Romanian film
| Cinema of Romania | |
|---|---|
| No. of screens | 264 (2013) |
| • Per capita | 1.2 per 100,000 (2011) |
| Main distributors |
Media Pro 30.6% Roimage 2000 27.3% Intercomfilm 13.9% |
| Produced feature films (2011) | |
| Fictional | 11 (64.7%) |
| Animated | 1 (5.9%) |
| Documentary | 5 (29.4%) |
| Number of admissions (2012) | |
| Total | 8,348,538 |
| • Per capita | 0.43 |
| National films | 297,487 (3.56%) |
| Gross box office (2012) | |
| Total | RON 145 million |
| National films | RON 3.9 million (2.69%) |
The cinema of Romania is the art of motion-picture making within the nation of Romania or by Romanian filmmakers abroad. It has been home to many internationally acclaimed films and directors.
As with much of the world's early cinema, the ravages of time have left their mark upon Romanian film prints. Tens of titles have been destroyed or lost for good. From these films, only memories, articles and photos published in the newspapers of the time have remained. Since 1965 Arhiva Națională de Filme (ANF; The National Film Archive) has made serious efforts to reconstruct the obscure history of the beginnings of Romanian cinema, in parallel with the publication of memoirs and private research undertaken by great lovers of cinema, such as film critics Ion Cantacuzino and Tudor Caranfil, together with the directors Jean Mihail and Jean Georgescu.
Romanian films have won Best Short film at Cannes in 2004 and 2008, with Trafic, and Megatron.
Romanian cinema achieved prominence in the 2000s with the appearance of such films as The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, directed by Cristi Puiu, (Cannes 2005 Prix un certain regard winner), and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, directed by Cristian Mungiu (Cannes 2007 Palme d'Or winner). The latter, according to Variety, is "further proof of Romania's new prominence in the film world."
The history of cinema in Romania started before 1900, pushed by film screenings which helped arouse public curiosity towards the new invention and enthusiastic cameramen began making films out of passion for the newly discovered art. Due to the rudimentary technical conditions, the early films were actualities, very short (many less than one minute) one-shot scenes capturing moments of everyday life.
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