FESTIVALS: Child's Pose in Competition at MECEFF
MEDIAŞ: The 4th edition of Mediaş Central European Film Festival (2-6 September 2014), the only festival in Romania focusing on the Central European cinema, will screen more than 40 films…
Jackie Chan Named Romanian-Chinese Cultural Ambassador
BUCHAREST: Chinese actor Jackie Chan will open the Chinese Film Days in Bucharest on 11 September and will be named honorary cultural Ambassador of Romanian-Chinese relations.
PRODUCTION: Anca Miruna Lăzărescu Preps Her Debut Feature
BUCHAREST: Romania's Strada Film and Germany's filmallee team up again for That Trip We Took with Dad/La drum cu tata, the debut feature by Anca Miruna Lăzărescu whose short film,…
Moldova to Open Film Center
BUCHAREST: The Republic of Moldova will have its own Film Center subordinated to the Ministry of Culture.
PRODUCTION: Cătălin Mitulescu Develops Heidi
BUCHAREST: Writer/director/producer Cătălin Mitulescu, will question the situation of young women using men as vehicles for receiving nice things in life in Heidi, a feature he plans to shoot in…
PRODUCTION: Cristina Iacob in Postproduction with A Gift for You
BUCHAREST: The young director Cristina Iacob, who directed the most successful Romanian film in 2014, the youth comedy #Selfie, is in postproduction with A Gift for You/Un dar pentru tine,…
First CEE Oscar Contenders Announced
Poland, Hungary and Romania are among the first countries to select the films that will represent them in the Oscar foreign film category.
Bollywood productions boost Romanian film industry
BUCHAREST: Bollywood has discovered Romania. In what looks like a growing trend across central and eastern Europe Bollywood producers shooting in Romania are boosting the local location services industry. Bollywood…
American indie Nameless shooting in Romania
BUCHAREST: The independent production Nameless directed by Thurman Bryan and Luis Esteban and starring John Rhys-Davies, started shooting in Bucharest on 11 August with the local company Castel Film providing…
First Bollywood Film Shoots in Romania
BUCHAREST: Director Binoy Gandhi is shooting an untitled Bollywood film on location in Romania according to local Indian media reports.
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Cinema Elvire Popesco, Bucharest
This month we spoke with Boglarka Nagy, the programmer of the Elvira Popescu Cinema, a trendy cinema in Bucharest named after the most famous Romanian actress in France, Elvire Popesco…
PRODUCTION: Anca Damian Developing In Perfect Health
BUCHAREST: Anca Damian is developing a partly autobiographical feature set to shooting in summer 2014, Perfect sănătos/In Perfect Health, the story of a young attorney who starts his own investigation…
PRODUCTION: Cătălin Mitulescu Shooting Rumeno
BUCHAREST: Cătălin Mitulescu started shooting his third feature on 21 July 2014. Rumeno is a Romanian/Swedish/Italian coproduction which will be presented in the Venice Film Market.
Romanian Domestic Film Attendance on the Decline
BUCHAREST: Domestic attendance for the Romanian films was down in the first seven months of 2014 compared to 2013, with the youth comedy #Selfie contributing with more than a half…
MECEFF Announces Line-up
BUCHAREST: The 4th edition of Mediaş Central European Film Festival (2-6 September), the only festival in Romania focusing on Central European cinema, announced the seven films competing for the festival's…
Romanian projects in Locarno Industry Days
BUCHAREST: After winning the first edition of Transilvania Pitch Stop at TIFF Father Moves Mountains/Tatăl mută munţii by Daniel Sandu and Mariţa by Cristi Iftime will be pitched at Locarno…
Sam Neill Shooting Austrian SciFi in Romania
BUCHAREST: Northern Irish-born New Zealand star Sam Neill is in Romania for the filming of Andrew Goth's quantum theory thriller Deus Ex Machina shooting at MediaPro Studios.
Crowdfunding Nets 2,328 EUR for Save the Film Depot
BUCHAREST: Save the Film Depot/Salvaţi Depozitul de Filme, the campaign launched during the 13th edition of Transilvania IFF gathered only 2,328 EUR through the domestic crowdfunding platform We Are Here…
PRODUCTION: The Adventures of a Dutiful Daughter in Production
BUCHAREST: Ana Lungu is in production with her debut feature, The Adventures of a Dutiful Daughter / Aventurile unei fete cuminţi (working title), an independent production of Mandragora.
Romanian Minister of Culture Resigns
BUCHAREST: The resignation of Kelemen Hunor, deputy prime minister and minister of Culture on 11 July 2014 has frozen activity of the Romanian Film Center which has been without a…
