Libra Film is an independent film/TV production company founded in 1994, having a focus on producing feature films, TV programs but shorts and documentaries as well.
In 2004, Libra produced the award-winning documentary Great Communist Bank Robbery, by Alexandru Solomon, co-production with Les Films D’Ici (France), BBC, ZDF/ARTE, France 2 with support of Eurimages, Jan Vrijman Fund and Discovery Campus Masterschool.
In 2006 Libra produced the local box-office hit Love Sick, by Tudor Giurgiu, with the support of Romanian Film Center, Hubert Bals Fund, Global Film Initiative and SEE Cinema Network. Film had its exclusive world premiere within the Berlin International Film Festival, Panorama section and has been sold worldwide in more than 25 terittories.
Another Libra production, Katalin Varga, by Peter Strickland, was named the European Discovery of the Year at the 2009 European Film Awards and awarded with Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at Berlinale 2009. Film was also nominated at the LUX annual prize, awarded by the European Parliament.
Libra Film is the only Romanian production company which has been granted twice (2009 and 2011) development support by MEDIA Program of EU for its slate of projects including features and documentaries.
In 2008, Libra was also the Romanian partner for Kornél Mundruczó’s Cannes competition film Delta, awarded with FIPRESCI award, was co-producing (together with Alfama Films – France) the directorial debut of actress Fanny Ardant, Ashes and Blood (premiered in Cannes 2009) and was the main producer behind Crossing Dates by Anca Damian (Romanian-Finnish coproduction) and Kino Caravan by Titus Muntean, co-production with Filmkombinat (Germany). Film had its world premiere at Pusan IFF, 2009.
Between 2008-2010, Libra was also involved in production of three TV documentaries: Australia, by Claudiu Mitcu, broadcasted in July 2009 on HBO Romania, about first participation of Romania’s football team at the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne; Birds Way by Klara Trencsenyi and Vlad Naumescu, about the life of a forgotten community of Lipovans in Danube Delta and Children of Uranium, by Adina Popescu and Iulian Ghervas.
Between 2009-2010, Libra offered production services for the 2.3 M Euros co-production The Human Resources Manager, by Eran Riklis and shot mostly in Romania. Film won Audience Award in Locarno IFF 2010 and was representing Israel at the Academy Awards competition for the Best Foreign Film. Another collaboration was with Italian producers from Indigo Film who shot in Romania a part of their film “Ha Paura del buio / Afraid of the Dark”, by Massimo Coppola, selected also in Venice IFF 2010.
Lineup of 2011-2012 projects consist of The Bear by Dan Chisu, the comedy of the year in Romania, launched in local theatres in May 2011 and awarded previously with “Best Pitch Award” at Connecting Cottbus 2008, Somewhere in Palilula, by Silviu Purcarete, one of the most expensive local films recently made (budget of 1.9 M Euros), project already awarded with Balkan Fund Award and Medienboard Berlin – Brandenburg Grant, both for script development, and the comedy Of Snails and Men, by Tudor Giurgiu, coproduction with Agat Films (France) due to be pre-sold in Cannes Market this year by sales company Elle Driver (France).