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.
24-09-2009

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.
15-09-2009

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.
14-09-2009

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.
06-09-2009

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…
03-09-2009

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…
02-09-2009

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.
01-09-2009

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.
31-08-2009

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."
30-08-2009

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).
25-08-2009

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.
23-08-2009

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.
18-08-2009

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.
17-08-2009

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.
16-08-2009

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.
12-08-2009

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).
10-08-2009

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.
09-08-2009

Ad market revenues drop in 2009

The TV advertising market has dropped by over 30% in Romania in the first half of 2009.
05-08-2009

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.
04-08-2009

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.
03-08-2009