We are pleased to inform you about the selection of films and projects that will be presented at the 3rd CentEast Market Warsaw. CentEast Market Warsaw will be held October 17-21, 2007 and is organised by the Warsaw Film Foundation. The Sponsors and Partners are: MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Nescafé, Film Finders – A Division of Withoutabox, Hotel Sofitel Victoria, Twins, British Airways, BenQ, and MEDIA Desk Poland. The event is supported by Polish Film Institute and Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Running parallel to the Warsaw International Film Festival and cramped between Mipcom, Rome Business Street, Mannheim Meetings and AFM, The CentEast Market Warsaw presents the very best of Central and Eastern European Cinema of the last 6 months, and includes the Warsaw Screenings, a selected presentation of a new Polish films with international potential. In total thirteen completed feature films from Central and Eastern Europe and three medium length Polish films will be presented along five works-in-progress, and eight feature length projects. The market locations are Hotel Sofitel Victoria and Kinoteka.
CentEast Market Warsaw welcomes over 70 foreign professionals; film producers, distributors, sales agents, film funds representatives and festival programmers, among which representatives from Arthaus (Norway); Cinemart (Czech Rep.); Czech Television (Czech Rep.); Dreamachine (France); EastWest Filmdistribution (Austria); Filmmuseum (The Netherlands); MDC Int (Germany); MDM (Germany); MTV-Hungarian Public Television (Hungary); Neue Visionen Film (Germany); Nordisk Film Sales (Denmark); Profit (Russia); Svensk Filmindustri (Sweden); Yume Pictures (United Kingdom) Zentropa (Denmark); and the Berlin, Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Mar del Plata, and other film festivals.
This list of CentEast participants is completed by 100 Polish film professionals and another 100 foreign festival guests, including regional film directors, among other, Csaba Bollok (ISKA’S JOURNEY, Hungary), Nae Caranfil (THE REST IS SILENCE, Romania), Benedek Fliegauf (MILKY WAY, Hungary), Aslan Galazov (SWALLOWS HAVE ARRIVED, Russia), Zoltan Kamondi (DOLINA, Hungary), Emma Konstantinova (festival jury, Bulgaria), Kadri Kousaar (MAGNUS, Estonia), Dusan Milic (GUCHA, Serbia), Adina Pintilie (DON’T GET ME WRONG, Romania), Ilmar Raag (THE CLASS, Estonia), Ognjen Svilicic (ARMIN, Croatia), Iglika Trifonova (INVESTIGATION, Bulgaria), and Pavle Vuckovic (festival jury, Serbia).
Find below the complete programme line-up
1. COMPLETED FILMS
ARIA DIVA (before international premiere)
Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska
30 minutes, Betacam SP, 2007, Poland
Producer: Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing
AUTUMN BALL / SUGISBALL
Director: Veiko Ounpuu (1st feature)
120 minutes, 35mm, 2007, Estonia
Festival/Award: Venice - Orizzonti
Producer: Katrin Kissa (Kuukulgur Film)
Web: www.sygisball.ee
CLASS, THE / KLASS
Director: Ilmar Raag (2nd feature)
97 minutes, 35mm, 2007, Estonia
Festival/Award: Karlovy Vary (Best European Film - European Cinema Label), Estonian contender for Award Academy
Producer: Ilmar Raag, Riina Sildos
World Sales: NonStop Sales
Web: www.klassifilm.com/intro.php
DOLINA
Director: Zoltan Kamondi
122 minutes, 35mm, 2007, Hungary / Romania
Festival/Award: Hungarian Film Week (Best artistic constribution; Best DOP, Set Designer and Costume Designer); Karlovy Vary – competition
Producer: Zoltan Kamondi (Honeymoon Films)
Web: www.dolina.kamondi.hu
KATYN (aka Post Mortem) (before international premiere)
Director: Andrzej Wajda
127 minutes, 35mm, 2007, Poland
Festival/Award: Polish contender for Award Academy
Producer: Michał Kwieciński
Contact: Malgorzata Cup (TVP S.A - sales)
Contact: Aleksandra Biernacka (TVP SA – festivals)
Web: www.postmortem.netino.pl
LENINGRAD
Director: Aleksandr Buravsky
120 minutes, 35mm, 2007, Russia / United Kingdom
Festival/Award: Rome
Producers: Aleksandr Buravsky (KoBura Film), Peter Doyle, David Gamburg
MAGNUS
Director: Kadri Kousaar (1st feature)
86 minutes, 35mm, 2007, Estonia
Festival/Award: Cannes – Un Certain Regard; Sarajevo
Producer: Donal Fernandes (Donus Films Ltd)
Web: www.magnusfilm.com
MILKY WAY / TEJUT
Director: Benedek Fliegauf
82 minutes, 35mm, 2007, Hungary
Festival/Award: Locarno (filmmakers of the present competition – Golden Leopard), London
Producer: Andras Muhi (Inforg Studio)
MOSQUITO PROBLEM AND OTHER STORIES, THE / PROBLEMAT’S KOMARITE I DRUGI ISTORII (documentary)
Director: Andrey Paounov
100 minutes, 35mm, 2007, Bulgaria
Festival/Award: Cannes – Semaine de la critique, Karlovy Vary, Sarajevo, London, Toronto
Producer: Martichka Bozhilova (Agitprop)
Web: www.themosquitoproblem.com
REST IS SILENCE, THE / RESTUL E TACERE
Director: Nae Caranfil
140 minutes, 35mm, 2007, Romania
Festival/Award: Paris Cinema; Locarno - competition
Producer: Cristian Comeaga (Domino Film)
Web: www.netvista.ro/domino/the_rest_is_silence.html
ROOM FOR A QUICK ONE / POKOJ SZYBKICH RANDEK (before international premiere)
Director: Anna Maliszewska
41 minutes, Betacam SP, 2007, Poland, 2007
Producer: Lukasz Dzieciol, Lukasz Jankowski (Opus Film)
STRAWBERRY WINE / WINO TRUSKAWKOWE
Director: Dariusz Jablonski (1st feature)
109 minutes, 35mm, 2007, Poland/Slovakia
Festival/Award: Mannheim
Producer: Dariusz Jablonski, Violetta Kaminska (Apple Film)
TIME TO DIE / PORA UMIERAC
Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska
104 minutes, 35mm, 2007, Poland
Festival/Award: Gdynia (Best Actress and Sound Design); Toronto, Pusan
Producer: Arthur Reinhart (Kid Film)

TRICKS / SZTUCZKI
Director: Andrzej Jakimowski (2nd feature)
96 minutes, 35mm, 2007, Poland
Festival/Award: Venice - Giornate degli Autori (Europa Cinema Label Award, Laterna Magica Award); Tokyo Competition, Mannheim Competition, Gdynia (Best Film and Cinematography)
Producer: Andrzej Jakimowski (ZAiR)
TWIST OF FATE/ KOROWOD (before international premiere)
Director: Jerzy Stuhr
112 minutes, 35mm, 2007, Poland
Festival/Award: Gdynia (Best Screenplay)
Producer: Juliusz Machulski (Zebra Film Studio)

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE MY MOTHER / JAK TO JEST BYC MOJA MATKA (before international premiere)
Director: Norah Mc Gettigan
31 minutes, Digibeta PAL, 2007, Poland / Ireland
Producer: Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing
2. FEATURE LENGTH PROJECTS
DARK HOUSE, THE / DOM ZLY, Poland
Director: Wojtek Smarzowksi (The Wedding)
Producer: Bartlomiej Topa (Film it)
KATIA, Poland
Director: Przemyslaw Nowakowski
Producers: Grazyna Kozlowska (MSFilms)
KINO CARAVAN / CARAVANA CINEMATOGRAFICA, Romania
Director: Titus Muntean (Examen)
Producer: Tudor Giurgiu (Libra Film)
PRECINCT, THE, Azerbaijan
Director: Ilgar Safat
Producer: Nariman Mammadov (Narimanfilm)
QUEEN VICTORIA, Bulgaria
Director: Maya Vitkova
Producer: Stefan Kitanov (RFF International)
STANKIEWICZ, Poland / Russia / Ukraine
Director: Wladyslaw Pasinkowski
Producer: Kazimierz Rozwalka (Figaro)
SUSA, Georgia
Director: Giorgi Chalauri
Producer: Rusudan Pirveli, Nino Gamrekeni (Caucasian Filmodrom)
ZERO, Poland
Director: Pawel Borowski
Producer: Lukasz Dzieciol (Opus Film)
3. WORKS IN PROGRESS
BOOGIE, Romania, 2008
Director: Radu Muntean (Furia; The Paper Will be Blue)
Producer: Dragos Vilcu (Multimedia Est)
Website: www.boogiemovie.com
KARAMAZOV BROTHERS, THE, Czech Republic / Poland, 2008
Director: Petr Zelenka (Knoflikari; Year of the Devil; Wrong Side Up)
Producers: Karolina Ochab (Warsaw Pact PL), Cesmir Kopecky (První Veřejnoprávní, CZ)
LEJDIS, Poland
Director: Tomasz Konecki (Testosteron)
Producer: Andrzej Saramonowicz (Van Worden)
OTHER BANK, THE, Georgia
Director: George Ovashvili
Producer: George Ovashvili

WOMEN (doc.), Georgia / USA
Director: Levan Koghuashvili
Producer: Kaha Ugulava (New Georgian Films)
4. POLISH PROJECTS – IN VIEW
BLUE SQUARE / NIEBIESKI KWADRAT, Poland
Director: Tomasz Drozdowicz (Futro)
Producer: Beata Hyczko, Tomasz Drozdowicz (Autograf Film Studio)
CHRISTINE - WAR MY LOVE, Poland / UK / France / Hungary / Germany / Czech Rep
Director: Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europe, Olivier Olivier)
Producer: Rafal Buks (SPI International)
HOW MUCH DOES THE TROJAN HORSE WEIGHT? / ILE WAZY KON TROJANSKI?, Poland
Director: Juliusz Machulski (Killer, Vinci)
Producer: Zebra Film Studio
MOTHER THERESA OF CATS / MATKA TERESA OD KOTOW, Poland
Director: Pawel Sala
Producer: Rozwoj Film Group
WINNER, THE / WYGRANNY, Poland
Director: Wieslaw Saniewski (Immensity of Justice)
Producer: Saco Films
5. PANELS
SALES AGENTS
Thursday, October 18, 2007, 15:00-17:00 hour, Hotel Sofitel Victoria
Panelist: tba
FILM FINDERS – A Division of Withoutabox
European Films exposed to the USA and World Marketplace - Will They Find Love (and Distribution)?
Friday October 19, 15:00-17:00 hour, Hotel Sofitel Victoria
Panelists: Sydney Levine and Peter Belsito (USA)
LES GRANDES DAMES DU CINEMA EUROPEEN
European Film Industry: Bullshit vs. Reality
Saturday October 20, 15:00-17:00 hour, Hotel Sofitel Victoria
Panelists: Francine Bruecher (F), Kirsi Tykkylainen (FIN), and Lissy Bellaiche (DK)