FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Pororoca
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Constantin Popescu’s third feature film Pororoca will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018. This Romanian/French coproduction…
FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Meda or The Not So Happy Side of Things
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Emanuel Pârvu’s debut feature Meda or the Not So Happy Side of Things will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May…
FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: One Step Behind the Seraphim
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Daniel Sandu’s debut feature One Step Behind the Seraphim will be screened in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June…
FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Free Dacians
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Free Dacians directed by Andrei Gorgan and Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan will have its national premiere in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to…
FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Licu, a Romanian Story
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Ana Dumitrescu’s Licu, a Romanian Story will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018. The documentary was…
FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Several Conversations about a Very Tall Girl
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Director/screenwriter/producer Bogdan Theodor Olteanu will have the national premiere of his debut feature Several Conversations about a Very Tall Girl / Câteva conversații despre o fată foarte înaltă in…
FNE at TIFF 2018 Romanian Days: Caisă
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Alexandru Mavrodineanu’s second long documentary Caisă will screen in the Romanian Days competition at the 17th edition of the Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018.…
FNE at TIFF 2018 Romanian Days: Charleston
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Andrei Crețulescu's debut feature Charleston will screen in the Competition and also in the Romanian Days at the 17th edition of Transilvania IFF running from 25 May to 3…
FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: The Story of a Summer Lover
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Paul Negoescu’s third feature film The Story of a Summer Lover aka Never Let It Go will screen in the Romanian Days at the 17th edition of Transilvania IFF…
OBITUARY: Romanian Film and Theatre Director Lucian Pintilie
BUCHAREST: Lucian Pintilie, the most important Romanian film director and the godfather of the New Romanian Cinema, died at age 84 on 16 May 2018.
FESTIVALS: Five World Premieres in 2018 TIFF Romanian Days
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The 17th Transilvania IFF (25 May – 3 June 2018) Romanian Days will screen 13 features, including five world premieres. An additional 22 shorts will also be shown.
GRANTS: Romania Announces Record Number of Grants
BUCHAREST: The Romanian Film Center (CNC) distributed almost 10.7 m EUR / 50 m RON as production and development grants on 11 May 2018. Seventeen feature films and ten debut…
FESTIVALS: Twelve Films Head to Transilvania IFF Competition
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Two films by Romanian directors are among the 12 films selected for the main competition at the 17th Transilvania IFF, taking place 25 May – 3 June 2018.
FESTIVALS: The 22nd European Film Festival Opens in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: The 22th European Film Festival opens on 7 May 2018 in Bucharest. The festival will screen 64 films from 24 countries in eight cities across Romania, including Galați, Râmnicu…
PRODUCTION: Romanian Minority Coproduction Donbass by Sergei Loznitsa in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: The new feature film Donbass by Sergei Loznitsa, which will open Cannes’s Un Certain Regard on 9 May 2018, is currently in postproduction. The film is a German/ French/Ukrainian/Dutch/Romanian…
Romanian Doc Opens in Fourth Spot
BUCHAREST: A Romanian documentary, Untamed Romania / România Neîmblânzita, had a surprisingly strong opening in domestic release, debuting in the fourth place.
Films from Poland and Romania Selected for Cannes Short Film Competition and Cinéfondation
BUCHAREST: Polish film III/animation movie by Marta Pajek was selected for the Cannes Short Film Competition, while Inny / The Other by Marta Magnuska (produced by PWSFTviT) and Albastru și…
Bucharest Film Studios Insolvency
BUCHAREST: Bucharest Film Studios, the former MediaPro Studios, has filed for insolvency. Media Pro Studios was sold by Central European Media Enterprises (CME) to a group of American and Romanian…
PRODUCTION: Romanian/Mexican/Japanese Coproduction Drunken Fish on the Moon to Be Shot in Romania
BUCHAREST: The Romanian/Mexican/Japanese coproduction Drunken Fish on the Moon (working title) directed by the Japanese Kohki Hasei is expected to have a three weeks shoot in Romania in the autumn…
Doina Gradea Confirmed General Manager of the Romanian Public Broadcaster
BUCHAREST: Doina Gradea was elected by the Romanian Parliament as general manager of the Romanian public broadcaster (SRTV) on 28 March 2018. She was appointed acting general manager in September…
