FNE at Finale Plzen: Lost in Munich

PLZEN: Lost in Munich by Petr Zelenka, the winner of Czech Critics’ Awards in 2016, will screen at the 29th Finale Plzen (15-21 April 2016).
15-04-2016

FNE IDF DocBloc: IDF Traces at Visions du Réel in Switzerland

Two films that were presented within the East European Forum will premiere within Visons du Réel, which starts on 15 April 2016: Wall of Death, and All That by Mladen…
15-04-2016

Docu Talents from the East Opens Call for Applications

JILHAVA: Submissions for the Docu Talents from the East 2016, a presentation of the finest Central and Eastern European creative documentaries in production or postproduction, are now open until 30…
14-04-2016

Antik Telecom Wins Czech Broadcasting License

PRAGUE: Slovak operator Antik Telecom can now provide paid satellite TV service in the Czech Republic, as its subsidiary Tango Bohemia won a license for satellite radio and TV broadcasting.…
14-04-2016

Czech Television and Czech Radio to Launch Multimedia Project

PRAGUE: Czech Television and Czech Radio are launching Generation What?, a multimedia project initiated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which will lead to a long documentary made by Ivana…
13-04-2016

PRODUCTION: German TV Film State Justice Wraps Shooting in Czech Republic

PRAGUE: German TV film State Justice/Landgericht by Matthias Glasner wraps shooting in the Czech Republic on 12 April 2016. The film is a coproduction between the German UFA Fiction and…
12-04-2016

PRODUCTION: Interlude in Prague Starts Shooting in Czech Republic

PRAGUE: The UK/Czech historical drama Interlude in Prague started filming in the Czech Republic this week. The story is based on Mozart’s visit to Prague in 1787 and focuses on…
08-04-2016

FNE IDF DocBloc: Submit Your Project to Ex Oriente Film 2016

Teams consisting of a director and producer can apply to the Ex Oriente Film workshop until 4 May 2016.
08-04-2016

FESTIVALS: Submit Your Film to the 20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival

JIHLAVA: The submissions for the 20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival are open. The festival will take place on 25-30 October 2016.
06-04-2016

FESTIVALS: The 29th Finále Plzeň Ready to Kick Off

PLZEŇ: Thirteen Czech and Slovak films will compete in the Golden Kingfisher competition for Best Feature Live Action or Animated Film at Finale Plzen, which will take place on 15-…
05-04-2016

FNE IDF DocBloc: Fifteen Festival Hits in the Second Edition of KineDok

In 2016, the 2nd KineDok offers fifteen European documentaries and brings site specific screenings also to new audiences in Poland and Norway.
01-04-2016

Chinese Films Shot in Czech Republic to Boost Tourism

PRAGUE: The number of Chinese tourists rose to 250,000 in 2015, compared to 17,000 a decade ago, following the Chinese romantic drama Somewhere Only We Know. The memorandum on film…
30-03-2016

FESTIVALS: Sparrows Wins Febiofest

PRAGUE: Sparrows by Rúnar Rúnarsson won the Grand Prix of the 23rd Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest, which ran from 17 to 25 March 2016 in Prague. A number…
29-03-2016

PRODUCTION: Juraj Jakubisko Plans Sequel to The Feather Fairy

PRAGUE/BRATISLAVA: Juraj Jakubisko is planning a sequel to his popular Christmas fairy tale The Feather Fairy / Perinbaba (1985), which he will produce through his company Jakubisko Film.
24-03-2016

PRODUCTION: German TV Film The Glassmaker Shoots in Czech Republic

PRAGUE: TV film The Glassmaker/Die Glasbläserin by Christine Balthasar, a German/Czech coproduction made for ZDF, is currently shooting in Czech Republic.
23-03-2016

Deadline Approaches for Emerging Producers 2017

JIHLAVA: Producers from the European Union, its Eastern neighbourhood and the Balkan region have a few days to finalise their submissions to the 5th edition of the Emerging Producers 2017…
23-03-2016

OBITUARY: Czech Director Jan Němec

PRAGUE: Director Jan Němec (79), one of the most original and talented members of the Czech New Wave, died on 18 March 2016 after a long illness.
21-03-2016

FNE IDF DocBloc: A Successful East Doc Platform

The key documentary industry event in the CEE region, East Doc Platform (EDP), organised by the Institute of Documentary Film in association with One World IHRDFF, brought more than 400…
18-03-2016

Sonita Wins Audience Award at One World

PRAGUE: Sonita, a documentary by the Iranian film director, Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, won the AVAST Foundation Audience Award at One World in Prague. Like other films that became favourites of…
17-03-2016

A Syrian Love Story Wins One World

PRAGUE: A Syrian Love Story by the British director Sean McAllister won Best Film at the 18th One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival. The Estonian documentary Out of…
15-03-2016