Polish Film Hel Wins at Golden Carpathian Pitching Forum
BUCHAREST: Polish director Katarzyna Priwieziencew’s Hel has won the top prize for best pitch at the Golden Carpathian film market held in Bucharest. Hel is an a feature film produced…
Romanian Film Market Opens
BUCHAREST: The second edition of Romania’s only film market, Golden Carpathian (www.goldencarpathian.com) is underway through 26 August 2012 in Bucharest.
PRODUCTION: Romanian Polish Doc Sulina:Trapped in Paradise Shooting
BUCHAREST: Diana Munteanu (23) is shooting her first long documentary by the Danube Delta. Sulina:Trapped in Paradise (working title) is a Romanian-Polish coproduction set to be finished next year.
PRODUCTION: Dan Pita to Shoot Chira Chiralina in Autumn
BUCHAREST: Dan Piţa (Stone Wedding) is in early preproduction with a cinematic adaptation of Romanian writer Panait Istrati’s 1923 novella Chira Chiralina.
PRODUCTION: Terry Gilliam to Shoot The Zero Theorem in Romania
BUCHAREST: Austrian actor Christoph Waltz is set to star in The Zero Theorem directed by Terry Gilliam, with shooting planned to start at MediaPro Studios (www.mediaprostudios.com) in October 2012.
PRODUCTION: The Woman with the Black Necktie in Preparation
BUCHAREST: Şerban Marinescu is in preproduction with The Woman with the Black Necktie, a comedy set to be shot in Greece and Romania in autumn. Negotiations with Greek coproducer Metavision…
Romanian Public TV to Shut Down Two Channels
BUCHAREST: The Administration Council of TVR (www.tvr.ro) will cease broadcasting TVR Cultural and TVR Info in an attempt to recover its 133 m EUR debt. TVR3 will continue, but without…
PRODUCTION: Night Falls in India in Production
BUCHAREST: Spanish director Chema Rodriguez has completed the first 10 days of filming on his road-movie, Night Falls in India, in Romania, before moving to Turkey and Spain.
PRODUCTION: I'm an Old Communist Hag in Production
BUCHAREST: Director/screenwriter Stere Gulea teams up with DOP Vivi Drăgan Vasile (Occident) and actress Luminiţa Gheorghiu (The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu) for the first time since collaborating on the Romanian…
FNE - Step In - Locarno - Country Report: Romania
Despite diminished funding, no law on the tax incentives, and a delay on the switchover to digital television until 2013, the film industry continued healthy growth with increased international sales…
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month. Romania – Ileana Cecanu, Transilvania Film
FNE together with Europa Distribution have launched its new Distributor of the Month series.
PRODUCTION: The Gentleman from the Courtyard in Postproduction
BUCHAREST:The Romanian-French filmmaker Cornel Gheorghita (Europolis) is in postproduction with his second feature, a Romanian-French coproduction shot mostly in Romania.
RTL II to Launch in Romania
BUCHAREST: TV channel RTL II, airing entertainment and movies with the original content produced entirely in Hungary and in the Hungarian language, will begin broadcasts in Romania by the end…
PRODUCTION: Actor Dragoş Bucur Preps Directing Debut
BUCHAREST: After starring in several acclaimed Romanian New Wave features Dragoş Bucur is preparing to shoot his directorial debut, Love Building, starting 23 July 2012.
Antena TV Group Reports Profit in 2011
BUCHAREST: Antena TV Group had a turnover of 52.62 m EUR and a profit of 1.47 m EUR. It is the only TV company in Romania to show a profit…
FEATURES AND DOCUMENTARIES PRODUCED OR DEVELOPED IN ROMANIA, JULY 2011-JUNE 2012
More than 20 features have been shot in Romania between July 2011 and June 2012:
PRODUCTION: Sharon Stone, Andy Garcia to Shoot in Romania
BUCHAREST: Klaus Menzel's independent medium budget feature What About Love starring Sharon Stone and Andy Garcia is scheduled to begin filming in Romania on 5 August 2012.
PRODUCTION: The Shoe Box in Preparation
BUCHAREST: Mihai Ionescu (Different Mothers) is in the early stages of preparation and financing for his second feature, The Shoe Box, a tragicomedy set in the communist era.
New President for Romanian Public Television
BUCHAREST: Claudiu Săftoiu was elected as the president/general manager of Romanian Public TV by a Parliamentary vote of 265 to 5 on 2 July 2012.