Švankmajer Crowdfunds Insects
PRAGUE: Internationally acclaimed Czech surrealist and animator Jan Švankmajer has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for his new feature length project Insects. The campaign was launched via his production company…
FNE at Zlin IFF 2016 European Debut Competition: Thirst
ZLIN: Svetla Tsotsorkova’s debut feature Thirst is competing in the international competition of European first films at the 56th Zlin IFF for Children and Youth, which runs through 3 June…
PRODUCTION: Czech TV Continues ARTE Partnership with My Uncle Archimedes
PRAGUE: Following their successful coproduction projects – the TV series Jan Hus by Jiří Svoboda and Life According to Vaclav Havel by Andrea Sedláčková – Czech TV and the French-German…
FNE at Zlin IFF 2016: Juries Ready for Zlin Opening Night
ZLIN: Ten juries consisting of 21 adults and 14 children are arriving in Zlin for the opening of the 56th International Film Festival for Youth and Children on 27 May…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Vachek Takes Communism to Marseilles
Czech director Karel Vachek will present his project Communism at FIDlab in Marseilles in July.
FNE at Zlin IFF 2016: Zlin Fetes Studio’s 80th Anniversary
ZLIN: The 56th Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth, taking place 27 May – 3 June, will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the film studio in Zlin, which…
FNE at Zlin IFF 2016: Ten Films in Debut Competition
ZLIN: CEE films have a place in the European competition of first films at the 56th Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth, which opens on 27 May 2016.
OBITUARY: Adolf Born
PRAGUE: Czech animator Adolf Born, best known for the Mach and Sebestova TV series, died on 22 May at the age of 85.
FNE at Zlin IFF 2016: Eight Children’s Films in Competition
ZLIN: Eight films from Europe, the Middle East and Asia have been selected for the competition of films for children at the 56th Zlin International Festival of Films for Children…
FNE/IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Announces Film Projects
Twelve film projects have been selected for the 2016/2017 Ex Oriente workshop
FNE at Zlin IFF: Eight Films for Youth Compete at Zlin Fest
ZLIN: A wide international selection of films will screen in the competition of feature films for youth at the 56th Zlin International Film Festival for Youth and Children, which runs…
Stalin Returns to Prague for Czech TV’s Monster
PRAGUE: Prague sees the return of a controversial statue to a prominent spot in the city thanks to a new film from Czech TV. Shooting started on the TV film…
PRODUCTION: Bohdan Slama in Development with Czech/Slovak Scars
PRAGUE: The multi-award-winning Czech director Bohdan Sláma is prepping a new feature film with the working title Scars / Jízvy produced by Fog´n ´Desire and coproduced by Slovakia‘s Sokol Kollár.
Czech Films Show Box Office Endurance
PRAGUE: Six Czech films are holding on to their spots in the top 20 at the local box office, with several in their sixth and seventh weeks in distribution. They…
FNE at Cannes 2016: Czech Cinema in Cannes
The first exceptional participation in years for Czech films at the Cannes Film Festival
PRODUCTION: Omerzu Develops Coming of Age Road Movie
PRAGUE: The Prague-based award-winning young Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu is developing his third film, Jackdaws on the Road, a Czech/Slovenian/Slovak coproduction. Omerzu is working once again with producer Jiří Konečný…
FESTIVALS: Anifilm Awards Anomalisa
TREBON, CZECH REPUBLIC: The Czech festival of animation Anifilm, which concluded on 8 May 2016, gave its best adult animated film award to Anomalisa by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman.
PRODUCTION: Posthumous Post-production for Nemec’s Final Film
PRAGUE: Acclaimed Czech New Wave filmmaker Jan Němec, the writer and director of the upcoming film The Wolf from the Royal Vineyard Street, died in March this year shortly before…
PRODUCTION: Jan Hrebejk preps Three-part Garden Store
PRAGUE: Jan Hřebejk, one of the most successful and active contemporary Czech filmmakers, has completed work on his Slovak/Czech coproduction The Teacher / Učitelka and is preparing a trilogy under…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Tutors Announced
Seven tutors have been announced for the first Ex Oriente 2016 workshop session.
