Beta Cinema Acquires Aferim!
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's historical film Aferim!, selected for the competition section of Berlinale, will be sold internationally by the German company Beta Cinema. Its press screening and world premiere are…
Gopo Awards Gala Announced
BUCHAREST: The 9th edition of Gopo Awards gala will take place on 30 March 2015. The application process was launched on 26 January 2015 and will wrap on 6 February…
PRODUCTION: Adina Pintilie in Preparation with Touch Me Not
BUCHAREST: Adina Pintilie is planning to shoot her debut feature in Romania and Germany in June-August 2015.
Romania with Best Admissions in 14 Years and Box Office on the Rise
BUCHAREST: In 2014 admissions in Romania surpassed 10.1m, with Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies topping the chart.
Romanian Producer Ada Solomon Returns to the Berlinale Competition with Radu Jude's Aferim!
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's ambitious historical drama Aferim! was selected for Berlinale's Competition (5-15 February 2015), two years after Peter Călin Netzer's Child's Pose (Parada Film), also produced by Ada Solomon,…
PRODUCTION: Marian Crişan in Postproduction with Orizont
BUCHAREST: Romanian director Marian Crişan is in postproduction on Orizont and plans to release it in late 2015.
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month – Ileana Cecanu, Freealize
FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance…
FESTIVALS: The Buried Alive Videos Wins Bieff
BUCHAREST: More than 7,000 viewers participated in the 5th edition of the Experimental International Film Festival in Bucharest, BIEFF (10-14 December) whose honorary president is Peter Greenaway.
Romania Appoints New Minister of Culture
BUCHAREST: President Traian Basescu signed the appointment decree for Ionut Vulpescu as minister of Culture on 16 December 2014 as the Social Democratic Party (PSD) took over this portfolio.
Romania with No Minister of Culture Again
BUCHAREST: Romania is again without a minister of Culture since the party of Csilla Hegedus, the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (DAHR/UDMR), decided to step down from the government.
FNE Country Profile: Romania
After a gap in funding, production resumed in 2014, but the crisis was visible in the slow pace of foreign film productions shooting in Romania. New multiplexes opened and new…
PRODUCTION: Ioan Cărmăzan Wraps Shooting on We Know that You Know that We Know
BUCHAREST: The new feature of Ioan Cărmăzan, We Know that You Know that We Know/Noi ştim că voi ştiţi că noi ştim aka The Tin/Conserva is a police detective story…
PRODUCTION: Yet to Rule in Development
BUCHAREST: Mihaela Popescu’s debut feature, Yet to Rule/În pronunţare produced by Alexandru Teodorescu through Saga Film, will begin shooting in spring 2016.
PRODUCTION: Banat in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: Italian director/screenwriter Adrian Valerio is in preparation with his first feature Banat, a coproduction between Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia set for shooting in 2015.
PRODUCTION: Dinu Tănase Develops Who Killed Christmas
BUCHAREST: Dinu Tănase’s Who Killed Christmas, a drama about cruelty and violence in the countryside, is set for shooting in November 2015.
PRODUCTION: Cristina Iacob Preps Sequel to #Selfie
BUCHAREST: With her second film, A Gift for You/Un dar pentru tine, expected to be broadcast on TV in December, Cristina Iacob is in preproduction with a sequel to her…
Romania Appoints Csilla Hegedus as Minister of Culture
BUCHAREST: Csilla Hegedus has been named as the new minister of Culture and vice-prime-minister with Romanian president Traian Băsescu signing the appointment decree on 18 November 2014.
PRODUCTION: Marius Theodor Barna Preps Two Documentaries
BUCHAREST: Romanian director/producer Marius Theodor Barna plans to shoot I Hit Therefore I Am/Lovesc, deci exist and The Witch Nuns/Călugăriţele vrăjitoare in 2015. Both documentaries received production support from the…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2014: Anca Damian Preps In Perfect Health
COTTBUS: Romanian writer/director/producer Anca Damian is moving into preproduction with a dramatic feature film inspired by the sudden and unexpected death of her father, In Perfect Health.
PRODUCTION: Dan Chişu Preps The Birthday Party
BUCHAREST: Director/screenwriter/producer Dan Chişu plans to shoot his new feature The Birthday Party/Aniversarea (working title) in spring 2015 with the release set for 2016. He has two new features, Bucharest…