FNE TV: Ivo Andrle, head of Kino Aero and Aerofilms Distribution

FNE asked Czech exhibitor and distributor Ivo Andrle how being both an exhibitor and a distributor can help bring more European films to the Czech audience and what are his…
05-12-2013

FNE/IDF DocBloc: Wolf

Producer Radim Prochazka looks at the efforts of a man to clear the name of his father, a rabbi at the Terezin concentration camp who decided which inmates would be…
29-11-2013

Czech Sirena Film shooting Heavy Water War with Anna Friel

PRAGUE: Sirena Film is in production with the Norwegian TV series Heavy Water War, a WWII story starring Anna Friel.
26-11-2013

IDF DocBloc: Sugar-Blog

Andrea Culkova takes a personal look at the addiction to sugar.
22-11-2013

Czech Film Fund chief Helena Frankova is candidate for Czech Minister of Culture post

PRAGUE: The director of the Czech State Fund for Cinema Helena Fraňková is one of the front-running candidates for the post of Minister of Culture according to reports in the…
21-11-2013

FNE/IDF DocBloc: Olga 80 in Production

Miroslav Janek is in production with a documentary by the first wife of the late Czech President Vaclav Havel, Olga 80.
15-11-2013

Czech Start-up Addresses Film Piracy

PRAGUE: Czech filmmakers hope the new project 31s will open up a new source of income from voluntary online payments for digital copies of their films.
11-11-2013

Croatia, Romania Receive EFA Nominations

PRAGUE: The Priest’s Children (Interfilm), a Croatian/Serbian coproduction directed by Vinko Brešan, has been nominated for European Comedy 2013 in the annual European Film Awards.
11-11-2013

FNE IDF DocBloc: My Last 150 Cigarettes

Ivo Bystřičan has completed work on his documentary My Last 150 Cigarettes.
08-11-2013

Czech Ministry of Culture Honours Opela, Vlacil

PRAGUE: The movers and shakers of the Czech film industry turned out for the Czech Ministry of Culture’s fourth annual award for contribution to cinema.
01-11-2013

Tremora Slate Includes Buozyte Follow up to Vanishing Waves

JIHLAVA: Tremora producer Ieva Norvilene spoke with FNE about her upcoming slate of films, including a documentary participating at the Ex-Oriente workshop held during the Jihlava IDFF.
01-11-2013

FNE IDF DocBloc: East Silver Market

Winners were announced for the East Silver Market which took place at the 17th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
01-11-2013

CME CEO Says Poor Q3 Results are Unacceptable

PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) continued its revenue slide in the third quarter of 2013, but an overhaul of top management in the past two months has seen a…
31-10-2013

FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Czech TV Partners with ARTE

JIHLAVA: Czech TV general director Petr Dvorak and ARTE Commissioning Editor Madeleine Avramoussis were at the Jihlava documentary festival to announce the launch of an association agreement between the two…
31-10-2013

FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Industry Connections Blossom at Jihlava

JIHLAVA: Moving into the second year of its new industry profile, the 17th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival consolidated its standing as the magnet for regional documentary filmmakers under the…
30-10-2013

FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Current Events Capture Jihlava Audiences

JIHLAVA: The Uprising, a Belgian/UK production consisting of amateur footage shot during the Arab Spring, won the Opus Bonum Best Film prize of the 17th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival…
30-10-2013

Zelezny Tapped by TV Barrandov

PRAGUE: Vladimir Zelezny, the former head of TV Nova and one of the founders of Slovak commercial Joj TV, will be named CEO of TV Barrandov, Czech media sources report.
28-10-2013

Taskovski Adds Bulgarian, Hungarian Docs

JIHLAVA: Taskovski Films has picked up the Bulgarian/Finnish documentary Soul Food Stories and the Romanian/Hungarian documentary Stream of Love, managing director Irena Taskovski told FNE.
28-10-2013

FNE IDF DocBloc: Gottland

Gottland is an omnibus film based on a Polish bestseller and directed by six FAMU film school students.
25-10-2013

FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Pavla Kubeckova

FNE interviews documentary producer Pavla Kubeckova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
23-10-2013