The eighth edition of Transylvania Mountain Festival, the international mountain culture festival in Cluj, brought back to participants' hearts the joy of rediscovering what "free spirit" means through mountain stories and world exploration. As every year, the theme of the edition sets the narrative tone for the films, exhibitions, and activities of the festival, which take place both indoors and outdoors. Thus, for six days, between November 18 and 23, 2025, Cluj became the capital of mountain culture in [...]

#FreeSpirit The most awaited moment of  Transylvania Mountain Festival is the announcement of the awards and trophies winners. The TMF 2025 Gala took place on November 22 in Cluj-Napoca, on the stage of Cinema Victoria.The 8th edition brought together over 2,438 mountain lovers in Cluj-Napoca! The TMF competitions took place throughout the year and enjoyed international participation from 24 countries.The Free Spirit edition's agenda included photography exhibitions, climbing workshops for adults and children, hiking, running, mountain film screenings [...]

With 2025 declared the International Year of Glacier Conservation, the Transylvania Mountain Festival and Institut Français de Roumanie à Cluj teams are organizing the educational exhibition "GLACIERS - GHEȚARII" with photographs exhibited by jury members Dan Tăuțan, Alexandru Sava, and multiple winner of the TMF mountain photography trophy, French photographer Julia Roger-Veyer. The exhibition captures glaciers through the different perspectives of the three photographers. The exhibition opening will take place on Thursday, November 20, at 4:45 p.m. in the [...]

Photography has laid the foundation for the modern documentation of mountains and the hard-to-reach areas of our planet. Through photography, each of us can visit places where our minds still don’t know what to imagine. And this year, we’re bringing the mountain to the heart of Cluj-Napoca! The Transylvania Mountain Festival – TMF 2025 photography selection will be exhibited at Atelier Café, a place where creatives, sports enthusiasts, and lovers of nature and travel come together. Exhibition theme: FREE [...]

Between November 18 and 23, Cluj will once again become the capital of mountain culture in Romania! The TMF Association is honored to invite you to the eighth edition of the Transylvania Mountain Festival, organized around the theme: Free Spirit. Transylvania Mountain Festival will welcome mountain lovers, athletes, filmmakers, photographers, explorers, and innovators with an exceptional program that includes film screenings accompanied by thematic discussions, photography exhibitions, and sports workshops. The most anticipated moment of the festival is, of [...]

Entries for the Transylvania Mountain Festival competitions are now open and we invite you to enter your favorite section: mountain film, mountain photography, mountain innovation and mountain excellence. For 2025, Transylvania Mountain Festival announces a new edition, full of excitement, exploration and creativity! As we have become accustomed to, we are issuing a new challenge to mountain sports and activities enthusiasts with a theme that we hope will inspire you: FREE SPIRIT. Mountain Film Competition 2025 - Categories: [...]