Obituary: Dinu Cocea

BUCHAREST: Dinu Cocea, the director of popular adventure films through the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, died in Paris at 84.
24-01-2014

PRODUCTION: George Dorobanţu develops 0/1

BUCHAREST: The winner of the Special Mention at the 2012 edition of ScripTeast will be financed by French producers with shooting scheduled for fall 2014.
23-01-2014

Romanian Debuts to Dominate Releases in 2014

BUCHAREST: Almost half of the 20 Romanian premieres expected in 2014, are debut or second films, with most of the films receiving support from the National Centre for Cinema. Films…
23-01-2014

Paul Schrader to shoot The Dying of the Light in Romania

BUCHAREST: Nicolas Cage, Anton Yelchin and Irene Jacob star Paul Schrader’s The Dying of the Light which will shoot at Castel Film Studios in Romania starting 27 January 2014.
22-01-2014

Obituary: Alexandru Iclozan

BUCHAREST: Romanian producer Alexandru Iclozan passed away after a long illness at age 62.
21-01-2014

Romanian Ad Market to Grow in 2014

BUCHAREST: After five years decrease, the Romanian ad market is poised to grow by 1.9% according to ZenithOptimedia.
15-01-2014

New general director for Romanian public television

BUCHAREST: Stelian Tănase has been voted unanimously by the Parliament to become the acting general director at the public television (TVR).
14-01-2014

FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Romania

Romania continued to garner international acclaim for domestic production despite a gap in funding, which is likely to affect the quantity of Romanian films coming onto the market in the…
19-12-2013

CNC Resets Grants Deadline

BUCHAREST: Following a protest by filmmakers, the Council of Administration of the National Centre of Cinema set the deadline for grant contest applications to 23 December 2013.
18-12-2013

Romania Appoints New Minister of Culture

BUCHAREST: Romania’s National Liberal Party (PNL) has assigned Gigel Sorinel Ştirbu to the post of Minister of Culture. He replaces Daniel Barbu who resigned on 12 December 2013.
16-12-2013

GRANTS: Bulgaria Supports Three Romanian Projects

The Bulgarian National Film Center has selected three Romanian projects for minority co-production support: Nae Caranfil’s 6.9 on the Richter Scale, produced by Christian Mungiu’s Mobra Films, Tudor Giurgiu's Christian,…
16-12-2013

Romanian Filmmakers Protest Funding Delay

BUCHAREST: Leading Romanian filmmakers are urging the president-general director of the National Centre of Cinema to annul the decision to postpone until 14 February 2014 the deadline of application for…
16-12-2013

Resignations at Romanian Culture Ministry and Public TV

BUCHAREST: Daniel Barbu, Romania’s Minister of Culture, resigned on 12 December 2013 after a public statement in which he noted that the budget of the HIV/AIDS programme is half of…
13-12-2013

EFA Honoree Solomon Crafts Strong Film Slate

BUCHAREST: Romanian producer Ada Solomon, fresh from receiving the European Co-production Award - Prix Eurimages at the 26th European Academy Awards in Berlin, spoke with FNE about her upcoming film…
11-12-2013

Bulgarian Romanian Coproduction Selected for Sundance

Viktoria, a debut feature film from Maya Vitkova, will be the first Bulgarian film screening in the World Competition of the Sundance film festival.
09-12-2013

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Cinema Studio, Bucharest

This month FNE speaks with Valentin Burlacu, the manager of Cinema Studio, one of the most important art house cinemas in Bucharest.
03-12-2013

Romania Announces Two Grants Sessions in 2014

BUCHAREST: The National Centre for Cinema will hold two sessions for production grants, with the contests open on 12 May and 12 November 2014.
03-12-2013

Romanian filmmakers win battle over funding of cinemas

BUCHAREST: The Romanian government has stepped back from a controversial plan that would have drained money from film production funding to pay for state owned cinemas, after protests by Romanian…
27-11-2013

Romanian Film Promotion Launches VOD Platform

BUCHAREST: Three film lessons on Lucian Pintilie and Tudor Giurgiu’s Love Sick are among the highlights of the newly released free VOD from Romanian Film Promotion.
21-11-2013

PRODUCTION: The Last Incubus in Postproduction

BUCHAREST: Distributor InterComFilm Romania has already started a promotional campaign marketing Ovidiu Georgescu's The Last Incubus as the first Romanian magic realism film, well in advance of its 14 February…
19-11-2013