Seven of the most successful Romanian films, made by directors such as Radu Jude, Corneliu Porumboiu, Constantin Popescu, Florin Şerban, Daniel Sandu, Ana Lungu and Hadrian Marcu and selected at major international festivals, will be seen at the Romanian Film Days (RFD) in Chisinau. The fourth edition of the most important event in the Republic of Moldova dedicated to Romanian Cinema will take place from October 11th to October 14th…
Read MoreCĂLĂRAȘI – 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,…
Read MoreTHE 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…
Read MoreTHE 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…
Read MoreTHE GIFT film – selected at FUICLA 2018 in Morocco
THE GIFT film (Moldova/Romania, 2015) has been selected in the official competition of FUICLA – International Cine-Letter Film Festival 2018, dedicated to short films inspired by literary works. THE GIFT – is a film produced by ALTERNATIVE CINEMA (Moldova) and co-produced by ROVA FILM (Romania), directed by Dumitru Grosei. The script was written by Marian Crișan and Dumitru Grosei, being a free adaptation of Nicolae Labiș’ famous poem „The Death of the Deer”. The…
Read MoreDANTE 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…
Read MorePreview screening of documentary film: CĂLĂRAȘI – A LAND AT HEAVEN’S GATE
On 22nd December 2017, a preview of the documentary film, CĂLĂRAȘI – A LAND AT HEAVEN’S GATE, has been screened at Călărași Cultural Center, in front of an enthusiastic audience, which filled the 600 seat auditorium. The film has been produced by SYMBOL MEDIA, co-produced by ALTERNATIVE CINEMA and supported by Călărași District Council. After the screening, a Q&A followed, moderated by Elena Dodon, during which the audience was able…
Read MoreThe Island (Moldova) wins CoCo Award at TIFF 2017
6 feature film projects, 4 from Romania and 2 from Moldova, have competed in Transilvania Pitch Stop Workshop 2017, during TIFF festival. The Island Project (Moldova), directed by Dumitru Grosei and produced by Valentina Iusuphodjaev (Brio Film Production), won the CoCo Award. This means that, on 9th and 10th of November, they will have the opportunity to present their project at Connecting Cottbus 2017, an important co-production market, which takes place during Cottbus Film Festival. This market…
Read More2 Moldovan Film Projects at Transilvania Pitch Stop
11 feature film projects were selected for Transilvania Pitch Stop (TPS) and will be presented to international film professionals at the industry event organized by Transilvania IFF on June 9th & 10th, in Cluj, Romania. The projects come from 1st and 2nd time directors from Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Russia, Greece, Turkey and Georgia and are currently in development and financing. More than 60 feature film projects were submitted for the co-production platform, extended internationally as of this year.…
Read More3 Moldovan Films conquer Stockholm
Between 18th and 22nd December, at Stockholm the International Film Festival BaNeFF doc.short 2016 has occured. In the short-film category, 3 Moldovan films have monopolized the competition’s podium, in the following order: Ist Prize. PAPARUDA (r. Lucia Lupu) Motivation: To deny to a fellow water opens up a predisposition of barbarism. A genocide begins by people taken from the right to the most mundane things as a name, a…
Read MoreTAIEX Expert Mission on Capacity Development for CNC Moldova
In the 12-16 December 2016 period, in Chișinău unfolds a TAIEX expert mission involving the Capacity Development of the National Centre of Cinematography. The TAIEX project has been elaborated by the Ministry of Culture, for facilitating the activity of CNC Moldova according to good practice and European standards. The project is financially and logistically supported by the European Commission. The Representative of the National Centre of Cinematography and Animated Images of…
Read MoreTHE GIFT in competition at BANEFF doc.short 2016 Film Festival
Between 19th and 22nd December, in Stockholm, will take place BANEFF doc.short (Balkan New Film Festival), in which 13 short films and 14 documentaries (all categories) will be screened in competition. THE GIFT will also participate. It is directed by Dumitru Grosei, produced by ROVA FILM and co-produced by ALTERNATIVE CINEMA. Also, 4 other Moldovan films will be in competition: PAPARUDA (Lucia Lupu), MILIKA (Valeriu Jereghi), FLUTULUS (Igor Sadovski) and RAISA…
Read MoreTraining for European Film Production
CNC Moldova, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the French Embassy in Chișinău invite filmmakers, producers and students from the respective area to 26.09.2016 14:00-18:00 Practical Session – The job of Film Producer in Europe 27.09.2016 Training for the following topics: 10:00-14:00 – The mechanism of access to Funds dedicated to international cooperation and support of “Cinema du Monde”, available within CNC France 15:00-16:00 – The funds of…
Read More”The Gift” selected at Budapest
Between 30th August and 4th September, the XII-th edition of Busho Vision – Budapest Short International Film Festival will take place. ”The Gift” film, directed by Dumitru Grosei, produced by ROVA Film (Romania) and coproduced by Alternative Cinema (Moldova) has been selected in competition, with other 89 films, from a total of 1038 entries from 65 countries. To acces the site, click here
Read More„The Gift” in international short film competition in Georgia
In Tbilisi an international film school named ”Young Filmmakers Community” will take place from 30th May until 3rd June 2016. The main programme will be the short film competition in which, by secret vote from the accredited jury participants, the best ones will be chosen. Among the films in competition there is also „The Gift” directed by Dumitru Grosei, produced by ROVA Film (Romania) and coproduced by Alternative Cinema (Moldova). During the creative workshops…
Read More”Echoes” film to be screened at Cannes
Echoes will be screened at Cannes Film Festival. The creative team did not even suspect that the film laboratory experiment will manage to launch the short film, a movie that will be watched at the prestigious Festival. It all started in the summer of 2014 as a master class in acting for film, taking the starring actors Dana Ciobanu and Alexandru Rusu. But things have evolved very quickly, enthusiasm and inspiration…
Read More„Echoes” premiere
The result of a collective & voluntary effort of film enthusiasts from Moldova during the Alternative Cinema summer school in 2014, with leadership and guidance from director Dumitru Grosei, has been screened in premiere at the National Library of RM. Synopsis – A young woman gives effect to frivolous adventures with a man who does not really have serious intentions and then she wakes up trapped in a difficult relationship. As to alleviate distress she starts to…
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