The Romanian Filmmakers Union (), known as UCIN, is the continuation since 1990 of the
Communist-era Asociația Cineaștilor din România (The Romanian Filmmakers Association).
[UCIN history]
Accessed online December 21, 2007.
Accessed online December 21, 2007. It is an autonomous,
non-governmental
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...
body with an elected leadership, concerned with "the protection of the creative and professional activities, of the moral and material interests of the Romanian filmmakers." They award the ''Premiile Uniunii Cineaștilor din România'',
much as the United States
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of adva ...
gives the
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in ...
.
There are 850 members (variously full, associated or honorary, Romanian or foreign). Its fourteen associations representing the basic film professions: film directors, directors of photography, film actors, set and costume designers, soundtrack creators, film critics, script-writers, film animators, film editors, film producers, film promoters, chemical engineers, make-up artists, and stuntmen.
They also operate Cinema Studio,
a cinema at
Bulevardul Gheorghe Magheru 29, Bucharest.
Listings for Cinema Studio
''Șapte Seri''. Accessed online December 21, 2007.
Notes
External links
UCIN
official site
Culture in Bucharest
Cinema of Romania
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