PRODUCTION: Szumowska shooting Nowhere
WARSAW: Małgorzata Szumowska is shooting the drama Nowhere, a coproduction with CANAL+, through September 2011.
PRODUCTION: Hijacked! My Grandfather and the World’s First Hijacking in Development
BUCHAREST: Ada-Maria Ichim is developing hew first long documentary Hijacked! My Grandfather and the World's First Hijacking, the 90 min story of her grandfather's life.
PRODUCTION: Jan Kidawa-Błoński Shooting You Will Never Know
WARSAW: Jan Kidawa-Błoński, the director of Little Rose, is shooting a post-war drama entitled You Will Never Know. Filming started on 4 August 2011 and will end on 12 September.
PRODUCTION: Puzzle for a Blind Man Wraps Shooting
BUCHAREST: Shooting for Andrei Zincă's first feature Puzzle for a Blind Man, which began on 21 July 2011, wrapped 14 August 14 in Bucharest. Shooting took place on location and at Castel Film Studios (www.castelfilm.ro).
PRODUCTION: Borcuch in Development with Lasting Moments
WARSAW: Jacek Borcuch, director of All That I Love, is developing Lasting Moments, a drama that once again deals with the problems of youth.
PRODUCTION: The Russians of the Isle of Crows in Postproduction
TALLINN: Sulev Keedus's social documentary The Russians of the Isle of Crows is in postproduction with a premiere scheduled for autumn 2011.
PRODUCTION: Big Love in Postproduction
WARSAW: Barbara Białowąs has finished shooting her feature film debut Big Love, a deconstruction of the image of an ideal love.
PRODUCTION: Our Big Time Shooting in Romania
BUCHAREST: Austrian director Wolfram Paulus's feature film Our Big Time started shooting in Sibiu in July, and will continue in Buftea, Bucharest and Căciulaţi until August 19.
PRODUCTION: The Bride Was Stolen in Production
BUCHAREST: Toni Grecu's first feature, S-a furat mireasa/ The Bride Was Stolen, a comedy produced by Alma Sârbu, Jesús del Cerro and MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com), began a one-month shoot on 1 August 2011.
PRODUCTION: The Bride Was Stolen in Production
BUCHAREST: Toni Grecu's first feature, S-a furat mireasa/ The Bride Was Stolen, a comedy produced by Alma Sârbu, Jesús del Cerro and MediaPro Pictures (www.mediapropictures.com), began a one-month shoot on 1 August 2011.
PRODUCTION: Miss Christina in Production
BUCHAREST: Alexandru Maftei is shooting Domnişoara Christina/ Miss Christina, an adaption of the 1936 novella by Mircea Eliade, a fantastical love story inspired by Romanian popular mythology.
PRODUCTION: The Land of Love in Postproduction
TALLINN: Liivo Niglas is in post-production with The Land of Love, his second documentary (after Yuri Vella's World) featuring the Siberian indigenous reindeer herder, writer and activist Yuri Vella, who fights for a piece of land where his reindeers go to couple in autumn.
PRODUCTION: Peter Greenaway Begins Filming in Zagreb
ZAGREB: British director Peter Greenaway is filming Goltzius and the Pelican Companyin Zagreb. Shooting began on 27 July 2011.
PRODUCTION: Diaz - Don’t Clean up this Blood Shoots in Romania
BUCHAREST: Daniele Vicari's feature Diaz - Don't Clean up this Blood is filming in Bucharest until 20 August 2011, then the production will move to Italy where it will wrap on 9 September. The postproduction will be completed in Rome.
PRODUCTION: Jean Claude Van Damme to shoot Six Bullets in Romania
BUCHAREST: Six Bullets aka The Butcher, a new actioner starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, is set to shoot in Romania in September, with MediaPro Studios (www.mediaprostudios.com ) providing production services. The film will be directed by Ernie Barbarash with a script written by Chad Law and Evan Law.
Six Degrees in Production
WARSAW: The team behind the award-winning Rabbit a la Berlin has begun shooting the concept documentary Six Degrees, which takes a literal and exploratory look at the theory that everyone is connected via only six degrees of separation.