PRODUCTION: Poets 6 wraps shooting
PRAGUE: An extremely popular Czech romantic comedy series Poets / Básníci with Pavel Kříž and David Matásek in the lead roles will, after 12 years, get a continuation. The series…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino 35, Prague
This month we speak with Christelle Havranek, the programmer of Kino 35, the cinema of the French Institute in Prague. Kino 35 is screening mostly European movies including French language…
HBO Europe Starts Production on Wasteland
PRAGUE: Principal photography has started on Pustina / Wasteland, an eight-part original drama series written for HBO Europe by Stepan Hulik, writer of the acclaimed HBO miniseries Burning Bush directed…
FNE DocBloc: People from Nowhere
JIHLAVA: Latvian producer Antra Gaile is in early production with People from Nowhere, a Cold War era documentary directed by Estonian director Jaak Kilmi.
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival: Fair Play
PRAGUE: Andrea Sedláčková’s third feature film Fair Play screens in the main competition of the Cottbus Film Festival which runs through 8 November 2015.
PRODUCTION: Hocevar Preps Balkan Doc Avenge
JIHLAVA: Slovenian producer Danijel Hocevar of Vertigo and debuting documentary feature director Marija Zidar pitched their doc project Avenge during the Balkan Documentary Center panel during the 19th Jihlava IDFF.
Home Care acquired by M-Appeal
PRAGUE: M-appeal, a Berlin based international sales company, have acquired the Czech/Slovak coproduction Home Care.
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2015: Family Film
PRAGUE: Prague-trained and based Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu, winner of the 2012 Czech Critics “Discovery of the Year” award, screens his second feature Family Film in the main competition of…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Under the Sun Wins CEE Competition, No Prize in Czech Competition
JIHLAVA: Vitaly Mansky’s documentary about life in South Korea seen through the life of a Korean family and their young daughter, Under the Sun, won the best film in the…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Czech Doc Funding Stirs Controversy
JIHLAVA: The decision by the jury of the Czech national documentary competition Czech Joy at the 19th Jihlava IDFF which concluded on 1 November 2015 echoed hints of a problem…
FNE DocBloc: Julian Assange Fills the Great Hall at Jihlava IDFF
JIHLAVA: Taking risks is not the traditional path for most film festivals. Sponsors and audiences often prove averse to such a move. But in the case of the fifth annual…
Czech Sirena Film Coproduction Sells Worldwide Rights
PRAGUE: Bones of the Wise Men, a coproduction from Prague-based Sirena Film with Germany’s Films in Motion, has been acquired by Spain’s Moonrise Pictures for exclusive worldwide rights prior to…
FNE at JIHLAVA IDFF: Industry Section Spurs Growth
JIHLAVA: The first full working day of the 19th Jihlava IDFF which runs through 1 November 2105, started at a running speed, with nine specialised industry programme sections kicking off…
Gangster Ka and Wilsonov Hold on at Czech Box Office
PRAGUE: Gangster Ka and Wilsonov held on to the number nine and number ten slots at the Czech box office.
Czech Television Docs Head to Cinemas
PRAGUE: Former Czechoslovak intelligence agent, foodblogger, refugees at the Macedonian border, revival bands, Generation Y, and children from educational institutions. These are just some of the protagonists of the forthcoming…
FNE DocBloc: Emerging Producers at Jihlava
The Jihlava IDFF will once again bring together emerging documentary film producers from across CEE. FNE profiles six of these young filmmakers.
FNE IDF DocBloc: East Doc Opens Application for 2016
The East Doc platform is accepting submissions for its March 2016 event through 1 December 2015.
Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2015: Antra Gaile, Latvia, Danuta Krasnohorska, Poland and Max Tuula, Estonia
JIHLAVA: FNE has teamed up with the 19th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (27 October - 1 November 2015) to introduce you to some of the exciting new talent that…
Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2015: Tamara Babun, Croatia, Irina Malcea, Romania and Tomas Michalek, Czech Republic
JIHLAVA: FNE has teamed up with the 19th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (27 October - 1 November 2015) to introduce you to some of the exciting new talent that…
FESTIVALS: Jihlava Announces Competition Films
JIHLAVA: The 19th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival will screen 233 films during the festival which runs 27 October – 1 November 2015.