Romania Announces Grants Contest

BUCHAREST: The Romanian National Center for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro) will give 2,206,000 EUR (10m RON) in production and development grants in 2012. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2013.
27-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Hirte in Postproduction with In the Name of the Mayor

BUCHAREST: Romanian born Paris-based director Anca Hirte is in postproduction with a bittersweet observational documentary In the Name of the Mayor.
23-11-2012

PRODUCTION: To Paris, with the ID in Preproduction

BUCHAREST: Şerban Marinescu is in preproduction with To Paris, with the ID, a contemporary satire about the hopes of people who thought the fall of communism would be followed by…
21-11-2012

FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2012: Radu Muntean Developing One Floor Below

COTTBUS: Romanian director Radu Muntean is in development with his fifth film, One Floor Below, which he and producer Dragos Vilcu pitched at Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de) running through 9 November…
09-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Anca Damian Develops Eden Hotel

BUCHAREST: Following the international success of the animated documentary Crulic: The Path to Beyond, director Anca Damian is developing Eden Hotel, a psychological drama she is also producing through Aparte…
08-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Alexandru Solomon Developing Tarzan's Testicles

JIHLAVA: Romanian director/producer Alexandru Solomon is working on Tarzan's Testicles, a feature documentary on the Abkhazian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy, established in 1927, a renowned primatology…
30-10-2012

Romania’s Family Film Takes new Chisu’s Chasing Rainbows on the Road

BUCHAREST: Dan Chisu's Chasing Rainbows, will be released on 2 November 2012 in eight Romanian towns and on 15 screens.
26-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Radu Muntean Developing One Floor Below

BUCHAREST: Radu Muntean (The Paper Will Be Blue, Boogie and Tuesday after Christmas) once again teams up with fellow screenwriters Răzvan Rădulescu and Alex Baciu, DOP Tudor Lucaciu and production…
24-10-2012

Romanian Comedies Battle for Box Office

BUCHAREST: Iura Luncaşu's Sweet Little Lies/Minte-mă frumos produced by MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com) has set a new opening weekend record, narrowly besting the box office record set by Tudor Giurgiu's Of…
23-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Romanian Debut At My Father’s Home in Preparation

BUCHAREST: At My Father’s Home, the first feature film of Andrei Cohn, is completing preproduction and will begin shooting on 17 October 2012. Giuliano Doman is producing through Family Film…
11-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Doc director Ciulei Wraps Shooting on First Feature 2+2

BUCHAREST: Romanian documentary filmmaker Thomas Ciulei (The Flower Bridge) is in postproduction with his first feature film 2+2, a dark comedy set during communism in a country named Miranda where…
10-10-2012

Romania Set New Deadline for Analog to Digital Crossover

BUCHAREST: The National Radiocommunications Society (www.radiocom.ro) will receive a TV digital multiplex to broadcast Romanian TV public channels (www.tvr.ro).
02-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Andrei Grusznicki Preps The Escape

BUCHAREST: Two years after his feature debut with The Other Irina, Andrei Grusznicki is preparing to shoot a black and white drama set in communist Romania starting 15 October with…
28-09-2012

Doge’s Palace and The Bed Is Broken Win Aristoteles Workshop

VAMA, ROMANIA: An all-Romanian team and a Polish director-led team were the split decision winners of the five-week-long 7th Aristoteles documentary workshop (www.aworkshop.org) ended which concluded on 23 September 2012.
27-09-2012

PRODUCTION: Doc coproduction The Last Transhumance in Postproduction

BUCHAREST: Dragoş Lumpan expects to complete an ambitious 90-minute documentary shot along a 45,000 km route in Albania, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Wales and Romania by early 2013.
25-09-2012

Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills sold in 38 territories

BUCHAREST: Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills/După dealuri (www.dupadealuri.ro) will open in Hungary on 11 October before its domestic release in Romania on 26 October, when its makers hope it will…
24-09-2012

Chello, RCS&RDS to Launch New Channels in Romania

BUCHAREST: Two major TV players plan fall 2012 launches of theme channels Digi World, Digi Life and Megamax TV.
21-09-2012

Of Snails and Men sets admissions record in Romania

BUCHAREST: Of Snails and Men / Despre oameni şi melci (www.despreoamenisimelci.ro), the second film from Tudor Giurgiu, netted 13,929 admissions in its opening weekend, setting a ten-year record for a…
18-09-2012

Jon Voight Vampire Movie Starts Shooting in Romania

BUCHAREST: Director Pearry Reginald Teo (Necromentia) begins filming The Dark Prince, a medieval vampire movie starring Jon Voight on 18 September 2012.
18-09-2012

Increase in multiplexes continues to spur Romanian box office growth in 2012

BUCHAREST: The Romanian box office rose by 4.1 percent in the first seven months of 2012, while admissions grew by 6.4 percent.
11-09-2012