Fimfárum 3 postpones release
One of the most anticipated Czech animated movies, Fimfarum 3, has postponed its release to February 10, 2011, producer Martin Vandas of production Maurfilm company (www.maurfilm.com) announced last week. Previously,…
French historical drama begins filming at Barrandov
After years of decline, the Czech Republic is attracting foreign filmmakers again with its new film tax incentive, approved in June by the European Union. From July through September, the…
PRODUCTION: Antonio Riestra signs on to Lidice
Mexican cinematographer Antonio Riestra, Oscar nominiee for best cinematography for Amores Perros (2000), will shoot Lidice, a big-budget Czech war movie directed by Petr Nikolaev and starring Karel Roden.
FNE at KVIFF 2010: New Czech US Production Company Launches
KARLOVY VARY: The new Czech tax rebate law has spawned the first of what will undoubtedly be many new production and location services outfits.California based director/producer Sean Ramsay speaking to…
Disney acquires Tapulous
The Walt Disney company purchased Tapulous, a game and application developer for iPhone. Tapulous has a development studio in the Czech Republic.
FNE at KVIFF 2010 East of the West: The Dreamers
The Dreamers (Zoufalci) was a surprise critical success in autumn 2009 in the Czech Republic. A story about six former class-mates in their early 30's who are drifting and decide…
FNE at KVIFF 2010 East of the West: The Albanian
Johannes Naber, one of the scriptwriters of Philipp Stölzl's North Face (2008) and director of several documentaries and TV shorts, makes his feature directing debut with The Albanian, the story…
FNE at KVIFF 2010 East of the West: The Woman with a Broken Nose
Recognized as talented Serbian scriptwriter (The Trap, 2007, Love and Other Crimes, 2008) and original film director (The Red Colored Grey Truck, 2004) the Sarajevo born Srđan Koljevićgave his second…
FNE at KVIFF 2010 East of the West: Dolls
With his first feature, Dolls/Kuklalar, Chingiz F. Rasulzadeh returns to a period 20 years earlier in his home country of Azerbaijan, before the fall of the Soviet Union. He follows…
PRODUCTION: : F.A. Brabec begins shooting Under the Duvet
Czech director and cinematographer F.A. Brabec, (Kytice, 2000, Bolero, 2004, May 2008) has begun shooting his latest film Under the Duvet (V peřinách ), which he calls "the first 3D…
FNE at KVIFF 2010 East of the West: Aurora
Aurora, Cristi's Puiu tale of murders, is the second in his project Six Stories From the Outskirts of Bucharest, which began with the acclaimed The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu in…
FNE at KVIFF East of the West: 9:06
Slovenian director Igor Šterk's forth film 9:06 (www.film-906.com) had its world premiere in competition in Montreal World Film Festival 2009 (www.ffm-montreal.org) and in October 2009, won nine awards on 12th…
Czech actor Vladimir Dlouhy dies
Czech film and theatre actor Vladimir Dlouhy died after a short illness at age 52. Dlouhy's final film was Kajinek, now in post-production.
PRODUCTION: Havel starts filming his Leaving on July2
Former Czech president and playwright Vaclav Havel announced he will begin shooting his film directing debut Leaving on July 2 instead of June, as previously announced. Havel rejected media speculation…
EU approves Czech film tax incentives
The European Union approved a Czech film tax incentive, announced by the Czech government on Firday, June 18. The proposal, which was approved in October 2009 by the Czech government,…
Illness forces Nellis to abandon Lidice
Czech director Alice Nellis has stepped down from Lidice, Czech-Slovak-Polish coproduction based on a WWII screenplay by Czech historian Zdeněk Mahler. Just days from the beginning of filming, Nellis announced…
FNE at Zlin: Magic Tree wins Zlin festival
Central European films made a strong showing at the 50th anniversary edition of the Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth (www.zlinfest.cz), with Poland's Magic Tree by Andrzej Maleszk,…
FNE at Zlin’s 50th Anniversary: Central Europe's animation revival
Is Central Europe poised to regain its position as a leading force in the field of animation? Judging from the recent upsurge in production, and a new emphasis on feature…
FNE at Zlin’s 50th Anniversary: ECFA convenes first CEE meeting
The European Children's Film Association (ECFA, www.ecfaweb.org) held its first board meeting in Central Europe on June 2 at the Zlin International Festival of film for children and youth (May…
FNE at Zlin 50th Anniversary: Zlin's long road to the top
The Zlin International Festival of film for Children and Youth (www.zlin-fest.cz) proudly bills itself as the oldest children's film festival in the world -- as well as the largest. But…