PRODUCTION: Missing Fetine in Postproduction
NICOSIA: The 60-minute social/human rights documentary Missing Fetine is in the postproduction stage.
PRODUCTION: Uruguay in Shooting
BUCHAREST: Uruguay, by the Spanish-born Madrid- and Bucharest-based director Jesús del Cerro, started shooting on 2 February 2016. The film stars Dragoș Bucur (The Way Back) and Cristina Flutur (Beyond the Hills, Mobra Films).
PRODUCTION: Bohdan Sláma Begins Shooting Ice Mother
PRAGUE: Czech director Bohdan Sláma has begun shooting of his Czech/Slovak/French coproduction Ice Mother/Bába z Ledu in Plzeň and Hradec Králové. The film is produced by Pavel Strnad and Petr Oukropec from Negativ with a budget of approximately 1,3 m EUR.
PRODUCTION: Cyprus Peter Sellers Doc in Production
LIMASSOL: International film director Peter Medak is shooting The Ghost of Peter Sellers, a feature length documentary about the film Ghost in the Noonday Sun, which Medak also directed.
PRODUCTION: Eric Roberts Set to Film in Croatia
ZAGREB: US actor Eric Roberts has joined the cast of Someone Dies Tonight which will begin filming in Croatia in March.
PRODUCTION: Ashes in the Snow Shooting in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Marius Markevičius began shooting the WWII drama Ashes in the Snow / Pelenai Sniege in Lithuania. The film is an American/Lithuanian coproduction based on the bestseller Between Shades of Gray by Rūta Šepetys.
PRODUCTION: Sunrise in Kimmeria in Postproduction
NICOSIA: Cypriot writer/director Simon Farmakas is in the final stages of postproduction with his debut feature, the dramedy Sunrise in Kimmeria.
PRODUCTION: Ita Rina, A Film Star Who Refused an Invitation to Hollywood in Postproduction
LJUBLJANA: Marta Frelih entered postproduction with her long documentary Ita Rina: A Film Star Who Refused an Invitation to Hollywood, about the first Slovenian film actress who became famous outside Yugoslavia.
PRODUCTION: Władysław Pasikowski in Development with Jan Nowak-Jeziorański Biopic
WARSAW: Polish director Władysław Pasikowski is working on a new historical thriller about Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, one of the most notable resistance fighters of the Home Army during WWII. The shooting of Courier (working title) will launch in 2017.
PRODUCTION: Juraj Lehotský Preps Nina
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Juraj Lehotský is preparing to start shooting his second feature film Nina in March 2016.
PRODUCTION: TV Series Bordertown Wraps Filming in Lithuania
VILNIUS: Finnish production company Fisher King Production wraps shooting for the crime series Bordertown / Sorjonen in Lithuania on 15 January 2016.
PRODUCTION: The Only Thing Left to Do Is to Cut Off My Ear in Development
SARAJEVO: Awarded Bosnian filmmaker Nedžad Begović is developing The Only Thing Left to Do Is to Cut off My Ear, an 80-minute documentary exploring the relationship between life and art.
PRODUCTION: Men Don't Cry in Preproduction
SARAJEVO: Alen Drljević is in preproduction with Men Don't Cry, a Bosnian/Slovenian/German/Croatian/Serbian coproduction starring prominent actors Miki Manojlović, Boris Isaković, Leon Lučev and Emir Hadžihafizbegović.
PRODUCTION: A Good Wife
SARAJEVO: Mirjana Karanović's A Good Wife / Dobra žena, a Serbian/Bosnian/Croatian coproduction, was finished just in time for Sundance where it was selected in World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
PRODUCTION: Under the Cover in Postproduction
SARAJEVO: The documentary Under the Cover by Nejra Latić Hulusić and Sabrina Begović Ćorić investigates the attitude towards headscarves in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
PRODUCTION: Marta Plucińska in Postproduction with Feature Debut
WARSAW: Marta Plucińska is in postproduction with a star-studded romantic drama, Kochaj, produced by Federico Film. The film will premiere on 4 March 2016, distributed by Kino Świat.