Pelicam has a series of events related to the film screenings. Like every year, the festival’s team tries to answer some of the issues raised by the films in our programme and we invite you to take part in the discussions. This year
Pelicam Talks include three discussions that look into issues like climate change, waste management or the price of nature.
Experts warn that human activity is gravely affecting the environment that is turning against us with extreme weather phenomena. It is necessary to transition towards clean energy, circular economy and respect for biodiversity. Are we capable of this? A question we will try to answer together with John Webster, the director of
Little Yellow Boots, an emotional film about how we can provide a better world for our descendants and Corina Murafa, a specialist in climate and energy and co-president of Ashoka Foundation, an organisation promoting social entrepreneurship.
The waste we produce so easily is not garbage, but resources. The road of disused objects to the landfill is paved with misinformation, lack of education and incompetence. How do we change things? We will answer this question together with Salvo Manzone, the director of
Through My 
Rear Window, a film about the relationship between people and their disused objects and with Raul Pop, a specialist in waste management.
Nature gives us countless benefits without which life would not be possible. We consider these to be free of charge, but the services provided by nature are very valuable. Recognising the economic benefits of nature is a step in the right direction to protect the environment or the path to transforming the nature into a commodity for sale? A question posed to our guests: Daan Veldhuizen, the director of
Backlight: How Expensive Is Nature and Dan Cogălniceanu, expert in environmental services.
The discussions will be moderated by Diana Meseșan, reporter for Scena9.
The seventh edition of the festival comes back with a novelty in the Fresh Perspectives section, this time we have selected six documentaries that will make us think:
Backlight – How Expensive is Nature? (directed by Daan Veldhuizen, Olanda, 2017),
Little Yellow Boots/
Tulevilla rannoilla (directed by John Webster, Finland/Germany/Russia/Norway/Latvia, 2017),
The Milk System/
Das System Milch (directed by Andreas Pichler,
Italy/Germany, 2017),
Not without us!/
Nicht Ohne Uns! (directed by Sigrid Klausmann, Germany, 2016),
Sea of Life (directed by Julia Barnes, Canada, 2017) and
Through My Rear Window/
La Finestra sul porcile (directed by
Salvo Manzone, Italy/France, 2017).
The jury for the Fresh Perspectives section will be made of five teenagers from Tulcea, coordinated by the director
Vlad Petri.
Before packing for Tulcea, Pelicam invites the audience from Bucharest to a warm-up screening at Deschis Gastrobar, on the 7th of June with the film that closed last year’s edition of Pelicam –
In Pursuit of Silence (directed by Patrick Shen).
The festival takes place between the 21st and 24th of June, in the five locations of the festival: Jean Bart Cultural Centre, Museum of Art, Avramide House, Civic Square and Pelicam Camping, on the shore of lake Ciuperca.
Pelicam IFF is organised by Les Herbes Folles, with the support of Romanian Film Centre, Tulcea City Hall, Romanian Cultural Institute, International Organisation of La Francophonie and Romanian Filmmakers Union.
