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The week in Cluj · 9 November – 15 November
The week in Cluj, 9–15 November: miniTIFF and REST/ODIHNĂ
This week’s programme includes children’s film, exhibitions, book launches, concerts and performances. Events take place at Edison House of Music, Casa de Cultură a Studenților, Machines Venue, Cinema Victoria and other city venues.
Film and children’s programmes
miniTIFF · Festival de film pentru copii · Ediția a 3-a is a film festival for children and teenagers, with films for ages 4+, 6+, 8+, 10+, 12+ and 14+, post-screening talks and workshops at Casa TIFF. It takes place at tiff, Cluj-Napoca, on Monday 9 November at 10am.
The anniversary screening Proiecție aniversară Happy Feet (2006) · 20 de ani de la lansare, miniTIFF 8+ ani is at Cinema Victoria on Sunday 15 November at 5.30pm. The animation follows a penguin who cannot sing but can dance; it is recommended 8+.
Exhibitions
Expo Culturalis · Expoziție de marionete presents the Șesan family collection, tied to five generations of puppet theatre in Romania. The exhibition includes objects from 1920, old documents and puppets, and is open at Casa de Cultură a Studenților from Monday 9 November to Monday 23 November.
Puterea unui Festival is a Music Gallery exhibition about Romanian festivals that changed something. It is at Edison House of Music from Tuesday 10 November to Sunday 13 December, with free entry.
Launches and talks
Lansare de carte: 2. Anatomii interioare. Antologie de piese Drama 5 · Cărturești, Casa Hintz is a launch for the volume published by Editura Idea, with plays from 2019-2024. The event is at Reactor de Creație și Experiment on Monday 9 November at 6pm.
Lansare de carte: O viață cu spatele la zid presents the four memoir volumes by archaeologist Sabin Adrian Luca. The event takes place in Sala Reduta at Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei on Wednesday 11 November at 1pm.
Music
Romanian SongBook is a concert with Romanian hits reinterpreted in jazz style. It takes place at Edison House of Music on Monday 9 November, closing the gallery chapter of Romania’s musical stories, and has 200 seats.
The Groovy Bastards · lansare de album “KVLT” is a concert for the release of the album “KVLT”, with original songs with funk, rock, progressive, jazz, R&B and hip-hop. It is at Machines Venue on Thursday 12 November, with tickets from 32 lei.
Metainferno Festival is a metal festival at Machines Venue from Friday 13 November to Saturday 14 November. The lineup includes Akral Necrosis, Acid Death, Diavola, Eufobia and Neurasty, with black metal, death metal, groove metal and modern metal.
Theatre and performance
Interferences International Theatre Festival 2026 is a theatre festival at Teatrul Maghiar de Stat Cluj, Kolozsvári Állami Magyar Színház. The programme includes works directed by Dejan Projkovski, Kinga Mezei, Sue Buckmaster, András Urbán and Emma Dante, and the event starts on Tuesday 10 November at 9am.
CE-O FI, O FI! · PREMIERA cu Doru Octavian Dumitru is a comedy show with improvisation, stories and observations about life. It takes place at Casa de Cultură a Studenților on Saturday 14 November at 7pm.
REST/ODIHNĂ //premieră is a performance about work, exhaustion and the body, running 50 minutes and recommended 16+. It takes place at NON Centru de Arte Performative on Saturday 14 November at 7pm.
How this was made
The selection comes from the programme BestCluj collects every night from the venues’ websites, pages and box offices, and the text is written automatically from that data. Times and prices can change: check each event’s page, linked below. Corrections: [email protected].
The events in this piece
- Mon 9 Nov Romanian SongBook Edison House of Music
- Mon 9 Nov, 10:00 miniTIFF · Festival de film pentru copii · Ediția a 3-a tiff
- Mon 9 Nov, 10:00 Expo Culturalis · Expoziție de marionete Casa de Cultură a Studenților
- Mon 9 Nov, 18:00 Lansare de carte: 2. Anatomii interioare. Antologie de piese Drama 5 · Cărturești, Casa Hintz Reactor de Creație și Experiment
- Tue 10 Nov Puterea unui Festival Edison House of Music
- Tue 10 Nov, 09:00 Interferences International Theatre Festival 2026 Teatrul Maghiar de Stat Cluj
- Wed 11 Nov, 13:00 Lansare de carte: O viață cu spatele la zid Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei
- Thu 12 Nov The Groovy Bastards · lansare de album ,,KVLT'' Machines Venue
- Fri 13 Nov Metainferno Festival Machines Venue
- Sat 14 Nov, 19:00 CE-O FI, O FI! · PREMIERA cu Doru Octavian Dumitru Casa de Cultură a Studenților
- Sat 14 Nov, 19:00 REST/ODIHNĂ //premieră NON Centru de Arte Performative
- Sun 15 Nov, 17:30 Proiecție aniversară Happy Feet (2006) · 20 de ani de la lansare, miniTIFF 8+ ani Cinema Victoria
What this is about
- Edison House of Music →
A concert hall, café and listening room on Strada Ploiești, in the Edison building: jazz, songwriters and listening nights.
- Casa de Cultură a Studenților →
The hall on Piața Lucian Blaga, one of the most-used event spaces in the centre.
- Reactor de Creație și Experiment →
An independent theatre and performance space, open since 2014. The most visible home in Cluj for new writing.
- Teatrul Maghiar de Stat Cluj →
The city's Hungarian-language theatre, on Emil Isac. 390 searches a month.
- Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei →
The richest collection of traditional craft in the region — and the natural starting point for any conversation about the Romanian blouse, pottery or weaving.
- Machines Venue →
A concert venue in Zorilor, on Republicii: rock and metal, and techno nights too.
- NON Centru de Arte Performative →
The most-searched independent art space in Cluj: 260 searches a month locally, 320 nationally. A twelve-person company, every name and role published, working in dance, performance and theatre.
- Cinema Victoria →
The cinema on Bulevardul Eroilor, 1,300 searches a month.