BUCHAREST: Beverly Hills based sales agent House of Film (www.houseoffilm.com) has picked up Lucian Georgescu's first feature film, Phantom Father produced by Generic Audiovizual SRL (www.gav.ro).

BUCHAREST: Australian animator Elliot Cowan is preparing a feature animation based on his series of short films The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead produced by U.S. company Scenery Hill Entertainment and the Romania's Artis Film (www.artisfilm.ro).

BRATISLAVA: Nicky's Family by Slovak director Matej Minac drew 6.6 million viewers for its recent broadcast on German channel ARD, under that title Sir Nickey - Hero Against His Will.

The documentary, which has won nine awards at international film festivals, will also be broadcast on Belgium's RTBR and on 27 January 2012 on Hungary's Duna TV. It was the most watched documentary released in Czech and Slovak cinemas in 2011, with 53,000 viewers.

WROCLAW: New Horizons International Film Festival (www.nowehorizonty.pl, 19-29 July 2012) is adding a Polish Days section focusing on presenting new Polish films to an international industry audience.

WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland's WWII Holocaust film In Darkness has been nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar.