Coproductions Compete for Georgian Funding

TBILISI: Three coproductions and 21 national film projects are competing for funding in 2012 from the Georgian National Film Center (www.gnfe.ge).

08-02-2012

PRODUCTION: Killing Time in Post-Production

BUCHAREST: Writer/director Florin Piersic Jr. (Fix Alert) is in post-production with Killing Time, a film noir comedy about two hit men waiting in an empty apartment for their next target.

07-02-2012

PRODUCTION: Children of the Fall in Postproduction

ZAGREB: Goran Rukavina is in postproduction with Children of the Fall about a man waiting for his missing wife, produced by Zvonimir Munivrana and Corvus Film (www.corvusfilm.hr).

05-02-2012

PRODUCTION: Mungiu in production on Provisory

BUCHAREST: Palme d'Or winner Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) is currently filming Provisory, a drama inspired by the tragic death of a young woman in a Romanian Orthodox monastery in 2005.

02-02-2012

PRODUCTION: The Timber Shooting in Romania

BUCHAREST: The American mid-budget western-thriller The Timber produced by Patrick Newall, Scott Einbinder and Ana Media is currently in production in the Carpathian Mountains and at MediaPro Studios (www.mediaprostudios.com).

01-02-2012

PRODUCTION: Sick in Postproduction

ZAGREB: Hrvoje Mabic is completing production on Sick, a 70 minute long lenght documentary following a young woman commited to a hospital by her parents to be "treated" for homosexuality, showing how preconceptions can nearly destroy a young life.

31-01-2012

PRODUCTION: The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead in Preproduction

BUCHAREST: Australian animator Elliot Cowan is preparing a feature animation based on his series of short films The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead produced by U.S. company Scenery Hill Entertainment and the Romania's Artis Film (www.artisfilm.ro).

26-01-2012

PRODUCTION: The Charade in Preproduction

{mosimage}BUCHAREST: Romanian director Serban Marinescu will begin shooting The Charade a romantic drama produced by Giuliano Doman and Family Film (www.familyfilm.ro) in early February. Based on the script written by Radu F. Alexandru, Şarada/The Charade tells the story of a man haunted by his past - his wife mysteriously disappears in 1986 and just as mysteriously re-enters his life 16 years later.

25-01-2012

PRODUCTION: The Charade in Preproduction

BUCHAREST: Romanian director Serban Marinescu will begin shooting The Charade a romantic drama produced by Giuliano Doman and Family Film (www.familyfilm.ro) in early February. Based on the script written by Radu F. Alexandru, Şarada/The Charade tells the story of a man haunted by his past - his wife mysteriously disappears in 1986 and just as mysteriously re-enters his life 16 years later.

25-01-2012

PRODUCTION: My Dog Killer Sets Filming Dates

BRATISLAVA: After the international success of Foxes (2009), Slovak director Mira Fornay will begin shooting My Dog Killer/Môj pes killer in February. The film, a story of brotherhood and friendship, is produced by Juraj Buzalka andthe Slovak company Mirafox (www.mirafox.sk) together with Viktor Schwarcz and Cineart TV Prague (site under construction).

25-01-2012

PRODUCTION: Polish WWII Drama in Postproduction

WARSAW: Polish director Marcin Krzyształowicz has completed shooting his new film Manhunt, a dynamic thriller reliving the reality of war occupation.

24-01-2012

PRODUCTION: Be Quiet in Preproduction

ZAGREB: Lukas Nola is preparing his fifth feature, Be Quiet, a story about a family abuse produced by Ankica Tilic and Kinorama (www.kinorama.hr).

24-01-2012

PRODUCTION: Child's Pose in Preproduction

BUCHAREST: Calin Peter Netzer is preparing Child's Pose, his third feature film, for a February-March 2012 shoot. Netzer (Maria, Medalia de onoare/ The Medal of Honor) is co-authoring the script with Răzvan Rădulescu (Felicia, înainte de toate/First of All, Felicia).

23-01-2012

PRODUCTION: International doc coproduction Gangster of Love shooting in Croatia

ZAGREB: Croatian director Nebojsa Slijepcevic is in production with a Croatian-Romanian-German documentary Gangsters of Love that follows a matchmaker that is helping a single mother to find a husband while along the way taking an ironic look at the profoundly conservative nature of the Croatian men.

17-01-2012

PRODUCTION: Tomorrow Will Be Better in Postproduction

PRAGUE: Czech director Martin Privatsky is in postproduction with Tomorrow Will Be Better, a documentary about Libor Podmol, a struggling and fatherless Czech village boy who became the 2010 world freestyle motorcross champion.

11-01-2012

PRODUCTION: The Cernosaurs in Postproduction

BUCHAREST: Radu Dinulescu is in post-production with The Cernosaurs, a 70 minute 2D animation film produced by the Romanian company Artis Film (www.artisfilm.ro ) with the support of the National Centre for Cinema (www.cncinema.abt.ro ) and Romanian public television (www.tvr.ro ).

10-01-2012