OBITUARY: Oscar Winner Karel Cerny

PRAGUE: Czech production designer and art director Karel Cerny, who won an Oscar in 1985 for Amadeus, died 5 September 2014 at age 92.
08-09-2014

FNE IDF DocBloc: Interview with Yuri Rechinsky

The Institute of Documentary Film speaks with Czech director Yuri Rechinsky.
05-09-2014

Vera Dreams of the Sea wins Main Award at International MIDPOINT Programme

PRAGUE: The fifth MIDPOINT educational programme aimed at supporting talent and development in European screenwriting, culminated at Prague's FAMU film school the final weekend of August 2014 with honours for…
01-09-2014

Oscar winner Adrien Brody Shooting in Czech Republic

PRAGUE: Director Lee Tamahori (Another Day, Once Were Warriors) is filming Emperor, an epic action-adventure film starring Adrien Brody, in the Czech Republic.
27-08-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: DOK.Incubator Focus on Distribution

American and European experts will converge in Telč for the 2014 edition of DOK.Incubator.
22-08-2014

Czech TV Coproducing with ARTE and Discovery Channel

PRAGUE: Czech TV is coproducing three major projects with the Franco-German cultural channel ARTE and Discovery Channel: the documentary Life according to Vaclav Havel, the television miniseries Jan Hus and…
21-08-2014

Sverak Film Closes in on Opening Weekend Record

PRAGUE: The new fairy tale Three Brothers by Jan and Zdeněk Svěrák had attendance of 122,000 in its opening weekend, second only to the Czech record set by the 2013…
19-08-2014

FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Documentary Panel

The 2014 panel of upcoming Czech documentaries is set for 29 September 2014.
08-08-2014

Czech law office KMVS supports filmmakers from development to distribution

PRAGUE: Today’s rapidly changing audiovisual environment presents filmmakers with new challenges in all areas of production and distribution including in the legal sector.
08-08-2014

Petr Zelenka Starts Shooting Lost in Munich

PRAGUE: Petr Zelenka kicked off the shooting of his long-prepared absurd comedy Lost in Munich.
30-07-2014

FESTIVALS: Czech Summer Film School Honours Greenaway

UHERSKE HRADISTE: British director Peter Greenaway has received the prize of the Association of Czech Film Clubs (AČFK) at the 40th edition of the Summer Film School (LFS) running through…
28-07-2014

IDF DocBloc: Czechs Back Zeman Doc

Groundbreaking Czech animation filmmaker Karel Zeman is the subject of an upcoming Czech documentary.
25-07-2014

Pixar’s Anthony Wong teams up with Anomalia CG animators and artists for animated short Wildlife Crossing

PRAGUE: Work on CG animated short film Wildlife Crossing! has been completed.
24-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Genre Coproduction Binderiana Seeking Director

KARLOVY VARY: Producers and a scriptwriter of a proposed Czech-Polish coproduction entitled Binderiana presented the project at Karlovy Vary’s recent Pitch and Feedback forum, telling the panel that they’re still…
22-07-2014

Ida Opens Day and Date in Czech Republic

PRAGUE: The acclaimed international hit Ida opened in cinemas in the Czech Republic on 17 July 2014 simultaneously with its VoD release.
21-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Jirasky in Preproduction with Hanna and Marie

KARLOVY VARY: Czech postproduction house i/o post is producing Zdenek Jirasky’s third film Hanna and Marie following In Silence which screened at the 49th KVIFF and his awarded debut film…
21-07-2014

PRODUCTION: My Farm is My Castle Sets October Release

KARLOVY VARY: Czech director Jiri Stejskal is in postproduction with the documentary film My Farm is My Castle.
21-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Hastrman Pitched at KVIFF

KARLOVY VARY: Popular Czech musican Ondrej Havelka will direct his debut film Hastrman, based on his adaptation of a Czech book. The project at the third annual Pitch and Feedback…
16-07-2014

PRODUCTION: The Beauteous Pitches at KVIFF

KARLOVY VARY: Director/scriptwriter Jan Kobler makes his feature film debut with The Beauteous, a drama about two young gay men who meet and separate on a single night.
15-07-2014

FNE at KVIFF 2014: CEE Films Dominate Awards

KARLOVY VARY: Films from Central and Eastern Europe swept most of the top awards at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (4-12 July 2014) with the Georgian film Corn…
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