PRODUCTION: Solomon and Jude Team Again on Blecher project

BUCHAREST: Producer Ada Solomon, following up her Golden Bear win for Călin Netzer’s Child’s Pose, is developing an adaptation of the writings of Romanian-Jewish author Max Blecher, including Scarred Hearts.…
05-09-2013

FNE at Venice IFF 2013: The Zero Theorem (Competition) (UK, France, Romania)

VENICE: The distinctive vision that Terry Gilliam brings to all his films is very much in evidence in The Zero Theorem although the chaotic world the director portrays does not…
03-09-2013 m

PRODUCTION:Ujica Preps Tomorrow Never Knows aka The Beatles Project

BUCHAREST: Following up on the acclaimed The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, Andrei Ujica is working on a new non-fiction film, tentatively called Tomorrow Never Knows, exploring the weekend 13-15 August…
29-08-2013

A Farewell to Fools Sells Worldwide

BUCHAREST: Shoreline Entertainment has sold A Farewell to Fools, the historical drama directed by Bogdan Dreyer starring Gérard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel, to eight territories.
27-08-2013

PRODUCTION: Nap Toader Preps Bypass

BUCHAREST: The third feature of Nap Toader will chronicle the comic fallout of an ambulance unit discovering a fortune under the bed of a dying old man.
21-08-2013

Romanian Docus Forecast for Growth is Sunny

More collaboration with public TV resources would mean a blossoming of Romanian docu production and distribution, according to study session by Aradocs, a joint project of the Romanian documentary filmmakers…
19-08-2013

Romania and Israel Seek Future Co-productions

BUCHAREST: Romania and Israel could soon be co-producers on films for the first time, following an agreement signed by Romanian Minister of Culture Daniel Barbu and the Israeli ambassador, Dan…
13-08-2013

PRODUCTION: America, Here We Come Shooting

BUCHAREST: Răzvan Săvescu's debut feature is filming in Romania through 17 August and will then incorporate US locations in New York for 10 days.
09-08-2013

PRODUCTION: World Is Mine to Wrap in August

BUCHAREST: Nicolae Constantin Tănase's debut feature is a 100% independent production between Tudor Giurgiu's Libra Film (librafilm.net) and Radu Stancu's deFilm (defilm.ro), with premiere set for summer 2014. The film…
05-08-2013

Kunsthal Paintings Robbery Inspires Giurgiu

BUCHAREST: Director and producer Tudor Giurgiu (Of Snails and Men) is developing together with photographer Cristian Movilă a feature based on the international art theft sensation last year that reached…
01-08-2013

Films Boutique Picks Up Roxanne

BUCHAREST: Valentin Hotea's debut feature, Roxanne, will be sold internationally by the Germany's Films Boutique and hold its world premiere in the Cineasti del Presenti competition at the Locarno IFF.
01-08-2013

PRODUCTION: Crazy Teens Starts Shooting

BUCHAREST: Cristina Iacob's debut feature, a comedy road movie produced by MediaPro Pictures started filming on the Black Sea on 29 July and will continue in various seaside locations and…
31-07-2013

Child's Pose Romania's Oscar Entry

BUCHAREST: Călin Peter Netzer's family power drama has been selected unanimously by the national jury to be forwarded as Romania's submission for next year's Academy Awards. The 86th edition will…
30-07-2013

Romania's New Film Institute Could Back Production

BUCHAREST: The National Film Institute, founded via emergency ordinance on 26 June, could serve as a production company and participate in the production grants system under the terms of a…
25-07-2013

Crowdfunded Making Waves Fest Grows into New York

BUCHAREST: The New York-based fest Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema will expand in December from the its home at the Film Society of Lincoln Center into the Jacob Burns Film…
23-07-2013

Antena 3 the Sole Profitable Romanian TV Channel

BUCHAREST: Romanian broadcasters continue to struggle, based on annual reports showing that TV channel Antena 3 (www.antena3.ro) managed just 190,573 EUR in profits for 2012, while Pro TV (protv.ro) had…
19-07-2013

Romania Sees New TV Channels and Last Broadcasts

BUCHAREST: International channels have been flickering on and off in a hustle for broadcast licenses but several victors are now set for launch in autumn in the wake of rulings…
18-07-2013

PRODUCTION: The Keeping Room About to Wrap Shooting in Romania

BUCHAREST: Directed by Daniel Barber and starring Sam Worthington, this Civil War drama began shooting in June and is expected to wrap this week. Romania's MediaPro Studios is providing facilities.
16-07-2013

PRODUCTION: Cristi Puiu Preps Sierra-Nevada

BUCHAREST: Acclaimed Romanian New Wave writer/director Cristi Puiu, has announced a shoot date of November 1for Sierra-Nevada, a feature about a family reunion.
15-07-2013

Cine Grand Opens Its First Multiplex in Romania

BUCHAREST: With the opening of Cine Grand Botoşani which set up shop in Uvertura Mall in this northeastern Romanian city of 100,000 on 12 July, the company marks its first…
15-07-2013