International Productions Are Still Flocking to the Czech Republic
PRAGUE: Several big international productions are shooting and prepping in the Czech Republic in the second half of 2016. The spend of international productions in the Czech Republic has increased…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Roma People Unfortunately Serve as a Target of Anger Here
Long-awaited documentary FC Roma by Tomáš Bojar and Rozálie Kohoutová had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary IFF. The film, supported by the Institute of Documentary Film, tells the…
FNE TV: Czech MEP Michaela Šojdrová Vice-Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education
FNE TV spoke to Czech MEP Michaela Šojdrová Vice-Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education about the impact of Brexit on Creative Europe and why public funding for film…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Prize Winners
KARLOVY VARY: The 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which was held from 1-9 July 2016, awarded its top prize the Crystal Globe to the Hungarian film It’s Not the…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Czech Film Boom Inspires Barrandov Production
KARLOVY VARY: The introduction of Czech film incentives and subsequent increases are impacting film production at Prague’s iconic Barrandov film studios.
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Czech Films Struggle For Market Share In Crowded Domestic Market
KARLOVY VARY: Czech box office reached an all-time high in 2015, and attendance showed impressive growth, but Czech films registered their lowest market share since 2002.
FNE at KVIFF 2016: See How the FNE FIPRESCI Critics Rated the Films
KARLOVY VARY: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI to organise a group of 20 critics attending KVIFF to rate the films in the Main Competition and the East of the…
FNE TV: Czech MEP Martina Dlabajová
Vice-Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Czech Production Returning to All-Time High
KARLOVY VARY: Czech film production is rising across the board and coming close to returning to the highs of 2003 in total production amount and film services.
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Barrandov Returns to Original Production
KARLOVY VARY: Barrandov film studio will return to its roots as a producer of original production with a biopic on Milos Havel, the founder of Barrandov and the uncle of…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Increased Production and Distribution Brings Mixed Results for Czech Films
KARLOVY VARY: More films in distribution in the Czech Republic and a shorter release window have caused attendance for Czech blockbusters to decline by about half.
FNE at KVIFF 2016: FAMU Introduces New Dean
KARLOVY VARY: Zdenek Holy, the incoming Dean of Prague’s renowned FAMU film school, made his first appearance on the international scene at the Karlovy Vary IFF annual FAMU party.
FNE/IDF DocBloc: DocuTalents
Twelve documentary projects were presented at Karlovy Vary IFF 2016.
FNE at KVIFF 2016: See How the Critics Rate the Films So Far
KARLOVY VARY: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI to organise a group of 20 critics attending KVIFF to rate the films in the Main Competition and the East of the…
Czechs Choose Home Viewing over Cinemas
PRAGUE: Almost a half of Czechs go to the cinema less often than once a year or even not at all. Czechs prefer watching films at home to visiting cinema,…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Czech/US Doc Sells to Sundance Global
KARLOVY VARY: Czech and US based producer Jeffrey Brown concluded a deal at the Karlovy Vary IFF (running through 9 July) to sell the documentary film Yallah! Underground to Sundance…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Balkan Projects Win Pitching Prizes
KARLOVY VARY: Slovenian director Miha Knific and Croatian producer Sinisa Juricic of Nukleus Film won the very first Eurimages Lab Project Award with their project Perseverance. The cash award of…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Jihlava Announces 2017 Emerging Producers
KARLOVY VARY: The Jihlava IDFF doc festival used the occasion of its Docu Talents from the East pitching forum to announce the 2017 participants of its fourth Emerging Producers programme,…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: SOFA Announces 2016 Film Agents
KARLOVY VARY: Eight young-career film professionals from Central and Eastern Europe have been selected for the 2016 edition of SOFA, the School for Film Agents taking place in Wroclaw 19-28…
FNE at KVIFF 2016: Jean Reno Shooting Adventurers in Karlovy Vary
KARLOVY VARY: Jean Reno, currently a guest of Karlovy Vary IFF, will stay in the Czech Republic after visiting the festival to play a role of a French policeman in…
