ROMANIAN FILMS 2014 | 3 2015 | 29 IN DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION / POST-PRODUCTION 2015 | 71 ROMANIAN FILMS INDEx | 83 2014 20 14 ROMANIAN FILMS INDEX #SELFIE #SELFIE A comedy that introduces the new generation exactly as it is: alcohol, restrictions imposed by parents, unleashed parties, Facebook, girls who experienced sex at an early age and who just come to find out what love really is about. 2014, 126 min, HD CONTACTS: Zazu Film NATIONAL RELEASE DATE: MAy 9, 2014 28 Iliescu Teodor Bucharest, Romania PRODUCTION COMPANY: MEDIAPRO PICTURES Mobile: +40 756 100103 AND ZAZU FILM, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE Fax: +40 31 825 1196 cristinajacob@ ROMANIAN CNC zazufilm.com Directed by: Cristina Iacob Screenplay: Cristina Iacob, Maria Spirache, Alexandru Molico Cinematography: Viorel Sergovici Editing: Ovidiu Văcaru Producers: Cristina Dobrițoiu, Mișu Predescu Cast: Olimpia Melinte, Răzvan Vasilescu, Crina Semciuc 4 20 14 ROMANIAN FILMS INDEX AGON * AGON A powerful drama about two Albanian brothers who must deal with prejudice and bigotry in a new country. Saimir is well established and thriving with a stable job and a fiancée in Greece, while Vini, newly emigrated, is involved with dangerous criminals... 2012, 106 min, 35mm CONTACTS: Elefant Film RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARy 28, 2014 123 Calea Mosilor, 2nd district PRODUCTION COMPANY: ERAFILM, ELEFANT FILM, Bucharest, Romania ARIZONA FILM AND INKAS FILM Mobile: +40 723 889169 [email protected] Directed by: Robert Budina Screenplay: Robert Budina Cinematography: Marius Panduru Editing: Eugen Kelemen Producers: Sabrina Kodra, Lillette Botassi and Dan Burlac Cast: Guljem Kotori, Antonis Kafetzopulos, Xhevdet Jashari, Marvin Tafaj (*Minority Coproduction) 5 20 14 ROMANIAN FILMS INDEX AMERICA, HERE WE COME! AMERICA, VENIM! A group of Romanian theatre actors has the adventure of a lifetime while on their first ever American tour. Six actors are invited to perform for the Romanian community in New York. Once arrived in America, they are faced with the “harsh” realities of a world altogether different. 2014, 95 min, HD CONTACTS: Libra Film NATIONAL RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 52 Popa Soare Street et 2, ap 4, 2nd district PRODUCTION COMPANY: LIBRA FILM, WITH THE Bucharest, Romania SUPPORT OF THE ROMANIAN CNC Tel/Fax: +40 21 326 6480 [email protected] Directed by: Răzvan Săvescu Screenplay: Răzvan Săvescu, Oana Ioachim Cinematography: Liviu Mărghidan Editing: Tudor Pojoni Producer: Tudor Giurgiu Cast: Mihai Călin, Gheorghe Ifrim, Adrian Văncică, Mira Furlan Other films by the director: Before the Silence (1978), The Sword Swallower (1981), The Doom (1985), Starting Over (1987), The Culprit (1991), Green Moon (2010) 6 20 14 ROMANIAN FILMS INDEX ANA ANA The story of a man in his autumn years, lonely and obsessed ever since his youth with the idea of making a film inspired by the legend of The master builder Manole (the history of building a church by means of supreme sacrifice) and a young Moldavian prostitute. 2014, 83 min, HD CONTACTS: Paradox Film NATIONAL RELEASE DATE: DECEMBER 12, 2014 1 Bis G-ral Dimitrie Salmen Street PRODUCTION COMPANY: PARADOX FILM, WITH THE 1st floor, ap 2, 2nd district SUPPORT OF TVR AND THE ROMANIAN CNC Bucharest, Romania Tel.: +40 21 211 8656 Mobile: +40 723 693215 Directed by: Alexa Visarion elena_popa_nitu@ yahoo.com Screenplay: Alexa Visarion, Iris Spiridon Cinematography: Pătru Păunescu Editing: Nita Chivulescu Music: Mircea Florian Producers: Alexandru Iclozan, Marius Th. Barna Cast: Răzvan Vasilescu, Cristina Drăghici, Mircea Albulescu, Dorel Vișan Other films by the director: Before the Silence (1978), The Sword Swallower (1981), The Doom (1985), Starting Over (1987), The Culprit (1991), Green Moon (2010) 7 20 14 ROMANIAN FILMS INDEX BLACK HEART TALES SCURT / 4: ISTORII DE INIMĂ NEAGRĂ An omnibus film containing four independent short films: Start Anew World, It Can Pass Through the Wall, Kowalski and Dying from a Wound of Love. 2014, 83 min, HD CONTACTS: Freealize NATIONAL RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 28, 2014 3 Nicolae Beldiceanu Street PRODUCTION COMPANY: ROOT FILMS, MICRO FILM, 1st district KINOSSEUR, WEAREBASCA, ACTORIEDEFILM.RO, WITH Bucharest, Romania [email protected] THE SUPPORT OF HBO ROMANIA, THE ROMANIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE AND JAMESON ROMANIA Directed by: Luiza Pârvu, Radu Jude, Andrei Crețulescu, Iulia Rugină Screenplay: Toma Peiu, Radu Jude, Andrei Crețulescu, Ana Agopian, Oana Răsuceanu, Iulia Rugină Cinematography: Shan Jin, Marius Panduru, Andrei Butică, Vivi Drăgan Vasile, Cosmin Fericean Editing: Luiza Pârvu, Tudor D. Popescu, Cătălin Cristuțiu, Letiția Ştefănescu Producers: Toma Peiu, Luiza Pârvu, Adriana Răcășan, Ada Solomon, Radu Jude, Andrei Crețulescu, Claudiu Mitcu, Dragoș Bucur, Dorian Boguță, Alexandru Papadopol Cast: Florin Penișoară, Olimpia Melinte, Ioan Ardelean, Sofia Nicolaescu, Marcel Horobeț, Gabriel Spahiu, Dorian Boguță, Andi Vasluianu, Şerban Pavlu, Rodica Lazăr, Adina Ştețcu, Paul Radu, Dragoș Sora, Eugen Matei Lumezianu, Angela Similea 8 20 14 ROMANIAN FILMS INDEX BRANCUSI FROM ETERNITY BRÂNCUȘI DIN ETERNITATE 3 periods, 3 stories and 3 characters: Brancusi, Marin Etu, a student sentenced to 13 years in prison by the communists and Milarepa, a scholar who lived in the XIIth century, in Tibet. A film about art and failures. 2013, 100 min, HD CONTACTS: Artis Film NATIONAL RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 61 Romulus Street 3rd district PRODUCTION COMPANY: ARTIS FILM, WITH THE Bucharest, Romania SUPPORT OF TVR AND THE ROMANIAN CNC Tel: +40 21 322 3648 Fax: +40 21 322 3656 [email protected] Directed by: Adrian Popovici Screenplay: Pascal Ilie Virgil, Ioan Cărmăzan, Radu Petrescu-Aneste Cinematography: Cristian Gugu Editing: Marian Ene Music: Adrian Popovici, Vladi Cnejevici Producers: Cornelia Paloș, Adrian Popovici Cast: Ioan Andrei Ionescu, Iulia Verdeș, Claudiu Bleonț, Alexandru Potocean Other films by the director: Dracula the Impaler (2002), A Roof over Our Heads (2006), Eva (2010), Highschool Teens (2011), All God’s Children (2012) 9 20 14 ROMANIAN FILMS INDEX CANNIBAL * CANIBAL Carlos is the most prestigious tailor in Granada, but he’s also a murderer. He feels no remorse, no guilt, until Nina appears in his life. She will make him realize the true nature of his acts and, for the first time, love awakens. 2013, 116 min, HD CONTACTS: Libra Film NATIONAL RELEASE DATE: JULy 11, 2014 52 Popa Soare 2nd district, 023984 PRODUCTION COMPANY: MOD PRODUCCIONES, Bucharest, Romania LIBRA FILM, CTB FILM COMPANY AND LUMINOR, Phone: +40 21 326 6480 [email protected] WITH THE SUPPORT OF EURIMAGES AND THE MEDIA PROGRAMME OF THE EU Directed by: Manuel Martín Cuenca Screenplay: Humberto Arenal, Alejandro Hernández, Rafael de la Uz Cinematography: Pau Esteve Birba Editing: Ángel Hernández Zoido Producers: Fernando Bovaira, Simón De Santiago, Tudor Giurgiu, Sergey Selyanov, François Yon Cast: Antonio de la Torre, Olimpia Melinte, Delphine Tempels, María Alfonsa Rosso Other films by the director: Cuatro puntos cardinales (2002), The Weakness of the Bolshevik (2003), Malas temporadas (2005), Half of Oscar (2010) (*Minority Coproduction) 10 20 14 ROMANIAN FILMS INDEX CLOSER TO THE MOON MAI APROAPE DE LUNĂ Bucharest, 1959. A spectacular bank heist has the country in an uproar. Four men and a woman are arrested, tried, convicted and while waiting for their execution, they are forced to star in a propaganda film about their crime... 2013, 117 min, 35mm CONTACTS: Mandragora Movies NATIONAL RELEASE DATE: MARCH 7, 2014 2-4 Cristian Popisteanu Street PRODUCTION COMPANY: MANDRAGORA MOVIES, 1st district,010024 RAINIERI GROUP, DENIS FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS Bucharest, Romania Tel: +40 31 620 3503 AND AgrESYWNA BANDA, WITH THE SUPPORT OF luana@ THE ROMANIAN CNC AND HBO ROMANIA mandragoramovies.com Directed by: Nae Caranfil Screenplay: Nae Caranfil Cinematography: Marius Panduru Editing: Cătălin Cristuțiu Music: Laurent Couson Producers: Bobby Păunescu, Renata Rainieri, Denis Friedman, Alessandro Leone Cast: Vera Farmiga, Mark Strong, Harry Lloyd, Joe Armstrong Other films by the director: E pericoloso sporgersi (1993), Asphalt tango (1996), Dolce far niente (1998), Filantropica (2002), The Rest Is Silence (2007) 11 20 14 ROMANIAN FILMS INDEX THE CRYPT CRIPTA Leduc, a French real estate developer, prepares an old Romanian thermal resort for renovation. A Roman fresco in a crypt delays the project, so he tries to burn it down. But he locks himself in a courtyard by mistake. He stays trapped for days, the neighborhood being deserted. He tries communicating with the few remaining residents and changes from a civilized being into a beast. Will he ever leave that courtyard? 2013, 82 min, HD CONTACTS: Ro de Film NATIONAL RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 1 Bis G-ral Dimitrie Salmen Street PRODUCTION COMPANY: RO DE FILM, MILONGA 1st floor, ap 2, 2nd district AND PARADOX FILM, WITH THE SUPPORT OF RÉGION Bucharest, Romania Tel.: +4021 211 8656 MIDi-PyRÉNÉES, ESAV, THE ROMANIAN CNC, Mobile: +40 723 693215 EURIMAGES AND TVR elena_popa_nita @yahoo.com Directed by: Corneliu Gheorghiță Screenplay: Jean Samouillan Cinematography: Sorin Drăgoi Editing: Nathalie Mougenot Music: Iancu Dumitrescu, Ana-Maria Avram Producer: Alexandru Iclozan Cast: Serge Riaboukine, Gabriel Spahiu, Sanda Toma, Tache Ionescu Other films by the director: Europolis (2010) 12 20 14 ROMANIAN FILMS INDEX D’ORA D’ORA Dora is the dramatic story of a young girl from a village deep in the Romanian countryside who decides to escape. Smuggled in the back of a van, Dora, a university graduate, travels 1900 km to London, where her destiny is about to change beyond belief, as she embarks on a life of crime. 2014, 93 min, HD CONTACTS: 28 Films Limited NATIONAL RELEASE DATE: APRil 25, 2014 www.28films.co.uk PRODUCTION COMPany: 28 Films LIMITED, AVANTI PRODUCTIONS Directed by: Delia Antal Screenplay: Delia Antal Cinematography: Christopher Jenner Cole, Tabitha Beckman Editing: Lilly Ding, Oliver Jenewein Music: Gautier Galard Producer: Delia Antal Cast: Delia Antal, Julian Byrd, Mihai Arsene, Sophie Brabenc 13 20 14 ROMANIAN FILMS INDEX THE IN-LAWS CUSCRII Ionut proposed to Mariana. She said “Yes”. A big Romanian wedding has to be set. The two families have to finally meet and talk. First they befriend.