FNE at TIFF 2014 Cluj Launches City Film Fund
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…
FNE at TIFF 2014: Where Are You Bucharest?
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.
FNE at TIFF 2014: Poarta Albă
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Nicolae Mărgineanu continues the investigation of the communist era with Poarta Albă, a feature about the concentration camp of Poarta Albă and the construction of the Danube-Black Sea channel.
FNE at TIFF 2014: The Unsaved
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Selected in the Romanian Days competitive section of Transylvania IFF, The Unsaved/La limita de jos a cerului captures the lack of prospects in contemporary Republic of Moldova through the…
FNE at TIFF 2014: Closer to the Moon
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Closer to the Moon, Nae Caranfil's first English language film had its national premiere on 7 March 2014, and it is competing in Romanian Days section at Transylvania IFF,…
FNE at TIFF 2014: The Crypt
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The Crypt/Cripta aka The Gentleman from the Courtyard/Domnul de la curte is a Romanian-French coproduction starring Serge Riaboukine as a French real estate developer trapped in a courtyard by…
FNE at TIFF 2014: The Second Game
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The Second Game/Al doilea joc which had its world premiere in the Forum section of the Berlinale 2014 is set during a local Romanian football match in December 1988,…
FNE at TIFF 2014: Japanese Dog
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu's first feature Japanese Dog/Câinele japonez was one of the surprises of 2013.
HBO Europe Producing Drama Series in Romania
BUCHAREST: HBO Europe is beginning production on an eight-part, 45 minute TV series Umbre (Small Time Gangster) in Romania in early June.
PRODUCTION: Muntean Preps One Floor Below
BUCHAREST: Radu Muntean is set for an August- September 2014 shooting on One Floor Below, a Romanian-French-Swedish coproduction.
Romanian Youth Comedy Breaks Domestic Record
BUCHAREST: #Selfie, Cristina Iacob's first feature, had an increase in admissions in its second weekend, up to 14,654 compared to 12,648 in the opening weekend, an unusual result for a…
FESTIVALS: TIFF Announces Line-up for Romanian Days
BUCHAREST: Eighteen features and eight short films were selected for the Romanian Days at the 13th edition of Transilvania IFF , 30 May - 8 June 2014.
Obituary Actress Margareta Pogonat
BUCHAREST: Margareta Pogonat, one of Romania’s most beautiful and talented actresses of the 60s and 70s died on 11 May 2014 aged 81 from cancer.
Romanian Cinema in Cannes 2014
The Romanian Film Center is happy to announce its attendance at the Cannes MARCHE DU FILM with 5 market premieres not to be missed:
The Second Game to be sold in Czech Republic and Slovakia
BUCHAREST: The latest deal of Corneliu Porumboiu's essay on time, history and football The Second Game is with Kamera Oko, which wil distribute it in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
FESTIVALS: 18th European Film Festival Ready to Kick-off in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: One of the longest film festivals in Romania, the European Film Festival organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute will open on 9 May 2014 with Miss Violence presented by…
Child's Pose Wins UCIN Trophy
BUCHAREST: Călin Peter Netzer's Child's Pose (Parada Film) was awarded Best Film of 2013 by the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN) and the Romanian Film Critics Association on 5 May 2014.
PRODUCTION: Nicolae Mărgineanu in Postproduction with Poarta Alba
BUCHAREST: Nicolae Mărgineanu continues the investigation of the communist era with Poarta Albă, a feature about the concentration camp of Poarta Albă and the construction of the Danube-Black Sea channel.
UCIN Announces Nominations for Romanian Awards
BUCHAREST: A total of 73 films applied for the nominations of the Romanian Filmmakers Union 2013 annual awards with the ceremony taking place on 5 May 2014.
PRODUCTION: The Wellness Process in Development
BUCHAREST: Marius Iacob’s documentary The Wellness Process, recently awarded with Robert Bosch Stiftung Prize for International Cooperation between Germany and Eastern Europe at goEast Wiesbaden, is set to start shooting…