Introduction

Industry: Film&TV Production/Distribution 

Business Scope: film and TV production 

Libra Film is an independent film/TV production company founded in 1994.

Libra is producing shorts and features, commercials and music videos as well.

In 2004, Libra produced the award-winning documentary Great Communist Bank Robbery, by Alexandru Solomon, co-production with Les Films D’Ici (France), BBC, ZDF/ARTE, France 2 with support of Eurimages, Jan Vrijman Fund and Discovery Campus Masterschool.

In 2006 Libra produced the local box-office hit Love Sick, by Tudor Giurgiu, with the support of Romanian Film Center, Hubert Bals Fund, Global Film Initiative and SEE Cinema Network. Film had its exclusive world premiere within the Berlin International Film Festival, Panorama section.

Libra offered also production services for foreign producers coming to shoot in Romania, also provided casting services for films like Veit Helmer’s Tuvalu or Michael Haneke’s Wolfzeit. LIBRA was also the Romanian partner for Kornél Mundruczó’s Cannes 2008 competition film Delta, awarded with FIPRESCI award.

Libra Film is co-producing now the directorial debut of actress Fanny Ardant, “Ashes and Blood” and is the main producer behind “The Kino Caravan” by Titus Muntean, co-production with Filmkombinat (Germany).

Most recent title, Katalin Varga, by Peter Strickland is being selected for Official Competition at Berlinale 2009.

Lineup of 2009 projects consist of Somewhere in Palilula, by Silviu Purcarete, coproduction with Neue Mediopolis (Germany), project already awarded with Balkan Fund Award and Medienboard Berlin – Brandenburg Grant, both for script development, “The Bear” by Dan Chisu, awarded with “Best Pitch Award” at Connecting Cottbus 2008 and “A Matter of Life and Death”, documentary by Alexander Nanau, coproduction with Lichtblick Film (Germany).