When a journalist from BURSA goes to Mediaş, it either means that "Romgaz" is going public, or "Transgaz", is being privatized, or something else related to natural gas is happening.
But what actually happened between September 5th and September 11th, in Mediaş, was the "Mediaş Central European Film Festival 7+1" (MCEFF), which, being a film festival, only had one thing to do with natural gas: it was financed by "Romgaz".
On the initiative of Radu Gabrea, with the help of Tudor Neamţu, the mayor of Mediaş and with the help of the Association for Intracommunity Development "Regiunea Târnavelor", the Festival presented the winners of the national film awards of Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Poland and Slovenia, with Israel also being invited, on this first edition. The schedule also included movies that received international or domestic praise, proposed by the Cultural Institutes of the participating countries.
The Jury awarded the following prizes:
- The best picture award: Andras Nagy, "The Pascal Library";
- Best director award: Florian Şerban, "When I want to whistle, I whistle";
- The jury"s award: Gey Oni, "Courage valley";
- The best acting award: Ursula Strauss, "Maybe in another life";
- The great prize: "Little Rose" - directed by Jan Kidawa-Blonski;
- The award of the public: "Mahler and Freud", directed by Percy and Felix Adlo.
Aside the interest in the event itself, there is also the concept behind it - "The third Europe" - a controversial concept, which some even view as being politically dangerous, as it is considered as having the potential to unravel Romania at its Carpathian seams.
* ROMANIA MERGING THE TRAITS OF TWO EMPIRES
At the time of its launch, the idea of "The third Europe" idea had two opposing versions.
In 1990, Dan Zamfirescu, one of th
