Poland, Czechs take home One World awards
Poland's Pawel Łoziński was awarded Best Director for his documentary Chemo at the One World film festival held in Prague.
FNE at the Czech Lions 2010: Winners
PRAGUE: Marek Najbrt's Protektor was the clear favourite at this year's Czech Lions (6 March) picking up the prize for both best film and best director well as prizes for…
PRODUCTION: Kajínek release postponed
The world release of one of the anticipated Czech criminal thriller Kajínek, based on a true criminal case of the murderer Jiří Kajínek, is postponed to August 5, producer and…
PRODUCTION: Veiwegh's Novel for Men begins filming
A Novel for Men based on the latest novel from Czech bestselling author Michal Viewegh begins shooting on March 12, producer Rudolf Biermann from Infilm (www.infilm.cz) announced.
Anifest moves to Teplice
After eight years in the South Bohemian spa town of Trebon, the young festival of animated films AniFest is moving operations to Teplice.
FNE Visegrad Focus: Foreign productions in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has seen big budget foreign productions mostly dry up in 2009 following a long decline. In 2003, Hollywood and European filmmakers spent more than 5 bilion crowns…
FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Czech film production and releases
Domestic films, particularly comedies, continued to outperform Hollywood at the box office in 2009.
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FNE Visegrad Country Focus: Czech Republic 2009 As 2009 draws to a close the Czech film industry is poised for a "make or break" new film law that if approved…
EFP Shooting Star Kryštof Hádek
With his an innocent boy looks, Czech actor Kryštof Hádek could play build a comfortable career playing only teenage idols.
FNE Interview with Pavel Strand Former Chairman of Czech Audiovisual Prodcuers Association
FNE spoke with Pavel Strnad, chairman of the Czech Audiovisual Producers' Association about the current state of the Czech film industry
Czechs announce first appearance at Clermont-Ferrand
The Czech Film Center is set to represent the Czech Republic at the Clermont-Ferrand market for short films (Feb 1-6) for the first time, and will have two shorts in…
Czech Center to Issue DVD of shorts
The Czech Film Center will release Czech Short Films Vol. 1, a selection of 12 short films by students the FAMU and Zlín Film Schools, at end of January.
Czech Lion nominations set
The nominations for the Czech Lion awards, the national "Oscar" ceremony, will be announced on February 6.
Habermann's Mill takes Bavarian Film Award prizes
Habermann's Mill, a Czech-German-Austrian co-production from Slovak born Czechoslovak New Wave director Juraj Herz, won two awards at the Bavarian Film Prize ceremonies in Munich on January 15.
Lucerna celebrates centenary
Prague's art nouveau architectural masterpiece, the Lucerna cinema, was the centerpiece of a celebration to mark 100 years since it opened on December 3, 1909.
Hřebejk film gets early release
Kawasaki´s Roses from Czech director Jan Hřebejk will get a December 21 release, instead of the previously announced spring 2010 release.
FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Interview with Pavel Strnad
FNE spoke with Pavel Strnad, chairman of the Czech Audiovisual Producers' Association about the current state of the Czech film industry
FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Czechs host Instutute of Documentary Film
For the past nine year, Prague's Institute of Documentary Film has been reaching out to CEE documentary directors and producers, promoting and enabling the rise of documentary films from across…
FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Czech film production
In Czech cinemas, domestic films, particularly comedies outperform Hollywood, thanks to loyal Czech audiences.
FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Country Focus Czech Republic 2009
As 2009 draws to a close the Czech film industry is poised for a "make or break" new film law that if approved would set up a government backed plan…
