After 38 days of filming, the final clapperboard has been snapped shut on "Charlatan," Oscar-nominated Polish director Agnieszka Holland’s latest film "Charlatan" was shot in several locations in the Czech Rep. in April and June. The film is produced by Sarka Cimbalova of Czech Rep.’s Marlene Film Production and Mike Downey and Sam Taylor of Film and Music Entertainment (IRE) and Madants in Poland.

Directed by Dutch Jamillah van der Hulst and South-African Ian Greyvensteyn the film is Exec produced by Film and Music Entertainment (IRE)’ Mike Downey and Cape Town’s Mark Dornford May of the Isango Company.

The Russian film about Putin’s generation won a special jury mention at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2018 which took place last week.

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Karlovy Vary favourite Ivan I. Tverdovskiy follows up Zoology with a very different animal, a lean and mean thriller that offers a potent indictment of the endemic corruption in Russian society. With Tverdovskiy’s growing reputation and some saleable thriller tropes, Jumpman could build upon Zoology’s theatrical showing, with healthy festival attention a given.

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A kid throws himself in front of passing cars in Russian director Ivan I. Tverdovsky's biting look at a society where corruption permeates all corners.

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Ten world premieres are among the 12 films competing for the Crystal Globe at Central and Eastern Europe’s premier film festival, Karlovy Vary, which runs June 29-July 7. […] Two filmmakers returning to Karlovy Vary present "noticeably more poetic new films": Russia’s Ivan Tverdovsky ("Zoology") will screen "Jumpman," while Israeli director Joseph Madmony brings his third premiere to West Bohemia, the drama "Redemption," co-directed by cinematographer Boaz Y. Yakov.

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Screendaily.com has revealed the first trailer for Jumpman, the latest film from Zoology director Ivan I. Tverdovskiy.

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Film and Music Entertainment (Fame) the UK/Dublin-based production house run by veteran producers Mike Downey and Samantha Taylor has boosted its 2018 production slate to 10 features to be completed or go into production during 2018.  The announcement comes hard on the heels of the unveiling of their most recent project, Streetkids United III – The Road to Russia and completing shooting on Rudolph Herzog’s How To Sell a War which has been picked up by Bankside for world sales.

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British-Irish production company Film and Music Entertainment has added an adaptation of Arthur Machen’s fantasy novel "Hill of Dreams" to its production slate. The screenplay has been written by Jonathan Preece and the film will be directed by Fatmir Koci, who previously teamed on "Elvis Walks Home."

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The third part in the Streetkids United feature documentary series Streetkids United III – The Road to Moscow, began shooting in Chennai India last week, prior to moving to Moscow for the main event.  The film, a co-production between Dublin-based Film and Music Entertainment (IRE) Ltd and Dutch outfit JaJa Film Productions is made in association with Bernd Out and Amsterdam based Made for Digital (post facility). Prajesh Sen from India is the associate producer of the documentary.

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How to Sell a War – the fiction feature film debut of leading international documentary director Rudolph Herzog has just wrapped this week in Dublin.   Produced by Film and Music Entertainment the UK/Dublin-based production house, the company, along with world sales agent Bankside Films has just released the initial images from the film.

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How to Sell a War – the fiction feature film debut of leading international documentary director Rudolph Herzog has started shooting in Tbilisi, Georgia. Produced by Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) the UK/Dublin-based production house the company has boosted its 2017/18 production slate to 10 features to be completed or go into production during 2018.

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