PRODUCTION: Poland Puts Money on Gods
WARSAW: Gods, a drama about the Polish heart transplant pioneer, is in production in Warsaw.
PRODUCTION: Third Feature from Munk Studio in Production
WARSAW: Dariusz Glazer starts shooting his debut drama with Mur (Wall) starring Tomasz Schuchardt on 8 October 2013 in Warsaw.
PRODUCTION: Czech Lion Winner Jirasky Directing Slovak Diary
BRATISLAVA: Slovak production company Furia Film is in production with the feature film Diary of Agatha Schindler, which depicts fragments of the lives of four Jewish musicians who were deported to concentration camps just their promising artistic careers were on the rise.
PRODUCTION: Single Cut Hany Wraps 3-Day Shoot
PRAGUE: Debuting director Michal Samir finished a marathon three-day filming schedule on Hany, a drama shot on location in the famed Czech brewery city of Plzen, on 21 September 2013.
PRODUCTION: Polish Artist Libera to Make Film Debut
WARSAW: Internationally acclaimed Polish artist Zbigniew Libera is in production with his directing debut, an experimental science-fiction feature titled Walser starring Krzysztof Stroiński (Fear of Falling) and Adam Sikora (Essential Killing, The Mill and the Cross) as the film’s cinematographer. Libera co-wrote the script with Grzegorz Jankowicz.
PRODUCTION: Hartley-Merrill Winner Goes into Production
BUDAPEST: Weekend, the Hungarian winner of the International Hartley-Merrill Screenwriting Award, will begin a seven-week shoot on locations in Budapest, rural Hungary and in Transylvania in Romania in mid-October.
PRODUCTION: Sławomir Fabicki in preparation with a family feature
WARSAW: After years in development, Sławomir Fabicki confirmed to FNE that he will start works on Bonobo Jingo in June of 2014. The cast of the film will include a chimpanzee.
PRODUCTION: Katarzyna Rosłaniec in Development on Grown-up Drama
GDYNIA: Katarzyna Rosłaniec plans to leave the world of teenage girls in distress and is developing a drama inspired by her present life experiences.
PRODUCTION: Game of Thrones Returns to Croatia
ZAGREB: The fourth season of HBO's fantasy adventure hit Game of Thrones is filming in the southern Dalmatian city of Dubrovnik and will continue in Split with Embassy Films providing facilities. The premiere is expected for the first half of 2014.
War Documentary Underscores Estonian Sacrifices
TALLINN: Blood Type, a documentary on the lives of Estonian soldiers serving in Afghanistan, will be marking the final phase of the Baltic country's decade-long commitment when it's released to local cinemas on 4 October.
Czech Documentarians Chronicle Moravian Emigre
NEW PHILADELPHIA: Filmmakers for Czech TV recounting the life of Moravian missionary David Zeisberger for Vistafilm are exploring Tuscarawas County, Pennsylvania currently, shooting in places connected with his life, including many Moravian churches still holding services today.
PRODUCTION: Solomon and Jude Team Again on Blecher project
BUCHAREST: Producer Ada Solomon, following up her Golden Bear win for Călin Netzer’s Child’s Pose, is developing an adaptation of the writings of Romanian-Jewish author Max Blecher, including Scarred Hearts. Radu Jude is directing, signifying his third outing with Solomon after The Happiest Girl In the World and Everybody In Our Family.
PRODUCTION: Nvota Comedy-Drama Hostage Shooting
BRATISLAVA: The retro family story Hostage is shooting its first segments following a year's delay in what was originally planned as a winter 2012 production. Location work runs through 7 September near Bratislava, employing sites in Borinka, Záhorská Ves and Sandberg.
PRODUCTION: Anna Wieczur-Bluszcz Developing Drama
WARSAW: The director of comedy Being Like Deyna is prepping her first feature drama, All the Animals with You, based on a book of the same title by a Serbian author Boba Blagojević.
Czech Lions Founder Examining Cosmic Questions Via Documentary
PRAGUE: Petr Vachler, founder of the Czech Lions awards, has begun shooting his second film – feature length documentary The Meaning and Mystery of Life (Tajemství a smysl života), in which he combines elements of animation, drama, documentary, fantasy and mystery.
PRODUCTION:Ujica Preps Tomorrow Never Knows aka The Beatles Project
BUCHAREST: Following up on the acclaimed The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, Andrei Ujica is working on a new non-fiction film, tentatively called Tomorrow Never Knows, exploring the weekend 13-15 August 1965, which the Beatles spent in New York on the eve of their second US tour.