru International Film Festival,
Berlin International Film Festival,
Göteborg International Film Festival,
Athens Panorama Festival,
International Film Festival Rotterdam,
Tromso International Film Festival,
Dhaka International Film Festival,
Palm Springs International Film Festival.
[All Submitted films get screening & Digital certificate.]
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION-FIAPF ACCREDITED FESTIVALS:
Winner of any category in INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION-FIAPF ACCREDITED FESTIVALS of the period 2021-23 are eligible under this category.
FIAPF Winners World Cinema Non-Competition Section:
Cannes Film Festival,
Venice Film Festival,
Berlin International Film Festival,
Shanghai International Film Festival,
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival,
Locarno International Film Festival,
Fajr International Film Festival,
San Sebastián International Film Festival,
Warsaw International Film Festival,
Tokyo International Film Festival,
Mar del Plata Film Festival,
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival,
Cairo International Film Festival,
International Film Festival of India,
International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival,
Busan International Film Festival,
Cartagena Film Festival,
Festival de Cine Global de Santo Domingo,
Gijón International Film Festival,
Istanbul International Film Festival,
International Film Festival of Kerala,
Kitzbühel Film Festival,
Kolkata International Film Festival,
Kyiv International Film Festival,
Lisbon International Horror Film Festival,
Milan Noir in Festival,
Mumbai Film Festival,
Sitges Film Festival,
Cinedays Film Festival,
Sofia International Film Festival,
Sydney Film Festival,
Torino Film Festival,
Transilvania International Film Festival.
[All Submitted films get screening & Digital certificate.]
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM [Competition Section]:
Short Films produced internationally. Filmmakers working in all International languages, and those working on Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Historical, Biography, Horror, LGBTQ, Children, Animation, or Experimental are encouraged to apply.
INDIAN SHORT FILM [Competition Section]:
Short Films Producer and the Director should be Indian nationals.. Filmmakers working in all Indian regional languages, and those working on Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Historical, Biography, Horror, LGBTQ, Children, Animation, or Experimental are encouraged to apply.
Programming is the soul of CWCF. The festival is programmed with care by the festival selection committee, keeping in mind cinematic aspects, as well as the topicality, social relevance, and geographical representation of the films. We welcome films that seek out new cinematic languages to engage honestly with issues of great concern.
CWCF aims to be shown on the most giant cinema screens.
1. Prasad Preview Theatre 4K Barco Projection, Dolby Atmos Sound, 200 Seat ], Arunachalam Road, Saligramam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
2. NFDC Tagore Theatre [4K Digital Projection, Dolby Atmos Sound, 100 Seat] Music College Road, State Bank Of India Colony, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai - 600028.
Welcome on board!
VISIONI FANTASTICHE is a film festival addressed to schools of all types and levels focusing on fantastic cinema and all its declinations, ranging from sci-fi to fairy-tale, mystery, adventure, fantasy, using specific languages depending on targeted ages. As specified by Plan MiBAC – MIUR, the purpose of VISIONI FANTASTICHE is to contribute contrasting iconic illiteracy through a festival project where the educational, formative and spectacular elements find their point of conjunction.
Mostra Dr. Mabuse is an international short film festival taking place in Barcelona for three days. It is conceived as a festival open to new artists as well as experienced. A jury consisting of professionals in the audiovisual world, teachers and students of film festivals and other collaborators carry out the selection of films to be screened in the three sessions that are scheduled during the month of June in Barcelona. The project was initiated twenty years ago and has been growing and multiplying the number of films screened and registered, having received works of relevant directors such as JA Bayona, Nacho Vigalondo, Mateo Gil or Kike Maillo. Instead of just being an audiovisual festival, Dr. Mabuse is intended to be an homogeneous and free event, in which everyone can have a good time enjoying theater and cinema.
