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…
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…
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.
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.
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-…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
FNE at East Doc Platform 2016: Awards Winners
PRAGUE: The fifth edition of the East Doc Platform held in Prague from 7 to 13 March awarded at its closing ceremony the best of the projects in development participating…
FNE TV: Ivana Pauerová Milošević documentary maker and Institute of Documentary Film board member
FNE asked Ivana Pauerová Milošević about the role of television and how internet is changing the way documentaries reach audiences.
FNE TV: Filip Remunda Czech documentary maker and Institute of Documentary Film cofounder and board member
FNE asked Filip Remunda how the ways documentaries are produced and how they are reaching audiences is changing in Central and Eastern Europe.
FNE IDF DocBloc: To Run Away from the Nazis and from the Islamic State Is Almost the Same Thing
On 28 April 1945, a unique cinematic report was shot about the arrival of prisoners freed from the German concentration camps to the refugee camp in Malmö.
FNE at Czech Lions 2016: The Snake Brothers Tops Czech Awards
PRAGUE: Jan Prušinovský’s The Snake Brothers/Kobry a Užovky took the top prize for Best Film as well as five other awards at the 23rd edition of Czech Film and Television…
