FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Out/In Tawaret (Ki/Be Tawaret)
Veteran director György Molnár collected the crazy adventures of contemporary extravagant female poet Orsolya Karafiáth to create the film Out/in Tawaret.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Deathwaltz (Halálkeringő)
The Deathwaltz from director Krisztián Károly Köves is billed as the first modern Hungarian thriller.
Streičs directs another hit film for Latvia
Latvian director Janis Streičs has revived interest in domestic film production with his latest feature Rudolf's Legacy (Rudolfa mantojums).
Production: The Mission of the Human Resource Manager moves into postproduction
Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree, The Syrian Bride) completed a 20 days shoot of his new feature in Romania in late December, after shooting in Israel for 3 weeks during last November, and is now in postproduction.
Production: Tuesday after Christmas wraps postproduction
Radu Muntean's fourth feature after Rage, The Paper Will Be Blue and Boogie will complete postproduction by the end of January 2010.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: The Gravedigger (A sírásó)
The Gravedigger is best characterized as an experimental film, as director-photographer Sándor Kardos creates a film interpretation of Rainer Maria Rilke's poem "The funeral of John Mortonson."
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Bibliotheque Pascal
Bibliotheque Pascal from director Szabolcs Hajdu had a long production process and overcame numerous problems before it completion.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Vespa
Vespa, the second feature from Diana Groó (Csoda Krakkóban) is about a Romany child who wins a Vespa scooter and must travel from his poor home town to Budapest to collect the prize and bring it back home.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Question in Details (Köntörfalak)
After two fresh comedies (Tesó, Kész cirkusz), director Zsombor Dyga turned to the darker side in Question in Details, a film about triangular relationships filled with tension.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Czukor Show
Tamás Dömötör's Czukor Show takes on the cruelty of TV talk shows - the film was inspired by a show featuring a woman who killed her own child.
FNE at Hungarian Film Week: Team Building
Team Building, the debut feature of Réka Almási, looks at the curious development of capitalist Hungary through the twisted logic of team building management techniques.
Zero 2 premieres in Lithuania
Emilis Velyvis' second feature film Zero 2 (www.zero2.lt) premieres on January 20 in Vilnius, with nation-wide distribution beginning on January 22.
PRODUCTION: Romanian Spring in early development
Romanian Spring, the first feature film from Romanian writer/director Anca Miruna Lăzărescu, is in development as a co-production from Romania, Czech Republic, and Germany.
PRODUCTION: Letters to Ingel in production
Art-house director Sulev Keedus is in production with his long awaited third feature, Letters to Ingel written in tandem with script partner, Estoniam literary savant Madis Kõiv.
PRODUCTION: Warsaw uprising drama Dance of Death in production
Dance of Death. Scenes from the Warsaw Uprising from Polish director Leszek Wosiewicz, devoted to one of the most defining moments in Polish history, has finished the first phase of filming in Warsaw.
PRODUCTION: Red Quicksilver preps March release
Red Quicksilver (Punane elavhõbe) is the first Estonian-shot feature by Andres Puustusmaa who directed two features in Russia (notably 1814) and has now returned to his native country.