02-06-2011

FNE at TIFF Romanian Days: Close to the Heavens

By Iulia Blaga

    Close to the Heavens, a full-length documentary debut from Titus Faschina, explores Romania's traditional past by focusing on a family of herders whose old habits are challenged by EU regulations.

    {mosimage}The 90 minute black and white documentary is a Romanian-German coproduction 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 took place in late 2009 and early 2010.

    Production Information:

    Europolis Film

    14 Tudor Arghezi street

    020945 Bucharest, Romania

    Phone/Fax: +40.21.316.80.79

    GSM: +40.744.644.147

    This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

    ma.ja.de Filmproduktions - GmbH
    Office Leipzig

    Marienplatz 1
    04103 Leipzig , Germany
    Phone: 0341 983 96 96
    Fax: 0341 215 66 39

    http://www.majade.de/

    This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

    Office Berlin

    Pohlstr. 44
    10785 Berlin, Germany
    Phone: 030 84 30 61 66
    Fax: 030 84 30 61 67

    http://www.majade.de/

    This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.