In a January 2021 interview for the Romanian culturaladuba.ro website, director Alina Grigore said she failed to get funding from the Romanian Film Centre (abbreviated as CNC), after explaining to them the way she had worked in the film, where she retained the entire story, even the background sounds. She remembers one of the comments of CNC members from 2019, that "[the film] is a story about women, and women aren't a topic of national or international interest".
According to a January 2021 article written on Cineuropa, the film's budget amounts to 520,000 euros (610,000 USD) with no funding having been given by the Romanian Film Centre.
Part of the script for Blue Moon was written at the Gigi Ursu Cabin (Cabana Gigi Ursu), the oldest privately owned guest house in Romania, and even one of the oldest guest houses of the nation.
Won 'Best Director' at the 40th Bergamo Film Meeting in 2022.