PRODUCTION: Live with Ema set for shooting
BUCHAREST: After more than two years in development, the premiere feature of Vlad Păunescu, owner and CEO of Castel Film Studios, will start filming 14 April.
Romania to appoint new minister of Culture
BUCHAREST: A new culture minister, Kelemen Hunor, has pledged his support for increasing the number of cinemas in Romania, a perennial issue for the film industry after many were taken…
Romanian-Hollywood co-production released
BUCHAREST: Closer to the Moon, Nae Caranfil's first English-language film starring Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong, will hold its national premiere 7 March, following a successful opening at the Making…
CME is revising cinemas in Romania and other countries
PRAGUE: Regional TV web Central European Media Enterprises has announced a $545 million credit agreement with its largest shareholder, Time Warner. The pact, reported by co-CEO Michael Del Nin in…
Romania sets price for new digital licenses
BUCHAREST: The Romanian government has approved the starting price of 300,000 EUR for each of the five digital television licenses to be given via competitive selection by the National Authority…
New Acting Romanian Minister of Culture Appointed
BUCHAREST: Mihnea Costoiu has been appointed the Acting Romanian Minister of Culture and National Heritage after the departure of Gigel Sorinel Ştirbu from the post. Ştirbu left the post together…
The Unsaved to outnumber Child’s Pose at Gopo nominations
BUCHAREST: Three feature films have received more nominations for Romania's national film fest than Călin Peter Netzer’s Child's Pose, which won attention and prizes abroad over the last year.
PRODUCTION: Marian Crişan developing Vanpir
BUCHAREST: Marian Crişan (Morgen, Rocker) plans to shoot the first feature he will produce himself in 2015.
FNE Exclusive: Q&A with Laurenţiu Damian, head of the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN)
FNE spoke with Laurentiu Damian about the changes that he intends to make at the Romanian Filmmakers Union and his vision for a new Romanian National Film Institute.
PRODUCTION: Negoescu Develops Never Let It Go
BUCHAREST: Paul Negoescu (A Month in Thailand) is developing his second feature which he is producing through Papillion Film.
Romanian comedy Killing Time sold in three teritories
BUCHAREST: The third feature of Florin Piersic Jr., opens in Germany on 20 February 2014. The German company Drei-Freunde will also distribute it in Austria and Switzerland with the promotion…
PRODUCTION: Youtube Bazaar in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Independent filmmaker Dan Chişu is in the color correction and sound editing stage with a 110 minute documentary investigating the fascination with social media through the story of Bahoi,…
FNE at Berlinale 2014: FNE Salutes Romanian Shooting Star Cosmina Stratan
Cosmina Stratan, Romania - biography
Romanian Box Office Shows Strong Growth
BUCHAREST: Cinema admissions in Romania rose by 9 percent in 2013 while the box office climbed by 10 percent to more than 35.8m EUR/160m RON.
FNE at Berlinale 2014: Romanian Films in Berlin
Five Romanian films will be presented at Berlinale and the European Film Market 2014.
Romania Relents on Nymphomaniac: Volume II
BUCHAREST: After an appeal by distributor Independenţa Film, the rating commission of the National Centre for Cinema reversed the decision to ban Lars von Trier’s film Nymphomaniac: Volume II from…
ProSiebenSat.1 Sells Romanian Prima TV
BUCHAREST: The Competition Council of Romania has authorised the take over of Prima TV by the Romanian company Graffiti Red SRL of SBS Broadcasting Media SRL (which has the licence…
Obituary: Dinu Cocea
BUCHAREST: Dinu Cocea, the director of popular adventure films through the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, died in Paris at 84.
PRODUCTION: George Dorobanţu develops 0/1
BUCHAREST: The winner of the Special Mention at the 2012 edition of ScripTeast will be financed by French producers with shooting scheduled for fall 2014.
Romanian Debuts to Dominate Releases in 2014
BUCHAREST: Almost half of the 20 Romanian premieres expected in 2014, are debut or second films, with most of the films receiving support from the National Centre for Cinema. Films…
