Chainsaw – The Right Tool (Studio) for Heavy Editing

In the last few years, we have all experienced the rebirth of the Romanian film. It was not the industry that was responsible, but more the individuals, directors, that managed to raise the standards with their talent. Those representing the new wave have been well covered, but few have mentioned the film editors that sustained it: Sorin Baican, Catalin Cristutiu, Mihai Codleanu, Eugen Kelemen, Roxana Szel, Florin Tabacaru. They all have one thing in common: they all use tools and infrastructure offered by Chainsaw Studio.

Lauched in 2005, with an impressive investment, Chainsaw Europe has evolved constantly, now being one of the most important post studios in Romania. Based on an Avid platform installed and maintained by Marcotec, Chainsaw has 2 Avid Unity with a total of 36 TB of network storage, 3 audio bays, 5 Avid Editing bays that includes Symphony and DS.

Here are a few of the titles completed by Chainsaw Films: 2007 – 2008 The Rest is Silence directed by Nae Caranfil (long form, cinema) -(Gopo Award for Best Sound, Best Editor 2009); Tache directed by Igor Cobileanski (long form, tv movie); Gruber’s Journey directed by Radu Gabrea (long form, cinema)- (UCIN Award for best Soundtrack); The Golden Age directed by Cristian Mungiu (long form, cinema); Tiger Boy Directed by Radu Potcoava (short movie, tv); Virtual (TV series); Weddings, music and videotapes directed by Tudor Giurgiu (documentary, tv); The Last Chance directed by Ion Ionescu (long form, tv); Smiley Face directed by Tica Popescu (long form, cinema)-(2nd Audience Award at Trieste Film Festival 2009); The Green Moon directed by Alexa Visarion (long form, cinema); Romania, Romania directed by Radu Gabrea (documentary, cinema) Films 2009 – 2010 Caravana Cinematografica directed by Titus Muntean (long form, cinema); L’enfance d’Icar directed by Alex Iordachescu (long form, cinema); Contratimp 1 directed by Jesus del Cerro (long form, tv movie); Contratimp 2 directed by Jesus del Cerro (long form, tv movie); Metrobranding directed by Ana Vlad (documentary, cinema & tv); Bang! You’re dead! directed by Dan Chisu (long form, tv movie); Ho, ho, ho directed bu Jesus del Cero (long form, tv movie); Colivia directed by Adrian Sitaru (short movie, cinema) – (Berlinale Shorts – DAAD Scholarship Award); Pechinezul directed by Adrian Sitaru (short movie, cinema); If I want to whistle, I whistle directed by Florin Serban (long form,cinema) – (Silver Bear – Grand Prix of the Jury and Alfred Bauer Prize at Berlin Film Festival).