A number of 77 documentaries, 21 of which of the Main Section, will be screened within the International Documentary Film Festival “Chronograph” that starts at the Odeon Cinema on May 25, 2017. During seven days, the spectators will be able to watch films in four sections and outside the competition. This year’s festival includes a novelty - “Chronograph & Music”, which is a symbiosis between film and music in the open air, with free access, IPN reports.
Until noon, entrance to the Children’s and Youth and cadRO Sections is free of charge. To the Main Section, entrance after 3pm is based on tickets or season tickets. The cost of tickets will represent each spectator’s contribution to the Public Sympathy award. “We would like to see the halls packed at each screening. Several hundred chairs will be set up for the event that will be staged on the pedestrian street “Chronograph & Music”. I hope the public will occupy these all,” FIFD Chronograph Director Virgiliu Margineanu told a news conference.
Natalia Cernat, the representative of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, which financially supports the festival, said that besides contributing directly and indirectly to the development of national cinematography, the event promotes the country’s image at international level. This year the Agency supports two dimensions of the festival, “Chronograph & Music” and Chronograph Tour in 20 settlements of the country, owing to which the people in the settlements outside Chisinau will be able to see the newest documentaries at home.
In the cadRO Section, there will be shown 12 documentaries about Romanians and the communities of Romanians everywhere, while in the Local Production Section eight documentaries that were selected out of 15 submitted. The One Like for a Documentary Section brought together ten documentaries that discuss important themes important for young people and teens. Coronagraph Junior is a special event intended for children aged between 8 and 12. These will be able to see three short documentaries about children from different corners of the world on May 25 and 26.
