LJUBLJANA: Two years after a popular and intriguing teaser posted on YouTube, student Oscar nominee Žiga Virc is shooting his awaited docu-fiction Houston, We Have a Problem, based on the urban myth of Yugoslavia selling its secret space programme to the US in March 1961 followed two months later by president Kennedy announcing that the USA would go to the moon.
FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance of domestic film festivals in releasing new titles. We will also be looking at what distributors can do in order to prevent piracy.
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Director/screenwriter Stere Gulea teams up with DOP Vivi Drăgan Vasile (Occident) and actress Luminiţa Gheorghiu (Child's Pose) for the first time since collaborating on the Romanian classic Moromeţii (1985) with I'm an Old Communist Hag/Sunt o babă comunistă.
CLUJ-NAPOCA: In his debut feature documentary A Last Year in 114 Minutes/Un ultim an în 114 minute, the visual artist Daniel Djamo films the final year of the woman who raised him.
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The surprise indie hit film #Selfie, a debut film from Cristina Iacob, screens in the competitive section Romanian Days at the 13th edition of Transilvania IFF.
ZAGREB: Vinko Bresan’s comedy The Priest’s Children has racked up an impressive international succes with 30,000 tickets sold in Brazil in 10 weeks and sales to 32 territories worldwide through the French company WIDE Management.
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The second feature of Andrei Grusznicki, a black and white drama set in the communist Romania, gathered a few prizes before being selected in the main competition of Transilvania IFF and also in the Romanian Days competition.
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Vali Hotea's feature debut is the story of a man who finds out after reading his file from the communist secret services that he might be the father of a high-school colleague's child. The film was selected for the competitive section Romanian Days at Transilvania IFF.
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Emil Boc, announced that it will be the first Romanian town to launch a local fund for cinema. The announcement was made at the Transilvania IFF.
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Vlad Petri’s first feature documentary follows the anti-government protests that took place in Piaţa Universităţii of Bucharest during a year from January 2012 to January 2013.
