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…
03-08-2012

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.
01-08-2012

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.
31-07-2012

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…
26-07-2012

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.
24-07-2012

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…
20-07-2012

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:
17-07-2012

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.
13-07-2012

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.
11-07-2012

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.
03-07-2012

PRODUCTION: Catalin Mitulescu's El Rumano in Development

BUCHAREST: Romanian producer, screenwriter and director Catalin Mitulescu (The Way I Spent the End of the World, Loverboy) plans to shoot his third feature, El Rumano, in autumn 2013. Details…
01-07-2012

PRODUCTION: Romanian Adrian Sitaru to Shoot his First Film in English

{mosimage}BUCHAREST: A cinematic adaptation of Fiona Campbell's bestseller Death of a Salaryman is in early development at the London based company Vernon Films with two time BAFTA winning director Adrian…
20-06-2012

PRODUCTION: Iho in Production

{mosimage}BUCHAREST: Eliza Zdru is shooting Iho, a 52 minute documentary on four elderly Aromanians from Cogealac, a small village near Constanţa, Romania, who sing polyphonic archaic music. ("Iho" means "melody"…
18-06-2012

Parliament Rejects Romanian TV Annual Report

BUCHAREST: The Romanian Parlament (www.parlament.ro) rejected the 2011 annual report of Romanian public television (www.tvr.ro) for 2011 on 12 June 2012, following a veto vote by the two Commissions for…
12-06-2012

FNE at TIFF: Joachim Trier’s Oslo, August 31st Wins Transylvania Trophy

CLUJ-NAPOCA: The 11th Transylvania IFF (www.tiff.ro) gave its top award (the Transylvania Trophy) to the Norwegian film Oslo, August 31st as well as the Best Script award to co-writers Eskil…
10-06-2012

PRODUCTION: Our Queen, Mary in Production

BUCHAREST: Adrian Popovici is working on a 90 minute documentary about the life of Queen Mary of Romania (1875-1938), granddaughter of Victoria Queen of England and wife of the King…
07-06-2012

FNE at TIFF: Romanian Days - Gone Wild

CLUJ-NAPOCA: The 80 minute documentary Gone Wild is a fascinating wild life "fairy tale." Written, directed and shot by Dan Curean, it was filmed entirely on the Danube Delta, mostly…
04-06-2012

FNE at TIFF: Romanian Days - A Dream's Merchant

CLUJ-NAPOCA: In his 173 min independent documentary A Dream's Merchant, Bogdan Ilie-Micu follows the young photographer Mihai Barbu as he travels by motorcycle from Romania to Mongolia, traversing 26,000 km…
04-06-2012

FNE at TIFF: Romanian Days - Visiting Room

CLUJ-NAPOCA: After four feature films - Rage/Furia, The Paper Will Be Blue/Hârtia va fi albastră, Boogie and Tuesday, After Christmas/Marţi, după Crăciun - screenwriter/director Radu Muntean has directed Visiting Room,…
03-06-2012