Romania Announces Grants Contest
BUCHAREST: The Romanian National Center for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro) will give 2,206,000 EUR (10m RON) in production and development grants in 2012. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2013.
PRODUCTION: Hirte in Postproduction with In the Name of the Mayor
BUCHAREST: Romanian born Paris-based director Anca Hirte is in postproduction with a bittersweet observational documentary In the Name of the Mayor.
PRODUCTION: To Paris, with the ID in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: Şerban Marinescu is in preproduction with To Paris, with the ID, a contemporary satire about the hopes of people who thought the fall of communism would be followed by…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2012: Radu Muntean Developing One Floor Below
COTTBUS: Romanian director Radu Muntean is in development with his fifth film, One Floor Below, which he and producer Dragos Vilcu pitched at Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de) running through 9 November…
PRODUCTION: Anca Damian Develops Eden Hotel
BUCHAREST: Following the international success of the animated documentary Crulic: The Path to Beyond, director Anca Damian is developing Eden Hotel, a psychological drama she is also producing through Aparte…
PRODUCTION: Alexandru Solomon Developing Tarzan's Testicles
JIHLAVA: Romanian director/producer Alexandru Solomon is working on Tarzan's Testicles, a feature documentary on the Abkhazian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy, established in 1927, a renowned primatology…
Romania’s Family Film Takes new Chisu’s Chasing Rainbows on the Road
BUCHAREST: Dan Chisu's Chasing Rainbows, will be released on 2 November 2012 in eight Romanian towns and on 15 screens.
PRODUCTION: Radu Muntean Developing One Floor Below
BUCHAREST: Radu Muntean (The Paper Will Be Blue, Boogie and Tuesday after Christmas) once again teams up with fellow screenwriters Răzvan Rădulescu and Alex Baciu, DOP Tudor Lucaciu and production…
Romanian Comedies Battle for Box Office
BUCHAREST: Iura Luncaşu's Sweet Little Lies/Minte-mă frumos produced by MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com) has set a new opening weekend record, narrowly besting the box office record set by Tudor Giurgiu's Of…
PRODUCTION: Romanian Debut At My Father’s Home in Preparation
BUCHAREST: At My Father’s Home, the first feature film of Andrei Cohn, is completing preproduction and will begin shooting on 17 October 2012. Giuliano Doman is producing through Family Film…
PRODUCTION: Doc director Ciulei Wraps Shooting on First Feature 2+2
BUCHAREST: Romanian documentary filmmaker Thomas Ciulei (The Flower Bridge) is in postproduction with his first feature film 2+2, a dark comedy set during communism in a country named Miranda where…
Romania Set New Deadline for Analog to Digital Crossover
BUCHAREST: The National Radiocommunications Society (www.radiocom.ro) will receive a TV digital multiplex to broadcast Romanian TV public channels (www.tvr.ro).
PRODUCTION: Andrei Grusznicki Preps The Escape
BUCHAREST: Two years after his feature debut with The Other Irina, Andrei Grusznicki is preparing to shoot a black and white drama set in communist Romania starting 15 October with…
Doge’s Palace and The Bed Is Broken Win Aristoteles Workshop
VAMA, ROMANIA: An all-Romanian team and a Polish director-led team were the split decision winners of the five-week-long 7th Aristoteles documentary workshop (www.aworkshop.org) ended which concluded on 23 September 2012.
PRODUCTION: Doc coproduction The Last Transhumance in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Dragoş Lumpan expects to complete an ambitious 90-minute documentary shot along a 45,000 km route in Albania, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Wales and Romania by early 2013.
Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills sold in 38 territories
BUCHAREST: Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills/După dealuri (www.dupadealuri.ro) will open in Hungary on 11 October before its domestic release in Romania on 26 October, when its makers hope it will…
Chello, RCS&RDS to Launch New Channels in Romania
BUCHAREST: Two major TV players plan fall 2012 launches of theme channels Digi World, Digi Life and Megamax TV.
Of Snails and Men sets admissions record in Romania
BUCHAREST: Of Snails and Men / Despre oameni şi melci (www.despreoamenisimelci.ro), the second film from Tudor Giurgiu, netted 13,929 admissions in its opening weekend, setting a ten-year record for a…
Jon Voight Vampire Movie Starts Shooting in Romania
BUCHAREST: Director Pearry Reginald Teo (Necromentia) begins filming The Dark Prince, a medieval vampire movie starring Jon Voight on 18 September 2012.
Increase in multiplexes continues to spur Romanian box office growth in 2012
BUCHAREST: The Romanian box office rose by 4.1 percent in the first seven months of 2012, while admissions grew by 6.4 percent.
