PRAGUE: Karel Schwarzenberg, the Czech Foreign Minister, is leading a delegation to Hollywood to promote the Czech film industry. He departs for the US on 27 May 2011 and will be in Los Angeles on 1 June.
Accompanying him will be Helena Uldrychová from the Association of Czech Producers APA and Ludmila Claussová from the Czech Film Commission.
The Czech Republic has been struggling to regain its position as the leading center of film production in CEE, finally introducing tax incentives last year, after years of watching films opt to shoot in neighboring countries that offered tax breaks. The visit by the Foreign Minister represents a major change in attitude by the Czech government.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.