PRODUCTION: French-Polish Documentary Cenotaphe in Production

WARSAW: French director Leila Ferault-Levy and Polish producer Marcin Latałło’s Camera Obscura are in production on Cenotaphe (Pomnik), an intimate documentary on crimes of genocide committed during World War II.

03-12-2012

PRODUCTION: On the Sea with Badjao Unites Poles, Germans and Brits

WARSAW: Polish, German and English crews are in production On the Sea with Badjao, a documentary that shows an ironic clash of cultures that knows no winner.

29-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Cieslar in Postproduction with English Lingo Colette

BRATISLAVA: Czech director Milan Cieslar is postproduction with the last work by Czech author Arnost Lustig, the screen adaptation of Lustig’s 1992 novel Colette. The film will be Cieslar’s first English language feature.

28-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Rebellion in Postproduction in Poland

WARSAW: Director Małgorzata Kozera is in postproduction with the documentary Rebellion (Bunt) focused on the biggest anti-government riots in Eastern Europe in 1989, the year of the collapse of communism. Postproduction is taking place at Vision House in Warsaw.

27-11-2012

PRODUCTION: UK theatre director MacKintosh shoots debut film Mother in Poland

WARSAW: Scottish theatre director Lee Mackintosh Jones is making his feature film debut with a Mother, a UK-financed film shot in Poland.

16-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Polish-British Coproduction in Development

WARSAW: Polish writer/producer/director Agnieszka Trzos is preparing to shoot the drama Not for Your Eyes in Poland and the UK in spring 2013.

16-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Petr Zelenka’s CoCo Pitch Winner in Preproduction

COTTBUS: Lost in Munich directedy by Petr Zelenka, the Czech film which won the 2011 Connecting Cottbus (www.connecting-cottbus.de) Best Pitch Award, is in preproduction for a June 2013 shoot.

12-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Wrestling in Dakar in Postproduction

WARSAW: Wrestling in Dakar (Dakarskie zapasy), a Polish/French/British documentary which focuses on the first woman in the wrestling business, promoter and politician Ndeye Ndiaye Tyson, and two young Senegalese wrestlers, is in postproduction.

08-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Georgian-French Dzma in Production

TBILISI: Dzma, a coproduction from Georgia and France has started filming in Tbilisi.

05-11-2012

PRODUCTION: Animated Series Galaxy Taxi in Development

WARSAW: Fumi Studio (www.fumistudio.com) is in the early stages of development with a 13-episode animated series for adults and children, Galaxy Taxi.

25-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Hungarian Feature Documentary Love Streams in Production

BUDAPEST: Hungarian documentary filmmaker Ágnes Soós is currently shooting Love Stream (Szerelempatak), a look at searching for love in old age.

17-10-2012

PRODUCTION: The Brave Adventures of Little Shoemaker Shooting

ZAGREB: Director/screenwriter Silvije Petranovic’s adaptation of I.Brlic.Mazuranic‘s famous children novel The Brave Adventures of Hlapić started shooting in September 11 and will wrap November 17. Maydi Mervar Petranovic and Silvije Petranovic are producing through Maydi Film (www.maydi.com).

15-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Croatian first feature Zagreb Cappuccino in Preproduction

ZAGREB: Vanja Svilicić is preparing her first feature, Zagreb Cappuccino, produced by Damir Teresak through Maxima Film (www.maxima-film.hr).

09-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Prize-winning Polish Script Goes into Production

WARSAW: Director and scriptwriter Łukasz Barczyk has begun filming Hiszpanka, a story set during the Greater Poland Uprising in 1918, in Warsaw.

05-10-2012

Theatrical release for Polish doc The Lord of Carpathians

WARSAW: Polish cinematographer, screenwriter and director Krystian Matysek’s wildlife documentary Lord of Carpathians (Niedźwiedź – Władca Gór) is hitting Polish TV screens after three years in production.

05-10-2012

PRODUCTION: Królikiewicz Developing Historical Drama

WARSAW: The acclaimed avant-garde Polish film director and screenwriter, Grzegorz Królikiewicz is in development with Samuel Zborowski, a historical costume feature drama based on a seventeenth century adventurer.

02-10-2012