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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

BUCHAREST: Sergiu Nicolaescu is in production with The Last Corrupted Man, a sequel to Poker, the comedy that took the second spot in 2010 domestic box office in Romania with 24,234 admissions. The Last Corrupted Man/Ultimul corupt is produced by MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com).

BRATISLAVA: Young Slovak director Erik Bosnak is finishing post-production on his debut feature, Immortalitas, the first Slovak 3D sci-fi film. It will be ready for release by September 2011.

SOFIA: Vladislav Todorov's film adaptation of Zincograph based on his novel started its long awaited shoot on 9 August 2011 and will end on 11 September. Production will take place in Nu Boyana's film studios as well as on location.

WARSAW: Łukasz Karwowski is shooting Kac WAWA (a play on words meaning Warsaw Hangover), a Polish comedy about a bachelor party gone wild. The shoot started on 9 April 2011 in Warsaw and will last till the second half of September.

WARSAW: Komeda Nad Poznaniem (Komeda Over Poznań), an original documentary devoted to the Polish music composer Krzysztof Komeda Trzciński, is being shot in Warsaw. The premiere is planned for December 2011.

BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Juraj Nvota (Muzika) has completed editing of the Slovak-Czech-Polish coproduction Confidant, scriptwriter and producer Ľubomír Slivka told FNE.

LODZ: Edward Etler is filming a psychological drama The Silver Fox Of Felicia T. in Lodz, with the shoot continuing through September.