CEE Animation Workshop 2023 Announces Selected Participants
PRAGUE: Twelve projects in development with 32 participants have been selected for the 5th edition of the CEE Animation Workshop, whose first module will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia 27…
BOX OFFICE: Czech Film Island Tops Domestic Charts
PRAGUE: The adventure rom-com Island / Ostrov from Czech director Rudolf Havlík topped the domestic charts for the two weeks and is currently second with 181,338 admissions and 1,348,750 EUR…
Czech Viktor Prášil Gets BAFTA Award for All Quiet on the Western Front
PRAGUE: Czech Viktor Prášil received the award for best sound, together with Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte, for All Quiet on the Western Front at the…
FNE at Berlinale 2023: Czech Cinema in Berlin
Strong Czech presence at Berlinale 2023: The official selection of 73rd Berlin International Film Festival (February 16–26, 2023) includes four Czech and co-production films, one project in development will be…
Arved Voted Best Film of 2022 at Czech Film Critics Awards
PRAGUE: Arved / Arvéd by Vojtěch Mašek was awarded for best film, best script (Vojtěch Mašek, Jan Poláček) and best actor (Michal Kern) at the 13th edition of the Czech…
Open Call for Ukrainian Projects at Visegrad Pitch
PRAGUE: Ukrainian documentary filmmakers can apply with documentary works-in-progress at any stage of production to the B2B Doc-arranged workshop and to pitch them to professionals from the Visegrad countries at…
FNE at Berlinale 2023: Ji.hlava IDFF in Berlin
Dear friends, the Ji.hlava IDFF Team will be at Berlinale and we will be delighted to meet you there. Feel free to contact Ji.hlava’s festival director Marek Hovorka and head…
Dok.incubator Calls for Czech and Slovak Documentaries
PRAGUE: Czech and Slovak filmmakers are invited to apply to the intensive rough cut workshop dok.incubator till 13 February 2023.
Evoke Launches First Czech Virtual Production Studio
PRAGUE: The Czech company Evoke opened the first virtual production studio in the country in January 2023. The 440 m2 studio including 120 m2 LED projection is located in the…
FESTIVALS: One World 2023 Launches VR Competition
PRAGUE: The International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World will launch a competition for virtual reality projects at its 25th edition, set to take place in Prague 22 –…
BOX OFFICE: Admissions and Gross BO Increase in Czech Republic after Two Years of Pandemic
PRAGUE: In 2022, Czech cinemas were open for a full 12-month period for the first time in three years. They gathered 13.5 m admissions, which is more than in the…
Filipino Rom-com Spring in Prague Ready to Shoot in Czech Capital
PRAGUE: The romantic comedy Spring in Prague, directed by Lester Dimaranan and starring Czech-Macedonian actress Sara Sandeva and Filipino actor Paolo Gumabao, will start shooting in the Czech capital on…
Avatar: The Way of Water Breaks Record in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: Avatar: The Way of Water has reached 1 m admissions in the Czech Republic in only one month, the fastest of any film in the 30-year history of the…
Interview with the Vampire S2 to Be Shot in Prague
PRAGUE: The eight-episode second season of the AMC series Interview with the Vampire will start shooting in Prague in April 2023.
Art House Cinema Kino Atlas in Prague Closes
PRAGUE: Popular Prague art house cinema Kino Atlas closed as it couldn’t agree with the owners of the building for an extension of the lease contract.
Apply to East Silver Market 2023
PRAGUE: Creative documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe which are completed or in rough cut stage can apply to East Silver Market till 31 January 2023.
Arved Leads Czech Lion 2022 Nominations
PRAGUE: Vojtěch Mašek’s psychological drama Arved leads the Czech Lions 2022 nominations with 12 nods, followed by Petr Václav’s Il Boemo with 11, and Adam Sedlák’s drug dramedy BANGER. with…
Nosferatu Announces Dates for Prague Shooting
PRAGUE: The awaited production of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu will start in Prague on 23 February 2023, serviced by Stillking Films. The main cast consists of Bill Skarsgard, Lily-Rose Depp and…
Applications Open for dok.incubator 2023
PRAGUE: Long documentaries in rough cut stage are invited to apply to the dok.incubator workshop 2023. The applications’ deadline for the eight-month programme focused on editing, marketing and distribution is…
PRODUCTION: Czech Director Vojtěch Strakatý in Postproduction with Debut Feature
PRAGUE: Vojtěch Strakatý is currently in postproduction with his debut feature Eternal Peace / Věčný klid, which is produced by Marek Novák through Xova Film and supported by the Czech…
