Last year, Romania launched the Office for Film and Cultural Investments (OFIC) in a bid to restructure and relaunch the country’s cash rebate program, suspended in 2021 due to unresolved payment requests for projects submitted in the 2018, 2019, and 2020 calls.
Less than a year on and a mere two hours after recently elected president Nicusor Dan nominated Ilie Bolojan as the country’s new prime minister, industry leaders gathered at the Transilvania International Film Festival — the country’s most prominent film event — to discuss the results of the reshaping, the need to regain the trust of the international industry, and the future of the rebate.
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