Melissa Antonescu
Writer, photographer and videographer. For Films in Frame she writes news about the latest happenings in the film world and brings to the readers' attention the productions that can be seen at the cinema. When she's not writing articles, she's photographing people in a small studio or searching for new cake recipes.

Major Film Releases in 2024

The winners of the 36th European Film Awards

Romanian films coming out in cinemas in November

Les Films de Cannes brings this year’s most important films on the Romanian big screens

October at the Cinema: Must-see Films & Major Festivals

BIEFF.13: The experimental film festival brings Pedro Costa to Bucharest. Plus 6 events you can’t miss out on

Must-see in September: 10 new films in cinemas & 3 festivals

Japanese director Naomi Kawase is the special guest of the ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival 2023

Hot and fresh on the big screen (July 17 – 23)

Film festivals to go to this summer

Ceau, Cinema! Festival #10 – Don’t miss out on these titles

Hot and fresh on the big screen (July 3-9)

Hot and fresh on the big screen (June 26 – July 2)

Creativity in the age of ChatGPT. Open talk at the American Independent Film Festival

Hot and fresh on the big screen (June 19 – 25)

The winners of the 22nd Transilvania International Film Festival

Hot and fresh on the big screen (June 12 – 18)

TIFF 2023: 10 irresistible films and events to check out

Hot and fresh on the big screen (May 29 – June 4)

Hot and fresh on the big screen (May 22-28)

Hot and fresh on the big screen (May 15-21)

Hot and fresh on the big screen (May 8-14)

The winners of the Gopo Awards 2023

Hot and fresh on the big screen (April 24-30)

AIFF – The highlights of this year’s edition

Hot and fresh on the big screen (April 10-16)

Hot premieres in April

One World Romania #16 – An insight into this year’s edition

Hot and fresh on the big screen (March 27 – April 2)

Hot and fresh on the big screen (March 20-26)

Oscars 2023 – And the winners are …

French Film Festival: The future of our cinemas and not-to-be-missed events

Hot and fresh on the big screen (March 6-12)

Hot and fresh on the big screen (February 27 – March 5)

Hot and fresh on the big screen (February 20-26)

Romania at the 73rd Berlinale

Hot and fresh on the big screen (February 13-19)

Hot and fresh on the big screen (February 6-12)

TIFF.22 – Call for entries

The 26th CineMAiubit Film Festival

Radu Jude will lead Locarno’s 2023 Spring Academy workshop

ARTA Cinema celebrates 109 years of existence

The Crown: Season 5 takes us through the turbulent 90s

FilmFestival Cottbus 2022 – Spotlight Romania

Call for entries – East Doc Platform 2023

Luc Dardenne and Arnaud Desplechin at Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest

Foreign producers can now apply for the cash-rebate program in Moldova

Astra Film Festival – Documentaries about the real Romania and Nick Broomfield as a special guest

Films in Frame releases No./ 2022 on October 10

Press Release – Open letter to the CNC director, Anca Mitran

BIEFF.12 – Handle with care

Fictitious Nonfiction – Silent films and live music

BIDFF #8 – (Un)safe Zones

The 75th Locarno Film Festival: “a new beginning” for cinema

ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival: 12 Romanian short films in the competition

Ceau, Cinema! Festival – Close-up Miklós Jancsó, award-winning films and special events

Eforie Colorat: films, visual arts and debates on the Romanian seaside

The winners of the 21st Transilvania International Film Festival

Il Cinema Ritrovato.36: cinema from its beginnings to the present day

TIFF 2022: Israeli cinema in Focus, films, documentaries and special guests

“Spider-Man”, “The Sea Beast” and “The Island” at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival

The 26th French Film Festival in Romania – Our eyes wide open

The winners of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival

The main film festivals of this summer

One World Romania #15. Artificial intelligence, human interactions and ecosystems

Film producer Diana Păroiu represents Romania at the 2022 edition of Cannes’ Producers on the Move

The winners of the 2022 Gopo Awards

Ukraine makes the focus of the 26th European Film Festival

“You Are Another Me – A Cathedral of the Body” by Adina Pintilie at La Biennale di Venezia 2022

Cult films, special guests and electrifying debates at the 6th American Independent Film Festival

Visions du Réel – Films from 68 countries and 85 world premieres 

Films in Frame and glo™ join forces in a partnership designed to support the magazine’s activity

Oscars 2022 – And the winners are…

Last chance to apply to 2022 Astra Film Festival

The winners of the 2022 BAFTA Awards

Science is the major focus of CPH:DOX 2022

Film O’Clock returns for its 2nd edition

Jovan Marjanović replaces Mirsad Purivatra as Director of Sarajevo Film Festival

Pustnik Screenwriters Residency 2022 – Call for entries

Introduction to Film Journalism – A masterclass by Film o’Clock

The 94th Oscars nominations

The 72nd Berlin International Film Festival

The winners of the 25th CineMAiubit International Student Film Festival

European Film Awards 2021 – And the winners are…

European Film Festival #25 – Celebrating a quarter-century of European film

Tallinn Black Nights – The winners of the 25th edition

How are European cinemas affected by COVID restrictions?

BIEFF 2021: The identity of the human being

IDFA 2021: The Rorschach test as metaphor for cinema

Ji.hlava – The winners of the 25th edition

CEE Animation Workshop 2022 – Call for projects

Focus on Romanian experimental cinema at the 25th Ji.hlava IDFF

Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest 2021

Amos Vogel celebrated at the Viennale 2021

Romanian animations and award-winning films screening at Animest #16

Romanian feature “Blue Moon” takes top prize at the San Sebastian Festival

Bucharest Fashion Film Festival #5 – The See-through Edition

Romanian films take over Spain at San Sebastian Film Festival

Astra Film Festival – From climate collapse alert to couples’ intimacy

Potential Worlds at BIDFF 2021

The winners of Transilvania IFF 2021

ANONIMUL IFF – The Danube Delta will host the Romanian films selected at Cannes 2021

Cannes 2021 – The winners of the 74th edition

Celebrating 20 years of TIFF – The 2021 edition

Ceau, Cinema! kicks off the 8th edition

The Script Contest announces the winners of the 5th edition

Gopo Awards 2021 – And the winners are…

French Film Festival, anniversary edition in 12 cities in Romania

American Independent Film Festival kicks off a new edition, June 23-27

One World Romania’s 14th edition. Women on the verge of gender equality

Cannes 2021. Romanian films presented in world premiere

Amazon to buy Hollywood studio MGM for $8.45 billion

The Script Contest #5 – Let’s meet the eight finalists

Romanian cinemas are reopening

Gopo Awards 2021 – The list of nominations

Open call for the FemArt Residency

New Draft – The first online script development residency in Romania

Oscars 2021 – And the winners are…

CPH:DOX – World premieres and live debates with guest stars

BAFTA Film Awards 2021 – The Winners

The winners of the 2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards

Moldova Film Festival – Open Call for the 1st edition

THIS IS SHORT – 4 European short film festivals reunite under the same title

The 93rd Oscars nominations – The first Romanian documentary to ever receive two Oscar nominations

The Script Contest – Applications are now open for the 5th edition

Golden Globes 2021 – Who are the winners?

Berlinale Talents – Three Romanian emerging voices selected for the 19th edition

Pustnik Screenwriters Residency – Open call for this year’s edition

Oscars 2021 – Romanian documentary “Collective” makes it on the shortlist in two categories

International Film Festival Rotterdam to celebrate its 50th edition in a reimagined format

European Film Awards – Winners of 2020

The Romanian films of 2020 – Premieres & Awards

Queen of Hearts – The controversial Danish film, now available on TIFF Unlimited

10 years of BIEFF – A Brave New World

Open call – CEE Animation Workshop 2021

Animest.15 – Animation films available online all over the country

The battle against fake news, brought by the luna.doc festival

Bucharest Fashion Film Festival delivers this year’s CAMP edition online

Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest reinvents itself – online, drive-in and outdoor film screenings

How are cinema halls in Romania affected by the new restrictions?

Romanian productions at the 36th edition of the Warsaw Film Festival

Who are the winners of the San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition?

French Films coming on the big screens in Romania – French Film Festival, 24th edition

American films and online meetings with the guests at the American Independent Film Festival 2020

Astra Film Festival – About the 27th edition

Bucharest International Dance Film Festival – About the 6th edition

One World Romania – About the 13th edition

Transilvania International Film Festival – The winners of the 19th edition

ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival – About the 17th edition

Active Archive – Films made by UNATC students between 1966 -1971 screening at TIFF 19

Transilvania International Film Festival – About the 19th edition

F-SIDES – The film club dedicated to women’s cinema

Script Pitch & Script Lab – Call for entries

The Script Contest #4 returns

The big winners at the Gopo Awards Gala 2020 (the updated list)

CPH:LAB 2020/2021 – Call for entries

FILM+ – Entries are open for the 5th edition

Measures and rules in the field of film and audiovisual production, Romania

Films in Frame launches a Giveaway campaign

StudioFest – Call for entries

The film industry during the Covid-19 Crisis

Call for entries – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2020

Pustnik Screenwriters Residency – The 6th edition

Production safety guidelines issued by the EUFCN and the EIHSFI as Europe starts to come out of lockdown

Recipients of the #ADFRSurvival micro-grants

Sundance masterclasses are now available for free

#LeapsaFiF – The biggest watchlist challenge

#ADFRSurvival – Micro-Grants for Romanian Independent Artists

How freelancers can receive financial support from the government between March 16 – April 16

Where can we watch movies while staying at home? – Online platforms

Where can we submit our film projects? – March 2020

The Script Contest has been postponed

Transilvania Pitch Stop – Call for entries for the 7th edition

Berlinale – Winners of the 70th edition

Film premieres in March 2020

Berlinale – About the 70th edition

Apply now to Civil Society Pitch 2020

Sundance Film Festival – Award Winners in 2020

Europalia Romania – The 27th edition of Europalia

European Film Awards – The winners of the 32nd edition

The Script Contest – The 4th edition

Eastwards, Spotlight: Romania – 5th edition

Doc_Talk – Masterclass #8 powered by ADFR

SAHIA VINTAGE becomes Sahia online

BIEFF – About the 9th edition

Less is More – Call for film projects

Where do we submit our films? International festivals

Les Films de Cannes – About the 10th edition

Animest – About the 14th edition

God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija – an interview with Marie Dubas

Full Moon – Horror and Fantastic Film Festival – About the 8th edition

Filmul de Piatra, short film festival – About the 12th edition

The finalists of the International Screenwriting Residence Pustnik 2019

Ceau, Cinema! – About the 6th edition

Midpoint Center 2019 – Call for Entries

About the 4th edition of FILM+

Pelicam – About the 8th edition

Romanian Film Evenings – About the 10th edition

Très Court International Short Film Festival – About the 21st edition

Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) – About the 18th edition

Aristoteles Workshop – Documentary Film Workshop

Film course for teenagers at MARe

Where do we submit our films in May?

Pustnik – About the 5th edition

American Independent Film Festival – About the 3rd edition

Bucharest Fashion Film Festival – About the 3rd edition

KINOdiseea in a Different Way- about the 11th edition

The 2019 Gopo Awards winners

Masterclass # 6 – How films reach the audience

One World Romania – About the 12th edition

DaKINO Festival – About the 28th edition

NexT International Film Festival – about the 12th edition

Masterclass #5 with Dana Bunescu, Binomial: editing + sound

CineMAiubit – about the 22nd edition

Frame by frame animation course – Skeptic Dog Animation and VANA

The Script Contest – About the 3rd edition

UrbanEye Film Festival – about the 5th edition

Docuart Fest – about the 7th edition

Student Hub Masterclass #4 held by Anamaria Antoci – The script is done. What’s next?

Les Films de Cannes a Bucarest – about the 9th edition

Comedy Cluj – about the 9th edition

fARAD – Everything you need to know about the 5th edition