PRODUCTION: Palfi Casting Epic Toldi
BUDAPEST: György Pálfi (Taxidermia, Hukkle) has moved into the final stages of preproduction for a September 2013 start date on the mega-production Toldi.
PRODUCTION: Slovak Fairy Tale Shooting in Summer
BRATISLAVA: Seven Ravens, a Czech-Slovak coproduction based on a classic fairy tale by Pavol Dobšinský, will start to shoot in July and August 2013 in western Slovakia.
PRODUCTION: Third season of Polish In Treatment for HBO Starts Shooting
WARSAW: HBO commission 35 episodes of the Polish version of the hit title.
PRODUCTION: Bucharest Non-Stop Begins Filming
BUCHAREST: Writer/director Dan Chişu started shooting Bucharest Non-Stop, his fifth feature, on 17 June 2013.
PRODUCTION: A Very Unsettled Summer Settles Postproduction in Summer
BUCHAREST: Anca Damian's new feature A Very Unsettled Summer, a Romanian-Czech-Swedish-Scottish coproduction, is in postproduction with the premiere set for autumn 2013.
PRODUCTION: Lithuanian Sangaile in Preproduction
VILNIUS: Lithuanian production company Fralita Films is in preproduction with the feature film Sangaile directed by Alante Kavaite.
PRODUCTION: Forgotten Brides Going into Production
NICOSIA: Writer/director Yeliz Shukri is investigating the fate of thousands of Turkish-Cypriot girls sold into marriage between 1920 and 1940 through the story of one of them.
PRODUCTION Cristian Mungiu Developing Nae Caranfil Film
BUCHAREST: Nae Caranfil, whose first English speaking feature Closer to the Moon starring Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong is still in postproduction, is developing 6.9 on Richter/6,9 pe scara Richter, a comedy with a musical touch.
PRODUCTION: The Magic Mountain Starts Production
BUCHAREST: Romanian producer/writer/director Anca Damian has begun production on the animated documentary The Magic Mountain, the second part of her Death (and Life) Trilogy which started with the 2011 award winning Crulic - The Path to Beyond/Crulic - Drumul spre dincolo.
PRODUCTION: A Patriotic Man in Postproduction
ZAGREB: Finnish writer/director Arto Halonen (Princess, Pavlov’s Dogs) is in postproduction with the first Finnish-Croatian coproduction, a comedy about the doping-phenomenon notable for the casting of Canadian Olympic athlete Ben Johnson, who relinquished his gold medal when he tested positive for doping, in a minor role.
PRODUCTION: Opus Film to Coproduce Fatih Akin Film
WARSAW: Polish producer Opus Film may join the international coproduction of the drama The Cut by German director Fatih Akin. Opus Film was also a coproducer on the sci-fi film The Congress directed by Ari Folman which premiered at the 66th Cannes IFF.
PRODUCTION: Smarzowski Wraps The Mighty Angel
CRACOW: Polish director Wojciech Smarzowski's completes shooting on his drama The Mighty Angel on 18 May 2013, concluding 47 days of filming that began in November 2012.
PRODUCTION: Animated Feature The Rose and the Ring in Production
WARSAW: The Rose and The Ring, a 75-minute animated film directed by Zofia Oldak based on the classic English fairy tale of William Makepeace Thackeray is in production at Studio Miniatur Filmowych.
PRODUCTION: City 44 Begins Filming
WARSAW: After eight years of preparation, Jan Komasa started shooting his Warsaw Uprising film City 44 on 11 May 2013 in Warsaw.
PRODUCTION: Five Shilling Nylon in Postproduction in Cyprus
NICOSIA: Award winning writer/director Christos Siopachas is in postproduction with Five Shilling Nylon, a love story set in 1950 about a miller whose life is turned upside down by the arrival of a young married woman at the mill.
PRODUCTION: Polish French Animated Series in Production
WARSAW: The third part of a 26-episode series slated for broadcast in Poland and Argentina, Hip-Hip & Hurra, is in the final stage of production.