The feature film is directed by Daniel Roher, who won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature in 2023 for Navalny.

Blending romance, drama, and the suspense of a crime thriller, Tuner follows Niki, a gifted piano tuner whose extraordinary hearing allows him not only to tune a Steinway to perfection, but also to crack safes. His unusual talent soon attracts the attention of a criminal network, drawing him into an increasingly dangerous world.

A former piano prodigy forced to abandon his promising musical career, Niki finds comfort in working alongside his mentor, Harry. His life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Ruthie, a composition student with whom he develops a deep connection. As their relationship grows, Niki’s secret life as a safecracker threatens to destroy everything he has begun to build.

“It’s a genuine pleasure to watch Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman in Tuner, a relaxed and effortlessly engaging drama that combines romantic-comedy beats with a laid-back crime thriller,” wrote The Guardian in its review of the film.

Alongside Woodall — known for his performances in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Nuremberg, and The White Lotus — and two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman, audiences will also see Tony Award-winning actress Tovah Feldshuh, as well as Havana Rose Liu, Lior Raz, and Jean Reno.

Writing for Empire, critic Harry Stainer described Tuner as the film that firmly establishes Leo Woodall as a leading man, “proving beyond doubt that he is ready to carry a feature film.” Stainer also praised the film’s remarkable sound design: “No movie since Whiplash has made audiences listen so closely to every note, key, and click. Roher turns sound into something almost tactile, whether we are watching a piano performance or hearing Niki decode the intricate mechanisms of a safe.”

Meanwhile, Henry K. Miller wrote for BFI that “Tuner is one of the most beautifully shot love stories in recent memory. Daniel Roher’s neo-noir finds a surprising harmony between romance and action.”

The film had its first Romanian screenings at the American Independent Film Festival and is already playing in preview screenings in selected cinemas ahead of its nationwide release.

Tuner opens in Romanian cinemas on June 19 and is distributed by Prorom and CAY Films.

Here are some of them:

DEADLINE, Pete Hammond:

“Channing Tatum & Kirsten Dunst Triumph In Incredible Real-Life Story That Becomes One Of 2025’s Best Movies”
“It is the role of a lifetime for Tatum, who delivers a performance of charm and complexity playing an exceptionally smart and inventive veteran being tossed aside now… This is a perfect role for Tatum, who most recently charmed in Dog and The Lost City, both proving his box office prowess. Here he takes it to new levels playing a flawed and complicated man, in real trouble, but one we root for no matter what. It is one of those roles where after you see it you cannot imagine another actor doing it as well.” 

“(Dunst) is an actress who seems incapable of a false note, and she and Tatum have the magic, a chemistry you can’t fake that makes this impossible situation all the more heartbreaking.” 

VARIETY, Peter Debruge:

“It’s the through-the-roof chemistry between the two leads that makes the film worthy of repeat viewing. Tatum affected swagger has eased into a natural confidence, while Dunst brings just the right amount of wariness to a woman who’s devoted to her kids and devout in her faith.”

THE WRAP, Steve Pond:

“It’s easier to shrug off that string of felonies if the felon is played by the effortlessly charming Tatum, who somehow gets us to believe he’s just a little misguided.”

“Roofman” has it both ways; it’s funny and foreboding, sweet and troubling, light on its feet but with an inescapable undertone of uneasiness, even dread.”

VARIETY, Brent Lang:

“Indeed, “Roofman” toggles between showing the joy of Manchester’s heists, as well as the tragic consequences of his criminality, allowing Tatum and Dunst to chart expansive emotional arcs in performances that are sure to be talked about throughout awards season.

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, Scott Feinberg:

“a career-best turn from Tatum, who hasn’t had a showcase of this quality since 2014’s Foxcatcher, and who makes a strong case for a best actor Oscar nomination, which would be his first-ever recognition from the Academy. Dunst, too, is worthy of a serious look in the best supporting actress Oscar contest, in which she was previously nominated for 2021’s The Power of the Dog.”

MR. WILL WONG, Nicholas Proteous:

“Roofman succeeds as a comedy, a romance, a moving story of found family, and an unpredictable crime saga. It’s a brilliant and surprising genre mashup for Cianfrance, and a worthy addition to your list of must-sees at this year’s Festival.”

“Tatum, as Jeffrey Manchester, is one of the most entertaining characters in recent memory.”

THE TORONTO SUN, Mark Daniell:

“‘Roofman’ is the type of movie that people who enjoy a night out at the cinema are really going to dig. Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst looked like they had a ball making this. Heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time — this is the perfect fall movie.”

NEXT BEST PICTURE, Ema Sasic:

“ROOFMAN plays into all of Channing Tatum’s strengths: His charm, comedy chops, athleticism and sincere on-screen presence. Once Kirsten Dunst enters the picture, Derek Cianfrance hits us with another romance that builds lovingly, until hard truths hit hard in the end” 

IN SESSION FILM, Shadan Larki:

“Channing Tatum is the best he's ever been in ROOFMAN. This feels like the performance he's been waiting to give his whole career.”

Prorom is releasing Roofman in Romania (on October 10), Bulgaria (October 10), Hungary (on November 27) and Czech Republic & Slovakia (on October 9).

For the first time in the history of the festival and Bran Castle, AIFF 8 organizes special screenings on June 7 and 8, in the castle courtyard.
The proposal of AIFF 8 is to reconnect the Romanian public, but also potential foreign tourists, with the beauty of the open-air cinema, accentuated by the unique setting and the breathtaking atmosphere of one of the most beautiful places in Romania.

"AIFF 8 continues its mission to offer the Romanian public films that are more than just entertainment, to mediate the dialogue of the public with the filmmakers, to cultivate the experience of watching cinema films as a social event, in the middle of the community and to use the cinema as an opportunity to connect and communicate with others, including by popularizing some social causes to which the festival donates, as every year, the proceeds from ticket sales.", says Cristian Mungiu, director of AIFF.

The Prorom title Hit Man (directed by Richard Linklater) will open the festival, on Friday, June 07, both at Cinema Elvire Popesco in Bucharest and outdoors, in the courtyard of Bran Castle.

Richard Linklater, one of the most important contemporary American directors is known to the public, among others, for the series Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013) and for the ambitious film project Boyhood (2014) filmed throughout 12 years.

Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater's sunlit neo-noir stars Glen Powell as strait-laced professor Gary Johnson, who moonlights as a fake hit man for the New Orleans Police Department.

Preternaturally gifted at inhabiting different guises and personalities to catch hapless people hoping to bump off their enemies, Gary descends into morally dubious territory when he finds himself attracted to one of those potential criminals, a beautiful young woman named Madison (Adria Arjona).

As Madison falls for one of Gary's hit man personas -- the mysteriously sexy Ron -- their steamy affair sets off a chain reaction of play acting, deception, and escalating stakes.

Co-written by Linklater and Powell and inspired by an incredible true story, Hit Man is a smart existential comedy about identity that premiered at Venice and was selected at Sundance.

Hit Man is distributed by Prorom in Eastern Europe.

The Hurt Locker, The Wolf of Wall Street and Limitless, which have some impressive casts, will be broadcast on Wednesdays at 21:00.

The Hurt Locker (2008) won six Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay, Best Picture and Best Director, with Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

The film, scheduled for August 2nd, stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Guy Pearce and Ralph Fiennes.

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), directed by Martin Scorsese, will be released on August 9.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie and Matthew McConaughey are part of the cast of the film nominated for five Oscars.

The sci-fi thriller Limitless (2011), directed by Neil Burger, is included in the Warner TV schedule on August 16.

Bradley Cooper leads a cast that includes Anna Friel, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish and Andrew Howard.

The hottest comic in America, Sebastian Maniscalco joins forces with legendary Italian-American and two-time Oscar® winner, Robert De Niro (Best Actor, Raging Bull, 1980), in the new comedy About My Father.

The film centers around Sebastian (Maniscalco) who is encouraged by his fiancée (Leslie Bibb) to bring his immigrant, hairdresser father, Salvo (De Niro), to a weekend get-together with her super-rich and exceedingly eccentric family (Kim Cattrall, Anders Holm, Brett Dier, David Rasche).

According to About My Father star and co-screenwriter, Sebastian Maniscalco, “the film is about two different families, from very different socioeconomic backgrounds, colliding during a holiday weekend, before they realize that those differences are what make them unique.”

Maniscalco, a celebrated stand-up comedian, adds that his onscreen persona “is trying to walk a tightrope with his father in bringing him into an environment that is unfamiliar to him.”

When asked about the script, De Niro says, “I saw that it had a personal element from Sebastian's experience, obviously. And, after getting to know Laura Terruso a little bit, I realized her background too. They [Sebastian and Laura] knew the world. They're from the world. So that was an important part of it [the story],” says De Niro.

Early on, De Niro, famed for his immersion in his roles, requested a special read-through of the script with a group of fellow actors. “So, we flew to New York, during the height of the pandemic, and did a table read with him,” Maniscalco describes. “We were all wearing masks, and it was a little weird, but we were glad to do it.”

It also seemed pre-destined for Laura Terruso to direct. The award-winning director, screenwriter and producer had completed a feature film for Netflix, Work It, when the script for About My Father came her way. Her reaction was immediate and unsubtle: “This script made me jump and say, ‘I must direct this movie’ because it felt so personal and universal.”

Terruso’s personal connection to the project comes from her background, which parallel’s Maniscalco’s in significant ways. As she explains, “Sebastian’s father emigrated from Sicily in the 1960s, as did my mother, and we’ve both found our way into comedy.”

“Sebastian wrote the movie as a love letter to his father, and for me, it was clearly a love letter to my mother. We really bonded on that level and felt like, okay, we know who and what this is about and that guided all the decision making moving forward.”

About My Father is directed by Laura Terruso and written by Austen Earl & Sebastian Maniscalco.

Prorom will release About My Father this weekend in: Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and in June in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The hottest comic in America, Sebastian Maniscalco joins forces with legendary Italian-American and two-time Oscar® winner, Robert De Niro (Best Actor, Raging Bull, 1980), in the new comedy About My Father.

The film centers around Sebastian (Maniscalco) who is encouraged by his fiancée (Leslie Bibb) to bring his immigrant, hairdresser father, Salvo (De Niro), to a weekend get-together with her super-rich and exceedingly eccentric family (Kim Cattrall, Anders Holm, Brett Dier, David Rasche).

The weekend develops into what can only be described as a culture clash, leaving Sebastian and Salvo to discover that the great thing about family is everything about family.

About My Father is directed by Laura Terruso and written by Austen Earl & Sebastian Maniscalco.

Prorom will release About My Father in the following territories: Hungary (May 25), Romania, Bulgaria (May 26) and Czech Republic and Slovakia in June.

Photo credit: Dan Anderson.