Finále Plzeň will turn 30 in April, and will launch the celebration with Jan Hřebejk’s film Garden Store: A Family Friend
Festivals 30-03-2017Pilsen will host the anniversary 30th year of the Finále Plzeň Film Festival, which will take place April 20-28, 2017.
Connecting, Educating and Inspiring Cinematic Engagement: goEast's Focus on Young Talents
Festivals 31-03-2017In the scope of three projects, goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film (April 26th - May 2nd 2017) fosters up-and-coming filmmakers while raising their awareness of key human rights issues: presenting OPPOSE OTHERING!, East-West Talent Lab and Young Filmmakers for Peace.
State Cinematography Fund - Czech Republic announced development grants for feature films in March 2017.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Mila Turajlic in Production with Serbian/Algerian/French Coproduction The Labudović Files
Czech Republic 31-03-2017Mila Turajlic takes us on an archival road trip together with Stevan Labudović, cameraman of Yugoslav president Tito and cinematic eye of the Algerian revolution, in search of what it takes to shoot images that challenge the world order.
FNE asked Adam Siroky about new trends in 360 degrees video and virtual reality and the impact of these new technologies on the documentary industry. Široký is a ventuz designer, data integrator, software developer, VJ XLAB. The Prague based XLAB specializes in 360 degrees video and VR.
SOFIA: Wisdom / Vivegam by Siva, a Tamil-language Indian action thriller, is in its final shooting phase in Bulgaria.
STRASBOURG: Three new Eurimages Co-production Development Awards were added to the seven existing ones in 2017. They will be awarded in the co-production markets of Transilvania IFF, San Sebastian FF and Cartoon Movie.
WARSAW: Kino Polska TV S.A. Capital Group announced that sales revenues increased by 6% comparing to 2015, while revenues were nearly 27 m EUR / 114 m PLN in 2016.
NICOSIA: Cypriot director Tonia Mishiali is currently in postproduction with her debut feature Pause aka Menopause. This Cypriot/Greek coproduction is expected to be completed by early 2018.
TBILISI: Georgian/German/French coproduction My Happy Family directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross is the first Georgian film for which Netflix purchased global distribution rights.
