FNE - IDF DocBloc: Ex-Oriente Selects 13 Workshop Projects

{mosimage}PRAGUE: Thirteen films representing twelve countries will participate in the first session of the Ex-Oriente documentary workshop, beginning on 18 June 2012.
25-05-2012

FESTIVALS: Zlin to Award Minac, Nemec

{mosimage}ZLIN: The 52nd IFF for Children and Youth (www.zlinfest.cz), running 27 May - 3 June 2012 in the Czech city of Zlin, will present the festival's Grand Prix to Slovak…
22-05-2012

Korean Film Shoots at Barrandov

PRAGUE: The Korean film Snowpiercer has moved filming to Prague after location shoots in Austria.
16-05-2012

EFP Producer on the Move: Ondrej Zima

PRAGUE: Ondřej Zima, European Film Promotion's Czech 2012 Producer on the Move, reckons his biggest success to date is the Czech-Slovak coproduction Love, a box office hit with audiences in…
13-05-2012

FNE IDF DocBloc: An Interview with Richard Komárek

An Interview with Czech filmmaker Richard Komárek about the collapsing Twin Towers, lawsuits, disco lounges and patriot trucks in his documentary project Play 9/11. Richard Komárek belongs among emerging Czech…
11-05-2012

FESTIVALS: The House Takes Top FINALE Award

PLZEN: The House (www.fogndesirefilms.cz)by debuting Slovak director Zuzana Liova won the Golden Kingfisher for best film at the 25th FINAL (www.festivalfinale.cz) festival of Czech Films.
29-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Alois Nebel

{mosimage}PLZEN: Tomas Lunak makes an impressive debut with the black-and-white rotoscope animated film Alois Nebel based on a Czech graphic novel and screening in the Czech Feature Film Competition at…
25-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Gypsy

{mosimage}PLZEN: Martin Sulik, who received a five-film tribute at the Czech nation film festival FINALE, presents his multiple award winner Gypsy in the main competition.
25-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: District League – Pepik Hnatek’s Last Stand

{mosimage}PRAGUE: The current Czech box office hit District League - Pepik Hnatek's Last Stand screens in competition at the 25th FINALE festival of Czech Films (www.filmfestfinale.cz).
24-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Nothing Against Nothing

{mosimage}PLZEN: Director Petr Marek screen his thirty-something film Nothing Against Nothing in the main competition of the Czech national film festival FINALE, running through 28 April 2012. The film is…
24-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Long Live the Family

{mosimage}PLZEN: Director Robert Sedlacek, whose TV film Men in Rut was a surprise hit at the 2010 FINALE festival of Czech films, returns to the 25th FINALE with a satiric…
23-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Oldies But Goldies

{mosimage}PLZEN: Current Czech box office hit Oldies But Goldies directed by Jiri Strach screens in the main competition of the Czech national film festival FINALE (www.datakal.filmfestival.cz), running through 28 April…
23-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Four Suns

{mosimage}PLZEN: Czech director and screenwriter Bohdan Slama brings his Sundance screened drama Four Suns to Plzen, where it screens in the main competition of the national Czech film festival FINALE.
22-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: The House

{mosimage}PLZEN: Following its recent Best Film win at the Slovak national The Sun in a Net awards, The House by Slovak director/writer Zuzana Liova screens in the main competition of…
22-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: A Night Too Young

{mosimage}PLZEN: A Night Too Young (Prilis mlada noc), the first feature film from Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu, competes at the FINALE Plzen, after its 29 March 2012 theatrical release in…
22-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Flower Buds

{mosimage}PLZEN: Flower Buds (Poupata), the debut film from Zdenek Jirasky and big winner at the Czech Lion film awards (www.vac.cz), goes up against nine other film in the main competition…
22-04-2012

New Documentary Workshop Accepting Applications

{mosimage}PRAGUE: DOK.Incubator (www.dokincubator.net) is accepting applications for its first workshop through 15 May 2012.
19-04-2012

Pepik Hnatek Leads Czech Box Office

PRAGUE: District league - Pepik Hnatek's Last Stand held on to the first place at the Czech box office for the third week in a row, beating out U.S. hit…
17-04-2012

FESTIVALS: Ten Czech Features Compete in Finale Plzen

{mosimage}PLZEN: The Czech national film festival FINALE (www.festivalfinale.cz/en/), which runs 22-28 April 2012 in the western Czech city of Plzen, has selected 10 Czech feature films for the New Czech…
16-04-2012

FNE - IDF DocBloc: It's All Czech in Pilsen + ZOOM:Poland, Martin Šulík

PLZEN: Some of the Czech Republic's leading filmmakers will be represented in the more than 20 films screening in the Finale Plzen documentary competition.
06-04-2012