PRODUCTION: Wajda to Go into Production with Walesa
{mosimage}WARSAW: Andrzej Wajda had revealed the final plans and details for his long awaited film about Lech Wałesa. The director made casting changes and will move into production on 1 December 2011. Wałęsa is produced by Akson Studio (www.akson-studio.pl) in co-production with Canal + (www.canaplus.pl). The budget of the project is over 15 million PLN. The Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) had already given it a 6 million PLN (EUR 1.3 million) grant.
PRODUCTION: The Beatles project in Development
BUCHAREST: After the highly acclaimed The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu/Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceauşescu which concluded a trilogy on communism (comprising also Videograms of a Revolution /Videogramme einer Revolution and Out of the Present), Romanian documentary director Andrei Ujică plans to make a trilogy on the popular culture, The Beatles project (working title).
PRODUCTION: Through My Veins in Development
BUCHAREST: Florin Şerban follows his a first feature, If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle/Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier, which gathered international recognition and two prizes at the Berlinale 2010, with Through My Veins which is now in development.
PRODUCTION: Itaker Begins Shooting in Romania
BUCHAREST: Toni Trupia's film Itaker, which began filming in Italy on 7 November 2011, moved to Romania in 21 November 21, for the final three weeks of shooting.
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Doc Father in Postproduction
VILNIUS: Father, a 70,000 euro Lithuanian documentary directed by Marat Sargsyan, is in the final stages of production in preparation for a March 2012 release. The 52 minute film is produced by Dagne Vildziunaite for Just a Moment (www.justamoment.lt) production company.
PRODUCTION: Ho Ho Ho 2: A Family Lottery Begins Filming
BUCHAREST: A sequel to the family film Ho Ho Ho started filming on 7 November 2011 and is expecting to wrap 2 December,, representatives of the production company MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com) told FNE. The director Jesus del Cerro is working on the script written by an American, Collin Jay Blair, and adapted into Romanian by Gabriela Ceuta. Alma Sârbu is producing for MediaPro Pictures. Shooting is taking place in and around Bucharest.
PRODUCTION: Polish Documentary Paradise Lost, Paradise Won in Postproduction
WARSAW: Beata Gołembiewska is in post-production with her documentary Paradise Lost, Paradise Won, the story of Polish aristocracy emigrating to Canada. The film will premiere in Poland in November 2012.
PRODUCTION: The Last Shepherds in Production
BUCHAREST: Romanian director Dumitru Budrala is working on a long observational documentary encompassing an ancient occupation, Păstoritul transhumant/ The Last Shepherds.
PRODUCTION: Slovenia`s Victory Receives TV Premiere
Victory, a TV film shot in black and white by Slovenian director and screenwriter Miran Zupanič, premiered on RTV Slovenija on 9 November, following its theatrical debut at the 14th Slovenian Film Festival. It was completed in 27 shooting days at the beginning of the year 2011.
PRODUCTION: TVP in Production with Just My Luck
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP is moving into production with a family series, Just My Luck. The show is based on an original Polish script and will replace family.pl, a Canadian licensed series produced by TVP.
PRODUCTION: Romanian Romantic Comedy Filming at MediaPro Studios
BUCHAREST: A Romanian comedy directed by Iura Luncaşu and produced by MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com) started a three week shoot on 31 October 2011.
Untitled Werewolf Thriller Wraps Shoot in Romania
BUCHAREST: Universal Studios's Untitled Werewolf Thriller wraps the shoot of a re-boot of Joe Johnston The Wolfman (2010), filmed entirely in Romania, on 8 November 2011. Shooting of started on 26 September. Shooting took place on location at Sighişoara for two weeks and Căciulaţi, near Bucharest, before wrapping at Castel Film Studios (www.castelfilm.ro).
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland directing Czech miniseries for HBO Central Europe
WARSAW: Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland will direct a miniseries about the 1968 Prague Spring crackdown and Jan Palach, a young student who set himself on fire as a form of protest. The series is planned to be available to all HBO subscribers in Central Europe.
PRODUCTION: Slovak Documentary Comeback in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: Comeback, a Slovak documentary on the situation of ex-convicts trying to reenter society upon their release from a high-security prison, is in its final stage of rough cut. The 70,000 euro feature-length film is schedule for release in March 2012.
PRODUCTION: Mission: Afghanistan Wraps First Shoot
WARSAW: Grzegorz Kuczeriszka has finished the first part of the shoot for Mission: Afghanistan, an original Polish series produced by Akson Studio for Canal+. The production will resume in April 2012 with a premiere planned for the fall of 2012.
PRODUCTION: TVN Medical Series Alicia's Hospital
TORUN: Polish private broadcaster TVN had moved into production with Alicia's Hospital, a new medical drama series. The show will premiere in 2012.