Film Production Services in Romania
Family Film is a production company in Bucharest providing full production services across Romania, and the exclusive Production Service Network (PSN) partner for the country; no competing PSN company operates here. Our Bucharest line producers handle international features, episodic television, documentaries and branded content shooting on Romanian locations.
Romania offers a 30% cash rebate on qualifying local spend for feature film, documentary, animation and short-film productions. (Romania's incentive does not cover commercials; for commercial and TVC rebates, Serbia & Montenegro is the right jurisdiction.) We handle the cultural test, registration, expenditure tracking and the subsidy filing, so the rebate arrives as a direct cash transfer.
Bucharest has hosted international shoots since the 1970s. Crew day rates run 30–40% of UK equivalents, every head of department speaks English, and Buftea Studios plus local equipment houses mean no carnet and no shipping. Romania doubles for period Europe, Gothic and fantasy worlds, Mediterranean coastline and Eastern-Bloc cityscapes.
30%
Cash rebate · Feature, documentary, animation & short film
Romania files a 30% cash rebate on qualifying spend for feature, documentary and animation work; commercials are not eligible under the Romanian scheme.
Full Romania incentive details →Our Bucharest office
Family Film’s Bucharest office handles line producing & production management, location scouting & permits, local crew & equipment, casting & talent, tax incentive management and post-production coordination for productions shooting in Romania.
Bucharest, Romania
Giuliano Doman
Founder · Executive Producer
Giuliano has spent twenty-five years in production. In 2011 he founded Family Film in Bucharest and built it outward the slow way: office by office, crew by crew, into a three-office network across Romania, Hungary and Serbia & Montenegro, with partner companies in Georgia and Azerbaijan.
5 Aleksandr Sergheevici Pușkin St., 1st District, Bucharest
Shooting in Romania
- Cash rebate
- 30%
- Eligible formats
- Feature, documentary, animation & short film
- Minimum qualifying spend
- €15,000 (short) – €100,000 (feature)
- Rebate cap
- €10M per project per year
- Crew day rates
- 30–40% of UK equivalents
- Studios & stages
- Buftea Studios, plus local equipment houses: no carnet, no shipping
- Working languages
- English, Romanian
- Production Service Network
- Exclusive PSN partner for Romania
Romania doubles for
Recent work shot in Romania
Romania filming locations
Film production in Romania: common questions
- Does Romania have a film production cash rebate?
- Romania files a 30% cash rebate on qualifying spend for feature, documentary and animation work; commercials are not eligible under the Romanian scheme.
- Which productions qualify for the Romania rebate, and what is the minimum spend?
- Eligible formats: Feature, documentary, animation, short film. Minimum qualifying spend: €15,000 (short) – €100,000 (feature). Rebate cap: €10M per project per year. Family Film manages registration, expenditure tracking and the subsidy filing.
- Which production company can I hire in Romania?
- Family Film runs a production office in Bucharest, led by Giuliano Doman (Founder, Executive Producer). The office provides full production services across Romania and is the exclusive Production Service Network partner for the country. International agencies, brands and production houses keep the creative; we supply the local line producing, crew, locations, permits, equipment and logistics.
- How much does it cost to shoot in Romania?
- Local crew day rates run 30–40% of UK equivalents. Studios and stages: Buftea Studios, plus local equipment houses: no carnet, no shipping. Send the brief for a first-look budget.
- Which film studios are there in Romania?
- Buftea Studios, plus local equipment houses: no carnet, no shipping.
- What can Romania double for on screen?
- Romania commonly doubles for: Period Europe, Gothic & fantasy, Mediterranean coastline, Cold War / Eastern Bloc, Carpathian wilderness.
- Where can I find filming locations in Romania?
- Family Film's Romania location library covers Opera & Theatre, Bars & Restaurants, Caves & Salt Mines, Castles, Lakes, Modern Buildings, Mountains, Old Town and Roads, with permits and location agreements handled in-house. Browse the galleries on this page.
- How do I brief Family Film for a shoot in Romania?
- Email Giuliano at giuliano.doman@familyfilm.tv or use the contact form. You get feasibility, a recommended country and a first-look budget shape within 24 hours.