20-05-2017

FNE at Cannes 2017: Czech Cinema in Cannes

By Czech Film Center

    CZECH FILM CENTER at MARCHÉ DU FILM 2017 - Come and visit us at Czech & Slovak Pavilion No. 133 at Village International.

    CZECH FILM CENTER in Cannes

    Markéta Šantrochová - Head of CFC
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    Barbora Ligasová - Festival Relations - Feature Films
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    Martin Černý - Festival Relations - Documentary & Short Films
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    Click HERE for FESTIVAL SCREENINGS of Out by Gyorgy Kristof in Un Certain Regard and Atlantis, 2003 by Michal Blasko in Cinefondation.

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    PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE: PAVLA JANOUŠKOVÁ KUBEČKOVÁ

    European Film Promotion and its member organisations have again selected 20 of the most promising up-and-coming European producers to take part in EFP's high-profile networking platform Producers on the Move at the Cannes Film Festival.

    One of the producers of 2017 season is Pavla Janoušková Kubečková(b. 1985). She studied Journalism and Media Studies at Charles University, and Film Production at FAMU. She is part of the 2017 EAVE Producers Workshop. In 2009 she founded nutprodukce, together with Tomáš Hrubý. Nutprodukce is the winner of multiple Czech Lions, including the 2013 Czech Oscar entry, Burning Bush, directed by Agnieszka Holland. Also in 2013, their animated film Pandas took third prize in the Cinéfondation selection at Cannes. In 2017, Wasteland, an original TV series for HBO Europe, won the Czech Lion for best TV series, and their co-production with Poland, Spoor (Pokot), also directed by Holland, received the Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize at Berlinale 2017.

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    Click HERE for MARKET SCREENINGS of: A prominent Patient  by Julius Sevcik, Spoor by Agnieszka Holland, Little Harbour by Iveta Grofova, Ice Mother by Bohdan Slama

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    ANNECY GOES TO CANNES: EVEN MICE BELONG IN HEAVEN

    Annecy will be part of Goes to Cannes, during the Marché du Film, allowing the Festival and Mifa to continue supporting animated features. The event will present five animated works in progress and will take place on Friday 19th May at 10:00 am.

    One of the selected project is Czech-French-German co-production Even Mice Belong in Heaven, which will be presented by producers Vladimír Lhoták (Fresh Films) and Alexandre Charlet (Les Films du Cygne).

    Synopsis:
    After an unfortunate accident, a little mouse and a fox meet in animal heaven. In this new world, they have to clean themselves of their natural instincts and follow a path into a new life. They then become the world’s best friends and overcome what should be impossible.