FESTIVALS: Transilvania IFF Announces Line-up
BUCHAREST: Twelve films will compete for the Transilvania Trophy at the Transilvania IFF between 30 May and 8 June 2014, among them features from Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland and Romania.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Award for Romanian Documentary
The Wellness Project received the Robert Bosch Stiftung Prize at goEast.
PRODUCTION: Tarzan’s Testicles in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: After receiving a production grant of 142,553 EUR/636,500 RON from the National Centre for Cinema on 9 April 2014, Alexandru Solomon’s new documentary is set to start shooting this…
PRODUCTION: Aferim! Set for Shooting Mid-June
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's 1.4 m EUR film Aferim! has received 180,000 EUR from Film und Medienstiftung in advance of its mid-June 2014 production start.
FESTIVALS: European Film Festival in Bucharest Celebrates Greece
BUCHAREST: The 18th edition of the European Film Festival will take place in Bucharest between 9 and 15 May 2014 and in Târgu-Mureş between 16 and 18 May, showing 42…
Romanian Public TV Finances Seven Films
BUCHAREST: The Romanian Television Society/Societatea Română de Televiziune (SRTv) will support the funding of seven feature films including the next features of Nae Caranfil, Florin Şerban and Igor Cobileanski.
Romania Launches Save the Big Screen Campaign
BUCHAREST: Romanian Film Promotion and Transilvania IFF have launched the national campaign Save the Big Screen/Salvaţi marele ecran consisting of documenting existing old cinemas, a documentary, seminars, a special screening…
Romania Develops VOD Platforms
BUCHAREST: Platforms for video-on-demand are developing in terms of application but the offer of new Romanian titles is still scarce.
Romania Announces 2014 Grants
BUCHAREST: New projects from Cristian Mungiu, Cristi Puiu, Corneliu Porumboiu, Radu Jude and Peter Greenaway are among the winners of the funding contest for 2013 announced by the National Centre…
PRODUCTION: Tudor Giurgiu Shoots Cristian
BUCHAREST: The third feature of director/screenwriter Tudor Giurgiu is a political drama based on a real story and focusing on a young and idealistic prosecutor in the tumultuos Romania of…
FESTIVALS: The Swing of the Coffin Maker Wins at NexT IFF
BUCHAREST: The 8th edition of NexT International Film Festival, dedicated to short and medium films, gave its NexT Trophy to The Swing of the Coffin Maker (Azerbaijan/Germany) by Elmar Imanov.
PRODUCTION: Therapy for Murder in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Kiki Vasilescu's independent black comedy is in the last stages of postproduction and set for domestic release in June 2014.
FNE at BIFF: The Selfish Giant wins at Bucharest IFF
BUCHAREST: The Selfish Giant (GB), Clio Barnard's debut feature, won Best Film and the prize of the Youth Jury at the 10th edition of the Bucharest IFF which wrapped eight…
The Second Game Looks Westward after Romanian Release
BUCHAREST: Corneliu Porumboiu's essay on time, history and football will hit Romanian cinemas on 4 April 2014 and is close to finalizing deals with German and French distributors.
FNE at BIFF 2014: Tenth Edition of Bucharest Film Fest Kicks Off
BUCHAREST: The 10th edition of the Bucharest International Festival (B-IFF) kicked off in Bucharest last night (26 March) with a gala screening of La grande bellezza directed by Paolo Sorrentino.
Child's Pose Wins Big at Gopo
BUCHAREST: Călin Peter Netzer’s Child's Pose was the big winner at the 8th Gopo Gala Romanian national film awards on 24 March 2014, taking the Best Film prize.
Romanian Public TV Requests Annulment of Debts
BUCHAREST: The Romanian public broadcaster TVR reported a profit of 554,200 EUR/2.5 m RON in 2013, but it is unable to pay debts of 120.5 m EUR/543.7 m RON to…
Steven Seagal Returns to Romania
BUCHAREST: Filming on The Mercenary: Absolution, directed by Keoni Waxman and shooting entirely in Romania, begins today, 17 March 2014, and continues through 7 April.
PRODUCTION: Damian Climbing The Magic Mountain
BUCHAREST: Using the same mix of animation techniques from Crulic - The Path to Beyond, Anca Damian heads with the second part of her trilogy on heroism into the life…
PRODUCTION: 42Km Film Develops Dogs
BUCHAREST: The production company founded by Corneliu Porumboiu and Marcela Ursu is developing the first feature written and directed by Bogdan Mirică, a drama/thriller set in rural Romania with shooting…
