Romanian cinema is well represented in the most important film-related events of the month: the Berlin and Clermont-Ferrand festivals.
Romanian Film Promotion holds the Romanian stand in the frame of the 2011 Berlin European Film Market (February 10-20), representing & promoting local production companies and film events. The participants & guests of the Berlinale will also find useful information on the two Romanian films selected in the Berlinale Shorts competition this year: July 15th (dir. Cristi Iftime, produced by the National University of Drama & Film “I.L. Caragiale”) and Silent River (dir. Anca Miruna Lăzărescu, a German-Romanian coproduction by Filmallee and Strada Film). The Romanian Films brochure – an extensive catalogue of Romanian features produced from 2008 to 2010, as well as information on upcoming films & projects in development, with complete contacts and other useful materials will be available to all the market visitors.
Romania is also represented in the 26th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market (February 7-11), where the Estenest Association is hosting the Romanian Booth. Festival & market attendants may find there insight on production opportunities and key Romanian short film players. Romania is also present in the Euro-Connection short film co-production forum, with Liviu Săndulescu's The Cement Mixer, produced by Mandragora, and in the Kodak Showcase screening, where talented Romanian DOP Mihai-Marius Apopei, voted the best in the European-Middle Eastern-African area of the Kodak Film School Competition will be presenting his Close Encounters of The Third Reich (dir. Victor Dragomir).
The Romanian film stands in Berlin and Clermont-Ferrand are organized with the support of the Romanian Film Centre. The Romanian stand is also supported by the Titu Maiorescu Romanian Cultural Institute (RCI) in Berlin, while the one in Clermont-Ferrand is supported by the RCI in Paris.
