PRODUCTION: Cezary Pazura prepares his directing debut
Popular Polish actor/singer/comic Cezary Pazura debuts as a director and producer in his comedy titled Weekend.
PRODUCTON: Leaving prepares for June filming
Former Czech president and renowned playwright Vaclav Havel announced he will begin shooting his film directing debut, Leaving (based on his stage play) in June.
PRODUCTION: Conan filming in Bulgaria
The Nu Image/Millennium/Lionsgate Conanremake starring Jason Momoa has begun a 12-week shoot in Sofia.
PRODUCTION: Snow White: Turkish Photo Artist Selim Gunes Directs First Feature Snow White
ISTANBUL: Celebrated Turkish photo artist Selim Gunes is in production on his first feature film Snow White produced by Istanbul based Augostos Film (www.agustos.com). The film was one of nine feature film projects selected to be funded by the Turkish Ministry of Culture this year.
PRODUCTON: Novel for Men completes filming in Slovakia
A Novel for Men, a bittersweet comedy based on the novel from Czech bestselling author Michal Viewegh, has finished shooting in Slovakia and moved to Czech exteriors, producer Rudolf Biermann from Infilm (www.infilm.cz ) announced.
PRODUCTION: So I Say in preproduction
Bogdan Dumitrescu Dreyer is in preproduction with So I Say starring Gerard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel, with shooting set for August 28 - October 9, 2010, in the Romanian city of Sighişoara.
PRODUCTION: Strach goes into production with two films
Czech director Jiří Strach will shoot two movies based on novels by best-selling Czech author Miloš Urban, coproduction company Czech television (www.ceskatelevize.cz) announced.
PRODUCTION: Script-winning House in production
House, based on an award-winning script by Slovak director/writer Zuzana Liova, started shooting in Slovakia on March 20.
PRODUCTION: Bulgarian Love.net ends shooting
The first national IT romantic drama Love.net ended a three part shooting that took place between October 29, 2009 and March 29, 2010.
PRODUCTION: Lidice plans June shoot
Lidice, a Czech-Polish war drama from director Alice Nellis, will begin shooting in June, producer Adam Dvořák, head of production/distribution company Bioscop (www.bioscop.cz), announced.
Little Violent Robinson plans distribution
The Slovak documentary film Little Violet Robinson from director Tina Diosi is planning distribution in summer 2010.
PRODUCTION: Animated Čtyřlístek begins shooting
The well-loved Czech comic book series Čtyřlístek (The Four-Leaf Clover, refering to four life-long friends ) will be adapted into a full lenght animated film combining classic animation with 3D.
PRODUCTION: Jan Svěrák´s Kuky goes to post-production
Kuky Returns (Kuky se vrací), a feature film by Oscar winner Jan Svěrák combining live action and puppet animation is in post-production prior to its May 20 release.
PRODUCTION: Hunting Down Small Predators in postproduction
Hunting Down Small Predators, the first feature film by director/actor Tzvetodar Markov, is in he final stages of postproduction.
PRODUCTION: Outbound in postproduction
Bogdan George Apetri's first feature Outbound, written by Tudor Voican and Bogdan George Apetri based on a story by Cristian Mungiu and Ioana Uricaru, will wrap postproduction in early April.
PRODUCTION: Monies, Cons & Bones in post-production
Producer Cristian Comeagă, who is currently working with director Nae Caranfil and producer of his Asphalt Tango and Philantropy, and also the epic The Rest Is Silence, is about to finish his first feature as a director, an 90 min action comedy made for TV.