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 of domestic film festivals in releasing new titles. We will also be looking at what distributors can do in order to prevent piracy.

BUCHAREST: Nae Caranfil's Closer to the Moon was awarded Best Film and received the Trophy of the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN) for 2014.

BUCHAREST: Tudor Giurgiu’s political triller Why Me?/ De ce eu? was launched for the international audience on VOD on the official website of the film, deceeu.ro.

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Five debut features and seven films made by second time directors are competing for the Transilvania Trophy at the 14th Transilvania IFF (29 May -7 June 2015).

ZAGREB: Producer Ankica Jurić Tilić from Kinorama is currently developing The Staffroom/Zbornica, the debut feature of Sonja Tarokić, set for shooting in autumn 2016.

BUCHAREST: Iura Luncaşu’s independent thriller Tudo, now in the first stage of postproduction, is turning to crowdfunding for the approximately 22,000 EUR needed to close its budget.

TBILISI: Acclaimed Georgian director/screenwriter Rezo Chkheidze died on 3 May 2015. He was 88 years old.

BUCHAREST: Corneliu Porumboiu's fourth feature The Treasure/Comoara, which will have its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes (13-24 May 2015), has been sold in Croatia, Hungary, Israel, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey.

BUCHAREST: Andrei Cohn's debut feature Back Home / Acasă la tata (Family Film, Mandragora) will open the 19th European Film Festival in Bucharest on 7 May 2015.

BUCHAREST: Ana Lungu's independent debut feature Self-portrait of a Dutiful Daughter / Autoportretul unei fete cuminţi will be distributed in Brazilian cinemas at the beginning of 2016.