PRODUCTION: Cristina Iacob in Postproduction with A Gift for You

BUCHAREST: The young director Cristina Iacob, who directed the most successful Romanian film in 2014, the youth comedy #Selfie, is in postproduction with A Gift for You/Un dar pentru tine, a love story set to open on 21 November 2014. She also plans to start shooting a sequel to #Selfie.

15-08-2014

PRODUCTION: The Man Who Knew 75 Languages in Production

VILNIUS: The Lithuanian/Polish/Norwgian docudrama The Man Who Knew 75 Languages from director Anne Magnussen and co-director Pawel Debski has gone into production.

13-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Anca Damian Developing In Perfect Health

BUCHAREST: Anca Damian is developing a partly autobiographical feature set to shooting in summer 2014, Perfect sănătos/In Perfect Health, the story of a young attorney who starts his own investigation into the strange death of his father, a well-known judge.

06-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Gladiators. A Different World in Production

VILNIUS: Director Arūnas Matelis is in production with his feature length documentary Gladiators. A Different World/Gladiatoriai. Kita planeta, a Lithuanian, Italian, Belgian, Swiss, Irish, Northern Ireland/UK and Latvian coproduction.  

05-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Olmo Omerzu Shooting Family Film in Thailand

PRAGUE: Prague-trained and based Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu, winner of the 2012 Czech Critics “Discovery of the Year”  award, is now shooting his second feature a drama titled Family Film.

05-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Thriller Trema in Production

ZAGREB: Greek filmmaker Yorgos Zois (Casus Belli) started shooting his debut feature Trema/Stage Fright in Athens on 31 July 2014. The film is a Greek-Croatian-French-Dutch coproduction with Sinisa Jurićić coproducing through Croatia's Jaako dobra produkcija d.o.o.

04-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Cătălin Mitulescu Shooting Rumeno

BUCHAREST: Cătălin Mitulescu started shooting his third feature on 21 July 2014. Rumeno is a Romanian/Swedish/Italian coproduction which will be presented in the Venice Film Market.

03-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Mellow Mud Wraps Summer Shooting

RIGA: Latvian director's Renārs Vimba debut feature Mellow Mud has finished its summer production shoot, producers Alise Ģelze and Aija Bērziņa said.

30-07-2014

IDF DocBloc: Czechs Back Zeman Doc

Groundbreaking Czech animation filmmaker Karel Zeman is the subject of an upcoming Czech documentary.

25-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Genre Coproduction Binderiana Seeking Director

KARLOVY VARY: Producers and a scriptwriter of a proposed Czech-Polish coproduction entitled Binderiana presented the project at Karlovy Vary’s recent Pitch and Feedback forum, telling the panel that they’re still looking for the right director to handle the unusual genre film.

22-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Jirasky in Preproduction with Hanna and Marie

KARLOVY VARY: Czech postproduction house i/o post is producing Zdenek Jirasky’s third film Hanna and Marie following In Silence which screened at the 49th KVIFF and his awarded debut film Flower Buds.

21-07-2014

PRODUCTION: My Farm is My Castle Sets October Release

KARLOVY VARY: Czech director Jiri Stejskal is in postproduction with the documentary film My Farm is My Castle.

21-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Five Year Okhwan Doc Nears End of Journey

KARLOVY VARY: Director/producer Marek Mackovic is in postproduction with his debut film Okhwan, Mission Impossible, a road movie documentary about a South Korean bicycling the world.

17-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Otter Films Producing Found Footage Doc

KARLOVY VARY: Anna Wydra of Poland’s Otter Films is coproducing a documentary based on found footage, Reporter directed by Magdalena Szymkow.

16-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Hastrman Pitched at KVIFF

KARLOVY VARY: Popular Czech musican Ondrej Havelka will direct his debut film Hastrman, based on his adaptation of a Czech book. The project at the third annual Pitch and Feedback forum of upcoming Czech and Slovak films organized at the Karlovy Vary IFF.

16-07-2014

PRODUCTION: The Beauteous Pitches at KVIFF

KARLOVY VARY: Director/scriptwriter Jan Kobler makes his feature film debut with The Beauteous, a drama about two young gay men who meet and separate on a single night.

15-07-2014