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.

24-02-2014

PRODUCTION: Branko Schmidt Shooting Names for the Cherry

ZAGREB: Acclaimed Croatian filmmaker Branko Schmidt (Vegetarian Cannibal, Metastases) has begun filming his 10th feature, Names for the Cherry.

17-02-2014

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

17-02-2014

PRODUCTION Aurora Borealis in Development

ZAGREB: Spomenko Karić’s travelogue Aurora Borealis will cover his 30 day trip from Croatia to Scandinavia aiming to gather the largest collection of photos of people in the world.

14-02-2014

PRODUCTION: Youtube Bazaar in Postproduction

BUCHAREST: Independent filmmaker Dan Chişu is in the color correction and sound editing stage with a 110 minute documentary investigating the fascination with social media through the story of Bahoi, an unusual character who created the TV station on Youtube, Bahoi TV.

13-02-2014

PRODUCTION: Croatia Teams up with Romania and Czech Republic on The Ministry of Love

ZAGREB: The Ministry of Love , a dramatic comedy from Bucharest-based Croatian filmmaker Pavo Marinković (Love Life of a Gentle Coward, Tressette–a Story of an Island) is in development with plans to begin filming in May 2015.

05-02-2014

PRODUCTION: Marko Naberšnik in Postproduction with The Woods Are Still Green

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian hit film director Marko Naberšnik is finishing work on The Woods Are Still Green, an anti-war drama set during WWI. The Austrian-Slovenian coproduction shot in extreme weather conditions in only 18 days.

29-01-2014

PRODUCTION: Perrin and Cluzaud Shooting Documentary in Poland

WARSAW: Renowned documentary filmmakers Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud are filming Les Saisons in Puszcza Białowieska.

29-01-2014

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.

27-01-2014

PRODUCTION: George Dorobanţu develops 0/1

BUCHAREST: The winner of the Special Mention at the 2012 edition of ScripTeast will be financed by French producers with shooting scheduled for fall 2014.

23-01-2014

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.

21-01-2014

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.

16-01-2014

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.

19-12-2013

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.

17-12-2013

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).

16-12-2013

Ovashvili Going into Postproduction with Corn Island

TBILISI: The acclaimed Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili plans an April 2014 completion date for Corn Island which is finishing a two-part shoot.

11-12-2013