Production: Floating Things in postproduction
Floating Things, from writer/director Mircea Daneliuc, is in the final stages of postproduction as it prepares for its local premiere on October 23.
High Definition Television ignites competition between operators
Romtelecom (www.romtelecom.ro ) will launch 8-10 TV channels in High Definition in the next 12 months in Romania, while UPC (www.upc.ro ) will launch a package of 8 channels this…
Production: Looking for a Mother to be shot this autumn
Looking for a Mother, a contemporary drama of a young boy who is institutionalized after his mother leaves for Italy, will be shot in the Republic of Moldavia as a…
Production: Brancusi biopic in preparation
The life of the famous Romanian artist Constantin Brancusi goes on the big screen in a feature film set to premiere in 2010.
The New Romanian Cinema strikes back: Francesca to open Orizzonti section at Venice FF
Before producing Cristi Puiu's The Death of Mr Lăzărescu (2005), Bobby Păunescu didn't have any connection with the cinema business.
Production: Metro Branding in post-production
Ana Vlad and Adrian Voicu are in postproduction with their first long film, Metro Branding, a documentary investigating five famous communist "monobrands."
The Childhood of Icarus begins foriegn sales
The Childhood of Icarus, the first feature of the Romanian-Swiss filmmaker Alexandru Iordăchescu, has been sold in France to Zootrope (www.zootropefilms.fr) and in Romania to Independenta Film (www.independenta.biz).
Romanian TV channels prepare to launch
Romania will see the launch of three local channels by the end of 2009 and satellite channel Vox News in February 2010.
Production: Hanta begins filming next week
Director Ioan Cărmăzan (The Wood Cutters, The Blue Sleigh) will begin shooting Hanta, a 100% Romanian production, on August 24.
Production: Child-Miner in pre-production
Director/screenwriter Alexandra Gulea is in pre-production with her first feature Child-Miner (Copil-miner), with plans to begin shooting in spring 2010.
Shooting of Wilhelm Tell: The Legend postponed
Bogdan Moncea, PR Manager at Castel Film Studios, told FNE that filming on Wilhelm Tell: The Legend has been postponed until 2010.
Fire destroys props storage at MediaPro Studios
One fireman was slightly hurt in the attempt to extinguish the fire started Tuesday evening at MediaPro Studios (www.mediaprostudios.com) in Buftea, near Bucharest.
Production: The Graduates of the 3rd Millenium in post-production
Adrian Popovici is finishing post-production on The Graduates of the 3rd Millenium (Liceenii mileniului trei, working title).
Slow moves to digital television in Romania
Romanian Ministry of Communications and Information Society (http://www.mcsi.ro/) is expected to present a new draft for the strategy to transfer to digital television.
Ad market revenues drop in 2009
The TV advertising market has dropped by over 30% in Romania in the first half of 2009.
Production: Dan Chişu starts shooting The Bear
Writer/director Dan Chişu's film The Bear, winner of the Connecting Cottbus "Best Pitch Award," began filming August 3.
Romanian box office on the rise
Due to multiplexes and 3D, local box-office projects growth of as much as 25% in 2009 compared to last year.
Production: Constantin Popescu preps Principles of Life
Constantin Popescu (Tales from the Golden Age) has finished post-production of Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man and started pre-production of Principles of Life.
Production: Nicolae Mărgineanu finishes doc about Securitate surveillance
Nicolae Mărgineanu is in post-production with his documentary film Surveilled by the Securitate between 1970-1980.
Production: Marian Crişan preps his first feature
Marian Crişan (Palme d'Or for the short Megatron in 2008) will shoot his first feature this autumn.
