FNE IDF DocBloc: When the War Comes Wins Silver Eye
The Czech documentary When the War Comes by Jan Gebert won the Silver Eye Award at the Jihlava IDFF.
MIDPOINT TV Launch 2019 Selects 20 Participants
PRAGUE: Nine projects and two development executives account for the 20 participants selected for the 2019 edition of MIDPOINT TV Launch, a nine-month long programme which begins in November 2018…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Vacancy Wins Opus Bonum
JIHLAVA: The Belgian documentary Vacancy won the main award of the international competition Opus Bonum at the 22nd Jihlava IDFF, at the awards ceremony on 29 October 2018.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Regional Film Offices and Film Funds Expand Across Czech Republic
JIHLAVA: The new Vysocina Film Office, the latest addition to a growing list of film commissions and film funds in the Czech Republic, used the platform of the Jihlava IDFF…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Czech Docs Look Abroad
JIHLAVA: Czech documentary filmmakers are participating in international coproductions and taking on international topics and settings in increasing numbers. A clear example of this can be seen in the Czech…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Archival Materials in Spotlight as UNESCO Marks Day of Audiovisual Heritage
JIHLAVA: Increasingly detailed credits for archival materials in documentary films are getting a push from institutions such as the Czech National Film Archives, as detailed in a presentation on the…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Balkan Documentary Center Pitches Seven Films
JIHLAVA: Seven documentaries with Balkan stories were presented at the Balkan Documentary Center’s pitching platform at the 22nd Jihlava IDFF, running through 30 October 2018 as part of the BDC…
PRODUCTION: The Prague Orgy Shooting in Prague
PRAGUE: Irena Pavlásková is shooting The Prague Orgy, based on the novel by the famous American writer Philip Roth, who died earlier this year. The project with international cast is…
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Pilotu, Prague
This month we speak with film producer Jan Macola, the owner of Kino Pilotu from Prague’s popular neighbourhood Vrsovice. The cinema was reopened by Jan Macola in the spring of…
MIDPOINT Announces 2018 - 2019 TV LaunchTeam
PRAGUE: Gabor Krigler, Creative Executive of HBO Europe, will be Head of Studies at the 2019 edition of MIDPOINT TV Launch for the international script development programme MIDPOINT.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Tožička To Head IDF
Tomáš Tožička has been tapped as director of the Institute of Documentary Film.
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Eight Minority Coproductions
PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund has announced its support for minority coproductions in the October 2018 round of grants. The total amount of the allocation for this call was 769,230…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers: Anna Herza Tydlitátová, Czech Republic
PRAGUE: Anna Herza Tydlitátová from Telekinetic is representing the Czech Republic at Jihlava IDFF's Emerging Producers programme. FNE spoke with Herza Tydlitátová about the current situation for documentary filmmaking in…
PRODUCTION: Czech/German National Street Starts Filming in Prague
PRAGUE: Czech writer/director Stepan Altrichter is currently shooting the Czech/German coproduction National Street in Prague. The film is produced by Pavel Strnad and Petr Oukropec for Negativ.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Silver Eye at Jihlava IDFF
This year, 21 films will compete for the Silver Eye Award for the best documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe at the Ji.hlava IDFF.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Fifteen CEE Films in Jihlava’s Between the Seas Competition
JIHLAVA: Austria has an especially strong presence in the competition of Central European films, Between the Seas, at the 22nd Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, which runs 25 – 30…
What Men Long For Tops Czech Box Office
PRAGUE: The Czech comedy/fantasy What Men Long For / Po čem muži touží by Rudolf Havlik held on to its first place spot for a second week, taking in 33…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Interview with Helena Trestikova
The Institute of Documentary Film interviews one of the leading Czech documentary directors, HelenaTrestikova.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Interview with Simon Safranek
The documentary King Skate has had its Czech premiere recently and the European premiere will take place later this year. Here is an interview with the director, Simon Safranek.
FNE IDF DocBloc: The Yes Men, Mansky and McAllister - First Tutors of Ex Oriente Film Workshop in Ji.hlava Revealed
Mike Bonanno (half of The Yes Men duo), Vitaly Mansky and Sean McAllister are among the tutors of the 2nd workshop of Ex Oriente Film 2018/2019, entitled Inside the Production,…
