TV channels welcome state money to promote tourism
The Romanian Ministry of Tourism is spending €924,000 to promote local tourism on three Romanian television stations.
Production: Florin Iepan explores Odessa massacre
Documentary filmmaker Florin Iepan (The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan; Children of the Decree; Bela Lugosi - The Fallen Vampire) is tapping a difficult subject, the massacre committed by…
Tales from the Golden Age sold to 25 territories
The portmanteau film about life in communist era written by Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) and directed by Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Hoefer, Răzvan Mărculescu, Constantin Popescu…
Production: Radu Muntean preps Tuesday after Christmas
The Romanian filmmaker Radu Muntean continues his "étude des caractères" with Tuesday after Christmas, a look at the pending break-up of a ten-year marriage.
Kanal D goes international
S.C. Dogan Media International S.A. will extend the broadcasting of Kanal D TV channel abroad, having received approval from Romanian National Audiovisual Council (CNA) (www.cna.ro) in early July.
Digi Sport TV receives license
Digi Sport TV channel has received a license to launch a sports channel from the Romanian National Audiovisual Council (CNA), two months after the launch of another Romanian sports channel,…
New operational manager for MediaPro
Liviu Gheorghe is replacing Florin Alexandrescu as operational manager at MediaPro Romania.
Chello Zone takes over Romantica TV
Chello Zone has fought off a competitor for control of the Romanian station Romantic TV.
Cinema Public Fund faces cut
The Romanian National Lottery and casinos wil be exempt from contributing to the Cinema Public Fund under a new ruling.
Production: Miss Christina in preproduction
Director Adrian Istria d'Elner is preparing a film adaptation of Mircea Eliade's novella, Miss Christina, a romantic drama set in the 30s.
Production: Tanti in postproduction
Romanian filmmaker Şerban Marinescu is completing Tanti, a contemporary drama from a script written by Mircea Daneliuc.
Production: Bogdan Apetri shooting feature debut
Outskirts (Periferic) the feature debut from director Bogdan Apetri, written by Cristian Mungiu and Ioana Uricaru (Tales from the Golden Age) is in shooting through August 3.
Romanian TV revenues continue to fall
General Romanian TV channel revenues dropped 40%, while thematic TV channels revenues dropped by 30% between January and May 2009.
Production: Radu Mihaileanu is completing The Concert
Director Radu Mihaileanu (Train de vie, Live and Become) is completing post-production on his dramatic comedy The Concert.
Romanian ad market poised to grow
Romanian ad market will increase with 1.1% between 2009-2013, according to an estimate from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
First drive in to open in Bucharest
Bucharest will have its first drive-in cinema, located at Băneasa Shopping City, set to open July 1.
Megaplex and IMAX set to open in Romania
The first megaplex and IMAX in Romania, Cinema City Cotroceni with 21 theaters with 4,300 seats, is set to open in October.
Production: Flying Lessons in development
Moldavian filmmaker Igor Cobileanski is in early development with his first feature based on a script written by Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective) and himself.
Production: Claude Lelouch shooting Ces amours-là in Romania
French maestro Claude Lelouch began filming his 45th film, Ces amours-là on June 8 at MediaPro Studios in Romania, with shooting scheduled to last for two months in Bucharest and…
Production: Ho-Ho-Ho filming at MediaPro Pictures
Romanian company MediaPro Pictures is in production with Ho-ho-ho, a feel good movie from Spanish director Jesus del Cerro.
