Czech WebTV Series Pushes Boundaries of Traditional Media

PRAGUE: Blanik Office, a series made for the internet and streamed online has become such a success in the Czech Republic that a third season is expected soon.
22-01-2015

Czech FITES Trilobit Beroun 2014 Award to Expert Supervision of the Sunrise

PRAGUE: The Czech Film and Television Association FITES with the support of the town of Beroun awarded its top prize for best Czech feature film of 2014 to director Pavel…
19-01-2015 m

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Projects Selected for Project Market 2015

At the upcoming East Doc Platform, the following 18 projects in various stages of production will be presented by their producers to East European professionals and important decision makers from…
16-01-2015

Czech Republic to Allot 17.6m EUR in its Tax Incentives Scheme in 2015

PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund has issued a call for submissions for its incentives scheme with a deadline on 30 January. The approximate budget is 17.6 m EUR /500…
15-01-2015

Fair Play Tops Nominations for Czech Lions

PRAGUE: Andrea Sedláčkova’s Fair Play received 15 nominations for the 22nd Czech Lions awards. The ceremony will take place in Prague on 21 February.
15-01-2015

PRODUCTION: Filip Renč Preps The Devil’s Mistress aka Lída Baarová

PRAGUE: After 14 years in preparation, Filip Renč’s highly anticipated Lída Baarová about the famous Czech actress and her relationship with Joseph Goebbels, will start shooting in March 2015. Slovak…
14-01-2015

Petr Jákl's English Language Ghoul to Hit Czech Cinemas on 26 February

PRAGUE: Petr Jákl's horror movie Ghoul will have its world premiere in 2D and 3D in the Czech Republic on 26 February 2015. It is a highly anticipated event as…
14-01-2015

The Way Out Tops Nominations for Czech Critics’ Awards

PRAGUE: Fourteen films are competing in eight categories at the 5th edition of the CzechCritics´ Awards organized by the Czech Critics Association.
12-01-2015

FNE Country Profile: Czech Republic

The State Cinematography Fund, Czech Republic has been the main tool for public support of cinematography in the Czech Republic since 1992. In 2013 it adopted a new Cinematography Act…
16-12-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: IDF at IDFA

IDF recounts its successes at IDFA.
12-12-2014

FESTIVALS: Hong Kong Targets Czech Filmmakers at 10th Filmasia

PRAGUE: Making her first trip to Prague, Betty S. P. Ho, director of the Berlin based CEE headquarters for the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, used the 10th anniversary…
08-12-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: DRIFTER won IDFA First Appearance Competition!

Drifter has been developed by DOK.Incubator workshop and presented at East Doc Platform 2012.
05-12-2014

PRODUCTION: Tallinn and Thessaloniki Winner Kids from the East

TALLINN: Czech producer Michal Kracmer might need to stop pitching his new project Kids from the East for the time being. He has already won two accreditations to the Cannes…
04-12-2014

GRANTS: The Czech State Cinematography Fund Announces Final Grants for 2014

PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund announced that it will support three films from the 31 features requesting support and the 14 projects which were declared eligible.
02-12-2014

Taskovski Films Picks up Sugar Blues

PRAGUE: London film sales company Taskovski Films has picked up the Czech documentary Sugar Blues directed by Andrea Culkova.
28-11-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Three DOK.Incubator films nominated at IDFA 2014

The nominations for the best films in IDFA’s competition programs have just been announced.
28-11-2014

Dates Set for Czech Lions

PRAGUE: The nominations for the 22nd annual Czech Lion awards will be announced on 14 January 2015.
25-11-2014

France Fetes Czech Success Story

PRAGUE: Slovak/Czech/Hungarian distributor Ivan Hronec of Film Europe and Unifrance’s CEE guru Joel Chapron kicked off the 17th edition of the expanded Festival of French Films in Prague with a…
21-11-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: East Doc Deadline

Applications for East Doc Platform close on 1 December 2014.
21-11-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: DOK.Incubator

The specific format of a unique rough-cut workshop brings surprising results: half of the DOK.Incubator films premiere at the big autumn festivals.
14-11-2014