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Cinematography partnership between Romania and France signed last Sunday in Cannes
The cinematography partnership between Romania and France signed last Sunday in Cannes facilitates the exchange of expertise and good practices, the French Embassy in Bucharest said in a release on Tuesday.
The two-year partnership between France's National Centre of Cinematography and Animated Image (CNC) and Romania's National Centre of Cinematography especially facilitates "the conservation of the cinematographic heritage, the education focused on image, the international co-production, the support for the exploitation of cinema theatres, and the taxation," the release reads.
For the signing, French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay received her Romanian counterpart Corina Suteu; the event was attended by the French CNC delegate manager Christophe Tardieu, Romanian CNC director Anca Mitran, by the Romanian minister's advisors for cinematography and for theatre, Alex Traila and Anghel Damian, and by Romania's ambassador to France Luca Niculescu. The partnership is to be extended tacitly.
The connection between the two countries' cinema industries was visible by the substantial Romanian presence in the Cannes Film Festival, with three feature films and two short films, including 2007 Palme d'Or winner Cristian Mungiu's 'Baccalaureate' and 2005 Un Certain Regard winner Cristi Puiu's 'Sieranevada' in the official competition. 'Sieranevada' and Bogdan Mirica's feature 'Dogs' were supported through the 'Aide aux cinemas du monde' aid system for international co-production, granted by France's CNC and the French Institute in Paris.