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FNE at KVIFF 2017: Works in Progress and Eurimages Lab Project Winners

Anna Franklin Czech Republic 2017-07-05

KARLOVY VARY: The film project Censor / Cenzorka directed and produced by renowned Slovak director Peter Kerekes, written by Ivan Ostrochovský and produced by Kerekes Film, has been awarded the…

FNE at KVIFF 2017: Pitch and Feedback Presents Six New Czech and Slovak Projects

Anna Franklin Czech Republic 2017-07-05

KARLOVY VARY: Festival directors, sales agents and producers annually flock to the Pitch and Feedback presentation in Karlovy Vary, where the Czech Film Center and the Slovak Film Institute present…

FNE at KVIFF 2017: Czech National Film Archives Inks American Distribution Deal

Anna Franklin Czech Republic 2017-07-04

KARLOVY VARY: The Czech National Film Archives has signed an agreement with distribution company Janus Films, the company behind the prestigious Criterion Collection, to licence 30 Czech classic film titles…

The Sound Is Innocent by Johana Švarcová

FNE IDF DocBloc: The Sound is Innocent

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2017-06-30

A Czech/Slovak/French documentary explores electronic music and its relationship to the tape recorder.

GRANTS: Czechs Support Nine Doc Projects

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2017-06-26

PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund's Office announced development grants to nine documentary projects in its June 2017 session. A total of 22 projects applied, which is the most projects…

GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Animation Projects

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2017-06-23

PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund's Council gave grants to three Czech majority feature-length animated films in its June 2017 session. The results were announced on 20 June.

FNE IDF DocBloc: Satanic Girls

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2017-06-23

A Czech documentary follows the story of a 1960's Czech female dixieland band that rose to fame in South America.

Docu Talents Announces Karlovy Vary Line-up

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2017-06-22

PRAGUE: Ji.hlava IFF will introduce twelve documentary projects at the 13th edition of DOCU TALENTS @KVIFF on 4 July 2017 at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

dok.incubator Hosts Doc Distribution Workshop in Slovakia

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2017-06-21

PRAGUE: The documentary rough cut workshop dok.incubator is launching a new workshop on distributing documentaries to foreign territories. The workshop is aimed at filmmakers from the Visegrad territories: Poland, Czech…

Eccho Rights Picks up Czech Series Murder Squad

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2017-06-20

PRAGUE: Eccho Rights has announced it picked up Czech crime series Murder Squad / Mordparta from commercial TV broadcaster Prima.

MIDPOINT Selects Six Projects for KVIFF Workshop

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2017-06-20

PRAGUE: Six films projects from among 29 applications have been chosen to participate in the four-day workshop MIDPOINT Intensive @KVIFF.

Film Europe Launches in Belgium and Netherlands

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2017-06-19

PRAGUE: The Prague and Bratislava based powerhouse Film Europe Media Company will launch its Film Europe Channel in Belgium and the Netherlands on 20 June 2017, making it the first…

FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary Plays to Its CEE Strengths with Competition Lineup

Cathy Meils Czech Republic 2017-06-19

PRAGUE: The competition line-up of the 52nd Karlovy Vary IFF (30 June – 8 July 2017) underscores the festival’s position as the powerhouse gateway to Central Europe and points East.…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Upcoming Czech Docs

FNE Staff Czech Republic 2017-06-16

Six new Czech documentaries are in production and four are in post-production.

GRANTS: Czechs Fund Eight Films

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2017-06-05

PRAGUE: The State Cinematography Fund is granting 2,542,000 EUR / 67 m CZK to eight feature film projects with Czech majority participation to support their production. Most of the projects…

Mountain Miracle – The Unexpected Friendship directed by Tobias Wiemann

FNE at Zlin IFF: Mountain Miracle – The Unexpected Friendship Wins Top Award

Katarzyna Grynienko Czech Republic 2017-06-05

ZLIN: A German/Italian coproduction for the youth audience, Mountain Miracle – The Unexpected Friendship directed by Tobias Wiemann, won the Golden Slipper for the Best International Feature Film at 57th…

FNE at ZLIN IFF: Anna Kryvenko in Production with Experimental Documentary

Katarzyna Grynienko Czech Republic 2017-06-02

ZLIN: My Uknown Solider, an experimental documentary coproduction between the Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia and Slovakia, by Anna Kryvenko, is set to premiere in January 2018.

PRODUCTION: Summer Comedy Bikers Starts Shooting

Denisa Strbova Czech Republic 2017-06-01

PRAGUE: One of the most productive Czech screenwriters, Petr Kolečko, is the author of the new summer comedy Bajkeři / Bikers, which started shooting at the end of May. The…

FNE at 57. Zlin IFF: Marek Najbrt in Production with The Magic Quill

Katarzyna Grynienko Czech Republic 2017-06-01

ZLIN: The Magic Quill, an epic fairytale based on classical tales about devils, was presented at the Works In Progress at the 57th International Film Festival for Children and Youth…

FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary Plays to Its CEE Strengths with Competition Line-up

Cathy Meils Czech Republic 2017-05-31

PRAGUE: The competition line-up of the 52nd Karlovy Vary IFF (30 June – 8 July 2017) underscores the festival’s position as the powerhouse gateway to Central Europe and points East.…