PRODUCTION: Cannes Critics Week Director Creţulescu Preps Charlton Heston

BUCHAREST: Andrei Creţulescu, whose short film Ramona premieres in the Critics’ Week section in Cannes on 19 May 2015, is preparing his debut feature, Charlton Heston, set for shooting in fall 2015.

18-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Janez Burger in Preproduction with Ivan

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian director Janez Burger's drama Ivan is in its final stage of preproduction for a fall 2015 shoot.

14-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Animated Websters in Development for Slovak TV

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director/producer Katarina Kerekesova is working on The Websters, a 13-part animated TV series about a family of spiders for children and parents.

14-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Bojanov to Helm Bulgarian Coproduction I Want to Be Like You

SOFIA: Award-winning Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov will go into production with his second film in July 2015, I Want to Be Like You, a Danish/UK/Belgian/Bulgarian coproduction which features an international cast that includes Klaus Maria Brandauer.

11-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Coproduction Debut The Woman of My Life in Postproduction

SOFIA: Bulgarian director Antoniy Donchev is in postproduction with his first feature film The Woman of My Life coproduced by Bulgarian Ars, Macedonia’s KT Film & Media, Romania’s Peter Film Production, Hawena Films and the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq with the support of the Bulgarian National Film Center.

08-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Ankica Jurić Tilić Develops Debut Drama The Staffroom

ZAGREB: Producer Ankica Jurić Tilić from Kinorama is currently developing The Staffroom/Zbornica, the debut feature of Sonja Tarokić, set for shooting in autumn 2016.

07-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Slovak OUT Heads to Cannes L'Atelier before Shooting Begins

BRATISLAVA: The first Slovak film, the feature debut OUT (Vychladnutie) by FAMU graduate György Kristóf, has been selected for the 11th Cinéfondation L’Atelier, taking place as part of the Cannes IFF.

06-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Slovak Cross-Genre Waiting Room Completed

BRATISLAVA: Slovak scriptwriter/director Palo Korec has completed work on the feature length film essay Waiting Room (Čakáreň).

05-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Ryszard Bugajski Shooting Stalinist Drama in Warsaw

WARSAW: Ryszard Bugajski has started shooting the dramatic film Zaćma, inspired by the life of a Stalinist member of the infamous Polish Ministry of Security known as "Bloody Luna."

05-05-2015

PRODUCTION: Animated Feature Laika in Production

PLZEN: Aurel Klimt's first feature Laika, an animated Czech sci-fi musical that's been in the making for the past five years, is due to be released in 2017.

29-04-2015

PRODUCTION: Gabriel Achim Shooting Second Feature The Last Day

BUCHAREST: Gabriel Achim's second feature The Last Day/Ultima zi, an independent dark comedy about faith, fidelity and forgiveness, is shooting from 20 April to 10 May 2015.

28-04-2015

PRODUCTION: Aik Karapetian Preps Firstborn

RIGA: Writer/director Aik Karapetian continues to work on genres not typical for the Latvian cinema. After the successful horror picture The Man in the Orange Jacket, produced by Lokomotive Productions, Karapetian is preparing a thriller called Firstborn/Pirmdzimtais.

22-04-2015

PRODUCTION: Ivan Cherkelov in Postproduction with Family Relics

SOFIA: Bulgarian director/scriptwriter Ivan Cherkelov is in postproduction with Family Relics, a drama unfolding through three intertwined subplots, which is set to be released at the end of 2015.

16-04-2015

PRODUCTION: Damian Nenadic Shooting Days of Madness

ZAGREB: Croatian director Damian Nenadic is shooting Days of Madness, a documentary about patients suffering from mental disorders and the state of medical care in Croatia. Maja and Mladen are suffering from different mental disorders, they do not consider themselves mentally ill. Unlike other ‘patients’ mainly following strict medical advice that doesn't actually help them much, Maja and Mladen take their lives into their own hands.

10-04-2015

PRODUCTION: Ivars Tontegode shooting Knutification

RIGA: Director Ivars Tontegode is shooting a biographical documentary feature Knutification/Nepareizais about the life of Knuts Skujenieks, a poet who survived the Soviet prison camps and was later to become one of the most influential figures in Latvian society. The film will be produced by Pomegrande Productions.

09-04-2015

PRODUCTION: Dearest Sister Brings Estonia, Laos and France Together

VIENTIANE: Oree Films embarks on Estonia's first ever co-production with Laos and France on the set of Dearest Sister, a supernatural drama set in Laos’ capital Vientiane. The film is budgeted at 300,000 euros and will be shot in late Spring 2015, with the release date set in 2016.

07-04-2015