First Multiplatform Film Launch in Romania

BUCHAREST: Outbound/Periferic (www.periferic.ro), the debut feature of Bogdan George Apetri, will be the first film to have a simultaneous cinema and online release. The film opens on 1 April 2011…
27-03-2011

PRODUCTION: HBO Series Girls Guide to Depravity Filming in Romania

BUCHAREST: HBO USA/Cinemax USA (www.hbo.com, www.cinemax.com) are shooting Girls Guide to Depravity, a 13 episodes series, in Romania. Production began on 14 March 2011. Castel Film (www.castelfilm.ro) is providing facilities,…
24-03-2011

PRODUCTION: HBO Series Girls Guide to Depravity Filming in Romania

BUCHAREST: HBO USA/Cinemax USA (www.hbo.com, www.cinemax.com) are shooting Girls Guide to Depravity, a 13 episodes series, in Romania. Production began on 14 March 2011. Castel Film (www.castelfilm.ro) is providing facilities,…
24-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Agon in development

BUCHAREST: Albanian director Robert Budina is in development with an Albanian-French-Greek-Romanian co-production which he plans to start shooting in October 2011.
21-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Agon in development

BUCHAREST: Albanian director Robert Budina is in development with an Albanian-French-Greek-Romanian co-production which he plans to start shooting in October 2011.
21-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Child Miner in Production

BUCHAREST: Director/screenwriter Alexandra Gulea is shooting her first feature Child-Miner (Copil-miner) in Romania until the end of March. Shooting started on 16 February 2011 and will wrap at the end…
20-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Child Miner in Production

BUCHAREST: Director/screenwriter Alexandra Gulea is shooting her first feature Child-Miner (Copil-miner) in Romania until the end of March. Shooting started on 16 February 2011 and will wrap at the end…
20-03-2011

PRODUCTION: The Edge of Happiness in Development

BUCHAREST: Romanian director Ruxandra Zenide (Ryna) is currently developping her second feature, The Edge of Happiness, the story of a girl, Felicia, who arrives in Geneva in the autumn of…
17-03-2011

PRODUCTION: The Edge of Happiness in Development

BUCHAREST: Romanian director Ruxandra Zenide (Ryna) is currently developping her second feature, The Edge of Happiness, the story of a girl, Felicia, who arrives in Geneva in the autumn of…
17-03-2011

Romtelecom Launches Dolce TV Online

BUCHAREST: After launching its first specialized channel, Dolce Sport (www.dolce-sport.ro) last year, Romtelecom (www.romtelecom.ro) launched the first online video integrate portal in Romania on 9 March 2011.
09-03-2011

Morgen wins Romanian Filmmakers Union Prize

BUCHAREST: Marian Crişan's Morgen, Călin Peter Netzer's Medal of Honor/Medalia de onoare and Florin Şerban's If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle/Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier shared the top…
08-03-2011

Romania Sets New Dates for Digital TV

BUCHAREST: The Ministry of Communications (www.mcsi.ro) has set the move to the terestrial digital television should to begin on 1 January 2013. The proposal was submitted for public debate at…
06-03-2011

PRODUCTION: New Shooting Schedule for Puzzle for a Blind Man

BUCHAREST: Romanian director Andrei Zincă is expected to start shooting the adaptation of Argentinian playwright Mario Diament's Blind Datein May-June 2011, Bogdan Moncea, Marketing Manager of Castel Film (www.castelfilm.ro) told…
03-03-2011

New Manager at Romania’s Kanal D

BUCHAREST: Haluk Kurcer has replaced Hatice Kolat as the general manager of the channel Kanal D (www.kanald.ro). Kolat had run the channel since February 2007, with a mandate until 2011.…
03-03-2011

Romtelecom Buys Boom TV

Romania's Romtelecom has acquired DTH Television Grup at a price of 8 million euro. The purchase, which was finalized in late February, includes the digital satellite station Boom TV.
02-03-2011

PRODUCTION: September 11 in Preparation

BUCHAREST: Italian director Renzo Martinelli is preparing September 11, his second collaboration with the Romania's Castel Film (www.castelfilm.ro) starring American actor Harvey Keitel. Martinelli previously worked with Castel Film on…
01-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Finishes Shooting in Romania

BUCHAREST: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance wrapped shooting on 23 February 2011 in Romania where it was filmed for all but two weeks of shooting in Turkey. The first big…
01-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Christmas at Castlebury Hall Will Shoot in Romania

BUCHAREST: American director Michael Damian is in Bucharest where he will shoot his feature Christmas at Castlebury Hall, a romantic comedy about a young woman and her orphaned nephews who…
24-02-2011

PRODUCTION: 365 New Years in Development

BUCHAREST: Paul Negoescu is developing his first feature, 365 New Years/365 de revelioane (working title), the story of a young man breaking up with his girlfriend on New Years Eve.…
23-02-2011

FESTIVALS: FIAPF Accredits Transilvania Film Festival

BERLIN: The General Assembly of the International Federation of Film Producers' Associations (FIAPF), meeting in Berlin, approved the accreditation of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2011. TIFF was…
16-02-2011