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Soldiers. A Story from Ferentari by Ivana Mladenovic

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Soldiers. A Story from Ferentari

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-06-01

CLUJ-NAPOCA: The first feature film by Ivana Mladenovic, Soldiers. A Story from Ferentari, will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to…

The Secret of Happiness by Vlad Zamfirescu

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: The Secret of Happiness

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-31

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Romanian actor Vlad Zamfirescu's directing debut feature The Secret of Happiness will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3…

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Infinite Football

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-30

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Corneliu Porumboiu’s documentary Infinite Football will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018. The film had its…

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Pororoca

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-29

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Constantin Popescu’s third feature film Pororoca will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018. This Romanian/French coproduction…

Meda or The Not So Happy Side of Things by Emanuel Pârvu

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Meda or The Not So Happy Side of Things

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-28

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Emanuel Pârvu’s debut feature Meda or the Not So Happy Side of Things will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May…

One Step Behind the Seraphim by Daniel Sandu

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: One Step Behind the Seraphim

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-28

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Daniel Sandu’s debut feature One Step Behind the Seraphim will be screened in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June…

Free Dacians by Andrei Gorgan and Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Free Dacians

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-25

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Free Dacians directed by Andrei Gorgan and Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan will have its national premiere in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to…

Licu, a Romanian Story by Ana Dumitrescu

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Licu, a Romanian Story

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-25

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Ana Dumitrescu’s Licu, a Romanian Story will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018. The documentary was…

Several Conversations about a Very Tall Girl by Bogdan Theodor Olteanu

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Several Conversations about a Very Tall Girl

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-24

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Director/screenwriter/producer Bogdan Theodor Olteanu will have the national premiere of his debut feature Several Conversations about a Very Tall Girl / Câteva conversații despre o fată foarte înaltă in…

FNE at TIFF 2018 Romanian Days: Caisă

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-24

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Alexandru Mavrodineanu’s second long documentary Caisă will screen in the Romanian Days competition at the 17th edition of the Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018.…

FNE at TIFF 2018 Romanian Days: Charleston

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-23

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Andrei Crețulescu's debut feature Charleston will screen in the Competition and also in the Romanian Days at the 17th edition of Transilvania IFF running from 25 May to 3…

The Story of a Summer Lover by Paul Negoescu

FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: The Story of a Summer Lover

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-23

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Paul Negoescu’s third feature film The Story of a Summer Lover aka Never Let It Go will screen in the Romanian Days at the 17th edition of Transilvania IFF…

OBITUARY: Romanian Film and Theatre Director Lucian Pintilie

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-17

BUCHAREST: Lucian Pintilie, the most important Romanian film director and the godfather of the New Romanian Cinema, died at age 84 on 16 May 2018.

FESTIVALS: Five World Premieres in 2018 TIFF Romanian Days

FNE Staff Romania 2018-05-15

CLUJ-NAPOCA: The 17th Transilvania IFF (25 May – 3 June 2018) Romanian Days will screen 13 features, including five world premieres. An additional 22 shorts will also be shown.

GRANTS: Romania Announces Record Number of Grants

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-05-14

BUCHAREST: The Romanian Film Center (CNC) distributed almost 10.7 m EUR / 50 m RON as production and development grants on 11 May 2018. Seventeen feature films and ten debut…

FESTIVALS: Twelve Films Head to Transilvania IFF Competition

FNE Staff Romania 2018-05-09

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Two films by Romanian directors are among the 12 films selected for the main competition at the 17th Transilvania IFF, taking place 25 May – 3 June 2018.

FESTIVALS: The 22nd European Film Festival Opens in Bucharest

FNE Staff Romania 2018-05-07

BUCHAREST: The 22th European Film Festival opens on 7 May 2018 in Bucharest. The festival will screen 64 films from 24 countries in eight cities across Romania, including Galați, Râmnicu…

PRODUCTION: Romanian Minority Coproduction Donbass by Sergei Loznitsa in Postproduction

Iulia Blaga Romania 2018-04-20

BUCHAREST: The new feature film Donbass by Sergei Loznitsa, which will open Cannes’s Un Certain Regard on 9 May 2018, is currently in postproduction. The film is a German/ French/Ukrainian/Dutch/Romanian…

Romanian Doc Opens in Fourth Spot

FNE Staff Romania 2018-04-20

BUCHAREST: A Romanian documentary, Untamed Romania / România Neîmblânzita, had a surprisingly strong opening in domestic release, debuting in the fourth place.

Films from Poland and Romania Selected for Cannes Short Film Competition and Cinéfondation

FNE Staff Romania 2018-04-13

BUCHAREST: Polish film III/animation movie by Marta Pajek was selected for the Cannes Short Film Competition, while Inny / The Other by Marta Magnuska (produced by PWSFTviT) and Albastru și…