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The director Jan Hřebejk with the DoP Martin Žiaran

PRODUCTION: Jan Hřebejk Starts Shooting The Teacher

Eva Krizkova Slovakia 2015-08-12

BRATISLAVA: Jan Hřebejk started shooting on a new feature film The Teacher on 8 August 2015. The premiere is planned for autumn 2016.

PRODUCTION: She Is a Harbour Starts Shooting

Eva Krizkova Slovakia 2015-08-05

BRATISLAVA: Iveta Grófová has begun filming her second feature, a Slovak/Czech/Hungarian coproduction entitled She Is a Harbour.

Cinema do Brasil Backs Distribution of Brazilian Film in Czech Republic and Slovakia

Eva Krizkova Slovakia 2015-07-31

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak film distribution company Filmtopia has received a Distribution Support Award of the Cinema do Brasil programme for the release of two Brazilian films in Slovakia and the…

FNE IDF DocBloc: Excursions

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-07-31

Documentary director Jan Gogola is in post-production with the 80-minute creative documentary Excursions.

PRODUCTION : Nemec biopic The Wolf of Royal Vineyard Street in Preproduction

Eva Krizkova Slovakia 2015-07-20

BRATISLAVA: Czech New Wave director Jan Němec is in preproduction with his autobiographical filmThe Wolf of Royal Vineyard Street.

The Weinstein Company to Take Advantage of Slovak Cash Rebate

Eva Krizkova Slovakia 2015-07-16

BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund has issued the first certificate for film project registration for a cash rebate of 20% for the Weinstein Company’s TV series Marco Polo Season 2.…

Two Slovak Films in Slovak Box Office Top Ten

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-07-08

BRATISLAVA: Two Slovak films, Lokalfilmis and Seven Ravens/Sedem Zhavranelych Bratov have scored slots in the Slovak box office top ten in the same week, reaching number three and number five…

FNE at Fest Anča: The Oddsockeaters in Production

Iulia Blaga Slovakia 2015-06-30

ŽILINA: Galina Miklinová is in production with The Oddsockeaters/Lichožrouti a 3D animated feature adaptation of Pavel Šrut’s bestseller. This Czech/Slovak coproduction is set to have its theatrical release in summer…

FNE at Fest Anča: VIM and TOM Series in Production

Iulia Blaga Slovakia 2015-06-30

ŽILINA: Visual artist Jana Znášiková is wrapping development and will start the production of VIM and TOM / VIM a TOM, an animated TV series produced by Slovakia's Animoline. The…

FNE at Art Film Fest: Ixcanul Wins Art Film Fest

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-06-29

TRENČIANSKE TEPLICE: Jayro Bustamante's debut feature Ixcanul won the Blue Angel Award at the 23th Art Film Fest (19-26 June 2015), the main film event in Slovakia.

We Can't Live Without Cosmos by by Konstantin Bronzit

FESTIVALS:We Can't Live Without Cosmos Wins Fest Anča International Animation Festival

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-06-29

ŽILINA: We Can't Live Without Cosmos by Konstantin Bronzit has won the Anča Award at the 8th edition of Fest Anča International Animation Festival (24-28 June 2015).

Martin Šmatlak (left) and Anton Škreko (right)

Slovak AV Policy and Funding Helmers Martin Šmatlak and Anton Škreko Look at the Future of the Slovak Audiovisual Industry

Iulia Blaga Slovakia 2015-06-26

TRENČIANSKE TEPLICE: Martin Šmatlak, the head of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, and Anton Škreko, General Director of the Media, Audiovisual and Copyright Department of the Ministry of Culture of the…

FNE at Fest Anca: Slovak and Czech Producers Call for Increased Cooperation Between Czech and Slovak Public Broadcasters to Fund More Animation

FNE Staff Slovakia 2015-06-26

ŽILINA: Slovak and Czech animation producers have urged public broadcasters to increase coproductions between Czech and Slovak public television and to increase the emphasis on regional cooperation as the only…