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.
PRODUCTION: Goran Vojnović's debut begins filming
Young Slovenian film and TV director Goran Vojnović begins filming film Piran - Pirano which received the largest support (920,507 Euros) from the Slovenian Film Fund (www.film-sklad.si) grants in 2009.
ESTONIAN FOCUS: Bank Robbery
Bank Robbery, a feature debut from Andrus Tuisk opened in Estonia on October 23.
ESTONIAN FOCUS: Vasha
Vasha, an Estonian-German-Finnish-Irish co-production, was released in cinemas in Estonia on January 23.
ESTONIAN FOCUS: The Temptation of St. Tony
The second feature by Venice Horizons winner Veiko Õunpuu, The Temptation of St Tony, premiered October 10 as the opening film of the second multiplex cinema in Tallinn, Estonia.
ESTONIAN FOCUS: Buratino
Buratino, Son of Pinocchio, an Estonian-Russian co-production released on March 12, was presented at this year's Berlin European Film Market as a previously unheard-of-genre piece: a juvenile musical trash-comedy.
ESTONIAN FOCUS: Bank Robbery
Bank Robbery, a feature debut from Andrus Tuisk opened in Estonia on October 23.
ESTONIAN FOCUS: The Temptation of St. Tony
The second feature by Venice Horizons winner Veiko Õunpuu, The Temptation of St Tony, is premiered October 10 as the opening film of the second multiplex cinema in Tallinn, Estonia.
PRODUCTION: Third Cvitkovič film in production
Slovenian director Jan Cvitkovič, winner of the 2001 Venice Lion of the Future for his debut Bread and Milk and 2005 Best New Director Award at San Sebastián, is in production with his third film Archeo.
PRODUCTION: Judgment finds German co-producer
Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev's production company Argo Film is co-producing his second feature film, The Judgment, with Germany's Leipzig-based LE Vision.
PRODUCTION: Vlado Škafar's Father in postproduction
Following the completion of 12 shooting days during autumn, Slovenian director Vlado Škafar's debut feature film Father has moved into the postproduction phase.