FNE at Cannes 2024: Emanuel Pârvu Explores Isolation in Romanian Cannes Competition Entry

BUCHAREST: Romanian actor Emanuel Pârvu is making his debut in Cannes as a director after playing in Cristian Mungiu’s Best Director-awarded Graduation / Bacalaureat (2016). Pârvu’s third directorial work Three…
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BOX OFFICE: New Romanian Cannes Entry Nasty Tops Domestic Weekly Charts

BUCHAREST: Romanian documentary Nasty, about the legendary Romanian tennis player Ilie Năstase, is currently topping the domestic weekly charts after its release on 74 screens on 19 April 2023. The…
23-04-2024

GRANTS: Romania Announces Production Grants

BUCHAREST: The Romanian Film Centre (CNC) has distributed 5.6 m EUR / 27.9 m RON for the production of feature, documentary and animated films, as well as minority coproductions and…
18-04-2024

Romania Relaunches Cash Rebate Scheme with Plans to Become Most Attractive Destination in Eastern Europe

BUCHAREST: Romania is relaunching its cash rebate scheme in May 2024, as the Government has approved amendments proposed by the Office for Film and Cultural Investments (OFIC) on 21 March…
09-04-2024

Romanian Advertising and Media Association to Showcase Seven Vibrant Companies at MIPTV

BUCHAREST: The Romanian Advertising and Media Association will bring seven Romanian TV entertainment production companies to MIPTV, which will be held at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes 8 –…
27-03-2024

Write a Screenplay For… Opens Submissions

BUCHAREST: International and Romanian scriptwriters are invited to apply to the 6th edition of the script and film pitch contest Write a Screenplay For…, hosted by the American Independent Film…
20-03-2024

Tudor Giurgiu’s Libertate Scores Most Nominations at 18th Gopo Awards

BUCHAREST: The Romanian/Hungarian feature film Libertate directed by Tudor Giurgiu scored 14 nominations at the 18th edition of the Gopo Awards, followed by Mihai Mincan’s debut feature To the North…
18-03-2024

Transilvania Pitch Stop 2024 Launches Call for Applications

CLUJ-NAPOCA: Filmmakers from Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Greece and Turkey can submit their projects to the 11th international coproduction programme Transilvania Pitch Stop (TPS), which will be…
13-03-2024

Ukrainian Megogo Streaming Service Launches in Romania

BUCHAREST: The Ukrainian streaming service Megogo has launched in Romania with a subscription of 3.02 EUR / 14.99 RON for over 100 channels and 1,000 films through its Optim TV…
10-03-2024

LINE-UP: International Academy & Networking for Festival Managers at ESTE Film Festival Opens Call

SIBIU: Students of theatrical arts/film/cultural management, festival managers at the beginning, established festival managers, senior professionals and academic professors with specialised studies in cultural management are invited to apply to…
28-02-2024

FESTIVALS: Film O'Clock International Festival 2024 Ready to Kick off in Eight Countries

BUCHAREST: The 4th edition of Film O'Clock International Festival will be held simultaneously in Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Greece, Egypt and South Africa from 28 February to 3 March…
26-02-2024

FNE at Berlinale 2024: Romanian Cinema in Berlin

Dear Friends and Colleagues, The Romanian Film Centre and Dacin Sara will be present at the EFM! Drop by our stand at the MGB, G1 (upper floor) to learn more…
13-02-2024

PRODUCTION: Romanian Ioana Mischie in Postproduction with Pioneering Franchise Government of Children II

BUCHAREST: Writer/director Ioana Mischie (Fulbright Alumna, Berlinale Talents Alumna, Sundance Capalbio Alumna) is currently in postproduction with Government of Children II, a pioneering transmedia documentary inviting children to redesign their…
09-02-2024

BOX OFFICE: Excellent Start of the Year for Romanian Films on Domestic Charts

BUCHAREST: The Romanian comedy Part-time Daddy / Tati part-time directed by Letiția Roșculeț, tops the general box office in Romania with 285,682 admissions and 1.57 m EUR / 7,856,321 RON…
24-01-2024

BOX OFFICE: Four Domestic Titles in Romanian Top Ten 2023 with Miami Bici 2 Topping Charts

BUCHAREST: The Romanian box office witnessed an unprecedented year in 2023 with four domestic comedies in the Top Ten, of which Miami Bici 2 by Jesús del Cerro came ahead…
15-01-2024

FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Teodora Migdalovici, #TheAlternativeSchool Founder & Marius Radu, Good Game Industry’s Co-founder

BUCHAREST: In the light of the recently launched event on The Future of Gaming, dedicated to marketers and ad agencies aiming to cooperate with the gaming world, FNE spoke with…
22-12-2023

PRODUCTION: Igor Cobileanski's Romanian/Moldavian Comatogen in Postproduction

BUCHAREST: Igor Cobileanski’s fourth feature film Comatogen has finished editing and will soon enter sound design, sound mixing and colorisation. The film is a coproduction between Romania and the Republic…
06-12-2023

GRANTS: Romania Announces Production Grants

BUCHAREST: Projects by Rady Jude, Danis Tanović and Sergei Loznitsa are among the winners of the latest production grants announced by the Romanian Film Centre (CNC). Approximately 5.7 m EUR…
04-12-2023

BOX OFFICE: Romanian Comedy Miami Bici 2 Defeats Napoleon by a Landslide in Local Box Office

BUCHAREST: Romanian sexy comedy Miami Bici 2 directed by Jesús del Cerro tops the domestic charts with 198,324 admissions in the opening weekend, followed by Napoleon with 44,379 admissions.
29-11-2023

Romania to Start Paying International Productions Shot under Cash Rebate Scheme

BUCHAREST: Until the end of 2023 Romania will start paying the debt of more than 35 m EUR due to international productions shot since the cash rebate scheme was launched…
16-11-2023