Czech TV advertising up

Advertising spend on Czech television defied market trends, rising by 13% in March, according to a TNS Media Intelligence report cited by the Dow Jones newswire service.
28-04-2009

Czech film production soars

A packed room of industry pros showed up to scout more than 20 upcoming films, out of 60 Czech films in various stages of production, selected for the annual presentation…
26-04-2009

Production: Vorel shooting Billionaire

Director, scriptwriter, master of parody and trifle, and occasional actor Tomáš Vorel will finish an eight week shoot on his new film To Catch a Billionaire (Jak ulovit miliardáře) in…
23-04-2009

Production: Vorel shooting Billionaire

Director, scriptwriter, master of parody and trifle, and occasional actor Tomáš Vorel will finish an eight week shoot on his new film To Catch a Billionaire (Jak ulovit miliardáře) in…
23-04-2009

The biggest festival of Czech films begins

This year for the first time the festival Finále commences on Sunday 19th April instead of Monday and will continue until Saturday 25th April. A whole week is in Plzeň…
21-04-2009

Record grant for animation director

Czech animation director and recent Athens Animfest winner Jan Balej received a record 10 million crown (370,000) grant for his new film, Little Fishergirl.
16-04-2009

Barrandov opens Digitalization center

Barrandov opened a new Film Digitalization and Postproduction Center at the Barrandov Studios Film Laboratories Division on April 16.
16-04-2009

God's Kiss equals box office bliss

Czech director Marie Poledňáková love story and Falcon Film release You Kiss Like God (Líbáš jako Bůh) reached a surprising 709,000 viewers by April 15, two months after opening.
15-04-2009

16th Annual Days of European Film

Prague 16-23 April 2009 / Brno 25-30 April 2009 / Olomouc 27-30 April 2009
30-03-2009

Febiofest lauds powerhouse directors

Wim Wenders and Mike Leigh will open and close this year's Febiofest, running March 26 - April 3 in Prague.
24-03-2009

Nellis to shoot Lidice in autumn

Director Alice Nellis's Lidice, a 1942 big-budget Czech war drama, will begin shooting in autumn.
18-03-2009

Menzel to make Croatian docs

Oscar-winning Czech director Jiri Menzel is headed to Croatia for a pair of documentary projects.
10-03-2009

FNE at the Czech Lions 2009

Petr Zelenka's The Karamazovs, based on a theatre production of the famous book, picked up the prize for both best film and best director at this year's Czech Lions, (7…
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Czech Lions honour Karamazovs and Tobruk

The Karamazovs (Karamazovi) by director Petr Zelenka won best movie of 2008 at the Czech Lions, the annual awards of Czech film and television academy (www.cfta.cz).
08-03-2009

Two Czech animated films head to cinemas

After the success of two Fimfarum movies, classic Czech puppet and marionette animation is undergoing a renaissance with two full-length classic animated movies in production for release in 2009.
25-02-2009

FNE in Berlin: Tobruk - first Czech film in SONY 4 K scores big for Marhoul

Tobruk the first Czech film to use the SONY 4 K technology has scored big on the international as well as the domestic market.
13-02-2009

Marhoul scores big in Berlin with WWII epic Tobruk

Prague based director, producer and scriptwriter Vaclav Marhoul has scored big with his three million Euro WWII Czech historic action drama Tobruk.
12-02-2009

Tobruk finds a buyer at Berlinale

Director Václav Marhoul big-budget war drama Tobruk secured an an international sales agreement at the Berlinale market.
09-02-2009

SPI introduces partner company Film Europe at Berlinale's EFM

Film Europe, a new arrival on the co-production scene, makes its bow on the world stage at the European Film Market at the Berlinale with a slate of new films…
09-02-2009

Tobruk, Country Teacher and Karamazovs lead Czech Lion nominations

This year´s Czech Lion ceremony, the annual awards of the Czech film and television academy (www.cfta.cz), will celebrate three main movies -
08-02-2009