Close to the Heavens, a debut from Titus Faschina, is a Romanian-German co-production focusing on a family of herders whose old habits are challenged by the EU regulations.
The 90 minute black and white documentary is produced by Thomas Ciulei and Europolis Film (website under construction) together with Heino Deckert and ma.ja.de (www.majade.de), with the support of ARTE (www.arte.tv), Romanian National Television (www.tvr.ro) Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (www.mdm-online.de), CNC România (www.cncinema.abt.ro), Der Deutsche Filmförderfonds (www.ffa.de) and Eurimages (www.coe.int).
The budget is €350.000, Ciulei told FNE.
Shooting started August 30 and will wrap in March 2010. The theatrical release is set for early 2011.
Birds Way, the debut of Hungarian Klára Trencsény, follows the daily routine of a Russian Lipovan community (from the Danube Delta) struggling to survive and maintain its traditions.
The film is a production of Libra Film Productions (www.librafilm.net) together with Hai-Hui Entertainment, MEDIA Programme (ec.europa.eu) and the National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro). Tudor Giurgiu is producing.
The film was shot between September 2008 and January 2009, with a budget of €118,000. Its world premiere is at the ASTRA Film Fest, Sibiu.
Production Information
Europolis Film
14 Tudor Arghezi street
020945 Bucharest, Romania
Phone/Fax: +40.21.316.80.79
GSM: +40.744.644.147
Site under construction
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ma.ja.de Filmproduktions - GmbH
Office Leipzig
Marienplatz 1
04103 Leipzig , Germany
Phone: 0341 983 96 96
Fax: 0341 215 66 39
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Office Berlin
Pohlstr. 44
10785 Berlin, Germany
Phone: 030 84 30 61 66
Fax: 030 84 30 61 67
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Libra Film Productions
52 Popa Soare street
Ap. 4, 023984, Sector 2
Bucharest, Romania
Phone/Fax: +4 021 326 6480, +4 021 326 0268
Tudor Giurgiu's contacts: +4 0722 522 200
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