PRODUCTION: Immortalitas in Postproduction

BRATISLAVA: Young Slovak director Erik Bosnak is finishing post-production on his debut feature, Immortalitas, the first Slovak 3D sci-fi film. It will be ready for release by September 2011.
23-08-2011

CzechTV Begins Search for New Director

PRAGUE: Czech TV announced that 36 people have applied for the position of director general, to replace retiring director Jiri Janacek.
22-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Zincograph Shooting in Sofia

SOFIA: Vladislav Todorov's film adaptation of Zincograph based on his novel started its long awaited shoot on 9 August 2011 and will end on 11 September. Production will take place…
22-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Warsaw Hangover Shooting in Warsaw

WARSAW: Łukasz Karwowski is shooting Kac WAWA (a play on words meaning Warsaw Hangover), a Polish comedy about a bachelor party gone wild. The shoot started on 9 April 2011…
21-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Komeda Animated Doc in Production

WARSAW: Komeda Nad Poznaniem (Komeda Over Poznań), an original documentary devoted to the Polish music composer Krzysztof Komeda Trzciński, is being shot in Warsaw. The premiere is planned for December…
21-08-2011

TVN Group adds Monolith Films to Pay TV

TVN, the operator of the 'n' DTH platform, has signed a long term agreement to add titles distributed by Monolith Films to its HD offer.
21-08-2011

FNE - IDF DocBloc: Plus Camerimage: Call For Entries

Plus Camerimage, an international film festival dedicated to the art of cinematography, takes place November 26 - December 3, 2011 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The festival is accepting submissions for its…
19-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Confidant in Final Postproduction

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Juraj Nvota (Muzika) has completed editing of the Slovak-Czech-Polish coproduction Confidant, scriptwriter and producer Ľubomír Slivka told FNE.
18-08-2011

Frozen Stories Nominated for EFA Award

LOCARNO: The Locarno IFF announced the selection of Frozen Stories by Grzegorz Jaroszuk as its nominee for the European Film Academy short film award.
18-08-2011

FESTIVALS: Slovak Fest Adds Animated Doc Section

PIESTANY, SLOVAKIA: The 6th International Film Festival Cinematik (www.cinematik.sk) taking place in Piestany, Slovakia, has added the section Docma: Animated Reality which will screen four films that combine animation and…
18-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Polish-Israeli Coproduction Shoots in Łódź

LODZ: Edward Etler is filming a psychological drama The Silver Fox Of Felicia T. in Lodz, with the shoot continuing through September.
17-08-2011

FESTIVALS: In Darkness Selected for Special Screening in Toronto

WARSAW: Five Polish films will screen in the Toronto IFF, all of them supported by the Polish Film Insitute. In Darkness by Agnieszka Holland will have its world premiere in…
17-08-2011

FESTIVALS: Four Polish Films Selected for Montreal

WARSAW: Four Polish films have been selected to screen in the Toronto IFF, with two headed for the main competition. Czarny czwartek. Janek Wiśniewski padł (Black Thursday), the latest film…
17-08-2011

PRODUCTION: So I Say Set for Fall Shoot

BUCHAREST: Bogdan Dumitrescu Dreyer (A Cold Place In The Sun and Thalassa, Thalassa) will begin filming So I Say withGérard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel on 12 September 2011, the producer…
16-08-2011

PRODUCTION: TVN Shooting Julia in Krakow

KRAKOW: Polish private broadcaster TVN has started production on Julia, a new daytime dramatic series about a runaway bride starting her life over. The series will premiere in January 2012.
16-08-2011

Rozbitek Foundation Launches Support for central European Film Music Composers

POZNAN: Oscar-winning Polish/American composer Jan Kaczmarek, founder of the Rozbitek Foundation (www.rozbitek.org), based outside Poznan, has launched its next phase, fostering the exchange of progressive ideas and support for filmmakers,…
16-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Szumowska shooting Nowhere

WARSAW: Małgorzata Szumowska is shooting the drama Nowhere, a coproduction with CANAL+, through September 2011.
15-08-2011

The Hungarian National Film Fund Names Committee Members

BUDAPEST: After its establishment three months ago, the Hungarian National Film Fund has announced the names of the five film professionals who will make the decisions on grants for the…
15-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Hijacked! My Grandfather and the World’s First Hijacking in Development

BUCHAREST: Ada-Maria Ichim is developing hew first long documentary Hijacked! My Grandfather and the World's First Hijacking, the 90 min story of her grandfather's life.
15-08-2011

PRODUCTION: Jan Kidawa-Błoński Shooting You Will Never Know

WARSAW: Jan Kidawa-Błoński, the director of Little Rose, is shooting a post-war drama entitled You Will Never Know. Filming started on 4 August 2011 and will end on 12 September.
14-08-2011