Il thriller sulla Guerra fredda di Peeter Rebane Firebird in produzione
- Il regista-produttore estone ha cominciato le riprese del suo film d’esordio alla fine di settembre a Ida-Virumaa, una contea nel nord-est dell’Estonia
![Il thriller sulla Guerra fredda di Peeter Rebane Firebird in produzione](Files/2018/11/06/1541494289811.jpg?1679287328410)
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Estonian director-producer Peeter Rebane’s debut feature will be a Cold War thriller set in the Soviet Union in the 1970s. The project, entitled Firebird [+leggi anche:
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The script was penned by the director and lead actor Tom Prior (Dusty and Me, The Theory of Everything [+leggi anche:
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Firebird is being produced by Brigita Rozenbrika, Mauro Durant and Neil Tennant for the British division of international production outfit The Factory, in cooperation with Will Randall-Coath and Dankuro Shinma for Weybridge-based firm No Reservation Entertainment. The project is benefiting from a cash-rebate incentive of €455,562, offered by the Estonian Film Institute, and additional funding has been provided by Swiss and British private backers. On 23 September, filming started in Ida-Virumaa county, an Estonian region where ethnic Russians still constitute the vast majority of the local population, and will then continue in Malta.
An official theatrical release date has not been confirmed yet.
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