Norwegian Christmas Comedy Shooting in the Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The Christmas King – In Full Armour/Julekongen – Full Rustning, a comedy by Thale Petersen, is currently shooting in the Czech Republic with the premiere expected for November 2015.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Applications Open for Camp 4SCIENCE
Camp 4SCIENCE is the first international training and co-financing event focused on the development and funding of science documentary films in Central and Eastern Europe. For its 3rd edition, applications…
Czech WebTV Series Pushes Boundaries of Traditional Media
PRAGUE: Blanik Office, a series made for the internet and streamed online has become such a success in the Czech Republic that a third season is expected soon.
Czech FITES Trilobit Beroun 2014 Award to Expert Supervision of the Sunrise
PRAGUE: The Czech Film and Television Association FITES with the support of the town of Beroun awarded its top prize for best Czech feature film of 2014 to director Pavel…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Projects Selected for Project Market 2015
At the upcoming East Doc Platform, the following 18 projects in various stages of production will be presented by their producers to East European professionals and important decision makers from…
Czech Republic to Allot 17.6m EUR in its Tax Incentives Scheme in 2015
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund has issued a call for submissions for its incentives scheme with a deadline on 30 January. The approximate budget is 17.6 m EUR /500…
Fair Play Tops Nominations for Czech Lions
PRAGUE: Andrea Sedláčkova’s Fair Play received 15 nominations for the 22nd Czech Lions awards. The ceremony will take place in Prague on 21 February.
PRODUCTION: Filip Renč Preps The Devil’s Mistress aka Lída Baarová
PRAGUE: After 14 years in preparation, Filip Renč’s highly anticipated Lída Baarová about the famous Czech actress and her relationship with Joseph Goebbels, will start shooting in March 2015. Slovak…
Petr Jákl's English Language Ghoul to Hit Czech Cinemas on 26 February
PRAGUE: Petr Jákl's horror movie Ghoul will have its world premiere in 2D and 3D in the Czech Republic on 26 February 2015. It is a highly anticipated event as…
The Way Out Tops Nominations for Czech Critics’ Awards
PRAGUE: Fourteen films are competing in eight categories at the 5th edition of the CzechCritics´ Awards organized by the Czech Critics Association.
FNE Country Profile: Czech Republic
The State Cinematography Fund, Czech Republic has been the main tool for public support of cinematography in the Czech Republic since 1992. In 2013 it adopted a new Cinematography Act…
FESTIVALS: Hong Kong Targets Czech Filmmakers at 10th Filmasia
PRAGUE: Making her first trip to Prague, Betty S. P. Ho, director of the Berlin based CEE headquarters for the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, used the 10th anniversary…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: DRIFTER won IDFA First Appearance Competition!
Drifter has been developed by DOK.Incubator workshop and presented at East Doc Platform 2012.
PRODUCTION: Tallinn and Thessaloniki Winner Kids from the East
TALLINN: Czech producer Michal Kracmer might need to stop pitching his new project Kids from the East for the time being. He has already won two accreditations to the Cannes…
GRANTS: The Czech State Cinematography Fund Announces Final Grants for 2014
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund announced that it will support three films from the 31 features requesting support and the 14 projects which were declared eligible.
Taskovski Films Picks up Sugar Blues
PRAGUE: London film sales company Taskovski Films has picked up the Czech documentary Sugar Blues directed by Andrea Culkova.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Three DOK.Incubator films nominated at IDFA 2014
The nominations for the best films in IDFA’s competition programs have just been announced.
Dates Set for Czech Lions
PRAGUE: The nominations for the 22nd annual Czech Lion awards will be announced on 14 January 2015.
France Fetes Czech Success Story
PRAGUE: Slovak/Czech/Hungarian distributor Ivan Hronec of Film Europe and Unifrance’s CEE guru Joel Chapron kicked off the 17th edition of the expanded Festival of French Films in Prague with a…