Romanian film funding to decrease
The Romanian Cinema Fund might be reduced by 40% in 2010 due to a new law exempting casinos and gambling from contributing, along with a decrease in monies from TV…
Whistleblower begins filming at MediaPro Studios
The Whistelblower, Larysa Kondracki's feature debut starring Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave, David Straitharn and Nikolaj Lie Kaas, started filming at MediaPro Studios (www.mediaprostudios.com) in Bucharest on October 26.
Production: Silviu Purcărete shooting debut film Somewhere in Palilula
Internationally acclaimed stage director Silviu Purcărete makes his directorial film debut with Somewhere in Palilula, an ambitious dark comedy about life under communism. Shooting started in Bucharest on October 14.
Production: Born to Raise Hell to shoot in Romania
Born to Raise Hell, an action movie directed by Lauro Chartrand and starring Steven Seagal, will be shot at Castel Film Studios starting in early November.
Romanian ad market drops
The Romanian ad market will drop by 35% or more in 2009, to a projected 350 million euro, compared with the 2008's 540 million euro local market.
Production: Adrian Sitaru preps For Love With Best Intentions
After Angling/Pescuit sportiv, Adrian Sitaru is preparing his second feature, From Love With Best Intentions/ Din dragoste cu cele mai bune intenţii, a story about growing up in contemporary Romania.
Production: Marian Crişan shoots Morgen
Short film Palme d'Or winner Marian Crişan (Megatron, 2008) is in production with his feature debut, Morgen, the story of a Romanian who goes fishing and comes home with a…
Production: Constantin Popescu shoots Principles of Life
Constantin Popescu (Tales from the Golden Age) is directing Principles of Life with Vlad Ivanov (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)appearing in hi first leading role on screen.
3-D TV airs in Romania
Mix 2 Braşov has become the first TV channel to air a 3D show in Romania.
Production: New documentary co-productions from Romania
Two new Romanian feature-length documentaries exploring the country's traditional past are attracting international co-production partners.
Production: Poker begins filming
Romanian director Sergiu Nicolaescu has started shooting Poker , an adaptation of a successful play written by Adrian Lustig and staged at the Comedy Theater in Bucharest 5 years ago.
Tales from the Golden Age tops Romanian box office
Tales from the Golden Age, produced, written and co-directed by Cristian Mungiu, together with Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Hofer, Răzvan Mărculescu and Constantin Popescu, has drawn the highest admission on opening…
Romania nominates Police, Adjective for foreign-language Oscar
Corneliu Porumboiu's film Police, Adjective, recipient of the FIPRESCI Prize and Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes at Cannes, has been chosen as Romania's entry for…
Production: Alexandru Maftei in post-production with Hello, How Are You?
The first feature from Romanian director Alexandru Maftei, Hello, How Are You?, is a romantic comedy about a husband and wife who fall in love via the internet, hiding their…
Francesca opens in Romania
Director Bobby Păunescu and the production team are traveling to ten towns across Romania to promote his first feature film, Francesca.
Production: Thomas Ciulei moves to feature with The Show Must Go On
Award-winning documentary director Thomas Ciulei is working on his feature debut, a comedy about an actor and a filmmaker, the last artists from an imaginary country ruled by an ominous…
Katalin Varga to be distributed in France and GB
Peter Strickland's first feature Katalin Varga will have its French premiere on October 7, and will be released in the UK on October 9.
Hungarian music channel to launch in Romania
Darido TV received a license from the National Audiovisual Council of Romania (www.cna.ro) on September 24 for a Hungarian language channel.
The Whistleblower to shoot in Romania
The Whistleblower, a first feature by Larysa Kondracki, will be shot in Romania this year with MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com) providing services.
Production: Ujica wraps the final chapter of his trilogy of the communism
Andrei Ujica is editing The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, the third part of his trilogy about communism, after the highly acclaimed Videogramme einer Revolution and Out of the Present.
