05-05-2016

Premium Films Picks up Caranfil Film for Cannes Market

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    6.9 on Richter Scale by Nae Caranfil 6.9 on Richter Scale by Nae Caranfil credit: Mobra Films

    BUCHAREST: Paris-based Premium Films has acquired the latest feature film by Romanian writer/director Nae Caranfil 6.9 on the Richter Scale / 6,9 pe scara Richter. The film will screen in Marché du Film at Cannes Film Festival (11-22 May 2016) and will open the 15th Transilvania IFF on 27 May 2016.

    6.9 on the Richter Scale, a Romanian/Bulgarian/Hungarian coproduction with Cristian Mungiu producing through Mobra Films and Jelio Jelev producing through Bulgaria's Jelfilm and Hungary's Cinemafilm, is a contemporary comedy dealing with people’s anxiety about earthquakes.

    The film stars Teodor Corban (Aferim!, HiFilm Productions, One Floor Below, Multi Media Est), Laurențiu Bănescu, Maria Obretin, Alexandru Papadopol and Adrian Văncică.

    Representatives of Voodoo Films confirmed for FNE that Voodoo Films will distribute the film in Romania, but said that the date of the premiere is not yet set.