Martin Kurel to Bring First César to Czech Republic

PRAGUE: Czech production designer Martin Kurel is the first Czech to receive the French national film award César. Xavier Giannoli‘s period drama Marguerite, nominated in 11 categories, received four awards…
29-02-2016

East Doc Platform 2016 Reveals Programme and Tutors

PRAGUE: More than 80 acclaimed professionals and decision makers from all over the world will take part in the 5th edition ofEast Doc Platform, a key industry meeting of CEE…
29-02-2016

Hands-on Digital Masterclass Ready to Kick Off

PRAGUE: Gain hands-on practical experience designing and implementing campaigns to engage audiences and customers with Yomi Ayeni, an award-winning British digital producer and former BBC strategist. Hands-on Digital Masterclass will…
29-02-2016

OBITUARY: Czech Animator Zdeněk Smetana

PRAGUE: Acclaimed Czech animator and artist Zdeněk Smetana, awarded in Cannes, Berlin and Venice passed away at 90 due to illness.
26-02-2016

FNE Doc Bloc: Dok Tank Ready to Kick Off

Doc Tank, the development lab for transmedia and socially engaged documentary projects will take place in Prague within East Doc Platform during One World Film Festival on 9-11 March 2016.
26-02-2016

Digitalisation Gives New Life to Small Czech Cinemas

PRAGUE: Small Czech cinemas, which were almost sentenced to death, have gone through surprising development thanks to their digitalisation. Their income reached its highest level in 14 years, which was,…
25-02-2016

FESTIVALS: One World Announces Line up

PRAGUE: Twelve titles have been selected for the Main Competition of the One World Film Festival, which kicks off on 7 March 2016 in Prague and will also take place…
24-02-2016

FNE IDF DocBloc: Girl Power to the Cinemas

The Czech documentary Girl Power will be released in Czech cinemas on 27 February 2016.
19-02-2016

Ice Mother Acquired by Match Factory

PRAGUE: The Match Factory has acquired Bohdan Slama’s Ice Mother produced by Negativ , Artileria, Why Not Productions (FR) Czech Television, Barrandov Studio, RTVS.
17-02-2016

DocBloc: East Doc Platform

PRAGUE: East Doc Platform announced the opening of accreditations for the Prague event.
12-02-2016

Lída Baarová Film Holds Top Spot in Czech Cinemas

PRAGUE:Filip Renč’s film The Devil´s Mistress produced by NoGup, about the 1930’s Czech film star and mistress of Joseph Goebbels Lída Baarová, is proving a success in Czech cinemas despite…
11-02-2016

PRODUCTION: Petr Vaclav in Postproduction with Skokan

PRAGUE: The Czech/French coproduction Skokan directed by Petr Vaclav is in postproduction. The film produced by Jan Macola of Mimesis Film and coproduced by French Cinema Defacto was partially shot…
10-02-2016

PRODUCTION: Petr Nikolaev Prepares Film about Czechoslovak Legionnaires

PRAGUE: An important anniversary of Czechoslovak legionnaires inspired Czech director Petr Nikolaev to pay a tribute to them with an epic feature film. The Czechoslovak Legionnaires Community approached Petr Nikolaev…
10-02-2016

Prague Post-production house MagicLab to Provide VFX for Masaryk Biopic

PRAGUE: The Prague based MagicLab has announced it is providing VFX and grading for the highly anticipated two part historical biopic Masaryk, about son of the first president of Czechoslovakia…
09-02-2016

PRODUCTION: Bohdan Sláma Begins Shooting Ice Mother

PRAGUE: Czech director Bohdan Sláma has begun shooting of his Czech/Slovak/French coproduction Ice Mother/Bába z Ledu in Plzeň and Hradec Králové. The film is produced by Pavel Strnad and Petr…
08-02-2016

FNE IDF DocBloc: Projects Selected for Project Market 2016

Sixteen projects have been selected for Project Market, an event focusing on one-on-one meetings within East Doc Platform and taking place on 10-11 March 2016.
05-02-2016

Obituary: Director Ladislav Helge

PRAGUE: Film director and screenwriter Ladislav Helge, one of the members of the Czech New wave, passed away at 88 on 31 January 2016.
02-02-2016

FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Launched Call for Applications

PRAGUE: Applications for the development workshop Ex Oriente are open until 4 May 2016.
29-01-2016

Eleven Césars Nods for Czech Coproduction Marguerite

PRAGUE: Xavier Giannoli‘s period drama Marguerite, which is a Czech coproduction and was shot entirely in the Czech Republic, received 11 nominations for the French national awards Césars, including Best…
28-01-2016