CME Sells Czech Series to U.S.

PRAGUE: MediaPro Distribution, the sales agent for Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com ) announced a deal to develop the Czech crime series Organized Crime Unit in the U.S. The…
17-04-2011

CME to Acquire Bontonfilm

Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com) announced on 28 March 2011 that its wholly-owned subsidiary CME Media Pro B.V.has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the shares…
28-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Vendetta in Production

PRAGUE: Czech producer Vratislav Šlajer of Bionaut Films company (www.bionaut.cz) and director/screenwriter Miroslav Ondruš are in production with a criminal thriller, Vendeta. The 20 day shoot began 10 March 2011…
21-03-2011

PRODUCTION: Yuma in Production

The Polish/Czech coproduction Yuma, a drama set in the early 1990's directed by Piotr Mularuk, is scheduled to go into postproduction in May 2011. The Polish premiere is scheduled for…
20-03-2011

Innocence sold to France and Benelux

PRAGUE: Innocense, by Czech director Jan Hřebejk, has been sold to France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, producer Rudolf Biermann of Infilm announced. Biermann signed a distribution and franchise contract with…
20-03-2011

Czech State Fund Continues Support Digitalisation of Cinemas

PRAGUE: The Czech State Fund has called for submission to the forth wave of financial support of digitalisation of Czech cinemas with 50 milion CZK (1.2 milion euro) available. The…
17-03-2011

Czech TV Raided by Military Police

PRAGUE: Czech head of military police and two commanders have been suspended after a raid on the news desk of Czech public broadcaster Czech TV (www.ceskatelevize.cz) which was captured live…
13-03-2011

Walking Too Fast Gets Second Distribution Chance

Following its triumph at the Czech Lions on 5 March 2011, Walking Too Fast is returning to Czech cinemas. The political psychological thriller produced by rising Czech company Bionaut (www.bionaut.cz)…
07-03-2011

Radim Spacek’s Walking Too Fast Scoops Top Prizes at Czech Lions

PRAGUE: Radim Špaček's thriller about a Communist secret police agent was the clear winner at this year's Czech Lions (www.ceskylev.cz) sweeping the five top prizes including Best Film, Best Director,…
06-03-2011

Vavra Celebrates Centennial Birthday

Czech director Otakar Vavra marked his 100th birthday on 28 Febrruary 2011. Vavra began working on films as a young university student in 1930, and went on to help establish…
28-02-2011

Czech Multiplexes Have Record Year

PRAGUE: Box office for Czech multiplexes rose by over CZK 200 million in 2010, nearly 20%, to a total of CZK 1.3 billion. Attendance at multiplexes rose by almost 9%,…
27-02-2011

Arnost Lustig Dead at 84

Arnost Lustig died of cancer on 26 February 2011 at age 84. Lustig, winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Lifetime Achievement Award, wrote screenplays for several Czech…
27-02-2011

Czech Rebate Attracts Zentropa and ABC

The Czech Film Commission announced 25 projects are expected to receive over CZK180 million from the Czech production rebate. Two of the new projects began prepping in 2010: A Royal…
22-02-2011

PRODUCTION: Therapy Goes to Postproduction

Therapy, a 45-part Czech TV series produced by Czech HBO television (www.hbo.cz) and Stilking Films production company (www.stillking.com) finished its 95 day shoot on Saturday, 19 Febuary 2011 and goes…
22-02-2011

Men in Hope Set for August Release

PRAGUE: Czech screenwriter/director Jiří Vejdělek is in production of his new comedy Men in Hope, the follow-up to his hit film Women in Temptation. The film will premiere in Czech…
21-02-2011

Walking Too Fast Leads Czech Lion Nominations

The psychological thriller Pouta (Walking Too Fast) by director Radim Špaček, screenwriter Ondřej Štindl and producer Vratislav Šlajer and his company Bionaut films (www.bionaut.cz) leads the list of nominations for…
20-02-2011

FNE IDF DocBloc: Documentary Screenings In Moscow and Nizhny Novogrod

The Institute of Documentary Film and the Jihlava IDFF in cooperation with the Czech Centre Moscow organize screenings of selected documentary films in Moscow (Feb 22 - 25) and Nizhny…
18-02-2011

Prima Love TV Launches in Czech Republic

Stockholm based Modern Times Group (www.mtg.se) announced it will launch Prima LOVE in Prague on 8 March 2011. The channel i MTG's third free-TV channel in the Czech Republic, joining…
17-02-2011

FNE - IDF DocBloc: Czech Documentary film in 2010

The Institute of Documentary Film has published a press release that looks back at Czech documentary film in 2010. It includes an overview of viewer numbers for Czech Television, cinema…
14-02-2011

Czech Documentaries Triple Audiences in 2010

PRAGUE: Czech documentaries saw increased attendance in 2010, according to a report from the Institute of Documentary Film (www.dokweb.net ). Attendance was over 160,000, nearly three times the 2009 results.…
10-02-2011