Romanian Journalists Vote Closer to the Moon Best Romanian Film of 2014

BUCHAREST: Closer to the Moon, Nae Caranfil’s first English language film, was chosen Best Romanian film in 2014 by Romanian film journalists and critics. The ceremony took place on 30…
02-02-2015

Romanian VoD Service Seenow Saw Good Results in 2014

BUCHAREST: Seenow, the first Romanian service of live TV and VoD available on all screens, had 19,564,591 viewers in 2014.
29-01-2015

Beta Cinema Acquires Aferim!

BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's historical film Aferim!, selected for the competition section of Berlinale, will be sold internationally by the German company Beta Cinema. Its press screening and world premiere are…
28-01-2015

Gopo Awards Gala Announced

BUCHAREST: The 9th edition of Gopo Awards gala will take place on 30 March 2015. The application process was launched on 26 January 2015 and will wrap on 6 February…
27-01-2015

PRODUCTION: Adina Pintilie in Preparation with Touch Me Not

BUCHAREST: Adina Pintilie is planning to shoot her debut feature in Romania and Germany in June-August 2015.
22-01-2015

Romania with Best Admissions in 14 Years and Box Office on the Rise

BUCHAREST: In 2014 admissions in Romania surpassed 10.1m, with Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies topping the chart.
20-01-2015

Romanian Producer Ada Solomon Returns to the Berlinale Competition with Radu Jude's Aferim!

BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's ambitious historical drama Aferim! was selected for Berlinale's Competition (5-15 February 2015), two years after Peter Călin Netzer's Child's Pose (Parada Film), also produced by Ada Solomon,…
19-01-2015

PRODUCTION: Marian Crişan in Postproduction with Orizont

BUCHAREST: Romanian director Marian Crişan is in postproduction on Orizont and plans to release it in late 2015.
14-01-2015

FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month – Ileana Cecanu, Freealize

FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance…
13-01-2015

FESTIVALS: The Buried Alive Videos Wins Bieff

BUCHAREST: More than 7,000 viewers participated in the 5th edition of the Experimental International Film Festival in Bucharest, BIEFF (10-14 December) whose honorary president is Peter Greenaway.
19-12-2014

Romania Appoints New Minister of Culture

BUCHAREST: President Traian Basescu signed the appointment decree for Ionut Vulpescu as minister of Culture on 16 December 2014 as the Social Democratic Party (PSD) took over this portfolio.
17-12-2014

Romania with No Minister of Culture Again

BUCHAREST: Romania is again without a minister of Culture since the party of Csilla Hegedus, the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (DAHR/UDMR), decided to step down from the government.
15-12-2014

FNE Country Profile: Romania

After a gap in funding, production resumed in 2014, but the crisis was visible in the slow pace of foreign film productions shooting in Romania. New multiplexes opened and new…
15-12-2014

PRODUCTION: Ioan Cărmăzan Wraps Shooting on We Know that You Know that We Know

BUCHAREST: The new feature of Ioan Cărmăzan, We Know that You Know that We Know/Noi ştim că voi ştiţi că noi ştim aka The Tin/Conserva is a police detective story…
05-12-2014

PRODUCTION: Yet to Rule in Development

BUCHAREST: Mihaela Popescu’s debut feature, Yet to Rule/În pronunţare produced by Alexandru Teodorescu through Saga Film, will begin shooting in spring 2016.
03-12-2014

PRODUCTION: Banat in Preproduction

BUCHAREST: Italian director/screenwriter Adrian Valerio is in preparation with his first feature Banat, a coproduction between Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia set for shooting in 2015.
26-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Dinu Tănase Develops Who Killed Christmas

BUCHAREST: Dinu Tănase’s Who Killed Christmas, a drama about cruelty and violence in the countryside, is set for shooting in November 2015.
25-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Cristina Iacob Preps Sequel to #Selfie

BUCHAREST: With her second film, A Gift for You/Un dar pentru tine, expected to be broadcast on TV in December, Cristina Iacob is in preproduction with a sequel to her…
20-11-2014

Romania Appoints Csilla Hegedus as Minister of Culture

BUCHAREST: Csilla Hegedus has been named as the new minister of Culture and vice-prime-minister with Romanian president Traian Băsescu signing the appointment decree on 18 November 2014.
19-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Marius Theodor Barna Preps Two Documentaries

BUCHAREST: Romanian director/producer Marius Theodor Barna plans to shoot I Hit Therefore I Am/Lovesc, deci exist and The Witch Nuns/Călugăriţele vrăjitoare in 2015. Both documentaries received production support from the…
18-11-2014