FNE at Anifest 2013: Festival Survives Obstacles
TEPLICE: The main jury of the 12th edition of Anifest which closed on 1 May 2013 chose not to award a prize in the Best Animated Feature Film category. Jury…
Explosion in Prague Closes FAMU
PRAGUE: An apparent natural gas explosion in central Prague on 29 April 2013 near FAMU film school, resulting in a reported 40 injuries, has closed down the school for the…
CME Revenues Decline in Q1 2013
PRAGUE: Advertiser’s refusal of increased advertising rates in the Czech Republic drove another quarter of continued losses for Central European Media Enterprises (CME). The Czech Republic accounted for 20 m…
FNE at Finale Plzen: My Dog Killer Takes Best in Show
PLZEN: Festival director Ivan Jachim was unfortunately sidelined due to illness for the duration of the 26th Finale Plzen festival of Czech films which concluded on 27 April 2013.
FNE at Finale Plzen 2013: Czech German Student Comedy Wins Plzen Pitching Award
PLZEN: Soon-to-be FAMU graduate Tomas Vach charmed the audience of industry professionals at the Czech Film Center presentation of upcoming films at the Finale Plzen with his pitch of a…
FNE at Anifilm 2013: Ten Films Screening in Two Competitions
TREBON: Two American films, two Spanish films and one Czech films are among the ten film selected to compete in the adult animation and the children’s animation sections at the…
PRODUCTION: Negativ Finishes Filming on Fair Play
PLZEN: Fair Play, a Communist era sports drama written and directed by Andrea Sedlackova, completes filming on Monday, 30 April 2013, and moves into postproduction on Tuesday.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Czechs Push Provincial Film Production
PLZEN: Regional filmmaking in the Czech Republic is bursting with new-found interest from local city and district offices gearing up to establish local film commissions and even provide funding grants.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Czech TV Builds Outside Partnerships
PLZEN: Jan Maxa, Head of Programme Development at Czech Television (CTV), told audiences at the Industry Section of the Finale film festival in Plzen that CTV established co-development, pre-sales and…
PRODUCTION: Czech-Mex-Slovak Little Baby Jesus Goes into Postproduction
PLZEN: Producer Ales Hudsky, attending the Finale Plzen film festival for the presentation of upcoming Czech films on 26 April 2013, told FNE that his international coproduction has moved into…
Holland to Head up KVIFF Jury
PLZEN: Plzen’s loss will be Karlovy Vary’s gain. Karlovy Vary IFF announced that Polish director Agnieszka Holland will preside over the jury of the main competition. KVIFF will also screen…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Jihlava Emerging Producers Applications Opens
The Jihlava IDFF is accepting applications for the second annual Emerging Producers workshop. Click HERE to ready full story.
FNE at Finale Plzen 2013: The Confidant
PLZEN: Slovak director Juraj Nvota’s (Muzika) Slovak-Czech-Polish coproduction The Confidant is one of ten films competing for the Golden Kingfisher prize at the 26th Finale Plzen festival of Czech films,…
FNE at Finale Plzen 2013: DonT Stop
PRAGUE: DonT Stop, a Czech-Slovak coproduction directed by Richard Řeřicha and produced by Evolution Films, will screen in the main competition of the 26th Finale Plzen festival of Czech films,…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente 2013 Applications Open
The 2013 Ex Oriente Workshop is accepting applications from documentary film directors and producers through 1 June 2013. Read the full story on DOKweb.
Czech Incentives Move Forward
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund announced the list of projects which passed the “cultural test” for European cultural and production criteria, the first step in the process of applying…
FNE Exclusive: Interview with new exec director of Czech Producers Association
PRAGUE: FNE spoke with Karel Zýka, the new Executive Director of the Audiovisual Producers' Association of the Czech Republic, about his plans for the association and the future of filmmaking…
Broken Wins at Febiofest
PRAGUE: The British debut drama Broken directed by Rufus Norris won the Grand Prix of the 20th Febiofest, which concluded on 22 March 2013.
PRODUCTION: Clownwise in Postproduction
PRAGUE: Director Viktor Tauš has begun editing Klauni (Clownwise) based on a script by Peter Jarchovský and starring an international cast.
FNE IDF DocBloc: East Silver Caravan Films Free to Stream
In the week from March 11 to 17, VOD portal DAFilms presents a selection of films from the new collection of recently finished documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe which…
