FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary Adds CEE Event and Award
{mosimage}PRAGUE: The 47th Karlovy Vary IFF (29 June - 7 July 2012, www.kviff.com) will offer a new for the best CEE film in the Works in Progress presentation and will…
ANIMATION PRODUCTION: Czechs Comics Classics Quarterfoil in Production
{mosimage}PRAGUE: Czech filmmaker Michal Žabka is shooting his animation feature debut, Quarterfoil, based on a popular Czech comic book series that dates back to the 1970's. Quarterfoil (Čtyřlístek), with a…
OBITUARY: Jaroslava Adamova
{mosimage}PRAGUE: The Czech press reported that Czech actress Jaroslava Adamova has died at age 87.
FESTIVALS: Hungarian Film Withdraws from Karlovy Vary
{mosimage}PRAGUE: The Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.com) announced that the Hungarian German coproduction Dear Betrayed Friends (Draga besugott barataim) has been withdrawn from the East of the West competition. According to…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech-Italian Terezin Film Goes into Production
PRAGUE: Wolf, a Czech/Italian documentary coproduction with a Holocaust theme will be filmed over the summer. Italian producer Marta Donzelli (Vivo Film) working with Czech producer Radim Procházka (Produkce Radim…
Czech TV Plans Kids Channel
PRAGUE: Public broadcaster Czech TV is preparing to launch CT3, a channel broadcasting childrens programming, by the end of 2012. A minimum of eight million euros annually is earmarked for…
FESTIVALS: KVIFF Complete Competition Line-up
The 47th Karlovy Vary IFF (www.kviff.cz) taking place 29 June - 7 July 2012 has announced its competion films in all categories.
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary Unveils East of the West Competition
PRAGUE: The Slovak-Czech debut Made in Ashrnrnthere (Až do mesta Aš) by Iveta Grófová will open Karlovy Vary's IFF (www.kviff.cz) East of the West competition of films from Central and…
FNE at ZLIN: Superhero Conquers Zlin
ZLIN: The German/Irish coproduction Death of a Superhero was the big winner of the 52nd Zlin International Film festival for Children and Youth (www.zlinfest.cz), while local favorite Blue Tiger from…
FNE - IDF DocBloc: Ex-Oriente Selects 13 Workshop Projects
{mosimage}PRAGUE: Thirteen films representing twelve countries will participate in the first session of the Ex-Oriente documentary workshop, beginning on 18 June 2012.
FESTIVALS: Zlin to Award Minac, Nemec
{mosimage}ZLIN: The 52nd IFF for Children and Youth (www.zlinfest.cz), running 27 May - 3 June 2012 in the Czech city of Zlin, will present the festival's Grand Prix to Slovak…
Korean Film Shoots at Barrandov
PRAGUE: The Korean film Snowpiercer has moved filming to Prague after location shoots in Austria.
EFP Producer on the Move: Ondrej Zima
PRAGUE: Ondřej Zima, European Film Promotion's Czech 2012 Producer on the Move, reckons his biggest success to date is the Czech-Slovak coproduction Love, a box office hit with audiences in…
FNE IDF DocBloc: An Interview with Richard Komárek
An Interview with Czech filmmaker Richard Komárek about the collapsing Twin Towers, lawsuits, disco lounges and patriot trucks in his documentary project Play 9/11. Richard Komárek belongs among emerging Czech…
FESTIVALS: The House Takes Top FINALE Award
PLZEN: The House (www.fogndesirefilms.cz)by debuting Slovak director Zuzana Liova won the Golden Kingfisher for best film at the 25th FINAL (www.festivalfinale.cz) festival of Czech Films.
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Alois Nebel
{mosimage}PLZEN: Tomas Lunak makes an impressive debut with the black-and-white rotoscope animated film Alois Nebel based on a Czech graphic novel and screening in the Czech Feature Film Competition at…
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Gypsy
{mosimage}PLZEN: Martin Sulik, who received a five-film tribute at the Czech nation film festival FINALE, presents his multiple award winner Gypsy in the main competition.
FNE at FINALE Plzen: District League – Pepik Hnatek’s Last Stand
{mosimage}PRAGUE: The current Czech box office hit District League - Pepik Hnatek's Last Stand screens in competition at the 25th FINALE festival of Czech Films (www.filmfestfinale.cz).
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Nothing Against Nothing
{mosimage}PLZEN: Director Petr Marek screen his thirty-something film Nothing Against Nothing in the main competition of the Czech national film festival FINALE, running through 28 April 2012. The film is…
FNE at FINALE Plzen: Long Live the Family
{mosimage}PLZEN: Director Robert Sedlacek, whose TV film Men in Rut was a surprise hit at the 2010 FINALE festival of Czech films, returns to the 25th FINALE with a satiric…
