We spoke to German-Romanian director Anca Miruna Lăzărescu about her career and films and TV series that were often sold to CEE countries in the past years, as well as the importance of 70 years of German films and her upcoming plans.

Lăzărescu is a member of the European Film Academy. Her graduation film Silent River (2011) celebrated its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011 and was nominated for best short film at the European Film Awards. She co-directed the international drama series Hackerville (2018), produced by Romania’s Mobra films for HBO and TNT Serie, as well as the German Netflix series We Are the Wave (2019), the Romanian Netflix series Subteran (2023, Mobra films) and the third season of the Amazon Prime series Hanna (2021).

FNE will be following this podcast with more in our series that will focus on German films in CEE countries plus Cyprus and Malta, and our partner countries’ films screening in Germany, as well as news about coproductions and other special events.

In 2024, German Films celebrates its 70 years anniversary. The Export Union der Deutschen Filmindustrie was founded in Wiesbaden in 1954, then was renamed German Films Service + Marketing GmbH in 2004 and has successfully been promoting German feature films and filmmakers around the world.

To put a special focus on 70 years of German cinema abroad, a film programme entitled “70 Years of German Cinema – A Success Story“ has been compiled as a retrospective, curated by Alfred Holighaus, development executive and producer at REAL FILM in Berlin and NORDFILM in Kiel, who selected a mixture of 14 feature films and documentaries. The aim of this film programme is to give German cinema abroad the special attention it so rightly deserves.

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