Production: Flying Lessons in development

Moldavian filmmaker Igor Cobileanski is in early development with his first feature based on a script written by Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective) and himself.
16-06-2009

Production: Claude Lelouch shooting Ces amours-là in Romania

French maestro Claude Lelouch began filming his 45th film, Ces amours-là on June 8 at MediaPro Studios in Romania, with shooting scheduled to last for two months in Bucharest and…
10-06-2009

Production: Ho-Ho-Ho filming at MediaPro Pictures

Romanian company MediaPro Pictures is in production with Ho-ho-ho, a feel good movie from Spanish director Jesus del Cerro.
09-06-2009

Production: Alexandru Solomon in shooting with Kapitalism - Our Secret Recipe

Romanian filmmaker Alexandru Solomon (www.alexandrusolomon.ro) is working on a new long documentary, Kapitalism - Our Secret Recipe, a humorous approach on Romanian capitalism, 20 years after the fall of communism.
09-06-2009

FNE at Transilvania International Film Festival

Police, Adjective and North conquer Transilvania as Claudia Cardinale makes star appearance.
08-06-2009

6D cinema opens in Romania

The Light Cinema became the first Romanian multiplex to launch a 6D cinema, which began operating June 1 in Bucharest.
04-06-2009

Police, Adjective sold in 9 countries

Corneliu Porumboiu's second feature, Police, Adjective, winner of the FIPRESCI award and the award of the Jury "Un Certain Regard" in Cannes, has been sold to nine countries.
03-06-2009

Acclaimed abroad, Romania films struggle at local box office

Despite awards and international acclaim for Romanian films, the top drawing national film, Weekend with My Mother by Stere Gulea, in 62nd place, with 4,144 tickets sold in 11 weeks.
02-06-2009

UPC Romania launches new channels

UPC has launched 14 new channels in Romania, becoming the operator with the most numerous channels available on digital platform as of June 1.
02-06-2009

Production: Constantin Popescu feature debut in post-production

Constantin Popescu (Tales from the Golden Age) is in post-production with his first feature, Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man, one of the very few Romanian films about…
02-06-2009

Romanian-French co-production agreement

Romania signed a new co-production agreement with France at Cannes film festival, replacing a previous agreement dating back to 1966.
01-06-2009

Production: Medal of Honor in post-production

Peter Călin Netzer (Maria) is in post-production with his second feature, Medal of Honor, the story of a 75 man who receives out of the blue a medal for his…
01-06-2009

Production: Radu Gabrea in production with The Red Gloves

Romanian director Radu Gabrea continues his screen adaptations of Romanian born Saxon writer Eginald Schlattner's novels, this time with The Red Gloves (Mănuşile roşii).
01-06-2009

UPC Romania launches Da Vinci Learning channel

The educational TV channel Da Vinci Learning is now part of the digital offer of the Romanian cable operator UPC.
31-05-2009

Production: Andrei Zincă preps Puzzle for a Blind Man

Romanian director Andrei Zincă is in preparation to film Puzzle for a Blind Man, an adaptation of Argentinian playwright Mario Diament's Blind Date for Castel Film Studios.
28-05-2009

FNE in Cannes: Surfing the Romanian New Wave with Corneliu Porumboiu

Romanian cinema's New Wave may have surfaced much earlier but ever since Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the Palm d'Or in Cannes two years ago…
25-05-2009 m

Pro TV signs deal with Tandem

Romania's Pro TV and Germany's Tandem Communications announced that the Romanian's have an exclusive output deal with Tandem.
21-05-2009

Production: Holocaust film to shoot in Romania

Glass House, the first feature of an American construction-industry businessman Mark Schmidt, started shooting in Romania May 5.
17-05-2009

Production: William Tell: The Legend to shoot in Romania

William Tell: The Legend the second movie produced by Alison Semenza and Todd Moyer's Flagship Films will start shooting September 1 in Romania.
16-05-2009

US sale for Tales from the Golden Age

IFC has picked up U.S. distribution rights for Tales from the Golden Age, produced and written by Cristian Mungiu, and presented in Cannes in Un Certain Regard.
14-05-2009