The Fund will provide financial support to both feature films for international distribution in cinemas, as well as TV movies and series to be broadcast on foreign television stations, the essential condition being that the project portrays Prague itself.

“Prague has always attracted foreign production, among other things for its ability to stand in for more expensive sister cities such as Paris or London,” says Ludmila Claussová, Head of the Czech Film Commission. “The good news is that lately more often she plays herself. For example, this year in the Bollywood romantic road movie The Ring starring Shah Rukh Khan, or in the series Genius for the National Geographic Channel, portraying in one episode Albert Einstein’s stay in Prague,” Claussová said.

The Board of the Fund is composed of representatives of film institutions, experts from the film industry and tourism, economics and marketing and representatives of the elected bodies of Prague. The fund was approved on 15 September 2016.