PRODUCTION: Modris Sets Fall Release
RIGA: The Latvian/Greek/German coproduction Modris, a debut feature by Latvian director Juris Kursietis, is set to be released in Latvia on 24 October 2014.
PRODUCTION Remo Completes Music Fest Doc
BRATISLAVA: Slovak documentary filmmaker Miro Remo is finishing work on Vrbovský veter, his second documentary after his award-winning short student documentary Arsy-Versy
PRODUCTION: Jacek Bromski Preps Anatomy of Evil
WARSAW: Jacek Bromski will start shooting the thriller Anatomy of Evil on 24 June 2014 in Warsaw and Szczecin.
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Crisis in Preproduction
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian feature film Crisis from young film director Andrius Blaževičius is in preproduction.
PRODUCTION: Stalin Era Chronicles of Melanie in Production
RIGA: The Latvian-Finnish coproduction of Viesturs Kairiss’s historical drama Chronicles of Melanie (Melanijas hronika) resumes shooting in April with another filming segment scheduled for August 2014.
PRODUCTION: Finnish Fencer Filming in Estonia
TALLINN: Finnish director Klaus Harö is shooting The Fencer (Vehkleja), planned to premiere in spring 2015, in Estonia.
PRODUCTION: Carte Blanche shooting in Lublin
LUBLIN: Jacek Lusiński has begun production on his drama starring Andrzej Chyra, inspired by the story of a blind teacher overcoming his disability.
PRODUCTION: Nazi loot docu generates world headlines
PRAGUE: The premiere documentary of a US journalist based in the Czech Republic, Buried, has made global news with its revelations that 103 Torah scrolls stolen during WWII have been found in Russia.
PRODUCTION: GS Animation Prepping Mice On Strike
WARSAW: Polish studio Grupa Smacznego/GS Animation is developing a film about freedom and totalitarianism through a story of hardworking mice and their oppressors, Mice on Strike.
PRODUCTION: Perrin and Cluzaud Shooting Documentary in Poland
WARSAW: Renowned documentary filmmakers Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud are filming Les Saisons in Puszcza Białowieska.
PRODUCTION: Palfi Free Fall in Fast Forward
BUDAPEST: European Film Award winner György Pálfi (Hukkle, Taxidermia, Final Cut) is already in production with Free Fall, a film that originated from a concept in November 2013.
PRODUCTION: New WWII drama by Elmo Nüganen director of Estonian hit Names Engraved in Marble
ESTONIA: The epic war drama 1944, now halfway through a two-part filming schedule, is primed to continue a tradition of a strong box-office for patriotic war films in Estonia.
PRODUCTION: Madl Debuts with To See a Sea
PRAGUE: Leading young Czech and international actor Jiří Mádl (Borgia, Four Suns, Colette) is finishing work on his debut film as a director and scriptwriter, the ultra-low budget To See a Sea.
PRODUCTION: Josephine de la Baume Stars in Ursus
SOFIA: France’s Joséphine de La Baume will star in the Ukrainian-Georgian-German-Bulgarian 2.6m EUR coproduction Ursus - The Caucasian Bear, co-written eight years ago by esteemed Georgian scriptwriter Zaza Buadze and film director/producer Otar Shamatava.
PRODUCTION: Keedus in Production with Three-Part Feature
TALLINN: Sulev Keedus is shooting The Husband Slayer. The Virgin. The Shadow. (Mehetapja süütu vari), scheduled to be completed in autumn 2015.
PRODUCTION: Bonev’s The Sinking of Sozopolis Goes into Postproduction
Known for his delicate but continuing interest in the fate of the Balkan people award-winning director Kostadin Bonev is in postproduction on his third feature film The Sinking of Sozopolis (working title A Town, named Salvation).
