PRODUCTION: Dan Pita to Shoot Chira Chiralina in Autumn

BUCHAREST: Dan Piţa (Stone Wedding) is in early preproduction with a cinematic adaptation of Romanian writer Panait Istrati’s 1923 novella Chira Chiralina.

20-08-2012

PRODUCTION: The Down’s Detective to begin Shooting in the Czech Republic

PRAGUE: Norwegian director Bard Breien (The Art of Negative Thinking) will begin the shooting The Down’s Detective, a Norwegian-Czech-Danish-German coproduction, on 29 August 2012 in the Czech Republic. The film about a private detective with Down’s syndrome is set in Oslo.

15-08-2012

PRODUCTION: Wasilewski Shooting Floating Skyscrapers

WARSAW: After a promising start in Gdynia, the young Polish filmmaker Tomasz Wasilewski is in production with his second feature film,
Floating Skyscrapers.

 

15-08-2012

PRODUCTION: The Woman with the Black Necktie in Preparation

BUCHAREST: Şerban Marinescu is in preproduction with The Woman with the Black Necktie, a comedy set to be shot in Greece and Romania in autumn. Negotiations with Greek coproducer Metavision are underway.

15-08-2012

PRODUCTION: Juraj Nvota Preps Hostage

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Juraj Nvota is in preproduction for a winter 2012 shoot of his film Hostage, which was originally scheduled to go into production in spring.

10-08-2012

PRODUCTION: Night Falls in India in Production

BUCHAREST: Spanish director Chema Rodriguez has completed the first 10 days of filming on his road-movie, Night Falls in India, in Romania, before moving to Turkey and Spain.

10-08-2012

PRODUCTION: I'm an Old Communist Hag in Production

BUCHAREST: Director/screenwriter Stere Gulea teams up with DOP Vivi Drăgan Vasile (Occident) and actress Luminiţa Gheorghiu (The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu) for the first time since collaborating on the Romanian classic Moromeţii (1985) with I'm an Old Communist Hag.

09-08-2012

PRODUCTION: Indian Summer in Preproduction

BRATISLAVA: Gejza Dezorz plans to shoot his first feature film, Indian Summer, beginning on 17 September 2012, produced by Marian Urban through ALEF Film&Media Group, s.r.o. (www.afm.sk).

09-08-2012

PRODUCTION: Debut Heavy Mental in Postproduction

WARSAW: Polish independent film director Sebastian Buttny follows his short films and documentaries with his feature debut, Heavy Mental, currently in postproduction.

09-08-2012

PRODUCTION: Bromski in Production with A Trip to the Moon

WARSAW: Jacek Bromski began shooting on a coming of age story set in Poland of the 1960's, A Trip to the Moon, on 2 August 2012 in Kazimierz Dolny.

06-08-2012

FNE IDF DocBloc: Soilmania

PRAGUE: Director Dora Kapralova is in production with Soilmania, a feature length Czech-German coproduction filmed in Czech, German, and English.

03-08-2012

PRODUCTION: The Gentleman from the Courtyard in Postproduction

BUCHAREST:The Romanian-French filmmaker Cornel Gheorghita (Europolis) is in postproduction with his second feature, a Romanian-French coproduction shot mostly in Romania.

31-07-2012

PRODUCTION: The Exhibition in Postproduction

BRATISLAVA: Slovak directors Peter Begányi (Erotic Nation) and Andrej Kolenčík are in post-production with The Exhibition, a medium-length bitter comedy scheduled to come out in early 2013.

31-07-2012

PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Cult Film Director Shooting Flight Redirected

VILNIUS: Emilis Velyvis, director of the Lithuanian cult film hit Zero 2, is in production with Flight Redirected, a Lithuanian/UK coproduction.

27-07-2012

PRODUCTION: Piekorz in Preproduction with Encounters

WARSAW: Magdalena Piekorz, one of Poland's rising young directors, is preparing to film Encounters (Zblizenia), a drama about a tumultuous relationship between a mother and her older daughter and her husband.

27-07-2012

PRODUCTION: Polish Kids Pic Gabriel Begins Filming

WARSAW: Director Mikołaj Haremski is in production with Gabriel, a family film for young children, shooting on location in rural Poland.  

26-07-2012