Coronavirus Hits Romanian Box Office

BUCHAREST: The Romanian box office fell from 1.25 m EUR in the week of 2-8 March 2020 to 276,375 EUR in 9-15 March 2020. The domestic hit Miami Bici directed…
17-03-2020

Romania Closes Cinemas, Gopo Awards Postponed

BUCHAREST: Romanian authorities have decided to shut down all events (public or private) with over 100 persons in closed premises and to shut down cinemas from 12 till 31 March…
12-03-2020

Romanian Films Score High At Local BO

BUCHAREST: Romanian film market is diversifying and getting stronger with one domestic comedy shot in the USA ranking 2nd in the overall box office and a documentary on the importance…
04-03-2020

The Whistlers Tops Romanian Gopo Awards Nominations

BUCHAREST: The Whistlers by Corneliu Porumboiu has got 13 nominations for the 14th Gopo Awards, followed by Heidi by Cătălin Mitulescu with 10 nominations, and Adina Pintilie’s Touch Me Not…
18-02-2020

BOX OFFICE: Admissions And Box Office for Domestic Films Soar In Romania in 2019

BUCHAREST: Admissions to domestic films increased dramatically from 389,172 in 2018 to 806,472 in 2019, while domestic films' gross increased from 1.42 m EUR / 6,712,375 RON in 2018 to…
13-02-2020

Transilvania Pitch Stop 2020 Launches Call For Applications

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Transilvania Pitch Stop, the coproduction platform of the Transilvania International Film Festival, invites feature film projects of first and second time directors from Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Georgia, Moldova, Hungary,…
11-02-2020

Romanian and Lithuanian Productions Awarded at Sundance

BUCHAREST: Radu Ciorniciuc’s debut documentary Acasă, My Home / Acasă was awarded the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography (Radu Ciorniciuc and Mircea Topoleanu) at the 42nd Sundance…
03-02-2020

Romanian Radu Jude’s Uppercase Print Picked Up By Belgian Best Friend Forever

BUCHAREST: Uppercase Print / Tipografic majuscul, one of the two films by Radu Jude selected for 2020 Berlinale’s Forum section, has been picked up by the Belgian sales company Best…
31-01-2020

PRODUCTION: Romanian Andrei Dăscălescu In Postproduction With Holy Father

BUCHAREST: Awarded Romanian documentary director Andrei Dăscălescu is in the last stages of postproduction with Holy Father / Tatăl nostru, a personal journey he undertook to discover what it takes…
29-01-2020

FNE Market Analysis 2019: ROMANIA

BUCHAREST: Admissions to domestic films more than doubled in Romania compared to 2018, especially due to four titles: Oh, Ramona! by Cristina Jacob, 5GANG: Another Christmas by Matei Dima, Mary,…
27-01-2020

FNE at WEMW Co-Production Forum 2020: Too Close

TRIESTE: Too Close / Apropierea directed by Botond Pusok is participating in the Co-production Forum of the 10th edition of When East Meets West (19-21 January 2020), the industry section…
21-01-2020

FNE at WEMW Co-Production Forum 2020: Double Happiness

TRIESTE: Double Happiness / Dublă fericire, the debut feature by Romanian director Sebastian Mihăilescu, will be showcased in the Co-production Forum of the 10th edition of When East Meets West…
20-01-2020

5GANG: Another Christmas Breaks Opening Record in Romania

BUCHAREST: Teen comedy 5GANG: Another Christmas, the debut feature by vlogger Matei Dima, tops the weekly Romanian box office with 146,784 admissions and 592,738 EUR / 2,831,396 RON gross. The…
06-01-2020

New Cinema Operator Opens First Multiplex in Sibiu

SIBIU: New Bucharest-based cinema operator CineGold SRL opened its first multiplex in Sibiu in November 2019. This is the first multiplex opened in this Transylvanian city, which was the European…
13-12-2019

Romanian Producer Ada Solomon Elected Deputy Chairwoman of EFA’s Board

BUCHAREST: Romanian producer Ada Solomon was voted Deputy Chairwoman of the European Film Academy’s Board on the occasion of the European Film Awards meeting in Berlin last weekend. She will…
11-12-2019

Romanian Film Archive Finishes 4K Restoration of Classic Moromeții at Cinelabs Romania

BUCHAREST: The Romanian Film Archive has finalised the 4K restoration of Stere Gulea’s black and white drama Moromeții (1987), which is considered one of the best Romanian films of all…
11-12-2019

PRODUCTION: Andrei Gruzsniczki in Postproduction with Emil

BUCHAREST: Writer/director Andrei Gruzsniczki is currently in postproduction with his fourth feature film, Emil (working title), a 100% Romanian coproduction supported by the Romanian Film Centre.
06-12-2019

Alexander Nanau’s collective Sold to France and UK

BUCHAREST: Alexander Nanau’s documentary collective / colectiv has been sold in France to Sophie Dulac Distribution and in the UK to Dogwoof. This observational documentary about corruption in Romania’s medical…
03-12-2019

Swedish TV Series Based On Crime Bestsellers Shot in Romania

BUCHAREST: Romanian company Seven Film has recently serviced Sweden’s Miso Film in the production of the crime series Box 21, based on the first bestseller from the series written by…
29-11-2019

Documentary Platform Vintage Sahia Launched in Romania

BUCHAREST: Vintage Sahia, the first web platform with films produced by the Communist documentary studio Alexandru Sahia between 1950 and 1990, was recently launched in Romania by One World Romania…
26-11-2019