Cluj, the town which hosts the Transylvania International Film Festival, taking place this year from May 29th to June 7th, will officially launch Romania’s first regional film support fund “Funding for Transylvanian film” in April 2015. Setting up a fund was the brain-child of the festival chairman, Tudor Giurgiu. The aim is to attract film-makers and foreign and Romanian producers to the region while in the long run encouraging other towns in the region to be future financial partners. The fund will support local films and international co-productions which use local facilities and local technicians. With an initial budget of €110,000, the Transylvanian Film Fund plans to become a full member of Cine-Regio, an organization of 43 European funds for regional films.
Sources: cineuropa.org, romania-insider.com et filmneweurope.com
