Somewhere in Palilula, in the Cinelink Work-in-Progress Line-up
18_Jul_2010
Somewhere in Palilula, written and directed by Silviu Purcarete, is one of the six work-in-progress 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 the CineLink Work in Progress Awards: Post Republic Award (80.000 EUR in post-production services) and RestArt Award (20.000 EUR in post-production services). read more
Katalin Varga, European Discovery of the Year
18_Dec_2009
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 has also had 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 Promising Newcomer). read more
Birds' Way and Children of Uranium, awarded at Astra Film Fest
18_Dec_2009
Birds' Way and Children of Uranium, two documentaries produced by Libra Film, were recently awarded at Astra Film Fest.
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New selections for Kino Caravan
18_Dec_2009
Titus Muntean’s Kino Caravan was selected at this year's edition of several film festivals: Thessaloniki (in the Balkan Survey section), Cottbus (Black Sea Focus) and Tallinn (at the Black Nights Film Festival). read more
Baltic Event Prize for Adalbert's Dream
18_Dec_2009
Adalbert’s Dream by Gabriel Achim, produced by Libra Film, won the Best Project Award at the Baltic Event (BE) co-production market in Tallinn.
Romania’s feature debut director Gabriel Achim and his producer Tudor Giurgiu were overwhelmingly voted the Best of BE, receiving the Baltic Event Best Project award for his black comedy ADALBERT’S DREAM (Libra Films). The award was presented by Baltic Event and included a cash prize of 3000 euros for the production company. read more
Oli's Wedding, Best Short in Leeds
16_Dec_2009
Oli's Wedding, the short written and directed by Tudor Jurgiu, has won the the Best International Fiction Short Award at Leeds International Film Festival, which took place between November 4 - 22, 2009. read more
World premiere for KINO CARAVAN at Pusan IFF
25_Sep_2009
World premiere for KINO CARAVAN at Pusan IFF - Titus Muntean’s "Kino Caravan" will be present in the Flash Forward competition of the Pusan International Film Festival, which will take place between October 8-16.
The newly created “Flash Forward Award” is dedicated to discovering up-and-coming directors from non-Asian countries. Currently at its 14th edition, Pusan IFF is the leading film festival on the Asian continent. read more
KATALIN VARGA by Peter Strickland, to premiere in France and UK
23_Sep_2009
Libra Film’s most recent co-production, KATALIN VARGA by Peter Strickland, will have its French premiere on Oct 7th being distributed by Memento Films Distribution
In UK film will be distributed by Artificial Eye starting Oct 9th.
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"Oli's Wedding", in the Official Competition at Milano Film Festival
07_Sep_2009
"Oli's Wedding", in the Official Competition at Milano Film Festival - The short film written and direct by Tudor Jurgiu is one of the fourty-nine films competing in Milano between September 11-20. read more
New award for Katalin Varga
07_Jul_2009
The leading actress from Katalin Varga, Hilda Peter, won Best Performance Award at the 7th edition of the Brussels Film Festival that took place from June 27th till July 5th. read more
"Ashes and Blood", in the Official Selection of Cannes Film Festival
30_Apr_2009
"Ashes and Blood" at Cannes -
The directorial debut of the renowned French actress Fanny Ardant, “Ashes and Blood” (a Romanian-French co-production), was selected at the Cannes Film Festival and will be screened Out of Competition together with 3 other titles: "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” by Terry Gilliam, "The Army of Crime”, directed by Robert Guediguian and Alejandro Amenabar’s "Agora". read more
New Talent Grand Pix win for "Katalin Varga" in Copenhagen
27_Apr_2009
"Katalin Varga" won CPH:PIX' main award NEW TALENT GRAND PIX at the 'CPH:PIX Award Show' in Copenhagen. The jury chose Peter Strickland as the winner of the NEW TALENT GRAND PIX competition because of 'the individuality of his approach, his visual sense, and the joined confident and consistent performances of his cast'. read more
"Oli's Wedding", the Best Romanian Short at NexT IFF 2009
21_Apr_2009
"Oli's Wedding", the Best Romanian Short at NexT IFF 2009 -
The bitter-sweet story about scattered families and lonely parents written and directed by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu was deemed the best short in the National Competion of NexT International Short and Medium Length Film Festival in Bucharest.
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The Silver Bear for "Katalin Varga"
15_Feb_2009
"Katalin Varga," a Transylvanian-set revenge drama from British director Peter Strickland, won the Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution for its soundtrack. read more
"Katalin Varga" - selected in the 2009 Berlinale Official Competition
01_Feb_2009
"Katalin Varga", selected in the 2009 Berlinale Official Competition -
"Katalin Varga", a Romania-UK-Hungary feature produced by Libra Film, will have its world premiere at the Berlinale, being selected in the 2009 competition section. The film is written and directed by Peter Strickland and executive producers are Tudor and Oana Giurgiu as well as Peter Strickland. The film is being distributed internationally by Memento Films.
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Kino Caravan, in post-production
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01_Feb_2009
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.
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Crossing Dates, selected at the International Film Festival of India
24_Nov_2008
Crossing Dates, selected at the International Film Festival of India -
Anca Damian’s feature film debut was selected to be screened as part of the “Cinema of the World” section within the 39th edition of the International Film Festival of India. The country’s oldest and most prestigious film festival will take place between 22nd Nov – 2nd Dec, in Goa.
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The Bear received The Best Pitch Award at Connecting Cottbus 2008
19_Nov_2008
The Bear received The Best Pitch Award at Connecting Cottbus 2008
The co-production market was attended by over 140 film industry professionals, who voted for the Romanian producer-director team of Tudor Giurgiu and Dan Chisu to receive the Best Pitch Award for their black comedy The Bear.
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Special Mention for "Trixy" and Tudor Giurgiu at Rome's "Fabbrica dei Progetti"
27_Oct_2008
"Trixy", Tudor Giurgiu’s next directorial project was awarded the Special Mention at “Fabbrica dei Progetti”, a special section within Rome International Film Festival dedicated to supporting new independent filmmaking.
“Trixy” was selected together with 11 other projects in early development to be presented to sales agents, producers, distributors and broadcasters present in Rome. T read more
"The Bear", selectef for Connecting Cottbus
27_Oct_2008
“The Bear”, written and directed by Dan Chisu, will be pitched at Connecting Cottbus, the 10th edition of the East -West co-production market, as one of the 14 projects which have been selected and will be presented to industry professionals from around 20 countries on November 13th 2008. read more
“Kino Caravan”, in production
23_Oct_2008
“Kino Caravan”, in production – Titus Muntean's second feature film, based on a story by Ioan Grosan, has entered the production stage. The principal photography started on Octomber 22nd, near Savarsin. read more
"Trixy", to be pitched at Rome Film Festival
22_Oct_2008
"Trixy", selected to be pitched at Rome Film Festival:
Tudor Giurgiu’s next directorial project, "Trixy", was selected for the “Fabbrica dei progetti - New Cinema Network”, the Festival's program dedicated to supporting new independent filmmaking. read more
"It’s a Matter of Life and Death" to be pitched at Discovery Campus
22_Oct_2008
"It’s a Matter of Life and Death" to be pitched at Discovery Campus
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The documentary by Alexander Nanau and Liviu Tofan is developed within the Discovery Campus Masterschool, specialized in project development of documentary films for an international audience. The project will be pitched at the end of October in Leipzig, where the final session of the Masterschool will take place. read more
"Ashes and blood" in production
22_Oct_2008
"Ashes and blood" in production
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Fanny Ardant’s directing debut, "Ashes and Blood" ("Cendres et Sang"), produced by Paolo Branco’s Alfama Films in co-production with Libra Film, has entered the production stage. read more
Kino Caravan- awarded at the Baltic Event
10_Dec_2007
The Producers Network awarded "Kino Caravan" with the Best Pitch Award, including free accreditation to the Producers Network in Cannes in 2008. read more
The Kino Caravan won a development grant
10_Dec_2007
The "Kino Caravan" won a development grant of 5000 euro, offered by South-East European (SEE) Cinema Network, at the general meeting held during the Salonic Film Festival, the 48th edition (November 17-26). read more
Cross Dates got FFF support
24_Oct_2007
The Finnish Film Foundation has awarded a total of €75,000 to two Finnish co-productions : I Was Here by the Estonian filmaker Rene Vilbre (Mat the Cat) and Cross Dates by Romania’s Anca Damian. read more
Overdraft won a Development Grant
24_Oct_2007
Calin Netzer and Razvan Radulescu’s project, Overdraft won one of the development grants offered by the Romanian National Film Centre (CNC).
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Birds Road gained funding support
24_Oct_2007
The documentary film directed by Klára Trencsényi obtained development support from the European Union’s Media Programme read more
“Conversation with Serafim” won a Grant for production at National Film Center’s film contest
01_Mar_2007
On December 2006, CNC announced the winners of the film contest.
Our project “Conversation with Serafim” won a Grant for production... read more
