Sverak Film Closes in on Opening Weekend Record
PRAGUE: The new fairy tale Three Brothers by Jan and Zdeněk Svěrák had attendance of 122,000 in its opening weekend, second only to the Czech record set by the 2013…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Documentary Panel
The 2014 panel of upcoming Czech documentaries is set for 29 September 2014.
Czech law office KMVS supports filmmakers from development to distribution
PRAGUE: Today’s rapidly changing audiovisual environment presents filmmakers with new challenges in all areas of production and distribution including in the legal sector.
Petr Zelenka Starts Shooting Lost in Munich
PRAGUE: Petr Zelenka kicked off the shooting of his long-prepared absurd comedy Lost in Munich.
FESTIVALS: Czech Summer Film School Honours Greenaway
UHERSKE HRADISTE: British director Peter Greenaway has received the prize of the Association of Czech Film Clubs (AČFK) at the 40th edition of the Summer Film School (LFS) running through…
IDF DocBloc: Czechs Back Zeman Doc
Groundbreaking Czech animation filmmaker Karel Zeman is the subject of an upcoming Czech documentary.
Pixar’s Anthony Wong teams up with Anomalia CG animators and artists for animated short Wildlife Crossing
PRAGUE: Work on CG animated short film Wildlife Crossing! has been completed.
PRODUCTION: Genre Coproduction Binderiana Seeking Director
KARLOVY VARY: Producers and a scriptwriter of a proposed Czech-Polish coproduction entitled Binderiana presented the project at Karlovy Vary’s recent Pitch and Feedback forum, telling the panel that they’re still…
Ida Opens Day and Date in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The acclaimed international hit Ida opened in cinemas in the Czech Republic on 17 July 2014 simultaneously with its VoD release.
PRODUCTION: Jirasky in Preproduction with Hanna and Marie
KARLOVY VARY: Czech postproduction house i/o post is producing Zdenek Jirasky’s third film Hanna and Marie following In Silence which screened at the 49th KVIFF and his awarded debut film…
PRODUCTION: My Farm is My Castle Sets October Release
KARLOVY VARY: Czech director Jiri Stejskal is in postproduction with the documentary film My Farm is My Castle.
PRODUCTION: Hastrman Pitched at KVIFF
KARLOVY VARY: Popular Czech musican Ondrej Havelka will direct his debut film Hastrman, based on his adaptation of a Czech book. The project at the third annual Pitch and Feedback…
PRODUCTION: The Beauteous Pitches at KVIFF
KARLOVY VARY: Director/scriptwriter Jan Kobler makes his feature film debut with The Beauteous, a drama about two young gay men who meet and separate on a single night.
FNE at KVIFF 2014: CEE Films Dominate Awards
KARLOVY VARY: Films from Central and Eastern Europe swept most of the top awards at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (4-12 July 2014) with the Georgian film Corn…
German Productions Line up for Prague
PRAGUE: The increase in the cap on Czech film incentives is encouraging German productions to shoot in the Czech Republic, Wilma Film producer Filip Herling told FNE.
Hypermarket Goes Exotic with Gajdo and North Korean Tales
KARLOVY VARY: Czech producer Filip Remunda, the former enfant terrible of Czech documentary filmmaking, was in Karlovy Vary to present his upcoming films, the Romany ghetto doc Gajdo and the…
PRODUCTION: Award Winner Lehotsky Developing Erik
KARLOVY VARY: Slovak director Juraj Lehotsky, whose 2013 film Miracle received the Special Mention when it premiered at the Karlovy Vary IFF last year, was back at the festival this…
Goat Wins Karlovy Vary Pitch Prize
KARLOVY VARY: Slovak director Ivan Ostrochovsky’s feature film debut project Goat was then popular winner of the 10th edition of Works in Progress Award, presented at the Karlovy Vary IFF…
Pitches Rule the Day at Karlovy Vary IFF
KARLOVY VARY: The Slovak Film Institute (AIC) and the Czech Film Center presented seven projects in development at the annual Pitch and Feedback session at Karlovy Vary IFF (KVIFF) to…
The French Connection Gets Sealed at Karlovy Vary
KARLOVY VARY: "Karlovy Vary is the central point" in the CEE region for French film promotion company Unfrance, Isabelle Giordano, CEO of Unifrance told FNE.
