Production: Metro Branding in post-production
Ana Vlad and Adrian Voicu are in postproduction with their first long film, Metro Branding, a documentary investigating five famous communist "monobrands."
Production: Sneakers starts shooting in Sofia
Sneakers, the Bulgarian debut film by co-directors Ivan Vladimirov and Valery Yordanov, is filming on locations aroung Bulgaria through September 26.
Production: Babtism goes into post-production
Director Marcin Wrona has finished shooting on Baptism, his thriller based on a true story from the Polish underworld.
Production: Mundruczó films Frankenstein project
Kornél Mundruczó (Delta, Johanna, Pleasant Days) is in production with The Frankenstein Plan, developed out of his 2007 theatrical piece.
Production: Polish slasher parody in the works
Polish independent director and producer Piotr Matwiejczyk is preparing a Polish parody of the American classic slasher film.
Production: Adrienn Pál in post-production
Director Ágnes Kocsis (Friss levegő/Fresh Air) has completed filming and is in post-production with her new film, Adrienn Pál.
Production: Hanta begins filming next week
Director Ioan Cărmăzan (The Wood Cutters, The Blue Sleigh) will begin shooting Hanta, a 100% Romanian production, on August 24.
Production: Russian Faust starts shooting in Prague
The Russian-German-Austrian-Czech coproduction Faust started shooting on August 17 at Točník castle in central Bohemia and in Prague's Barrandov ateliers, Barrandov Studios (www.barrandov.cz) announced.
Production: Child-Miner in pre-production
Director/screenwriter Alexandra Gulea is in pre-production with her first feature Child-Miner (Copil-miner), with plans to begin shooting in spring 2010.
Production: The Mill And The Cross wraps shoot
Lech Majewski has finished shooting The Mill And The Cross, one of the biggest Polish productions of the year with a cast including Charlotte Rampling, Michael York and Rutger Hauer.
Production: The Graduates of the 3rd Millenium in post-production
Adrian Popovici is finishing post-production on The Graduates of the 3rd Millenium (Liceenii mileniului trei, working title).
Production: Womb nears completion
Producer András Muhi, Inforg Stúdió (www.inforgstudio.hu) has annonced that Womb, the new film from Golden Leopard winner Benedek Fliegauf, will complete its final cut on August 20.
Production: Dan Chişu starts shooting The Bear
Writer/director Dan Chişu's film The Bear, winner of the Connecting Cottbus "Best Pitch Award," began filming August 3.
Production: Slovenian family movie begins filming
Slovenian director Miha Hočevar is nowadays shooting his fourth full-length movie, a teen film titled We Go Our Way.
Production: Constantin Popescu preps Principles of Life
Constantin Popescu (Tales from the Golden Age) has finished post-production of Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man and started pre-production of Principles of Life.
Production: Nicolae Mărgineanu finishes doc about Securitate surveillance
Nicolae Mărgineanu is in post-production with his documentary film Surveilled by the Securitate between 1970-1980.