PRODUCTION: Radu Muntean Develops Parenting Project

BUCHAREST: Radu Muntean is working on a script for a feature film about parenting. The script should be completed by the end of 2015.
21-07-2015

Mădălina Popescu Appointed Head of Operations HBO Romania

BUCHAREST: Mădălina Popescu has been named the new Head of Operations at HBO Romania. She will also continue her position as financial manager at HBO Romania and HBO Bulgaria.
20-07-2015

PRODUCTION Feature Length Doc 85 Grams in Postproduction

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Ion Gnatiuc and Petre Matei are currently in postproduction with 85 Grams/85 grame, a 90-minute documentary about a Romanian historian and activist who is fighting for the rights of…
16-07-2015

PRODUCTION Păunescu Produces Giuseppe Tornatore’s Doc on Ennio Morricone

BUCHAREST: The Sight of Music/ Lo sguardo della musica by Giuseppe Tornatore, a docu-fiction produced by Bobby Păunescu through Mandragora Group in coproduction with Tornatore’s Piano B Produzioni is currently…
14-07-2015

Carmen Harabagiu Leaves HBO Romania

BUCHAREST: Carmen Harabagiu has stepped down from the position of Country Manager, Vice President of Original Production and Programming for HBO Romania, a position she had held since December 2005.
13-07-2015

PRODUCTION: Hadrian Marcu Develops Shadow and Dream

BUCHAREST: Hadrian Marcu is developing his debut feature Shadow and Dream/Firesc, set for shooting in autumn 2016.
10-07-2015

The Last Transhumance Launches Crowdfunding Campaign

BUCHAREST: Dragoş Lumpan's The Last Transhumance/Ultima transhumanţă, a 90-minute documentary shot along a 45,000 km route in Albania, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Wales and Romania has launched a crowdfunding campaign in…
08-07-2015

PRODUCTION: Igor Cobileanski Preps First Romanian-Lithuanian Coproduction

BUCHAREST: Igor Cobileanski (The Unsaved) will start shooting a new feature, Eastern Business, mid-July 2015. This dark comedy is the first Romanian/Lithuanian coproduction to date.
01-07-2015

UNIC Annual Report Shows Box Office Gains in CEE Countries

BRUSSELS: The Annual Report 2014-2015 of the International Union of Cinemas,UNIC shows that the overall box office as well as the market share of national films in the CEE countries…
18-06-2015

Two Lottery Tickets Starts Crowdfunding Campaign

BUCHAREST: Paul Negoescu launched a crowdfunding compaign on Indiegogo for his independent feature Two Lottery Tickets/Doua lozuri. His aim is to collect 7,650 USD in 19 days.
17-06-2015

Noomi Rapace and Glenn Close to Shoot in Romania

BUCHAREST: Tommy Wirkola’s What Happened to Monday? starring Noomi Rapace and Glenn Close will be shot entirely in Romania with Castel Film providing services this summer.
11-06-2015

FEEDBack (Film Eastern Europe Dialogue) Brings Together Troika of Eastern European Film Fund Chiefs

CLUJ: The first session of think-tank platform FEEDBack (Film Eastern Europe Dialogue) brought together a troika of three Eastern European film fund heads to participate in a working group with…
10-06-2015 m

The Treasure Racks Up More Sales

BUCHAREST: Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Treasure/Comoara which started sales prior to Cannes has been sold by Wild Bunch in new territories.
09-06-2015

FNE at TIFF: The Fire Wins Transilvania International Film Festival

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Juan Schnitan's film The Fire/El Incendio received Best Film Award and the Transilvania Trophy at the 14th Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) which wrapped on 7 June 2015.
08-06-2015

Romanian Music Channel Taraf TV to Broadcast in America and Asia

BUCHAREST: The Audiovisual Council of Romania has approved that the Taraf TV channel expand its broadcast coverage to Europe, North America and South-East Asia.
05-06-2015

Crowdfunding Campaign for Herman: the Man Behind the Terror

BUCHAREST: Victoria Baltag’s independent debut feature Herman: the Man behind the Terror/Herman-omul din spatele terorii (www.hermanfilm.com), focusing on the torture "reeducation” used by the communist regime through the Piteşti Experiment,…
04-06-2015

One Floor Below Begins Sales

BUCHAREST: Films Boutique has sold Radu Muntean’s Un etaj mai jos/One Floor Below in a dozen territories. The film will hit domestic cinemas on 18 September 2015.
01-06-2015

FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Bucharest Non-Stop

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Writer/director Dan Chişu will show his 5th film, the independent feature Bucharest Non-Stop/Bucureşti non-stop as a world premiere in the Romanian Days at Transilvania IFF (29 May-7 June 2015).
29-05-2015

FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Bondoc

CLUJ­-NAPOCA: The long documentary Bondoc directed by Mihai Mincan, Cristian Delcea and Mihai Voinea tells the story of a lonely chess master. The film will have its world premiere in…
29-05-2015

FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Station #15033

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Iulia Matei’s independent long documentary Staţia #15033/Station #15033 will have its world premiere out of the competition in the Romanian Days at Transilvania International Film Festival (29 May-7 June…
29-05-2015