Dan Chisu’s ”The Bear” in cinemas from May 6

Transilvania Film will launch on May 6, in cinemas across the country, "the comedy of the year" in Romania – "The Bear", by Dan Chisu.   The film will run in the first week in the theaters: Cotroceni Cinema City, Sun Plaza, Arad, Cluj Napoca, Bacau, Braila, Movieplex, Hollywood Multiplex, The Light, Gloria Bucharest, Constanta […]

The winners of the Romanian CNC funding competition

The Romanian National Film Centre has announced the winners of its first 2011 funding competition. Ten features (of which three are debuts), three documentaries, three shorts and four animated films will receive an overall €2.5m.   Pozitia copilului (“The Child's Position”) received €260.000. The Hai-Hui Entertainment production, in co-production with Libra Film, directed by Peter […]

Somewhere in Palilula in the Cinelink WiP Line-up

Somewhere in Palilula, written and directed by Silviu Purcarete, is one of the six films selected for this year's edition of Cinelink Work-in-Progress at Sarajevo Film Festival.   The films will be presented during the two-day event to selected international sales agents, festival representatives, local distributors and postproduction companies.   All projects will compete for […]

Katalin Varga, European Discovery of the Year

Katalin Varga, directed by Peter Strickland and produced by Tudor and Oana Giurgiu, won the European Film Academy's award as European Discovery 2009.   A Romanian/UK/Hungarian co-production, Katalin Varga had also 3 nominations at this year's British Independent Film Awards (Best Achievement in Production, Peter Strickland for Douglas Hickox Award and Hilda Peter for Most […]

Kino Caravan, in post-production

The shooting for Kino Caravan, Titus Muntean's second feature film, has been completed and the film is now in post-production. A Romanian-German co-production between Libra and Kombinat Film, Kino Caravan has received a 150 000 Euro funding from MDM, the German regional film fund.   The film is also supported by the National Film Center […]