FNE at FINALE Plzen FF: Competition: Kawasaki's Rose

Director Jan Hrebejk's film Kawasaki´s Rose screens in competition at Finale Plzen after its Berlinale success where it picked up awards from the Ecumenical Jury and the Jury of the International Confederation of Art House Cinemas (C.I.C.A.E.).

18-04-2010

PRODUCTION: Cezary Pazura prepares his directing debut

Popular Polish actor/singer/comic Cezary Pazura debuts as a director and producer in his comedy titled Weekend.

13-04-2010

PRODUCTON: Leaving prepares for June filming

Former Czech president and renowned playwright Vaclav Havel announced he will begin shooting his film directing debut, Leaving (based on his stage play) in June.

12-04-2010

PRODUCTION: Conan filming in Bulgaria

The Nu Image/Millennium/Lionsgate Conanremake starring Jason Momoa has begun a 12-week shoot in Sofia.

12-04-2010

PRODUCTION: Snow White: Turkish Photo Artist Selim Gunes Directs First Feature Snow White

ISTANBUL: Celebrated Turkish photo artist Selim Gunes is in production on his first feature film Snow White produced by Istanbul based Augostos Film (www.agustos.com). The film was one of nine feature film projects selected to be funded by the Turkish Ministry of Culture this year.

11-04-2010

PRODUCTON: Novel for Men completes filming in Slovakia

A Novel for Men, a bittersweet comedy based on the novel from Czech bestselling author Michal Viewegh, has finished shooting in Slovakia and moved to Czech exteriors, producer Rudolf Biermann from Infilm (www.infilm.cz ) announced.

11-04-2010

PRODUCTION: So I Say in preproduction

Bogdan Dumitrescu Dreyer is in preproduction with So I Say starring Gerard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel, with shooting set for August 28 - October 9, 2010, in the Romanian city of Sighişoara.

05-04-2010

PRODUCTION: Strach goes into production with two films

Czech director Jiří Strach will shoot two movies based on novels by best-selling Czech author Miloš Urban, coproduction company Czech television (www.ceskatelevize.cz) announced.

31-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Script-winning House in production

House, based on an award-winning script by Slovak director/writer Zuzana Liova, started shooting in Slovakia on March 20.

30-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Love.net ends shooting

The first national IT romantic drama Love.net ended a three part shooting that took place between October 29, 2009 and March 29, 2010.

30-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Lidice plans June shoot

Lidice, a Czech-Polish war drama from director Alice Nellis, will begin shooting in June, producer Adam Dvořák, head of production/distribution company Bioscop (www.bioscop.cz), announced.

28-03-2010

Little Violent Robinson plans distribution

The Slovak documentary film Little Violet Robinson from director Tina Diosi is planning distribution in summer 2010.

28-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Animated Čtyřlístek begins shooting

The well-loved Czech comic book series Čtyřlístek (The Four-Leaf Clover, refering to four life-long friends ) will be adapted into a full lenght animated film combining classic animation with 3D.

25-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Jan Svěrák´s Kuky goes to post-production

Kuky Returns (Kuky se vrací), a feature film by Oscar winner Jan Svěrák combining live action and puppet animation is in post-production prior to its May 20 release.

22-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Hunting Down Small Predators in postproduction

Hunting Down Small Predators, the first feature film by director/actor Tzvetodar Markov, is in he final stages of postproduction.

21-03-2010

PRODUCTION: Outbound in postproduction

Bogdan George Apetri's first feature Outbound, written by Tudor Voican and Bogdan George Apetri based on a story by Cristian Mungiu and Ioana Uricaru, will wrap postproduction in early April.

21-03-2010