This month at The State of Cinema, rather than having an editorial, I would like to propose to you an investigation that I have been working on over the course of the past weeks, animated by the wish to research the murky waters of phantom film festivals. In the first material in this series, I will present the case of an event that, in spite of its quite hefty online presence, seems to have simply evaporated: this is the story of Wallachia Film Festival, whose third edition didn’t take place between the 10th and 12th of September 2021.

Flavia Dima

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Film critic & journalist. Collaborates with local and international outlets, programs a short film festival - BIEFF, does occasional moderating gigs and is working on a PhD thesis about home movies. At Films in Frame, she writes the monthly editorial - The State of Cinema and is the magazine's main festival reporter.

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