PRODUCTION: Florin Şerban Preps Box

BUCHAREST: The second feature of Florin Şerban (If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle) starts shooting on 12 August. 

17-07-2013

PRODUCTION: Michał Bielawski Shooting Another Sports Documentary

WARSAW: The director of Mundial. The Highest Stakes is taking on the world of male volleyball in The Team.

17-07-2013

Iron Sky Sequel Succeeds With Crowdfunded Script

The team behind crowdfunding pioneer Iron Sky has announced they have raised more than 139,000 EUR via the same source, using IndieGoGo, to develop Moon Nazi sequel Iron Sky II – The Coming Race, scheduled to start production in early 2015.

15-07-2013

PRODUCTION: Cristi Puiu Preps Sierra-Nevada

BUCHAREST: Acclaimed Romanian New Wave writer/director Cristi Puiu, has announced a shoot date of November 1for Sierra-Nevada, a feature about a family reunion.

15-07-2013

PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Israeli Concert for the Survivals Begins Filming

SOFIA: Ivan Nichev has started production on the Bulgarian-Israeli coproduction Concert for the Survivals at Nu Boyana Film Studios (www.nuboyana.com) where the production has planned 12 shooting days 

08-07-2013

PRODUCTION: Palfi Casting Epic Toldi

BUDAPEST: György Pálfi (Taxidermia, Hukkle) has moved into the final stages of preproduction for a September 2013 start date on the mega-production Toldi.

02-07-2013

PRODUCTION: Slovak Fairy Tale Shooting in Summer

BRATISLAVA:  Seven Ravens, a Czech-Slovak coproduction based on a classic fairy tale by Pavol Dobšinský, will start to shoot in July and August 2013 in western Slovakia. 

01-07-2013

PRODUCTION: Third season of Polish In Treatment for HBO Starts Shooting

WARSAW: HBO commission 35 episodes of the Polish version of the hit title.

26-06-2013

PRODUCTION: Bucharest Non-Stop Begins Filming

BUCHAREST: Writer/director Dan Chişu started shooting Bucharest Non-Stop, his fifth feature, on 17 June 2013.

21-06-2013

PRODUCTION: A Very Unsettled Summer Settles Postproduction in Summer

BUCHAREST: Anca Damian's new feature A Very Unsettled Summer, a Romanian-Czech-Swedish-Scottish coproduction, is in postproduction with the premiere set for autumn 2013.

17-06-2013

PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Sangaile in Preproduction

VILNIUS: Lithuanian production company Fralita Films is in preproduction with the feature film Sangaile directed by Alante Kavaite.

13-06-2013

PRODUCTION: Forgotten Brides Going into Production

NICOSIA: Writer/director Yeliz Shukri is investigating the fate of thousands of Turkish-Cypriot girls sold into marriage between 1920 and 1940 through the story of one of them. 

06-06-2013

PRODUCTION Cristian Mungiu Developing Nae Caranfil Film

BUCHAREST: Nae Caranfil, whose first English speaking feature Closer to the Moon starring Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong is still in postproduction, is developing 6.9 on Richter/6,9 pe scara Richter, a comedy with a musical touch. 

04-06-2013

PRODUCTION: The Magic Mountain Starts Production

BUCHAREST: Romanian producer/writer/director Anca Damian has begun production on the animated documentary The Magic Mountain, the second part of her Death (and Life) Trilogy which started with the 2011 award winning Crulic - The Path to Beyond/Crulic - Drumul spre dincolo.

27-05-2013

PRODUCTION: A Patriotic Man in Postproduction

ZAGREB: Finnish writer/director Arto Halonen (Princess, Pavlov’s Dogs) is in postproduction with the first Finnish-Croatian coproduction, a comedy about the doping-phenomenon notable for the casting of Canadian Olympic athlete Ben Johnson, who relinquished his gold medal when he tested positive for doping, in a minor role.

24-05-2013

PRODUCTION: Opus Film to Coproduce Fatih Akin Film

WARSAW: Polish producer Opus Film may join the international coproduction of the drama The Cut by German director Fatih Akin.  Opus Film was also a coproducer on the sci-fi film The Congress directed by Ari Folman which premiered at the 66th Cannes IFF.

24-05-2013