New operational manager for MediaPro
Liviu Gheorghe is replacing Florin Alexandrescu as operational manager at MediaPro Romania.
Chello Zone takes over Romantica TV
Chello Zone has fought off a competitor for control of the Romanian station Romantic TV.
Cinema Public Fund faces cut
The Romanian National Lottery and casinos wil be exempt from contributing to the Cinema Public Fund under a new ruling.
Production: Miss Christina in preproduction
Director Adrian Istria d'Elner is preparing a film adaptation of Mircea Eliade's novella, Miss Christina, a romantic drama set in the 30s.
Production: Tanti in postproduction
Romanian filmmaker Şerban Marinescu is completing Tanti, a contemporary drama from a script written by Mircea Daneliuc.
Production: Bogdan Apetri shooting feature debut
Outskirts (Periferic) the feature debut from director Bogdan Apetri, written by Cristian Mungiu and Ioana Uricaru (Tales from the Golden Age) is in shooting through August 3.
Romanian TV revenues continue to fall
General Romanian TV channel revenues dropped 40%, while thematic TV channels revenues dropped by 30% between January and May 2009.
Production: Radu Mihaileanu is completing The Concert
Director Radu Mihaileanu (Train de vie, Live and Become) is completing post-production on his dramatic comedy The Concert.
Romanian ad market poised to grow
Romanian ad market will increase with 1.1% between 2009-2013, according to an estimate from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
First drive in to open in Bucharest
Bucharest will have its first drive-in cinema, located at Băneasa Shopping City, set to open July 1.
Megaplex and IMAX set to open in Romania
The first megaplex and IMAX in Romania, Cinema City Cotroceni with 21 theaters with 4,300 seats, is set to open in October.
Production: Flying Lessons in development
Moldavian filmmaker Igor Cobileanski is in early development with his first feature based on a script written by Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective) and himself.
Production: Claude Lelouch shooting Ces amours-là in Romania
French maestro Claude Lelouch began filming his 45th film, Ces amours-là on June 8 at MediaPro Studios in Romania, with shooting scheduled to last for two months in Bucharest and…
Production: Ho-Ho-Ho filming at MediaPro Pictures
Romanian company MediaPro Pictures is in production with Ho-ho-ho, a feel good movie from Spanish director Jesus del Cerro.
Production: Alexandru Solomon in shooting with Kapitalism - Our Secret Recipe
Romanian filmmaker Alexandru Solomon (www.alexandrusolomon.ro) is working on a new long documentary, Kapitalism - Our Secret Recipe, a humorous approach on Romanian capitalism, 20 years after the fall of communism.
FNE at Transilvania International Film Festival
Police, Adjective and North conquer Transilvania as Claudia Cardinale makes star appearance.
6D cinema opens in Romania
The Light Cinema became the first Romanian multiplex to launch a 6D cinema, which began operating June 1 in Bucharest.
Police, Adjective sold in 9 countries
Corneliu Porumboiu's second feature, Police, Adjective, winner of the FIPRESCI award and the award of the Jury "Un Certain Regard" in Cannes, has been sold to nine countries.
Acclaimed abroad, Romania films struggle at local box office
Despite awards and international acclaim for Romanian films, the top drawing national film, Weekend with My Mother by Stere Gulea, in 62nd place, with 4,144 tickets sold in 11 weeks.
UPC Romania launches new channels
UPC has launched 14 new channels in Romania, becoming the operator with the most numerous channels available on digital platform as of June 1.
