New Manager at Romania’s Kanal D
BUCHAREST: Haluk Kurcer has replaced Hatice Kolat as the general manager of the channel Kanal D (www.kanald.ro). Kolat had run the channel since February 2007, with a mandate until 2011.…
Romtelecom Buys Boom TV
Romania's Romtelecom has acquired DTH Television Grup at a price of 8 million euro. The purchase, which was finalized in late February, includes the digital satellite station Boom TV.
PRODUCTION: September 11 in Preparation
BUCHAREST: Italian director Renzo Martinelli is preparing September 11, his second collaboration with the Romania's Castel Film (www.castelfilm.ro) starring American actor Harvey Keitel. Martinelli previously worked with Castel Film on…
PRODUCTION: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Finishes Shooting in Romania
BUCHAREST: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance wrapped shooting on 23 February 2011 in Romania where it was filmed for all but two weeks of shooting in Turkey. The first big…
PRODUCTION: Christmas at Castlebury Hall Will Shoot in Romania
BUCHAREST: American director Michael Damian is in Bucharest where he will shoot his feature Christmas at Castlebury Hall, a romantic comedy about a young woman and her orphaned nephews who…
PRODUCTION: 365 New Years in Development
BUCHAREST: Paul Negoescu is developing his first feature, 365 New Years/365 de revelioane (working title), the story of a young man breaking up with his girlfriend on New Years Eve.…
FESTIVALS: FIAPF Accredits Transilvania Film Festival
BERLIN: The General Assembly of the International Federation of Film Producers' Associations (FIAPF), meeting in Berlin, approved the accreditation of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) in 2011. TIFF was…
PRODUCTION: Flying Lessons in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Igor Cobileanski (Tache) is currently editing his second feature, Flying Lessons/La limita de jos a cerului, a bittersweet drama about the friendship of two small-time drug dealers in a…
PRODUCTION: Adalbert's Dream in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Gabriel Achim is currently in postproduction with his first feature Adalbert's Dream, a black comedy set on 8 May 1986, when Romania was usually celebrating the anniversary of the…
PRODUCTION: Looking For A Mare's Nest in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Dan Chişu's third feature, Looking for a Mare's Nest/Şi caii sunt verzi pe pereţi, is currently in post-production and will be finished in March 2011, in time to be…
New Regulations for Gopo Film Awards
BUCHAREST: A record 56 films have been submitted for the 5th edition of the Romanian Gopo prizes (www.premiilegopo.ro). Among them 16 are feature films, 10 documentaries and 30 short films…
Romania Lines up 2011Premieres
BUCHAREST: Twenty Romanian films are expected to hit local screens in 2011. Some of them were originally planned to open in 2010, but the premieres were postponed because of a…
New Country Manager at Chello Central Europe România
BUCHAREST: Anda Mânza replaced Dorian Ciubuc as country manager at Chello Central Europe România starting 1 February 2011.
Admissions Double as New Screens Open
BUCHAREST: The biggest box-office successes of 2010 in Romania drew almost double the numbers of 2009. Cinema City opened new multiplexes in 2010 in Baia Mare, Arad and a second…
Critics Name The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu best Romanian Film
BUCHAREST: Romanian journalists and film critics selected The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu/Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceauşescu as the best Romanian film of 2010 and its director, Andrei Ujică, as the best…
TLC Launches in Romania
BUCHAREST: The Discovery Channel (www.yourdiscovery.com/web/find-us-on-tv/romania/) launched the women entertainment channel TLC in Romania on 20 January 2011 on the basic analog and digital packages of UPC (www.upc.ro) and AKTA (www.digitalcable.ro),…
New General Manager at UPC
BUCHAREST: The Romanian communication company UPC (www.upc.ro) has a new General Manager, Severina Pascu, elected for four years. She is replacing the American Jack Mikaloff, who ran the company from…
PRODUCTION: Emmy Winner Nanau Prepares New Documentary
BUCHAREST: Alexander Nanau, recipient of the International Emmy 2010 for The World According to Ion B, is preparing a new full length documentary, 136, which will be produced by Strada…
Batman Franchise Scouts Romania
BUCHAREST: Bucharest City Hall has informed local media that The Dark Knight Rises, the upcoming film in the Batman series, is in discussions to film in Romania.
RADEF Renovates, Opens Old Cinemas
BUCHAREST: RADEF RomâniaFilm (www.romaniafilm.ro), the communist era manager of Romanian cinemas and current owner of some 30 screens in Romania, has opened its first 3D cine-café in Bucharest. The company…
