Eight New Romanian Films Set for Theatrical Release this Autumn

BUCHAREST: Romanian films are starting to make major inroads into the domestic theatrical market with eight new features set for release in a crowded autumn schedule. Most of the productions…
19-09-2014

PRODUCTION: Romanian-Swiss Director Ruxandra Zenide Preps Romanian Swiss Coproduction The Miracle of Tekir

BUCHAREST: Romanian Director/screenwriter Ruxandra Zenide will start shooting her second feature, The Miracle of Tekir/Miracolul din Tekir on 20 October, a Swiss/Romanian coproduction planned for release in spring 2015.
18-09-2014

FESTIVALS: The Burning Bush Wins MECEFF 2014

MEDIAŞ: Agnieszka Holland's The Burning Bush received the Trophy of Mediaş Central European Film Festival (MECEFF) on 6 September 2014. Austria's Your Beauty Is Worth Nothing by Hüseyin Tabak won…
08-09-2014

New Distribution Company Takes on Warner Bros in Romania

BUCHAREST: The team and the general manager of MediaPro Distribution who left the company this summer launched a new company, Freeman Entertainment on 1 September 2014.
04-09-2014

FESTIVALS: Child's Pose in Competition at MECEFF

MEDIAŞ: The 4th edition of Mediaş Central European Film Festival (2-6 September 2014), the only festival in Romania focusing on the Central European cinema, will screen more than 40 films…
01-09-2014

Jackie Chan Named Romanian-Chinese Cultural Ambassador

BUCHAREST: Chinese actor Jackie Chan will open the Chinese Film Days in Bucharest on 11 September and will be named honorary cultural Ambassador of Romanian-Chinese relations.
28-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Anca Miruna Lăzărescu Preps Her Debut Feature

BUCHAREST: Romania's Strada Film and Germany's filmallee team up again for That Trip We Took with Dad/La drum cu tata, the debut feature by Anca Miruna Lăzărescu whose short film,…
27-08-2014

Moldova to Open Film Center

BUCHAREST: The Republic of Moldova will have its own Film Center subordinated to the Ministry of Culture.
22-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Cătălin Mitulescu Develops Heidi

BUCHAREST: Writer/director/producer Cătălin Mitulescu, will question the situation of young women using men as vehicles for receiving nice things in life in Heidi, a feature he plans to shoot in…
20-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Cristina Iacob in Postproduction with A Gift for You

BUCHAREST: The young director Cristina Iacob, who directed the most successful Romanian film in 2014, the youth comedy #Selfie, is in postproduction with A Gift for You/Un dar pentru tine,…
15-08-2014

First CEE Oscar Contenders Announced

Poland, Hungary and Romania are among the first countries to select the films that will represent them in the Oscar foreign film category.
15-08-2014

Bollywood productions boost Romanian film industry

BUCHAREST: Bollywood has discovered Romania. In what looks like a growing trend across central and eastern Europe Bollywood producers shooting in Romania are boosting the local location services industry. Bollywood…
12-08-2014

American indie Nameless shooting in Romania

BUCHAREST: The independent production Nameless directed by Thurman Bryan and Luis Esteban and starring John Rhys-Davies, started shooting in Bucharest on 11 August with the local company Castel Film providing…
11-08-2014

First Bollywood Film Shoots in Romania

BUCHAREST: Director Binoy Gandhi is shooting an untitled Bollywood film on location in Romania according to local Indian media reports.
08-08-2014

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Cinema Elvire Popesco, Bucharest

This month we spoke with Boglarka Nagy, the programmer of the Elvira Popescu Cinema, a trendy cinema in Bucharest named after the most famous Romanian actress in France, Elvire Popesco…
06-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Anca Damian Developing In Perfect Health

BUCHAREST: Anca Damian is developing a partly autobiographical feature set to shooting in summer 2014, Perfect sănătos/In Perfect Health, the story of a young attorney who starts his own investigation…
06-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Cătălin Mitulescu Shooting Rumeno

BUCHAREST: Cătălin Mitulescu started shooting his third feature on 21 July 2014. Rumeno is a Romanian/Swedish/Italian coproduction which will be presented in the Venice Film Market.
03-08-2014

Romanian Domestic Film Attendance on the Decline

BUCHAREST: Domestic attendance for the Romanian films was down in the first seven months of 2014 compared to 2013, with the youth comedy #Selfie contributing with more than a half…
31-07-2014

MECEFF Announces Line-up

BUCHAREST: The 4th edition of Mediaş Central European Film Festival (2-6 September), the only festival in Romania focusing on Central European cinema, announced the seven films competing for the festival's…
29-07-2014

Romanian projects in Locarno Industry Days

BUCHAREST: After winning the first edition of Transilvania Pitch Stop at TIFF Father Moves Mountains/Tatăl mută munţii by Daniel Sandu and Mariţa by Cristi Iftime will be pitched at Locarno…
23-07-2014