Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2017: Natia Guliashvili, Jan Macola, Marek Urban

JIHLAVA: FNE has teamed up again with the 20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (25-30 October 2016) to introduce you to some of the exciting new talents that will be…
27-10-2016

CME Reports Third Quarter Growth

PRAGUE: Strong performances in the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia led to a 5% growth in TV advertising revenues in the third quarter of 2016, TV powerhouse Central European Media…
26-10-2016

Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2017: Bianca Oana (Romania), Tibor Keser (Croatia)

JIHLAVA: FNE has teamed up again with the 20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (25-30 October 2016) to introduce you to some of the exciting new talents that will be…
26-10-2016

Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2017: Maciej Kubicki (Poland), Eero Talvistu (Estonia) and Jasmina Sijerčić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

JIHLAVA: FNE has teamed up again with the 20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (25-30 October 2016) to introduce you to some of the exciting new talents that will be…
25-10-2016

FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2016: Slovakia Shines at 20th Anniversary Festival

JIHLAVA: When Jihlava was launched by a young film buff 20 years ago, Slovakia’s film industry was struggling. This year, Slovak documentary filmmakers will have a prominent place in the…
24-10-2016

FNE IDF DocBloc: KineDok Presents Domino Effect in Jihlava

KineDok has prepared a real specialty for all fans of creative documentaries, alternative distribution and site-specific screenings during the Jihlava IDFF.
21-10-2016

A Film by Georges Méliès Found at the Czech National Film Archives

PRAGUE: A film by Georges Méliès labeled Imperceptible Transmutations / Les Transmutations imperceptibles (1904) has been found at the Czech National Film Archives.
19-10-2016

FESTIVALS: The 20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival Announces Selection

JIHLAVA: The 20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival will screen 310 film titles out of more than 3,600 submitted films. The competition sections will showcase 45 world premieres, as well…
18-10-2016

FNE AV Innovation: Defining Transmedia vs Crossmedia

PRAGUE: Welcome to the guide for transmedia storytelling in the audiovisual industry. I would like to explain the main differences in terminology and shows how to work with digital media…
14-10-2016

PRODUCTION: Czech/Iranian Coproduction The One of the Whale in Development

PRAGUE: Czech production company i/o post is developing its third coproduction with Iranian partners. Drama The One of the Whale is the debut feature by Iranian filmmaker Kaveh Daneshmand, who…
14-10-2016

FNE IDF DocBloc: The Most Successful East Silver Caravan Members Are Mallory and Cinema, Mon Amour

Documentary films from the CEE region, supported by the Institute of Documentary Film, are regularly screened at international film festivals also thanks to the East Silver Caravan project. There will…
14-10-2016

The Third EAVE Producers Workshop Ready to Start in Prague

PRAGUE: A record number of 74 leading decision makers from all over the world, 31 fiction and documentary projects and 51 top producing talents from 37 countries will take part…
07-10-2016

FNE IDF DocBloc: Salome Jashi Will Give a Masterclass on her Award-winning Film in Jihlava

Among the tutors of the second Ex Oriente Film workshop, organised by the Institute of Documentary Film within the Jihlava IDFF, there will be the award-winning Georgian director and producer…
07-10-2016

PRODUCTION: Indian Doc on Czech New Wave in Postproduction in Prague

PRAGUE: Indian documentary Czech Mate – In Search of Jiri Menzel (working title) by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is currently being edited in the Prague studio MagicLab after six years of…
04-10-2016 m

GRANTS: Czech Republic to Support Development of 15 films

PRAGUE: Czech State Cinematography Fund gave development grants totalling 285,297 EUR / 710,000 CZK to 15 projects.
03-10-2016

FNE IDF DocBloc: KineDok Begins its Screenings in MeetFactory With My Father the Banker

Exceptional creative documentaries from the second edition of project KineDok are screened in seven European countries already, and in the Czech Republic alone they can be seen at 42 alternative…
30-09-2016

GRANTS: Czech Republic Announces Grants for Minority Coproductions

PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund will allot 738,342 EUR / 19,950,000 CZK to nine minority coproductions. Romania, Latvia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Russia, Croatia and France are among coproduction partners.
23-09-2016

EAST DOC PLATFORM calls for entries!

The call for applications tothe 6th East Doc Platform | Prague | March 6– 12, 2017, organized by theInstitute of Documentary Film in association with One World International Human Rights…
21-09-2016 m

Prague Launches Film Fund to Support Foreign Productions

PRAGUE: Prague’s city council approved a new film fund called Prague in Film. The annual budget allocated to the fund amounts to 370,096 EUR/10 m CZK.
20-09-2016

Czech Republic Selects Lost in Munich as Oscar Bid

PRAGUE: Czech Film and Television Academy selected Lost in Munich by Petr Zelenka to be the country‘s entry to the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards.…
16-09-2016