ClujShorts 2025 Program
Thursday, April 10th
Friday, April 11th
Saturday, April 12th
Sunday, April 13th
Thursday, April 10th 2025
| 18:00 | Cinema Arta Tickets online |
Short film premiere Nomad Games — Beyond time Director: Alexandra Ghejan The screening is followed by discussions with the film’s director. Hosts: Ioana Cosman and Vasile Cipcigan Event organized in partnership with Nomadis |
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Friday, April 11th 2025
| 16:00 | Cinema Victoria Tickets can be bought at the cinema or online |
Short film screenings: Official selection ClujShorts 2025 (1h30m)
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| 17:00 | Cinema Mărăști Free admission within the limit of available seats. |
Short film screenings: Official selection ClujShorts 2025 (1h15m)
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| 17:30 | Casino Free admission within the limit of available seats. |
Opening of the International Short Film Festival ClujShorts 2025 |
| One Frame, One Story, A Story Installation opening – “Apocalypse after AI” Installation with works created with the help of artificial intelligence. Members of the ClujShorts 2025 team imagine a possible apocalypse caused, due to, generated by artificial intelligence, somewhere, sometime in the future… Exhibitors: Nicoleta Stoica, Camelia Chirteș, Alexandra Ghejan, Dana Ungur, Andra Dîrvariu, Natalia Radu, Rareș H. Stoica. Curator: Radu Sălcudean |
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| Presentation „Artificial Memories” Florin-Adrian Marc The work “Artificial Memories” explores the border between technology and emotion by creating a digital avatar that embodies the memory, personality and experiences of a real person. Using technologies such as MetaHuman, Blender, Unreal Engine and ConvAI, the avatar becomes a mediator between the past and the present, allowing natural interactions with the audience. Visitors can carry out authentic dialogues, thus having the opportunity to discover fragments of the personal history of a lived life, now preserved in a complex digital database. Through this work, the audience is invited to reflect on how artificial intelligence can preserve, reconstruct and reinterpret human memories, transforming them into a living and interactive legacy. The works will remain available for viewing and interaction until the ClujShorts 2025 Closing Gala, Sunday, April 13, 2025. |
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| ClujShorts Talks (1) Gabriel Ovidiu Lucaciu, specialist in computer security and cybernetics Behind the screen What is AI, AI pattern recognition, AI applicability in cinematography, awareness of the dangers posed by AI and the defense mechanisms we have at our disposal. |
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| Press conference in a friendly and familiar setting. ClujShorts 2025 opening cocktail — The joy of reunion |
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| 18:00 | Cinema Victoria Tickets can be bought at the cinema or online |
Short film screenings: Official selection ClujShorts 2025 (1h30m)
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| 18:00 | Cinema Mărăști Free admission within the limit of available seats. |
Short film screenings: Official selection ClujShorts 2025 (18+) (1h30m)
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| 20:00 | Casino Free admission within the limit of available seats. |
ClujShorts film screening with and about AI (1h10m)
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Saturday, April 12th 2025
| 14:00 | Cinema Victoria Tickets can be bought at the cinema or online |
Short film screenings: Official selection ClujShorts 2025 (1h30m)
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| 16:00 | Cinema Victoria Tickets can be bought at the cinema or online |
Short film screenings: Official selection ClujShorts 2025 (1h20m)
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| 17:00 | Cinema Mărăști Free admission within the limit of available seats. |
Short film screenings: Official selection ClujShorts 2025 (1h30m)
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| 17:30 | Casino Free admission within the limit of available seats. |
ClujShorts Talks (2) Ciprian Turcu, software developer, AI practitioner and enthusiast Living with Artificial Intelligence: How Our Work and World Are Changing A broad view of artificial intelliegence influence beyond IT. Since when has artificial intelligence been around, where is it now, and where is it headed? |
| 18:00 | Cinema Victoria Tickets can be bought at the cinema or online |
Short film screenings: Official selection ClujShorts 2025 (1h15m)
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| 18:30 | Casino Free admission within the limit of available seats. |
ClujShorts Talks (3) dr. eng. Vivi Năstase – researcher in natural language processing and machine learning at Idiap Institute/University of Geneva Large Language Models and Artificial Intelligence What happens inside large language models and what is their connection to artificial intelligence? We will talk about language and why it is so difficult to process when it seems so simple to us, I will tell you secrets about chatGPT (spoiler alert: it learns based on a word game), what is the connection to artificial intelligence, and we will discuss your questions on the topic. |
| 19:00 | Cinema Mărăști Free admission within the limit of available seats. |
Short film screenings: Official selection ClujShorts 2025 (18+) (1h13m)
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| 20:00 | Casino Free admission within the limit of available seats. |
Short film screenings with and about AI: Official selection ClujShorts 2025 (1h30m)
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Sunday, April 13th 2025
| 18:30 | Casino | Closing Gala of the ClujShorts International Short Film Festival 2025 |
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| ClujShorts Talks (4) Prof. dr Rodica Mocan, Faculty of Theater and Film, University Babeș-Bolyai Artificial Intelligence between Cinematic Metafiction and Dystopian Reality Movies are a popular way to escape from a sometimes difficult reality. With the help of artificial intelligence, special effects and stories are becoming more impressive, making it harder to distinguish reality from fiction. This makes us think about how AI influences our perceptions and what this means for society, especially as the boundaries between real and imaginary blur. (rephrased to less formal, by GPT 4.0) |
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| Awards Gala ClujShorts 2025 Moderators: Dragoș Pop and Alexandra Ghejan |
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| Astronomical observations through a telescope: Let’s look up! Ștefan Pop – Coț, vice-president of astROmania, SRPAC, professional astrophotographer/photographer and personal brand administrator Coțmic with Mobile Astronomical Observatory and astrophotography. The exhibition of astro-photographs made by Ștefan Pop-Coț will be open from April 10-27. |
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| Concert Marquis Collective Marquis Collective is an instrumental band, led by Patricia Marchiș, that aims to redefine the boundaries of the fusion style. Each song combines complex jazz harmonies, electrifying rock riffs and funky grooves. Through an original approach, the group defies musical conventions, creating its own sound. Line up: Patricia Marchiș – Saxophone, Marius Roje – Piano, Cristina Lazariuc – Bass, Sebastian Arvai – Drums |