PRODUCTION: Urszula Antoniak Preps Polish/Dutch Coproduction

WARSAW: Urszula Antoniak’s new drama Beyond Words will start shooting in Berlin on 18 July 2016. This Polish/Dutch coproduction stars Jakub Gierszał and Andrzej Chyra and touches on the difficult subject of emigration.

12-07-2016

PRODUCTION: Ivaylo Penchev in Postproduction with Holiday Makers

SOFIA: Bulgarian director/producer Ivaylo Penchev is in postproduction with Holiday Makers, a seaside comedy intended for a wide audience.

08-07-2016

PRODUCTION: Cvitkovič Starts Filming Our Family

LJUBLJANA: Acclaimed Slovenian director Jan Cvitkovič is beginning production on his fifth feature film Our Family. Shooting, which started yesterday, 6 July 2016, will take place in the Slovenian capital city Ljubljana in July and August.

07-07-2016

PRODUCTION: Stephan Komandarev’s Compatibility Gets Coproduction Support

SOFIA: The Macedonian Film Agency decided to support Compatibility, the new low budget film by writer/director Stephan Komandarev, with 55,400 EUR (3 400 000 MKD). This is the second minority coproduction support for the project following a grant from the German Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) in May 2016.

04-07-2016

PRODUCTION: Veiko Ounpuu’s The Last Ones Gets Estonian Grant

TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute announced that it will give 490,000 EUR to support The Last Ones / Viimane directed by Veiko Õunpuu. The grant will be distributed over a three year period with 213,000 EUR distributed in the first phase.

30-06-2016

PRODUCTION: Ryszard Zatorski Shoots Romantic Comedy

WARSAW: Ryszard Zatroski is shooting Porady na zdrady, a romantic comedy about marital infidelity starring Weronika Rosati. Figaro Film Production Ltd. is producing.

28-06-2016

PRODUCTION: The Eternal Road Goes into Production

TALLINN: The Finnish/Swedish/Estonian coproduction The Eternal Road directed by Antti-Jussi Annila has begun filming in Estonia.

27-06-2016

PRODUCTION: Bulgaria Supports Georgian Film Brighton 4th

SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center decided to support Brighton 4th, the third feature film by acclaimed Georgian director Levan Koguashvili, which will be a Georgian/Russian/Bulgarian/French coproduction.

20-06-2016

PRODUCTION: Urša Menart's My Last Year as a Loser in Preproduction

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Urša Menart has started work on her first full-length feature film My Last Year as a Loser, a drama which points out that in the last couple of years the majority of smart, educated and ambitious young people have left Slovenia or are planning to leave.

20-06-2016

PRODUCTION: ZDF's Die Vergeltung Begins Shooting in Czech Republic

PRAGE: The latest in a string of German period films shooting in the Czech Republic this year, Die Vergeltung/The Retribution started filming on locations in Jaroměř and Hradec Králové in mid June 2016.

20-06-2016

PRODUCTION: Alfred Molina and Cillian Murphy Cast in Estonian/Irish Animated Film

TALLINN: The Estonian animation studio A Film Estonia is coproducing a 26-minute animated film with Dublin’s Giant Animation. The Overcoat will be voiced by Cillian Murphy and Alfred Molina. Kristel Tolsepp is producing for A Film Estonia.

20-06-2016

PRODUCTION: Polish Film Institute Funds Claire Denis Coproduction

WARSAW: High Life, the first English-language film from Palm D'Or winner Claire Denis, has received 1.5 m PLN from the Polish Film Institute. The film will be a coproduction between France, Germany, UK and Poland.

17-06-2016

PRODUCTION: François Lunel in Postproduction with Those Dark Nights

SARAJEVO: Seventeen years after the premiere of Peaceful Days in Sarajevo (1999, Promenades Films) in the ACID Programme at Cannes Film Festival and two feature films later François Lunel is returning to wartime stories with Those Dark Nights.

14-06-2016

PRODUCTION: Jan Svěrák Preps Barefoot in a Stubble

PRAGUE: The Oscar-winning Czech director Jan Svěrák is in preproduction with Barefoot in a Stubble / Po strništi bos based on the book by his father Zdeněk Svěrák.

13-06-2016

PRODUCTION: Wojciech Smarzowski Finishes Shooting Volyhnia

WARSAW: It's a wrap for Wojciech Smarzowski's new history drama Volyhnia set to premiere in October 2016.

08-06-2016

PRODUCTION: Atanas Hristoskov in Postproduction with Eighteen

SOFIA: Atanas Hristoskov’s low-budget second feature film Eighteen is in postproduction.

08-06-2016