German Productions Line up for Prague

PRAGUE: The increase in the cap on Czech film incentives is encouraging German productions to shoot in the Czech Republic, Wilma Film producer Filip Herling told FNE.
14-07-2014

Hypermarket Goes Exotic with Gajdo and North Korean Tales

KARLOVY VARY: Czech producer Filip Remunda, the former enfant terrible of Czech documentary filmmaking, was in Karlovy Vary to present his upcoming films, the Romany ghetto doc Gajdo and the…
10-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Award Winner Lehotsky Developing Erik

KARLOVY VARY: Slovak director Juraj Lehotsky, whose 2013 film Miracle received the Special Mention when it premiered at the Karlovy Vary IFF last year, was back at the festival this…
10-07-2014

Goat Wins Karlovy Vary Pitch Prize

KARLOVY VARY: Slovak director Ivan Ostrochovsky’s feature film debut project Goat was then popular winner of the 10th edition of Works in Progress Award, presented at the Karlovy Vary IFF…
09-07-2014

Pitches Rule the Day at Karlovy Vary IFF

KARLOVY VARY: The Slovak Film Institute (AIC) and the Czech Film Center presented seven projects in development at the annual Pitch and Feedback session at Karlovy Vary IFF (KVIFF) to…
09-07-2014

The French Connection Gets Sealed at Karlovy Vary

KARLOVY VARY: "Karlovy Vary is the central point" in the CEE region for French film promotion company Unfrance, Isabelle Giordano, CEO of Unifrance told FNE.
08-07-2014

Czech Production Increased in 2013

KARLOVY VARY: Film production in the Czech Republic rose 23% in 2013, to more than 5 billion CZK with most of the increase due to foreign film production which rose …
07-07-2014

Czech Culture Minister Announces Funding for Digital Film Restoration

KARLOVY VARY: The Czech Minister of Culture Daniel Herman was in Karlovy Vary to announce new funding for the digital restoration of Czech films. Funding is expected to be in…
07-07-2014

CEE Films Compete for 2014 LUX Prize

KARLOVY VARY: Three CEE films are among the ten films in the official selection for the LUX Prize, announced on 6 July 2014 at the Karlovy Vary IFF (KVIFF).
07-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Balej Animated Fish Shop Gets Sneak Peak at KVIFF

KARLOVY VARY: Animated director Jan Balej gave industry pros the first look at the upcoming animated puppet film Little from the Fish Shop which has completed the production phase after…
07-07-2014

FNE at KVIFF 2014: Invitation to Film New Europe Coproduction Meeting

KARLOVY VARY: Film New Europe will be hosting a Coproduction Meeting at the new Kino Cas Filmmakers Lounge this year in Karlovy Vary during the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film…
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FNE at KVIFF 2014: FNE FIPRESCI Critics

The year FNE and FIPRESCI have invited film critics attending the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition and the East of the West…
04-07-2014

FNE Coproduction Meeting at KVIFF 2014: Case Study: The Red Captain

PRAGUE: The Red Captain, a Czech/Slovak/Polish detective thriller directed by Michal Kollar, will go into production on 21 July 2014.
04-07-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Ex Oriente Announces 2014 Projects

Twelve documentary projects have been selected for the next edition of the Ex Oriente Film workshops.
04-07-2014

Czechs Approve Raising Film Incentives

PRAGUE: The Czech parliament has approved raising the cap on film incentives from to 800 m CZK. The cap had been set at 500 m CZK.
03-07-2014

Czechs Launch Filmmakers Lounge at KVIFF

PRAGUE: The State Cinematography Fund´s new Filmmakers’ lounge located in the café of Čas cinema, T. G. Masaryka 3, will offer a new pleasant meeting point for film professionals during…
03-07-2014

Chinese star Xu Jinglei shooting in Prague

PRAGUE: The famous Chinese director, scriptwriter and star actress Xu Jinglei is shooting a film with the working title Somewhere Only We Know in Prague.
03-07-2014

FNE Coproduction Meeting at KVIFF 2014: Case Study: Gottland

PRAGUE: The Czech/Polish/Slovak genre-bending documentary Gottland based on the best-selling Polish book will launch a limited events-themed release in August 2014.
02-07-2014

Eurimages Funds Five CEE Films

PRAGUE: Just five films from the CEE region received support in the June 2014 round of Eurimages out of 23 films receiving grants, with only two productions led by CEE…
26-06-2014

Milk & Honey Books Coproductions through End of 2014

PRAGUE: Chinese, Indian and Italian film and TV productions will fill the schedule at Milk & Honey Films and its sister film studio Prague Studios through the end of the…
25-06-2014