Romania to Launch Location Guide Project
BUCHAREST: The New Romanian Cinema Association together with the local industry are launching Location Guide Romania, a project aiming to promote the country’s various shooting locations and production facilities.
Obituary: Romanian Actor George Motoi Passes Away at 79
BUCHAREST: George Motoi, an actor who embodied the prototype of an intellectual in Romanian movies before 1990, passed away on 4 March 2015 at the age of 79.
Why Me? Sets Best Opening Record for a Romanian Film in Two Years
BUCHAREST: Tudor Giurgiu’s political drama Why Me? set an opening and box office record for a domestic film in the last two years. Released on 27 February 2015, it had…
Q.E.D. Leads Gopo Nominations
BUCHAREST: Only three Romanian films are nominated in Best Film category at the 9th edition of the Gopo Awards which will be announced on 30 March 2015. Andrei Gruzsniczki's Q.E.D.…
Romania Launches Online Platform for Domestic Films
BUCHAREST: CINEPUB, an online and free of charge platform for Romanian films, will be launched on YouTube on 26 February 2015.
PRODUCTION: Cristi Puiu Shooting Sierra-Nevada
BUCHAREST: Acclaimed writer and director Cristi Puiu is shooting his highly anticipated film Sierra-Nevada, a feature about a family reunion. The film is an international coproduction with the premiere set…
Why Me? to Travel Troughout Romania
BUCHAREST: Tudor Giurgiu’s political drama Why Me?/De ce eu? will be released in more than 60 Romanian cinemas on 27 February and in Bulgaria at the end of March 2015…
PRODUCTION: Adrian Sitaru Shooting Fixeur
BUCHAREST: This week Adrian Sitaru, director of Hooked (4 Proof Film) and Best Intentions (Hi Film Productions), started shooting Fixeur, a feature inspired by true events involving the idea of…
HBO Romania Opens Script Contest
BUCHAREST: HBO Romania launched a script contest for original series. The winner will be announced on 24 August 2015 and will receive 2,500 USD.
Aferim! Starts Selling
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's historical tragic-comedy Aferim!, Silver Bear winner for Best Director in Berlin, is already confirmed for distribution in ex-Yougoslavia, Hungary and Taiwan.
Transilvania Film Fund and Financial Incentives to Attract Producers to Cluj
BUCHAREST: Transilvania Film Fund, the first regional film fund in Romania, will support feature films, short films, documentaries and initiatives related to professional development. Financial incentives will be granted by…
FNE at Berlinale 2015: Romanian Films in Berlin
Romanian Film Center: Stand No. G1 | Location: Martin-Gropius-Bau. Come and see us at EFM 2015.
Heretic Outreach Acquires Why Me?
BUCHAREST: Tudor Giurgiu’s third feature Why Me?/De ce eu? selected for the Berlinale’s Panorama Special will be sold internationally by a new company, Heretic Outreach from Greece.
Romanian Journalists Vote Closer to the Moon Best Romanian Film of 2014
BUCHAREST: Closer to the Moon, Nae Caranfil’s first English language film, was chosen Best Romanian film in 2014 by Romanian film journalists and critics. The ceremony took place on 30…
Romanian VoD Service Seenow Saw Good Results in 2014
BUCHAREST: Seenow, the first Romanian service of live TV and VoD available on all screens, had 19,564,591 viewers in 2014.
Beta Cinema Acquires Aferim!
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's historical film Aferim!, selected for the competition section of Berlinale, will be sold internationally by the German company Beta Cinema. Its press screening and world premiere are…
Gopo Awards Gala Announced
BUCHAREST: The 9th edition of Gopo Awards gala will take place on 30 March 2015. The application process was launched on 26 January 2015 and will wrap on 6 February…
PRODUCTION: Adina Pintilie in Preparation with Touch Me Not
BUCHAREST: Adina Pintilie is planning to shoot her debut feature in Romania and Germany in June-August 2015.
Romania with Best Admissions in 14 Years and Box Office on the Rise
BUCHAREST: In 2014 admissions in Romania surpassed 10.1m, with Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies topping the chart.
Romanian Producer Ada Solomon Returns to the Berlinale Competition with Radu Jude's Aferim!
BUCHAREST: Radu Jude's ambitious historical drama Aferim! was selected for Berlinale's Competition (5-15 February 2015), two years after Peter Călin Netzer's Child's Pose (Parada Film), also produced by Ada Solomon,…
