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| 1896 | ||||
| 27/5 - | The first screening is given in the editorial offices of the French-language newspaper called L’Independence Roumaine in Bucharest. [MORE] | |||
| 1897 | ||||
| 10/5 - | Paul Menu shoots the country’s first film – a record of the Royal Parade. [MORE] | |||
| 1898 | ||||
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- Dr. Gheorge Marinescu and cameraman Constantin M. Popescu become Romania’s first filmmakers when Popescu films a number of Marinescu’s operations. [MORE] |
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| 1909 | ||||
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The Volta, Romania's first purpose-built cinema opens on Doamnai Street in Bucharest. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1911 | ||||
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| 18/9 - | Premiere of Romania's first fiction film, Amor Fatal (Fatal Love Affair). The Bucharest National Theatre actors Lucia Sturdza, Tony Bulandra and Aurel Barbelian star, and Grigore Brezeanu directs. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 7/11 - | The premiere of Insir'te margarite takes place. The film includes several location shots of Romania which are then screened during performances of the play at the National Theatre. Aristide Demetriade and Grigore Brezeanu direct. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| Dec - | - Nicolae Barbelian and Demichelli’s Papusa (The Doll), an ‘arrangement of a play for the cinema,’ is released. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| The prefect of Bucharest’s police confiscates Raymond Pellerin’s Razbouil din 1877-1878 (The 1877-1878 War) and has it destroyed on the grounds that it doesn’t correspond with historical fact. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| – A man named Georgescu directs (Dragoste la manastire (Love in a Monastery), or Doua altare (Two Altars) from a script provided free by Victor Eftimiu and Emil Garleanu. The film is not released until 1914 and runs for only eight days. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1912 | ||||
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Razboiul independentei, directed by Aristide Demetriade, premieres at the Eforie cinema in Bucharest. A huge hit, it is considered by many to be Romania's first work of cinematic art. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1913 | ||||
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| 13/4 - | Film and theatre director Grigore Brezeanu, in an interview in Rampa magazine, declares, "My dream would have been to build a large film studio. I have come to believe that this is impossible. First of all, we are missing a large capital investment. Without money we cannot rival the foreign studios...A studio, according to our financiers, is something outside art, something in the realm of agriculture or the C.F.R. Hence I have abandoned this dream with great regret." [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| - Leon Popescu forms Film de Arta Leon Popescu (Leon Popescu Art Film), and with a troupe of actors of Marioara Voiculescu he makes three films in 1913 and a further two the following year. Only Cetatea Neamtului (The German Citadel, 1914) is a commercial success. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1930 | ||||
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Premiere of Martin Berger’s Verklungene Traume, Rumania’s first sound film. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Romanian novelist Liviu Rebreanu writes: “...In the great haste toward the realization of the art, of a true cinematographic art, Romanian efforts cannot be futile. As much as our material and technical means have not permitted us to participate in the peoples' race toward the new art, I think the moment must come when we bring a Romanian contribution as well...Romanian talent would have a large possibility to manifest itself.” [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1931 | ||||
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| Aur (Jean Mihail) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1932 | ||||
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| – Constantin Tanase finances, writes and stars in Visul lui Tanase (Tanase’s Dream) in Berlin. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1934 | ||||
| – The National Cinematography Fund is founded to develop the technical base of Romanian cinematography. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| – Horia Igirosanu’s Insula serpilor is released. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1935 | ||||
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| 7/2 - | The humorous musical Bing Bang, directed by and starring N. Stroe and Vasile Vasilache, premieres at the Arpa Cinema in Bucharest. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| – Mickey Mouse is banned on the grounds that he is frightening to children. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
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– Tudor Posmantir contributes financially to the building of the Ciro-film laboratory [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1938 | ||||
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– The National Film Office is founded. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Paul Calinescu’s documentary Tara Motilor is released. It is awarded the Lion of San Marco Plaquette at the Venice Film Festival. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1939 | ||||
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– Ion Sahighian’s comedy O Noapte de pomina (An Unforgettable Night) is released. Written by Tudor Musatescu, it stars George Timică and Dina Cocea. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Paul Calinescus’ documentary, The Land of Moti, becomes the first Romanian film to enter an international competition when it takes part in the Venice Film Festival. [MORE] [ADD] |