PLAY Giurgiu Festival returns between September 13 and 15, 2024 with a selection of animated films, short films, creative workshops and outdoor performances. The event is organized by the Animest Association, in partnership with the "Tudor Vianu" Theater, the Giurgiu County Council and the Giurgiu City Hall.

Screenings will take place in the theater's Small Hall and on the Theater Esplanade, with free admission to outdoor events and 12 lei tickets for indoor screenings. Animation workshops for children (6–14 years old) cost 50 lei and include access to a film.

🎬 Schedule:

Friday, 13 September

• 10:00 – „Tudor Vianu” Theater, Small Hall: The Gruffalo
  

  Recomanded age: 6+
  Time: 50 minutes
  Language: English with Romanian subtitles.

  Synopsis:
  The most famous books by beloved British author Julia Donaldson, with illustrations by Axel Scheffler, are transformed into animated films for children, young people, parents and grandparents.

• 10:00 – „Tudor Vianu” Theater, Esplanade: Shorts Talking animals and cozy little houses
  
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  Recomanded age: 3+
  Time: 47 minutes
  Format: Shorts, without dialogs

  Synopsis:
  The characters are either wild animals in surprisingly gentle or empathetic roles, concerned with the fate of the planet, or fierce animals caught in funny moments.

• 19:00 – „Tudor Vianu” Theater, Small Hall: Just Super!
  

  Recomanded age: 6+
  Year: 2023
  Time: 77 minutes
  Language: English with Romanian subtitles
  Country: Norway
  Director: Rasmus A. Sivertsen
  

  Synopsis:
  Hedvig is 11 years old, passionate about gaming, and goes through a dramatic change when she is forced to replace her father as the city's superhero. But her grandmother will help her!

• 21:00 – „Tudor Vianu” Theater, Esplanade: Horia
  
  

  Recomanded age: -
  Anul: -
  Time: 108 minutes
  Language: Romanian without subtitles
  Country: România,
  Director: Ana Maria Comanescu
  

  Synopsis:
  After an argument with his father, Horia (almost 18 years old) leaves home on his father's old Mobra moped, to the girl he is in love with, on the other side of the country.

Saturday, 14 September

• 11:00 – „Tudor Vianu” Theater, Small Hall: Yakari
  

  Recomanded age: 6+
  Year: 2022
  Time: 82 minutes
  Language: English with Romanian subtitles
  Country: Belgium, France, Germany
  Director: -
  

  Synopsis:
  Yakari, a young Sioux Indian girl, sets out on the trail of Lightning, an untamable mustang. Along the way, she gains the gift of talking to animals.

• 17:00 – „Tudor Vianu” Theater, Esplanade: Shorts Friends of nature
  
  

  Recomanded age: 6+
  Time: 51 minutes
  Language: Short films, without dialogues / subtitles in Romanian
  

  Synopsis:
  Let's think about nature, about recycling, about ways to keep the planet clean, to save resources, to make cities as friendly as possible to all living things.

• 19:00 – „Tudor Vianu” Theater, Small Hall: Marigold Castle
  

  Year: 2023
  Time: 82 minutes
  Language: Romanian without subtitles
  Country: România
  Director: Liviu Marghidan
  

  Synopsis:
  Two brothers living in different countries reunite after their parents' divorce. Everyone's vacation and plans change when the children disappear on a clandestine expedition to a mountain refuge.

• 21:00 – „Tudor Vianu” Theater, Esplanade: Big Bad Fox
  

  Recomanded age: 6+
  Year: 2018
  Time: 80 minutes
  Language: French with Romanian subtitles
  Țara: France
  Director: Benjamin Renner
  

  Synopsis:
  Country life is not at all peaceful. A fox who thinks he's a chicken, a rabbit who pretends to be a stork and a duck who wants to be Santa Claus! Cesar Award for Best Animated Film.

Sunday, 15 September

• 10:00 – „Tudor Vianu” Theater, Small Hall: Room On The Broom
  

  Recomanded age: 6+
  

  Synopsis:
  The most beautiful books by famous author Julia Donaldson, with illustrations by Axel Scheffler, are being transformed into animated films.

• 11:30 – „Tudor Vianu” Theater, Esplanade: Interactive theater show"Teatrul Altfel"
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  Recomanded age: 6+
  Format: Interactive improvisation show-competition

  Synopsis: The little ones will take to the stage alongside their favorite characters, make new friends, and discover their passion for theater and the stage.

• 17:00 – „Tudor Vianu” Theater, Esplanade: Shorts The little explorers
  
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  Recomanded age: 6+
  Time: 50 minutes
  Format: Shorts, without dialogues

  Synopsis:
  A journey into unimaginably beautiful worlds, different from ours, surprising situations from which we emerge with great imagination, journeys in which we arrive with the power of the mind.

• 19:00 – „Tudor Vianu” Theater, Small Hall: Mia and the Migoo
  

  Recomanded age: 6+
  Year: 2010
  Time: 91 minutes
  Language: French with Romanian subtitles
  Country: France
  Director: Jacques-Rémy Girerd
  

  Synopsis:
  Little Mia leaves her native village in search of her father, who works on a construction site where luxurious hotels are being built, instead of a beautiful tropical forest.

• 21:00 – „Tudor Vianu” Theater, Esplanade: Soul – Disney Pixar movie, winner of 2 Oscar Awards
  

  Recomanded age: 9+
  Year: 2020
  Time: 100 minutes
  Language: English with Romanian subtitles
  Country: SUA
  Director: Jacques-Rémy Girerd
  

  Synopsis:
  Music teacher Joe Gardner dreams of becoming a jazz singer. When he travels to another world to help someone find their passion, he learns what it means to have a soul.