CĂLĂRAȘI – A LAND BY THE GATE OF HEAVEN – won the Zlatna IEFF 2018 Trophy!

The documentary film CĂLĂRAŞI – A LAND BY THE GATE OF HEAVEN, directed by Dumitru Grosei, won the Festival’s Trophy „The best ethnographic film” at the Zlatna International Ethnografic Film Festival (ZIEFF) 2018. 722 productions from 85 countries have been submitted in the film competition. The jury of the 6th edition consisted of great personalities of the Romanian cinema: Prof. Copel Moscu (jury chairman), Prof. Grigore Gonţa, actress Eugenia Maci,…

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THE GIFT – selected at TO SAVE AND PRESERVE Film Festival in Russia

THE GIFT film has a new selection, this time in the official competition of the XXI International Ecological Film Festival TO SAVE AND PRESERVE. The film is produced by ALTERNATIVE CINEMA (Moldova), co-produced by ROVA FILM (Romania) and directed by Dumitru Grosei. The script was written by Marian Crișan and Dumitru Grosei. The festival is located in Russian Federation and is taking place between 3 – 8 June, 2018. It is dedicated…

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THE GIFT – selected at Green Valley International Film Festival 2018

Recently, THE GIFT film (Moldova/Romania, 2015) was selected in the official competition of the Green Valley International Film Festival 2018, which will take place in Istanbul (Turkey) between June 1st and 3rd, 2018. This is the third selection of THE GIFT film, for this beginning of the year. The film is an ALTERNATIVE CINEMA product (Moldova) and co-produced by ROVA FILM (Romania), directed by Dumitru Grosei. The script was written by…

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DANTE CAFÉ – selected at CortoNero 2018

The film DANTE CAFÉ (Moldova, 2018) has been selected at the CortoNero_noir short film competition. DANTE CAFÉ – is a short experimental film of a 2 min. 26 sec. duration, produced by ALTERNATIVE CINEMA and directed by Dumitru Grosei. The festival takes place annually on March 17-18 in the city of Naples and is dedicated to films that address the noir or mystery style. Naples is an old Italian city…

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Moldavian Short Cut

Moldavian Short Cut is a short film programme consisting of moldavian productions, focusing especially on independent and student films, screened at the Cannes Film Festival, in the Short Film Corner non-competitive section. The selection is made through a contest reviewed by an international jury. Cannes Film Festival is the most impressive international film festival from the world, and one of the most publicized. The Short Film Corner section of the festival is a platform dedicated to all the world…

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„Echoes” Film

ECHOES is a 2015 experimental film inspired by american independent director John Cassavetes’ creation. This film is the result of a Master Class in film directing, cinematography, film acting and editing, held in the summer of 2014 (in the ALTERNATIVE CINEMA Workshop) by Romanian-Moldovan filmmaker Dumitru Grosei, backed by the famous film actor Gheorghe Grâu. All 6 film exercises from this workshop have been reedited in one single short film of 17…

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Omnibus Project – PISTIS, ELPIS, AGAPIS, SOFIA

Alternative Cinema has launched a proposal for a film project, addressed to all filmmakers, screen writers, cinematographers, editors, etc. who are willing to take part in the development and/or production phases. The project is an omnibus film consisting of 4 stories, based on the words and concepts: PISTIS, ELPIS, AGAPIS, SOFIA, which are greek words, meaning FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, WISDOM.

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