Czech Film Fund supported development of fiction features and documentaries

24-06-2021

Czech Film Fund supported development of fiction features and documentaries

In June, the Czech Film Fund granted the support for development of fiction features and for development of documentary films for the second time this year. In fiction category, the Council divided altogether EUR 346 000 (CZK 9 million) among 12 projects by talented young guns as well as experienced authors and supported mainly coming-of-age stories and family dramas. In case of documentary films, the Fund supported 9 projects with EUR 172 000 (CZK 4,5 million), mostly focused on current topics, portraits and Czechoslovak history.

DEVELOPMENT OF FICTION FEATURES

The highest amount in this call went to Recordwoman, which tells a story of talented athlete in 1930s Czechoslovakia who fights not only her sport opponents but also the confusion about her gender identity, based on true events.

Recordwoman
production company: nutprodukce | director: Martin Krejčí
support: EUR 38 000

Nightmares
production company: MasterFilm | directors: Tomáš Pavlíček, Kateřina Karhánková
support: EUR 37 000

Alice and the Black Queen
production company: 8Heads Productions | director: Marina Andree Škop
support: EUR 34 000

Nightingale Behind the Bars
production company: Balkanfilm | director: Ivo Trajkov
support: EUR 34 000

Bears
production company: love.FRAME | director: Beata Parkanová
support: EUR 33 000

The Thief
production company: nutprodukce | director: Ondřej Hudeček
support: EUR 33 000

The Orgon Project
production company: Negativ | director: Martin Dušek
support: EUR 31 000

Chica Checa
production company: Silk Films | director: Šimon Holý
support: EUR 27 000

On the Other Side of Summer
production company: Aerofilms | director: Vojtěch Strakatý
support: EUR 24 000

Pig Slaughter
production company: Breathless Films | director: Adam Martinec
support: EUR 19 000

Invisible Loss
production company: Sirius Films Manual | director: Martin Pavol Repka
support: EUR 18 000

The Theory of Strangeness
production company: FILM KOLEKTIV | director: Tereza Kopáčová
support: EUR 18 000

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DEVELOPMENT OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS

The highest support in this call was granted to To Sun and Horizon. This formally ambitious film combining documentary and animation reflects private and public history of Czechoslovakia in 1930s and it is based on the travel diary of the director's grandfather.

To Sun and Horizon
production company: Punk Film | director: Jana Počtová
support: EUR 35 000

Model M
production company: Negativ | director: Erika Hníková
support: EUR 19 000

The Double Life o Zmijovka
production company: D1film | director: Violette Deffontaines
support: EUR 19 000

Through the Eyes of a 100-year-old Child
production company: CINEPOINT | director: Bára Jíchová Tyson
support: EUR 19 000

Citizen's Assembly
production company: Duracfilm | director: Andrea Culková
support: EUR 18 000

Monaco
production company: Cineart TV Prague | director: Dušan Trančík
support: EUR 17 000

Being a Poet
production company: K2 | director: Pavel Štingl
support: EUR 15 000

If Only It Wasn't So Dark Around Here
production company: CINEPOINT | director: Petr Záruba
support: EUR 15 000

Nikola Mucha
production company: Analog Vision | director: Markéta Sehnalová
support: EUR 15 000

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