Survey: How has the COVID-19 crisis affected the Romanian film industry? Part II
In the two weeks since the publication of the first part of the Films in Frame survey on the effects of the COVID-19 crisis, a possible date for lifting of restrictions has finally been put forward: 15th of May. However, there still seems to be no timeline for when (and how, in the case of a gradual process) the cinematic and, ad extenso, the entire Romanian cultural sector will be able to resume its activity, as well as that of the international festival circuit, which helped enormously in the development of the Romanian film industry. But not all news is bad or uncertain - in these two weeks there have been countless calls for quarantine themed-films (the most notable being the projects of Andrei Dăscălescu and Radu Jude), the SUPER Film Festival for Teenagers launched an intensive training workshop for its young progammers (six high school students from around the country), and local film critics seem to have undertaken an indie initiative to translate some fundamental texts from the history of film theory into Romanian.
Film critic & journalist. Collaborates with local and international outlets, programs a short film festival - BIEFF, does occasional moderating gigs and is working on a PhD thesis about home movies. At Films in Frame, she writes the monthly editorial - The State of Cinema and is the magazine's main festival reporter.
