66th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
31 OCTOBER → 9 NOVEMBER 2025
Balκan Survey: Balkan Survey 1994-2013
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ (ENDLESS)
Romania 2006 155 HDCam Color
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Film description
During the war in Kosovo, in 1999, in a small Romanian village, the chief of the railway station, who also happens to be the local gangster, stops a NATO train transporting military equipment. The transport, supervised by American soldiers, is crossing Romania without official documents, based only on verbal approval of the Romanian government. Their arrival turns the place into the village of opportunity.
Awards
Grand Prix (Un Certain Regard) – Cannes IFF 2007
Special Mention (Golden Falcon) – Ibiza ΙFF 2007
Best Film, Audience Award – European FF 2007
Best Film, Audience Award – Anonimul Independent FF 2007, Italy
Supported by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival’s Balkan Fund
The Film was screened at the Agora’s “Balkan Works in Progress” screening program at the 2005 Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
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