27-09-2013

FNE at CentEast 2013: Big Names Bring Pitches to Warsaw

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    Life Feels Good by Maciej Pieprzyca is one of the Polish films will be shown in the Warsaw Screenings Life Feels Good by Maciej Pieprzyca is one of the Polish films will be shown in the Warsaw Screenings

    WARSAW: Krzysztof Zanussi, Jan Hrebejk, Nae Caranfil and Wojciech Smarzowski are among the more than 20 directors whose films are part of the works-in-progress presentation at the CentEast Market.

    The industry event will be attracting programmers and producers to Warsaw on 18 October 2013 for the ninth year and to Moscow on 20 October for the fifth time. The films will also be presented at the Beijing Film Market in April 2014. Additional projects are expected to be added nearer to the event.

    The CentEast line-up includes pitchings, pre-screenings of near-completion films, a presentation of work-in-progress from China, and market screenings of new Polish films.

    The following Eastern European works-in-progress have been selected for pitching:

    - BUCHAREST NONSTOP, dir. Dan Chisu, DaKINO Romania
    - CHAGALL-MALEVICH, dir. Alexander Mitta, Russia
    - FOR SOME INEXPLICABLE REASON, dir. Gábor Reisz, Hungary
    - THE GUIDE, dir. Oles Sanin, Ukraine
    - THE ICING, dir. Jan Hrebejk, Czech Republic
    - I KNOW HOW TO KNIT, dir. Nadezhda Stepanova, Russia
    - FOREIGN BODY, dir. Krzysztof Zanussi, Tor Film Studio, Poland
    - SOUND HUNTERS, dir. Peter Odadjiev, Bulgaria
    - THE TRIBE, dir. Myroslav Slaboshpitskiy, Ukraine

    The following nearly-completed films will have closed screenings:

    - CLOSER TO THE MOON, dir. Nae Caranfil, Mandragora Movies, Romania
    - THE MIGHTY ANGEL, dir. Wojciech Smarzowski, Profil Film, Poland

    The following Polish films will be shown in the Warsaw Screenings:

    - HEAVY MENTAL, dir. Sebastian Buttny, Absolute Media
    - IDA, dir. Paweł Pawlikowski, Opus Film
    - IN HIDING, dir. Jan Kidawa-Błoński. WFDiF
    - LIFE FEELS GOOD, dir. Maciej Pieprzyca, Tramway
    - RETURNS OF AGNIESZKA H., dir. Krystyna Krauze, Jacek Petrycki, Centrala Film
    - TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, dir. Wojciech Smarzowski, Film It
    - WALESA. MAN OF HOPE, dir. Andrzej Wajda, Akson Studio