BUCHAREST: The Romanian Alliance of Film Producers (AFP), comprising most of Romanian production companies, has issued a new appeal to the authorities.
Alexandru Maftei is breaking new ground in national genre cinema with
The Passion of Åtefan (working title). This extremely rare Romanian historical drama is produced by
Iuliana Tarnoveţchi on behalf of Alien Film.
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Written by
Alexandru SpÄtaru and Maftei himself, the screenplay centres on a day in the life of Stephen the Great, a military leader who fought against the Ottoman invasion and who has since become known as one of the greatest rulers in Romaniaâs history. Given that Stephenâs history was significantly redacted during the communist era, the film is based on new information presented in
collective by Alexander Nanau
BUCHAREST: Romania has been seriously affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, which shut down film production and cinemas for several months. The closing of cinemas and the decrease of TV advertisement resulted in a significant decrease of the amount of money for the national Film Fund and, as a consequence, no production grants were allotted for 2020 and most likely won t be allotted for 2021 as well.
Although officially re-launched in January 2020, when it was taken over by the Ministry of Economy, the cash rebate scheme didn t function in 2020, and at the end of 2020 most of the projects already shot since the scheme opened in 2018 were waiting for the rebate.