01 / Kazakhstan
Sighișoara · Romania · 14 days
GHFF — GLOBAL HUB FILM FESTIVAL
Film connects
cultures & business
01 / The proposition
Not just
a festival.
A permanent European meeting point for Central Asian cinema, creative industries, diplomacy and business — activated for fourteen days across medieval Sighișoara.
Film brings the audience. Culture builds trust. Diplomacy opens doors. Business creates continuity.
The city becomes the festival: screenings, country pavilions, talks, co-production meetings, food, music and Romanian cinema closing every night.
01 / Programme architecture14 days.
Deals after
The city is
14 days.
One country
at a time.
5–7 screenings daily, country focus, talks, business encounters and a Romanian closing film every evening.
02 / IndustryDeals after
the credits.
Film Market, Co-production Lab, curated B2B meetings and a business forum connecting Europe with Central Asia.
03 / PlaceThe city is
the venue.
Squares, courtyards and indoor halls are treated as a walkable cultural campus, subject to permits and technical audit.
02 / Proposed selection
Films that
travel.
A development list built around landmark Central Asian voices, international discoveries and a strong Romanian closing strand. Titles remain subject to rights and formal confirmation.
02 / Kazakhstan
Harmony Lessons
03 / Uzbekistan
Sunday
04 / Uzbekistan
40 Days of Silence
05 / Kyrgyzstan
The Light Thief
06 / Pakistan
Joyland
07 / Afghanistan
Osama
08 / Romania
Romania Every Night
03 / 14-day architecture
One country.
One day.
Each day combines cinema, public culture, professional exchange and an evening gala — always ending with a Romanian film.
Day 01
Romania / Global Opening
Day 02
Kazakhstan
Day 03
Uzbekistan
Day 04
Kyrgyzstan
Day 05
Tajikistan
Day 06
Turkmenistan
Day 07
Pakistan
Day 08
Afghan Culture
Day 09
Silk Road
Day 10
Women in Film
Day 11
Next Generation
Day 12
Global Business Day
Day 13
Co-production Day
Day 14
GHFF Awards / Closing
04 / Proposed guests
Voices with
gravity.
Headline invitations are linked to screenings, retrospectives, masterclasses or industry conversations — not ceremonial appearances alone.
Romania / Director
Proposed invitation
Cristian
Mungiu
Guest of Honour, masterclass and Romanian gala anchor.
Kazakhstan / Director
Proposed invitation
Adilkhan
Yerzhanov
Country Focus, retrospective and dialogue on contemporary Kazakh cinema.
Uzbekistan / Artist & Filmmaker
Proposed invitation
Saodat
Ismailova
Women in Film, moving image, memory and Central Asian identity.
Kyrgyzstan / Director
Proposed invitation
Aktan Arym
Kubat
Retrospective and masterclass on cinema, landscape and cultural memory.
Pakistan / Director
Proposed invitation
Saim
Sadiq
Pakistan Gala and New Voices conversation.
Romania / Director
Proposed invitation
Radu
Jude
Romanian Night and contemporary cinema dialogue.
05 / The hub
What remains
after the credits.
The project is designed to leave co-productions, distribution relationships, tourism flows and investment conversations behind — not only attendance figures.
Film Market
Sales agents, distributors, broadcasters, streamers, film commissions and service companies.
Co-production Lab
Selected projects, mentorship, pitch training and curated one-to-one meetings.
Business Forum
Trade, tourism, technology, creative industries, logistics and investment.
Diplomacy Hub
Embassies, ministries, cultural institutes, universities and national delegations.
14festival days
70–90target films
12–18target countries / edition 01
100+target industry professionals
The city becomes the festival
14 days.
One medieval city.
06 / Sighișoara
A stage that
already exists.
The festival is conceived as a walkable city experience. Exact venue use, capacities and technical conditions remain subject to formal approval, heritage constraints and technical audit.
01
Piața Cetății
Flagship public moments and open-air cultural encounters, subject to permits and heritage requirements.
02
Piața Muzeului
A potential setting for country activations, talks and intimate public programming.
03
Indoor Halls
Competition screenings, industry sessions and weather-safe programming.
04
Global Village
A proposed route of food, craft, tourism, design and national pavilions.
07 / Your festival
Save what
moves you.
Build a personal shortlist of proposed films directly in your browser. No account, no database — your selections stay on your device.
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Edition 01 / Date status
TBA
Countdown without false precision.
The public countdown activates only after the festival dates are formally confirmed. Until then, the site communicates the project stage transparently.
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--Hours
--Minutes
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Pakistan / Gala
Joyland
Proposed selection / rights TBCV5 / Country Focus
A continent
in chapters.
Each country page explains the curatorial and strategic reason for its presence — not only which films might screen.
Day 02
Kazakhstan
Steppe / New Cinema
Proposed focus →
Day 03
Uzbekistan
Silk Road / Memory
Proposed focus →
Day 04
Kyrgyzstan
Mountain Cinema / Literature
Proposed focus →
Day 05
Tajikistan
Poetry / Border / Memory
Proposed focus →
Day 06
Turkmenistan
Heritage / Discovery
Proposed focus →
Day 07
Pakistan
Cinema / Creative Industries
Proposed focus →
V5 / Access
Four ways
into GHFF.
A prototype pass architecture separates audience access from professional accreditation while keeping one coherent festival experience.
Public
Cinema Pass
Film screenings / public talks
TBA
Film professionals
Industry Pass
Film Market / Co-production / selected talks
TBA
Companies & investors
Business Pass
Business Forum / B2B / networking
TBA
Official delegations
Delegate / VIP
Gala / protocol / selected closed events
By invitation / TBA
V5 / Festival Campus
Walk the
festival.
A dedicated campus interface turns the city-wide concept into an understandable visitor journey while keeping all venue claims provisional.
Open the
campus map.
Cinema, gala, public village, industry and nightlife as a walkable planning system.