PRODUCTION: Czech Debut Fish Blood in Development
PRAGUE: The Czech debut Fish Blood/Rybí krev is currently in development. It is directed and written by Ondrej Provaznik and produced by Jakub Mahler and Tomas Michalek for the production company MasterFilm.
PRODUCTION: Slumbering Concrete Doc TV Series Shooting in Croatia
ZAGREB: The documentary TV series Slumbering Concrete/ Betonski spavači by Saša Ban about the modernist architecture of former Yugoslavia is shooting with the premiere set for 2016.
PRODUCTION: Iglika Triffonova in Postproduction With Lift For Patients
SOFIA: Award-winning director Iglika Triffonova is in postproduction with her new film Lift for Patients, a modern psychological drama. Written by Triffonova herself, the script was rated first at the session for low budget films set up by the National Film Centre last year.
PRODUCTION: Hadrian Marcu Develops Shadow and Dream
BUCHAREST: Hadrian Marcu is developing his debut feature Shadow and Dream/Firesc, set for shooting in autumn 2016.
PRODUCTION: Czech/French Coproduction We Are Never Alone in Postproduction
PRAGUE: Petr Vaclavis in postproduction with his latest film, the Czech/French coproduction We Are Never Alone/Nikdy Najsme Sami.
PRODUCTION: My Father, My Mother, My Sister Shooting in Sofia
SOFIA: Director Dimitar Kozev-Shosho started the shooting of his second feature My Father, My Mother, My Sister on 29 June 2015. The theatrical distribution is planned for 2016.
PRODUCTION: Igor Cobileanski Preps First Romanian-Lithuanian Coproduction
BUCHAREST: Igor Cobileanski (The Unsaved) will start shooting a new feature, Eastern Business, mid-July 2015. This dark comedy is the first Romanian/Lithuanian coproduction to date.
PRODUCTION: Arkadiusz Jakubik Preps Second Feature
WARSAW: Polish director, actor and musician Arkadiusz Jakubik will start shooting his second feature, Simple Murder Story, in September 2015.
PRODUCTION: Polsat to Shoot BBC Adaptation
WARSAW: Private broadcaster Polsat will produce Skazane / Convicted, a Polish version of BBC drama series Prisoner's Wives
PRODUCTION: David Ondricek Preps Emil Zatopek Biopic
PRAGUE: Producer/writer/director David Ondricek is in preparation with Zatopek , a biopic of the legendary Czech athlete Emil Zatopek, winner of four Olympic medals.
PRODUCTION: Swiss Croatian Animation Project Chris the Swiss Begins Production in Zagreb
ZAGREB: Anja Kofmel’s Swiss/Croatian coproduction Chris the Swiss began production in Zagreb mid-June 2015. This is the first animated film benefiting from the incentives scheme launched by HAVC in 2012.
PRODUCTION: TVN Shoots Australian Series Adaptation
WARSAW: TVN has started producing Aż po sufit, the Polish version of the Australian series Packed to the Rafters. Academy Award nominated Bartosz Konopka and Julia Kolberger are directing.
PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Losers in Postproduction
SOFIA: In his new feature, Losers, the famous actor/director/writer Ivailo Hristov follows a teenage group of friends from a small town on the eve of the visit of some famous pop musicians.
PRODUCTION: 8 Heads of Madness in Postproduction
PRAGUE: Director/scriptwriter Marta Nováková is in postproduction with 8 Heads of Madness, a feature based on the life of the Russian poet Anna Alexandrovna Barkova (1901-1976), who spent 22 years in the Soviet Gulags.
PRODUCTION: The Naked Wraps Shooting
TBILISI: Georgian director Nino Basilia’s debut feature, The Naked, which has just wrapped a 27 day shoot, is a social drama about a mother desperately trying to get to the U.S. with her autistic child. The main actors are Eka Demetradze, Lika Okroshidze, Kote Janjgava and Lasha Murjikneli.
PRODUCTION: Anka Starring Eric Cantona Started Shooting in Croatia
ZAGREB: Dejan Aćimović's feature film Anka, with French football player-turned-actor Eric Cantona in the starring role, started shooting in Croatia on 1 June 2015.