PRODUCTION: Immortalitas in Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: Young Slovak director Erik Bosnak is finishing post-production on his debut feature, Immortalitas, the first Slovak 3D sci-fi film. It will be ready for release by September 2011.
CzechTV Begins Search for New Director
PRAGUE: Czech TV announced that 36 people have applied for the position of director general, to replace retiring director Jiri Janacek.
PRODUCTION: Zincograph Shooting in Sofia
SOFIA: Vladislav Todorov's film adaptation of Zincograph based on his novel started its long awaited shoot on 9 August 2011 and will end on 11 September. Production will take place…
PRODUCTION: Warsaw Hangover Shooting in Warsaw
WARSAW: Łukasz Karwowski is shooting Kac WAWA (a play on words meaning Warsaw Hangover), a Polish comedy about a bachelor party gone wild. The shoot started on 9 April 2011…
PRODUCTION: Komeda Animated Doc in Production
WARSAW: Komeda Nad Poznaniem (Komeda Over Poznań), an original documentary devoted to the Polish music composer Krzysztof Komeda Trzciński, is being shot in Warsaw. The premiere is planned for December…
TVN Group adds Monolith Films to Pay TV
TVN, the operator of the 'n' DTH platform, has signed a long term agreement to add titles distributed by Monolith Films to its HD offer.
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Plus Camerimage: Call For Entries
Plus Camerimage, an international film festival dedicated to the art of cinematography, takes place November 26 - December 3, 2011 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The festival is accepting submissions for its…
PRODUCTION: Confidant in Final Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Juraj Nvota (Muzika) has completed editing of the Slovak-Czech-Polish coproduction Confidant, scriptwriter and producer Ľubomír Slivka told FNE.
Frozen Stories Nominated for EFA Award
LOCARNO: The Locarno IFF announced the selection of Frozen Stories by Grzegorz Jaroszuk as its nominee for the European Film Academy short film award.
FESTIVALS: Slovak Fest Adds Animated Doc Section
PIESTANY, SLOVAKIA: The 6th International Film Festival Cinematik (www.cinematik.sk) taking place in Piestany, Slovakia, has added the section Docma: Animated Reality which will screen four films that combine animation and…
PRODUCTION: Polish-Israeli Coproduction Shoots in Łódź
LODZ: Edward Etler is filming a psychological drama The Silver Fox Of Felicia T. in Lodz, with the shoot continuing through September.
FESTIVALS: In Darkness Selected for Special Screening in Toronto
WARSAW: Five Polish films will screen in the Toronto IFF, all of them supported by the Polish Film Insitute. In Darkness by Agnieszka Holland will have its world premiere in…
FESTIVALS: Four Polish Films Selected for Montreal
WARSAW: Four Polish films have been selected to screen in the Toronto IFF, with two headed for the main competition. Czarny czwartek. Janek Wiśniewski padł (Black Thursday), the latest film…
PRODUCTION: So I Say Set for Fall Shoot
BUCHAREST: Bogdan Dumitrescu Dreyer (A Cold Place In The Sun and Thalassa, Thalassa) will begin filming So I Say withGérard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel on 12 September 2011, the producer…
PRODUCTION: TVN Shooting Julia in Krakow
KRAKOW: Polish private broadcaster TVN has started production on Julia, a new daytime dramatic series about a runaway bride starting her life over. The series will premiere in January 2012.
Rozbitek Foundation Launches Support for central European Film Music Composers
POZNAN: Oscar-winning Polish/American composer Jan Kaczmarek, founder of the Rozbitek Foundation (www.rozbitek.org), based outside Poznan, has launched its next phase, fostering the exchange of progressive ideas and support for filmmakers,…
PRODUCTION: Szumowska shooting Nowhere
WARSAW: Małgorzata Szumowska is shooting the drama Nowhere, a coproduction with CANAL+, through September 2011.
The Hungarian National Film Fund Names Committee Members
BUDAPEST: After its establishment three months ago, the Hungarian National Film Fund has announced the names of the five film professionals who will make the decisions on grants for the…
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.