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…
18-04-2014

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.
16-04-2014

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…
15-04-2014

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.
14-04-2014

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…
10-04-2014

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…
10-04-2014

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.
08-04-2014

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.
04-04-2014

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…
03-04-2014

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.
02-04-2014

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.
27-03-2014

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.
25-03-2014

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…
21-03-2014

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.
17-03-2014

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…
13-03-2014

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…
12-03-2014

PRODUCTION: Live with Ema set for shooting

BUCHAREST: After more than two years in development, the premiere feature of Vlad Păunescu, owner and CEO of Castel Film Studios, will start filming 14 April.
07-03-2014

Romania to appoint new minister of Culture

BUCHAREST: A new culture minister, Kelemen Hunor, has pledged his support for increasing the number of cinemas in Romania, a perennial issue for the film industry after many were taken…
05-03-2014

Romanian-Hollywood co-production released

BUCHAREST: Closer to the Moon, Nae Caranfil's first English-language film starring Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong, will hold its national premiere 7 March, following a successful opening at the Making…
03-03-2014

CME is revising cinemas in Romania and other countries

PRAGUE: Regional TV web Central European Media Enterprises has announced a $545 million credit agreement with its largest shareholder, Time Warner. The pact, reported by co-CEO Michael Del Nin in…
03-03-2014