Production: Herz shoots a story from Sudetenland

Czechoslovak director Juraj Herz is in production with a big-budget historical drama, Habermann´s Mill (www.habermannuvmlyn.cz), based on a true story from the Sudetenland during the era of Nazi occupation.

15-06-2009

Production: Doldrums in postproduction

Director Tamas Sas tells FNE that he has just wrapped a 15 day shoot on his latest film, Doldrums.

11-06-2009

Production: Ao in rehearsals in Sofia

French directorJacques Malaterre is in Sofia rehearsing the UGC YMhigh budget epic fictionAo: The Last Neanderthal based on Marc Klapczynski's book Aô, Ancient Man.

11-06-2009

Production: Claude Lelouch shooting Ces amours-là in Romania

French maestro Claude Lelouch began filming his 45th film, Ces amours-là on June 8 at MediaPro Studios in Romania, with shooting scheduled to last for two months in Bucharest and Beaune, France.

10-06-2009

Production: Ho-Ho-Ho filming at MediaPro Pictures

Romanian company MediaPro Pictures is in production with Ho-ho-ho, a feel good movie from Spanish director Jesus del Cerro.

09-06-2009

Production: Alexandru Solomon in shooting with Kapitalism - Our Secret Recipe

Romanian filmmaker Alexandru Solomon (www.alexandrusolomon.ro) is working on a new long documentary, Kapitalism - Our Secret Recipe, a humorous approach on Romanian capitalism, 20 years after the fall of communism.

09-06-2009

Production: Janosik in post-production

The Polish-Slovak-Czech-Hungarian co-production about the Slovak folk hero Janosik, Janosik. The True Story is in postproduction, with sound work taking place in Bratislava, Warsaw and Prague.

09-06-2009

Production: New Vojnár film set for debut

My Husband's Women, the latest film from Ivan Vojnár, has racked up sales to Poland and Greece prior to its debut in Slovakia in late June.

08-06-2009

Production: Judit Elek in pre-production with Retrace

Judit Elek, the new Film New Europe ambassador, is in pre-production with Retrace, a Hungarian-Swedish-Romanian co-production.

04-06-2009

Production: Oscar-nominee Trojan in production

Academy Award nominee Ondrej Trojan (Zelary, 2003) is in production with his 1970's film Občanský průkaz, produced by his production company Total HelpArt (THA).

04-06-2009

Production: Gravedigger in postproduction

A feature film adaptation of Rilke's Gravedigger by Hungarian cinematographer-director Sandor Kardos is in postproduction, producer Andras Muhi told FNE

03-06-2009

Production: Heat in preproduction

Mihaly Schwechtje's feature film debut Heat, an international co-production with an estimated budget of €1.4 million, is in preproduction, producer Laszlo Kantor told FNE.

03-06-2009

Production: Constantin Popescu feature debut in post-production

Constantin Popescu (Tales from the Golden Age) is in post-production with his first feature, Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man, one of the very few Romanian films about the resistance movement during the Communist regime.

02-06-2009

Production: Medal of Honor in post-production

Peter Călin Netzer (Maria) is in post-production with his second feature, Medal of Honor, the story of a 75 man who receives out of the blue a medal for his heroic achievements in the WWII.

01-06-2009

Production: Radu Gabrea in production with The Red Gloves

Romanian director Radu Gabrea continues his screen adaptations of Romanian born Saxon writer Eginald Schlattner's novels, this time with The Red Gloves (Mănuşile roşii).

01-06-2009

Production: Andrei Zincă preps Puzzle for a Blind Man

Romanian director Andrei Zincă is in preparation to film Puzzle for a Blind Man, an adaptation of Argentinian playwright Mario Diament's Blind Date for Castel Film Studios.

28-05-2009