FNE at TIFF 2014: The Second Game
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The Second Game/Al doilea joc which had its world premiere in the Forum section of the Berlinale 2014 is set during a local Romanian football match in December 1988,…
FNE at TIFF 2014: Japanese Dog
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu's first feature Japanese Dog/Câinele japonez was one of the surprises of 2013.
HBO Europe Producing Drama Series in Romania
BUCHAREST: HBO Europe is beginning production on an eight-part, 45 minute TV series Umbre (Small Time Gangster) in Romania in early June.
PRODUCTION: Muntean Preps One Floor Below
BUCHAREST: Radu Muntean is set for an August- September 2014 shooting on One Floor Below, a Romanian-French-Swedish coproduction.
Romanian Youth Comedy Breaks Domestic Record
BUCHAREST: #Selfie, Cristina Iacob's first feature, had an increase in admissions in its second weekend, up to 14,654 compared to 12,648 in the opening weekend, an unusual result for a…
FESTIVALS: TIFF Announces Line-up for Romanian Days
BUCHAREST: Eighteen features and eight short films were selected for the Romanian Days at the 13th edition of Transilvania IFF , 30 May - 8 June 2014.
Obituary Actress Margareta Pogonat
BUCHAREST: Margareta Pogonat, one of Romania’s most beautiful and talented actresses of the 60s and 70s died on 11 May 2014 aged 81 from cancer.
Romanian Cinema in Cannes 2014
The Romanian Film Center is happy to announce its attendance at the Cannes MARCHE DU FILM with 5 market premieres not to be missed:
The Second Game to be sold in Czech Republic and Slovakia
BUCHAREST: The latest deal of Corneliu Porumboiu's essay on time, history and football The Second Game is with Kamera Oko, which wil distribute it in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
FESTIVALS: 18th European Film Festival Ready to Kick-off in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: One of the longest film festivals in Romania, the European Film Festival organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute will open on 9 May 2014 with Miss Violence presented by…
Child's Pose Wins UCIN Trophy
BUCHAREST: Călin Peter Netzer's Child's Pose (Parada Film) was awarded Best Film of 2013 by the Romanian Filmmakers Union (UCIN) and the Romanian Film Critics Association on 5 May 2014.
PRODUCTION: Nicolae Mărgineanu in Postproduction with Poarta Alba
BUCHAREST: Nicolae Mărgineanu continues the investigation of the communist era with Poarta Albă, a feature about the concentration camp of Poarta Albă and the construction of the Danube-Black Sea channel.
UCIN Announces Nominations for Romanian Awards
BUCHAREST: A total of 73 films applied for the nominations of the Romanian Filmmakers Union 2013 annual awards with the ceremony taking place on 5 May 2014.
PRODUCTION: The Wellness Process in Development
BUCHAREST: Marius Iacob’s documentary The Wellness Process, recently awarded with Robert Bosch Stiftung Prize for International Cooperation between Germany and Eastern Europe at goEast Wiesbaden, is set to start shooting…
FESTIVALS: Transilvania IFF Announces Line-up
BUCHAREST: Twelve films will compete for the Transilvania Trophy at the Transilvania IFF between 30 May and 8 June 2014, among them features from Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland and Romania.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Award for Romanian Documentary
The Wellness Project received the Robert Bosch Stiftung Prize at goEast.
PRODUCTION: Tarzan’s Testicles in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: After receiving a production grant of 142,553 EUR/636,500 RON from the National Centre for Cinema on 9 April 2014, Alexandru Solomon’s new documentary is set to start shooting this…
PRODUCTION: Aferim! Set for Shooting Mid-June
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's 1.4 m EUR film Aferim! has received 180,000 EUR from Film und Medienstiftung in advance of its mid-June 2014 production start.
FESTIVALS: European Film Festival in Bucharest Celebrates Greece
BUCHAREST: The 18th edition of the European Film Festival will take place in Bucharest between 9 and 15 May 2014 and in Târgu-Mureş between 16 and 18 May, showing 42…
Romanian Public TV Finances Seven Films
BUCHAREST: The Romanian Television Society/Societatea Română de Televiziune (SRTv) will support the funding of seven feature films including the next features of Nae Caranfil, Florin Şerban and Igor Cobileanski.