Movies opening this week-end:

I Am Number Four (trailer below)

with Alex Pettyfer, Teresa Palmer

on at...

The European Film Festival, organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) will take place in Bucharest and four other cities in Romania in May this year. As many as 50 European movie productions will be screened during the festival. This is the 15th edition of the event.

Romanians bought around 7 million cinema tickets last year, one third more than in 2009, which made it the biggest increase pace in the European Union. In 2009, 5.3 million cinema tickets were sold in Romania, while 6.8 million were sold last year, according to the National Cinema Center in Romania.

A new Romanian movie will be released this year. The film, called 'Loverboy', is produced by Strada Film, directed by Catalin Mitulescu and features actors who starred in 'If I want to Whistle, I Whistle'.

Movies opening this week-end:

The King's Speech (trailer below)

with Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Helena Bonham...

Kogainon Films, a US-based media production company set up by film director Nicholas Dimancescu (in picture), plans to continue a series of documentaries focusing on Romania, after having released two documentaries about Romania in the world wars. The production company will release a documentary about Romanian ancestors Dacians and Romans, hoping to bring a fresh story line which would change the old fashion view of Romanians' ancestors, Nicholas Dimancescu tells Romania-Insider.com.

Opening this week-end:

How do you know (trailer below)

with Jack Nicholson, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd, Reese...

The Czech Center of Bucharest will organize a mute film festival called “No silence, please”, which will feature screenings of early cinema masterpieces , accompanied by live music. The program will begin at 20,00 hours on Thursday, February 3, with the Czech movie “Extas” made in 1933 by director Gustav Machatý - the world’s first film that contains a nudity scene. The film will be accompanied by a live guitar performance from Hanno Hofer, Nightloosers band leader.

"The King's Speech", an Oscar-nominated movie directed by Tom Hooper will be screened in Romanian cinemas from February 11. "The King's Speech" has already won a Golden Globe Award for the best performance by an actor in a motion picture -Colin Firth- and has been nominated to 12 Oscar Awards.

A new Romanian movie called “Hello, how are you?” ('Buna, ce faci?)will be released this spring. The movie will be released on March 4 and is produced by the ABS Film Company. Alexandru Maftei is the film’s director and starring actors - Ionel Mihailescu and Dana Voicu.

Movies opening this week-end:

I Am Number Four (trailer below)

with Alex Pettyfer, Teresa Palmer

on at...

The European Film Festival, organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) will take place in Bucharest and four other cities in Romania in May this year. As many as 50 European movie productions will be screened during the festival. This is the 15th edition of the event.

Romanians bought around 7 million cinema tickets last year, one third more than in 2009, which made it the biggest increase pace in the European Union. In 2009, 5.3 million cinema tickets were sold in Romania, while 6.8 million were sold last year, according to the National Cinema Center in Romania.

A new Romanian movie will be released this year. The film, called 'Loverboy', is produced by Strada Film, directed by Catalin Mitulescu and features actors who starred in 'If I want to Whistle, I Whistle'.

Movies opening this week-end:

The King's Speech (trailer below)

with Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Helena Bonham...

Kogainon Films, a US-based media production company set up by film director Nicholas Dimancescu (in picture), plans to continue a series of documentaries focusing on Romania, after having released two documentaries about Romania in the world wars. The production company will release a documentary about Romanian ancestors Dacians and Romans, hoping to bring a fresh story line which would change the old fashion view of Romanians' ancestors, Nicholas Dimancescu tells Romania-Insider.com.

Opening this week-end:

How do you know (trailer below)

with Jack Nicholson, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd, Reese...

The Czech Center of Bucharest will organize a mute film festival called “No silence, please”, which will feature screenings of early cinema masterpieces , accompanied by live music. The program will begin at 20,00 hours on Thursday, February 3, with the Czech movie “Extas” made in 1933 by director Gustav Machatý - the world’s first film that contains a nudity scene. The film will be accompanied by a live guitar performance from Hanno Hofer, Nightloosers band leader.

"The King's Speech", an Oscar-nominated movie directed by Tom Hooper will be screened in Romanian cinemas from February 11. "The King's Speech" has already won a Golden Globe Award for the best performance by an actor in a motion picture -Colin Firth- and has been nominated to 12 Oscar Awards.

A new Romanian movie called “Hello, how are you?” ('Buna, ce faci?)will be released this spring. The movie will be released on March 4 and is produced by the ABS Film Company. Alexandru Maftei is the film’s director and starring actors - Ionel Mihailescu and Dana Voicu.