There are rarely any curators capable of giving meaning to a small, unseen, and slightly random fact; that is, to a given. Truth be told, Film O'Clock did indeed do this last year as well, at least conceptually – a differently shaped festival taking place simultaneously, in the same time-zone, in Romania, Greece, Lithuania, Southern Africa and Egypt, joined this year by Bulgaria. As I missed the first edition, I only now greet the elongated shape. And, more importantly, its selection, featuring a feature film plucked from the archives of each participating country, and two short film programs comprising recent work; but everything in due time.

Călin Boto

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Film curator, writer and editor, member of the selection committees of BIEFF and Woche der Kritik, FIPRESCI member and alumnus of the film criticism workshops organized by the Sarajevo, Warsaw and Locarno film festivals. Teaches a course on film criticism and analysis at UNATC. He has curated programs for Cinemateca Română, Short Waves, V-F-X Ljubljana, Trieste Film Festival, as well as the Bucharest retrospective of Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour in 2024 and 2025.

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