PRODUCTION: Filming underway on The Witch in the Jaws of Life

ZAGREB: The Witch in the Jaws of Life, the first documentary feature from Senad Zemunović and Mija Pavliša, follows the famous writer Dubravka Ugrešić, branded a “witch to be burned at the stake” in the 1990s when she opposed nationalism in her writings.

22-03-2013

PRODUCTION: New Animated Film from George the Hedgehog Creators

WARSAW:  Animation directors Tomasz Leśniak, Jakub Tarkowski and Wojtek Wawszczyk are working on Tim and The Master, an adaptation of a graphic novel by Rafał Skarżycki (script) and Tomasz Lew (graphics). 

21-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Boris Bakal Develops Concrete Love

ZAGREB: Concrete Love/Stvarna ljubav (working title), the debut documentary feature of theatre and film actor and director Boris Bakal is the result of his 10-year struggle to save a modernist skyscraper built by Ivan Vitić in the center of Zagreb.

21-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Żuławski in Development with Zły

WARSAW: Xawery Żuławski will direct the legendary Polish gutter novel Zły with shooting planned to begin by the end of 2013.

20-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Anna Kazejak Casting Słowo

WARSAW: Anna Kazejak, director of Flying Pigs, is in the process of casting teenagers for her dramatic feature film Słowo.

20-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Stuhr and Son Team up on Citizen

WARSAW: Polish actor and director Jerzy Stuhr is in development with Citizen, a new dramatic comedy which he wrote.

19-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Colette in Postproduction

PRAGUE: Milan Cieslar has finished shooting his romantic war film Colette based on the book of the same name by Pulitizer Prize nominated Czech writer Arnost Lustig who also co-wrote the script.

13-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Cowboys Wrap Shooting

ZAGREB: Tomislav Mršić’s dramatic comedy Cowboys completed shooting on 2 March 2013.

11-03-2013

PRODUCTION: The Bridge at the End of the World Moves into Postproduction

ZAGREB: Branko Ištvančić, (The Ghost in the Swamp) finished shooting The Bridge at the End of the World, a thriller produced by Irena Skorić through Artizana Film in coproduction with the Croatian Radiotelevision, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Heft Production, and Serbia’s Cinematographer's House/Kinematografska Kuća.

08-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Name in the Dark Goes into Postproduction

VILNIUS: Name in the Dark (Vardas tamsoje), a Lithuanian detective story directed by Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė is in post-production for an October 2013 premiere.

08-03-2013

Privately Financed Lithuanian Comedies Going into Production

After the success of the romantic comedy Valentinas Vienas (Lonely Valentin),producer Žilvinas Naujokas announced two upcoming projects that will premiere in winter 2013/2014.

05-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Tereza 33 in Development

ZAGREB: Producer Irena Markovic is developing a contemporary drama Tereza 33, through the Croatian company Focus Media. Danilo Serbedzija is directing.

04-03-2013

PRODUCTION: Martin and Venus Completes Production

PRAGUE: Director Jiří Chlumský has completed production on the romantic comedy Martin a Venuše (Martin and Venus).

27-02-2013

PRODUCTION: Romanian Spanish Coproduction Begins Filming

BUCHAREST: Cannibal, a Spanish-Romanian -Russian- French coproduction directed by Manuel Martin Cuenca (The Weakness of the Bolshevik), started shooting in Granada, Spain, on 28 January 2013 and will wrap at the end of March.

27-02-2013

PRODUCTION: Polish Animated Children Series in Production

ŁÓDŹ: The first puppet series to be made in Poland in 12 years, Flapper the Hare (Zajączek Parauszek), will complete production on its initial 13-episode series in April 2013.

26-02-2013

PRODUCTION: The Blue Room in Production

WARSAW: Tomasz Siwinski is completing production on his directorial debut The Blue Room, a short animated film made under the artistic supervision of acclaimed Polish animator Piotr Dumała.

25-02-2013