PRODUCTION: A Fold in My Blanket Begins Filming in Georgia
Zaza Rusadze's feature debut A Fold in My Blanket produced by Zazarfilm (www.zazarusadze.com) began shooting 12 September 2011 in Georgia.
PRODUCTION: Wajda's Wałęsa Film to Shoot in November
WARSAW: Shoot on Andrzej Wajda's biopic Walesa, postponed by the director's recent health collapse, is set to begin in November 2011. Wajda still has not cast an actor to play the former Polish President, Lech Wałęsa.
PRODUCTION: Domestic in Preparation
BUCHAREST: Adrian Sitaru (Pescuit sportiv/Angling, Din dragoste, cu cele mai bune intenţii/Best Intentions) is preparing to shoot his third feature, Domestic. Sitaru's second film, Best Intentions, recently won the FNE Visegrad Prix at the Jameson CineFest in Miskolc, Hungary.
PRODUCTION: Siberian Education filming in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Italian director Gabriele Salvatores is shooting English language feature film Siberian Education (Educazione Siberiana) in Vilnius, Lithuania. The film is a coproduction between Italian film company Cattleya S.r.l. (http://www.cattleya.it/home/) and Lithuanian production company Nordic Productions (www.nordicproductions.lt).
Shoreline Entertainment Picks up Ipu - Convicted to Life
BUCHAREST: The new film by Bogdan Dumitrescu Dreyer Ipu - Convicted to Lif , previously known as So I Say, will be sold internationally by Shoreline Entertainment (www.shorelineentertainment.com).
PRODUCTION: Polish Indie Filmmaker Piotr Matwiejczyk in Production
WROCLAW: Leading Polish independent filmmakers is shooting a comedy about the institution of marriage, Wyręczony zaręczony, which translates into a play on words "engaged" and "helped".
PRODUCTION: Life in Squares in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: The Bucharest-based young Serbian director Ivana Mladenovic is in the final stages of post-production (sound and colour correction) with an 84 minute documentary investigating the life of four 19 years old boys after their release from penitentiary.
PRODUCTION: Feed Me with Your Words in Production
LJUBLJANA: Feed Me With Your Words, the debut feature film by director Martin Turk, is in the middle of shooting and is expected to be completed on 4 October 2011. The film should arrive in Slovenian theaters in October 2012.
PRODUCTION: Irish-Polish Sanctuary Wraps Shoot
WARSAW: Irish director Norah McGettingan completed filming her debut drama Sanctuary on 10 September 2011. The Irish/Polish coproduction was shot both in Poland and Ireland.
PRODUCTION: Closer to the Moon Starts Shooting in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: Nae Caranfil (Restul e tăcere/The Rest Is Silence) writes and directs Closer to the Moon, his first English language feature starring Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong. Filming began on 5 September 2011. The wrap date is to be announced.
PRODUCTION: Polish Thriller Debut Vulture in Production
WARSAW: Director Eugeniusz Korin is filming Vulture, a new Polish addition to the classic thriller genre. The shoot, which started on the 12 June 2011, is concluding in early of September.
PRODUCTION: TVN Shooting Series Agatha’s Law
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster TVN is preparing a new original series entitled Agatha's Law (Prawo Agaty) to premiere in 2012. It will be the first classical law series made in Poland.
PRODUCTION: Sonja & the Bull Begins Filming
ZAGREB: Director Vlatka Vorkapic started filming Sonja & the Bull, produced by Interfilm and Croatian Radio and Television, on 25 August 2011 in rural Croatia. Filming takes place in Zagreb and Dalmatia for the next six weeks. The film is funded by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HVAC)
PRODUCTION: September Shoot for Fabicki's Love
WARSAW: Sławomir Fabicki will start shooting his new psychological drama Love on 10 September 2011 in Warsaw. The 30-day shoot will conclude on 20 October, on locations in Warsaw, Plock, and other sites.
PRODUCTION: Czech's Najbrt Shoots Polish Film in Krakow
KRAKOW: Czech film director Marek Najbrt is shooting his new project entitled Polish Film. The shoot will continue in Krakow through September 2011. The premiere is planned for 2012 at the Kralovy Vary IFF.
PRODUCTION: Digging for Life in Postproduction
BUCHAREST: Pavel Cuzuioc is in the last stages of postproduction with Doina groparilor/Digging for Life, a 55 min documentary he directed, wrote and shot for HBO Central Europe (www.hbo-centraleurope.com). The film describes the daily life of a group of gravediggers at the Doina cemetery near Chişinău, the capital city of the Republic of Moldova, also exploring the traditional preparations for death and burial in the Republic of Moldova.