PRODUCTION: Pakalnina Rises with Dawn

TALLINN: Latvian auteur and producer Laila Pakalnina is in postproduction with Dawn, a Latvian/Estonian/Polish coproduction which participated in the Baltic Event Works in Progress presentation on 26 November 2014.

27-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Banat in Preproduction

BUCHAREST: Italian director/screenwriter Adrian Valerio is in preparation with his first feature Banat, a coproduction between Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia set for shooting in 2015.

26-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Dinu Tănase Develops Who Killed Christmas

BUCHAREST: Dinu Tănase’s Who Killed Christmas, a drama about cruelty and violence in the countryside, is set for shooting in November 2015.

25-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Otar Iosseliani Shoots Winter Song

TBILISI: Winter Song/Chant d'hiver, the new feature of the acclaimed Otar Iosseliani, is moving to France for filming in December following shooting in Georgia 16 - 24 October 2014.

21-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Cristina Iacob Preps Sequel to #Selfie

BUCHAREST: With her second film, A Gift for You/Un dar pentru tine, expected to be broadcast on TV in December, Cristina Iacob is in preproduction with a sequel to her successful debut feature, #Selfie, entitled How to Get Married in 3 Days/Cum să te măriţi în trei zile.

20-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Do You Love Me in Postproduction

VILNIUS: Lina Lužytė, one of Lithuania‘s young generation of film directors, is working on her debut feature film Do You Love Me (Ar tu mane myli).

19-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Marius Theodor Barna Preps Two Documentaries

BUCHAREST: Romanian director/producer Marius Theodor Barna plans to shoot I Hit Therefore I Am/Lovesc, deci exist and The Witch Nuns/Călugăriţele vrăjitoare in 2015. Both documentaries received production support from the Romanian National Film Center.

18-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Censors Documentary by Peter Kerekes in Development

BRATISLAVA: Peter Kerekes Film production company, represented by producer/director Peter Kerekes (Cooking History, Velvet Terrorists), is developing the documentary Censors, which recieved a grant of 25,000 EUR from the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme.

18-11-2014

PRODUCTION Polish-Danish Coproduction Shooting in Warsaw

WARSAW: Danish director Mads Matthiensen is filming on his second feature, a Danish-Polish coproduction entitled The Model.

17-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Slovenian Czech Fantisek Cap Doc in Postproduction

PRAGUE: Slovenian producer Danijel Hocevar of Vertigo told FNE that he is coproducing a film on the legendary Czech director Frantisek Cap with the Czech company Evolution Films.

14-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Slovak Czech Wilson City Goes into Postproduction

BRATISLAVA: In one of the more curious incidents in Slovak history, its capital Bratislava was once known as Wilson City and its multi-ethnic leaders lobbied to have it declared a free town unattached to any country. PubRes and FilmBrigade are now in postproduction with a crime comedy set in 1919 Wilson City.

13-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Dan Chişu Preps The Birthday Party

BUCHAREST: Director/screenwriter/producer Dan Chişu plans to shoot his new feature The Birthday Party/Aniversarea (working title) in spring 2015 with the release set for 2016. He has two new features, Bucharest Non-Stop and Youtube Bazaar, set for release in 2015.

11-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Slovak/Polish Animated Series Websters in Development

BRATISLAVA: Fool Moon production company, represented by producer/director Katarína Kerekesová (Stones, Mimi and Lisa), received a grant of 60,000 EUR from the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme for a 13 episode 3D animation series Websters, which shows the world from the four-eyed point of view a spider.

10-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Slovak Schengen Story Looks East for Partners

BRATISLAVA: Slovak producer Wanda Adamik Hrycová (Colette) of Wandal Production is in development with Schengen Story directed by Peter Bebjak.

04-11-2014

PRODUCTION: Šerbedžija Begins Shooting The Liberation of Skopje

ZAGREB: The Macedonian-Croatian-Finnish coproduction The Liberation of Skopje, the first feature directed by the Croatian-born Hollywood star Rade Šerbedžija (Mission Impossible II, Eyes Wide Shut, Before the Rain), started principal photography in Veles, Macedonia on 31 October 2014. Šerbedžija is also starring.

31-10-2014

PRODUCTION: ZDF Shooting Auschwitz Documentary in Poland

WROCŁAW: Shooting on the ZDF docudrama Roads To Auschwitz...Staying Alive Was Not An Option directed by Oliver Halmburger has started in Wrocław.

24-10-2014