Czech Elsa nominations announced
PRAGUE: The nominations Czech Elsa awards for best TV shows were announced 18 October 2010.
NonStop Picks up Czech Little Knights' Tale
PRAGUE: Sweden's world sales company NonStop (www.nonstopsales.net) has picked up the Czech family film Little Knights' Tale from hit teen film director Karel Janak and production company Three Brothers (www.historicalmovie.com).
Czech filmmakers pull films from festival
A group of Czech documentary filmmakers have withdrawn their films from Ekofilm festival, taking place in south Bohemia.
Borgia begins filming in Czech Republic
Beta Films announced the start of shooting of the 12-part mini-series Borgia in Prague on 4 October 2010. With a budget of 25 million Euros, the production will be the…
Czechs submit Kawasaki's Rose for Oscar bid
The Czech Film and Television Academy (www.cfta.cz) has chosen Kawasaki's Rose directed by Jan Hřebejk as its entry for the Oscar best foreign language film category. The film beat out…
PRODUCTION: Lidice wraps shooting
Shooting of one of the most anticipated Czech movie of 2011, the big budget historical 1940´s war movie Lidice by director Petr Nikolaev and producer Adam Dvořák of production and…
Mission Impossible 4 begins filming October 4 in Prague
PRAGUE: The Tom Cruise Hollywood action coproduction Mission Impossible 4 by director J.J. Abrams and production studio Paramount (www.paramount.com ) begins shooting in Prague on 4 October, Ludmila Claussová of…
PRODUCTION: Fimfarum 3 goes into post-production
The latest installment of the popular Czech animated film series, Fimfarum 3, has completed production work on all three of its sequences and is headed into a demanding post-production phase…
PRODUCTION: Hrebejk's Innocence films in Prague
Czech director Jan Hrebejk currently shootinging Innocence, a crime psychdrama written by his longtime collaborator Petr Jarchovsky. Filming, taking place in Prague, will continue through October 10, with a January…
Czech incentives program backs more productions
PRAGUE: At least 12 productions have been approved in the recently launched Czech Film Industry Support program, receiving nearly CZK 200 million (€8.1 million) in grants.
Czech leaders pledge to carry on incentives for 2011
PRAGUE: Culture Minister Jiri Besser has announced that he will seek 300 million Kc from next year's budget to continue the film production incentives launched in June. The Czech sweeteners,…
A fresh take on doc pitching arrives at Jihlava fest’s East European Forum
PRAGUE: The 10th edition of the East European Forum at the 14th Jihlava IDFF (www.dokument-festival.cz ) brings a significant change to the pitching sessions held each year for the international…
FNE: Czech Film Incentives: How They Work
On 21 June of this year, the Czech Republic introduced an incentives plan for filmmakers shooting in the Czech Republic. The Film Industry Support Programme offers rebates of up to…
Applicants line up for Czech Film Industry Support Program
Increasing numbers of local and international film productions are applying for the newly launched 20 percent cash rebates offered by the Czech Republic, submitting to the required cultural test. The…
The Two Borgias
The Czech tax incentives system has attracted a big-budget french-german coproduction to Prague's Barrandov studios. The Borgias, a 12 episode Tv series based on the 15th century italian aristocratic family,…
Balej´s Little Fishergirl postpones release to 2013
The Czech animated movie Little Fishergirl by Jan Balej will be released in Czech cinemas in late 2013. Previously, a 2012 release was planned. In 2014, Little Fishergirl should enter…
Kajinek sets Czech opening weekend record
Kajínek, the action thriller based on a true story, set a new box office record for a Czech film with 119,602 admissions, and box office of 15,538,624 CzK on its…
Mission Impossible 4 headed to Prague
Mission Impossible 4 by director Brad Bird will film to Prague. Hollywood studio Paramount (www.paramount.com) is planning a 150 million dollars budget for the action adventure movie with Tom Cruise…
Nova TV seeks new director
Nova TV director Petr Dvořák was promoted to vice president of CME, leaving the Czech station without a director.
Czech cinemas post record year
Czech cinemas reached record sales and attendance in 2009 with box office of 1.25 billion crowns (50.4 mil. euros) and attendance of 12.4 million viewers, according to the Czech Audiovisual…