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Stefan Dobroiu


901 articles available in total starting from 23/03/2010. Last article published on 09/09/2025.

Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong shoot for Nae Caranfil

Closer to the Moon, the second foreign-language film by Nae Caranfil (pictured) is currently shooting in Bucharest. The production, which stars Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong, has an estimated...  

23/09/2011 | Production | Romania

Morgen and Tilt vie for Best Foreign Language Film nomination

Romanian and Bulgarian commissions have chosen Morgen and Tilt, respectively, to represent the two countries at the next year's Oscars. Produced by Mandragora Movies with the help of Slot Machine...  

23/09/2011 | Oscars 2012 | Romania/Bulgaria

Gérard Depardieu to be village idiot in Ipu - Convicted to Live

Screen legend Gérard Depardieu has begun work on the Romania-Germany co-production Ipu - Convicted to Live, directed by Romanian Bogdan Dreyer. Based on a novella by Romanian writer Titus...  

20/09/2011 | Production | Romania

The Arrival of Wang: A promising genre film that needs bigger budget

The Arrival of Wang, the new film written, directed and produced by the Manetti brothers has all it needs to stir an audience's curiosity: Gaia (Francesca Cuttica), a Chinese interpreter, is...  

05/09/2011 | Venice 2011 | Controcampo italiano

Satrapi and Paronnaud delve into live-action with Chicken with Plums

Although animation is always present in Chicken with Plums, the second feature from Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, who are famous for their Cannes-awarded animation Persepolis is mainly...  

04/09/2011 | Venice 2011 | Competition

Lanthimos has chance to impress Mostra’s jury with Alps

After winning the Un Certain Regard Award in 2009 with Dogtooth, the gates of Venice open for Yorgos Lanthimos’ third feature, Alps. An absurd tale about humanity, loss and not following rules,...  

03/09/2011 | Venice 2011 | Competition

Tudor Giurgiu starts shooting Of Men and Snails

Director Tudor Giurgiu (pictured) has recently started shooting his second feature, Of Men and Snails (working title). This Romania-France co-production centres on the tribulations of a group of...  

29/08/2011 | Production | Romania

Best Intentions: Too subjective to attract large audiences?

One of the two Romanian productions in Locarno's main competition, Best Intentions is Adrian Sitaru's second feature (after Hooked, Venice Days 2008). It tells the story of Alex (Bogdan...  

10/08/2011 | Festivals | Switzerland

Interview: Constantin Popescu • Director

"I don’t want to make only one kind of films"

The Romanian filmaker introduces some very special principles of life in his second feature, written by Razvan Radulescu and Alexandru Baciu.  

28/07/2011

Strong Romanian presence in Locarno

Two Romanian productions and one Italian-Romanian co-production were announced in the competition of this year's Locarno International Film Festival, which will run from August 3-13. After France,...  

15/07/2011 | Festivals | Romania

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