Czech Government reconsiders license fees

The leading Czech political party, ODS, has proposed abolishing the license fee system that funds Czech TV.
02-09-2009

Sladecek joins TV Barrandov

Petr Sladecek has been appointed program director of TV Barrandov.
01-09-2009

Village Roadshow react to drop in profits

Village Roadshow, after a 95% drop in profits, is said to be considering sale of its Czech investments.
31-08-2009

Czech films dominate local box office

Czech films took three of the top four spots at the national box office in the first half of 2009.
24-08-2009

Production: Russian Faust starts shooting in Prague

The Russian-German-Austrian-Czech coproduction Faust started shooting on August 17 at Točník castle in central Bohemia and in Prague's Barrandov ateliers, Barrandov Studios (www.barrandov.cz) announced.
17-08-2009

MTV to launch in Czech Republic

Nova TV will launch MTV in the Czech Republic and Slovakia on November 29, in partnership with MTV Networks Intermational.
06-08-2009

Production: Svěrák shooting Kuky Returns

Czech director Jan Svěrák, who received Oscar for Kolya in 1996, has started filming his new movie Kuky Returns (Kuky se vrací).
28-07-2009

Production: Jakl shoots Kajinek

Director and producer Petr Jákl has started shooting his "opus magnum," the big budget crime-thriller Kajínek, based on a true story of one of the most notorious Czech prisoner Jiří…
22-07-2009

Grapes 2 finishes shooting

The sequel to a Czech comedy hit, Grapes 2 (Bobule 2) by director Vlad Lanné and screenwriter Tomáš Holeček finished shooting on Sunday, July 19, distribution and production company Bioscop…
21-07-2009

Production: Protector opening set for September 22

Protector, director Marek Najbrt's big-budget war psychothriller, will have its official world release on September 22 in Prague.
15-07-2009

KVIFF Winners 2009

The festival juries have awarded the best films of the 44th Karlovy Vary IFF 2009 during the Official Closing on July 11.
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Production: Hrebejk begins Kawasaki shoot

Director Jan Hrebejk announced he has started shooting his newest film, Kawasaki´s Roses (or Roses for Kawasaki).
01-07-2009

Havel to make directing debut

Playwright and former Czech President Vaclav Havel plans to direct his first film, based on his recent play Leaving.
25-06-2009

Production: Two films based on novels from Michal Viewegh

Michal Viewegh, a best-selling Czech novelist and screenwriter is working on two film screenplays based on his books.
24-06-2009

Production: Herz shoots a story from Sudetenland

Czechoslovak director Juraj Herz is in production with a big-budget historical drama, Habermann´s Mill (www.habermannuvmlyn.cz), based on a true story from the Sudetenland during the era of Nazi occupation.
15-06-2009