Two Prizes Put Romanian VR on Immersive Innovation Map
BUCHAREST: The Romanian projects Human Violins and Tangible Utopias, directed by Fulbright alumna Ioana Mischie and produced by Storyscapes, are among the first VR projects to receive a Meta grant…
Cristian Mungiu Back in Cannes’ Competition with R.M.N.
BUCHAREST: Cristian Mungiu’s new feature film R.M.N., selected for Cannes’s Competition 2022, questions the profound motivations of human behaviour in the face of reality and how we relate to a…
Admissions to Domestic Films Declined in Romania in 2021
BUCHAREST: Admissions to domestic films declined in Romania from 604,247 in 2020 to 236,291 in 2021, even though more new domestic films were released in 2021: 28, compared to 19…
Transilvania Pitch Stop Extends Deadline for Applications
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Transilvania Pitch Stop (TPS), the coproduction platform of the Transilvania IFF (TIFF), has extended the deadline for applications for its 2022 edition to 17 April 2022. TPS will be…
Adina Pintilie’s New Project to Represent Romania at La Biennale di Venezia
BUCHAREST: The project You Are Another Me - A Cathedral of the Body by the Romanian Berlinale Golden Bear winner Adina Pintilie is representing Romania at the 59th International Art…
PRODUCTION: Tom Wilson in Postproduction with Romanian/Czech Feature Dark Ages
BUCHAREST: British-born Bucharest-based film director and writer Tom Wilson is currently in postproduction with his third feature film Dark Ages, produced by Corneliu Porumboiu’s outlet 42 Km Film in coproduction…
PRODUCTION: Romanian Director Andrei Cohn Preps Gefilte Fish
BUCHAREST: Romanian writer/director Andrei Cohn is preparing to shoot his third feature film Gefilte Fish in April 2022. The film will be produced by Anca Puiu through Romania’s Mandragora in…
FESTIVALS: Astra Film Festival's Website Targeted by Hackers
SIBIU: The website of Astra Film Festival has been targeted by hackers who collected registration fees of approximately 2,000 EUR from over 100 film directors from 26 countries through a…
Transilvania Pitch Stop Opens Call for Applications
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Transilvania Pitch Stop, the coproduction platform of the Transilvania IFF (TIFF), has opened the call for applications for its 2022 edition announced for 23-25 June. The deadline is 10…
Otto the Barbarian Leads 16th Gopo Awards Nominations
BUCHAREST: Ruxandra Ghițescu’s debut feature Otto the Barbarian leads the 16th Gopo Awards nominations, ahead of Radu Jude’s Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn and Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog. The winners…
PRODUCTION: Sabin Dorohoi Shoots Romanian/German Coproduction Clara
BUCHAREST: Sabin Dorohoi is currently in production with his debut feature Clara, which he started shooting in Ulm, Germany, at the beginning of March 2022. This drama on the social…
Domestic Productions Line-up for Release As Romania Lifts COVID-19 Restrictions
BUCHAREST: Several new domestic films are waiting to be released in Romania as the COVID-19 restrictions were lifted starting 9 March 2022. Cinemas and other cultural institutions are resuming their…
Streaming Services Market in Romania to Grow by Over 22% in 2022
BUCHAREST: The Romanian streaming services market is expected to grow by more than 22% in 2022 compared to an increase of 27.16% in 2021.
PRODUCTION: Castel Film Wraps Production on Christopher Landry’s Debut Short Document 56
BUCHAREST: Christopher Landry’s Document 56 has wrapped production in Romania. The Romanian/USA feature short tells the strange-but-true story of a covert Cold War alliance between the American CIA and the…
Pustnik Screenwriters Residency 2022 Opens Applications
BUCHAREST: Applications are now open for the 8th edition of Pustnik Screenwriters Residency, with the deadline on 6 March 2022. The programme is planned to run in mid-September 2022 in…
PRODUCTION: Tudor Giurgiu to Start Shooting New Romanian/Hungarian Feature Film
BUCHAREST: Tudor Giurgiu is currently working on Sibiu ’89, a feature film set in the city of Sibiu in December 1989, during the fall of the Communism. The project is…
PRODUCTION: Italian/Romanian Documentary The Land You Belong Gets Eurimages Grant
BUCHAREST: Italian director/scriptwriter Elena Rebeca Carini is currently in production with her long documentary The Land You Belong, whose shooting started in November 2021. This Italian/Romanian coproduction received a grant…
Romania Eases Pandemic Restrictions
BUCHAREST: Romanian cinemas are allowed to function at 50% of their capacity starting 9 December 2021 as the rate of Coronavirus infections has significantly decreased. Cinemas will also close at…
FNE Film Meets Games: Romanian Game Development Industry With Record Growth
UCHAREST: Romanian game developers have announced record growth in 2021, with 67% of companies doing game design noting an increase in revenues according to the Romanian Game Developers Association.
Lucian Romașcanu Re-Appointed as Minister of Culture in Romania
BUCHAREST: Lucian Romașcanu has been re-appointed as Minister of Culture by the new Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă, who is heading a coalition cabinet of the Social-Democratic Party (PSD) and…
