PRODUCTION: Marko Skop Completes Eva Nova for Fall Release

BRATISLAVA: Slovak producer/writer/director Marko Skop is in postproduction with the dramatic feature Eva Nova starring the legendary Slovak actress Emilia Vasaryova.

28-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Michalek Completing Holidays in Provence

PRAGUE: Czech director Vladimir Michalek is in postproduction with a comedy, Holidays in Provence, scheduled for release in September 2015.

27-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Czech TV Backs Gangster Ka

PRAGUE: Producer Adam Dvorak of Movie is partnering with coproducer Czech TV on a two-part debut crime story, Gangster Ka and Gangster Ka: African.

26-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Māris Martinsons in Preproduction with Magic Kimono

RIGA: Director Māris Martinsons will begin shooting a Latvian/Estonian/Japanese feature length modern-day fairytale, Magic Kimono / Maģiskais kimono, in August 2015. The film is a coproduction between Krukfilms in Latvia, OREE Films in Estonia, and Loaded in Japan.

26-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Austrian Czech Coproduction Deckname Holec

PRAGUE: Dawson Films and public broadcaster Czech TV are partnering on a rare Czech-Austrian coproduction, Deckname Holec, directed by Austria’s Franz Novotny and based on a true story by Czech New Wave filmmaker Jan Nemec.

25-05-2015

PRODUCTION: TVP Begins Production on Costume Drama Bodo

WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP has commissioned a 13-episode season of Bodo, a costume drama series about a legendary Polish actor. The executive production company is Akson Studio.

25-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Cannes Critics Week Director Creţulescu Preps Charlton Heston

BUCHAREST: Andrei Creţulescu, whose short film Ramona premieres in the Critics’ Week section in Cannes on 19 May 2015, is preparing his debut feature, Charlton Heston, set for shooting in fall 2015.

18-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Janez Burger in Preproduction with Ivan

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Janez Burger's drama Ivan is in its final stage of preproduction for a fall 2015 shoot.

14-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Animated Websters in Development for Slovak TV

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director/producer Katarina Kerekesova is working on The Websters, a 13-part animated TV series about a family of spiders for children and parents.

14-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Bojanov to Helm Bulgarian Coproduction I Want to Be Like You

SOFIA: Award-winning Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov will go into production with his second film in July 2015, I Want to Be Like You, a Danish/UK/Belgian/Bulgarian coproduction which features an international cast that includes Klaus Maria Brandauer.

11-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Coproduction Debut The Woman of My Life in Postproduction

SOFIA: Bulgarian director Antoniy Donchev is in postproduction with his first feature film The Woman of My Life coproduced by Bulgarian Ars, Macedonia’s KT Film & Media, Romania’s Peter Film Production, Hawena Films and the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq with the support of the Bulgarian National Film Center.

08-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Ankica Jurić Tilić Develops Debut Drama The Staffroom

ZAGREB: Producer Ankica Jurić Tilić from Kinorama is currently developing The Staffroom/Zbornica, the debut feature of Sonja Tarokić, set for shooting in autumn 2016.

07-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Slovak OUT Heads to Cannes L'Atelier before Shooting Begins

BRATISLAVA: The first Slovak film, the feature debut OUT (Vychladnutie) by FAMU graduate György Kristóf, has been selected for the 11th Cinéfondation L’Atelier, taking place as part of the Cannes IFF.

06-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Slovak Cross-Genre Waiting Room Completed

BRATISLAVA: Slovak scriptwriter/director Palo Korec has completed work on the feature length film essay Waiting Room (Čakáreň).

05-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Ryszard Bugajski Shooting Stalinist Drama in Warsaw

WARSAW: Ryszard Bugajski has started shooting the dramatic film Zaćma, inspired by the life of a Stalinist member of the infamous Polish Ministry of Security known as "Bloody Luna."

05-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Animated Feature Laika in Production

PLZEN: Aurel Klimt's first feature Laika, an animated Czech sci-fi musical that's been in the making for the past five years, is due to be released in 2017.

29-04-2015