FNE TV: Ivo Andrle, head of Kino Aero and Aerofilms Distribution
FNE asked Czech exhibitor and distributor Ivo Andrle how being both an exhibitor and a distributor can help bring more European films to the Czech audience and what are his…
FNE/IDF DocBloc: Wolf
Producer Radim Prochazka looks at the efforts of a man to clear the name of his father, a rabbi at the Terezin concentration camp who decided which inmates would be…
Czech Sirena Film shooting Heavy Water War with Anna Friel
PRAGUE: Sirena Film is in production with the Norwegian TV series Heavy Water War, a WWII story starring Anna Friel.
IDF DocBloc: Sugar-Blog
Andrea Culkova takes a personal look at the addiction to sugar.
Czech Film Fund chief Helena Frankova is candidate for Czech Minister of Culture post
PRAGUE: The director of the Czech State Fund for Cinema Helena Fraňková is one of the front-running candidates for the post of Minister of Culture according to reports in the…
FNE/IDF DocBloc: Olga 80 in Production
Miroslav Janek is in production with a documentary by the first wife of the late Czech President Vaclav Havel, Olga 80.
Czech Start-up Addresses Film Piracy
PRAGUE: Czech filmmakers hope the new project 31s will open up a new source of income from voluntary online payments for digital copies of their films.
Croatia, Romania Receive EFA Nominations
PRAGUE: The Priest’s Children (Interfilm), a Croatian/Serbian coproduction directed by Vinko Brešan, has been nominated for European Comedy 2013 in the annual European Film Awards.
FNE IDF DocBloc: My Last 150 Cigarettes
Ivo Bystřičan has completed work on his documentary My Last 150 Cigarettes.
Czech Ministry of Culture Honours Opela, Vlacil
PRAGUE: The movers and shakers of the Czech film industry turned out for the Czech Ministry of Culture’s fourth annual award for contribution to cinema.
Tremora Slate Includes Buozyte Follow up to Vanishing Waves
JIHLAVA: Tremora producer Ieva Norvilene spoke with FNE about her upcoming slate of films, including a documentary participating at the Ex-Oriente workshop held during the Jihlava IDFF.
FNE IDF DocBloc: East Silver Market
Winners were announced for the East Silver Market which took place at the 17th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
CME CEO Says Poor Q3 Results are Unacceptable
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) continued its revenue slide in the third quarter of 2013, but an overhaul of top management in the past two months has seen a…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Czech TV Partners with ARTE
JIHLAVA: Czech TV general director Petr Dvorak and ARTE Commissioning Editor Madeleine Avramoussis were at the Jihlava documentary festival to announce the launch of an association agreement between the two…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Industry Connections Blossom at Jihlava
JIHLAVA: Moving into the second year of its new industry profile, the 17th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival consolidated its standing as the magnet for regional documentary filmmakers under the…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Current Events Capture Jihlava Audiences
JIHLAVA: The Uprising, a Belgian/UK production consisting of amateur footage shot during the Arab Spring, won the Opus Bonum Best Film prize of the 17th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival…
Zelezny Tapped by TV Barrandov
PRAGUE: Vladimir Zelezny, the former head of TV Nova and one of the founders of Slovak commercial Joj TV, will be named CEO of TV Barrandov, Czech media sources report.
Taskovski Adds Bulgarian, Hungarian Docs
JIHLAVA: Taskovski Films has picked up the Bulgarian/Finnish documentary Soul Food Stories and the Romanian/Hungarian documentary Stream of Love, managing director Irena Taskovski told FNE.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Gottland
Gottland is an omnibus film based on a Polish bestseller and directed by six FAMU film school students.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Pavla Kubeckova
FNE interviews documentary producer Pavla Kubeckova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.