Stalin Returns to Prague for Czech TV’s Monster
PRAGUE: Prague sees the return of a controversial statue to a prominent spot in the city thanks to a new film from Czech TV. Shooting started on the TV film…
PRODUCTION: Bohdan Slama in Development with Czech/Slovak Scars
PRAGUE: The multi-award-winning Czech director Bohdan Sláma is prepping a new feature film with the working title Scars / Jízvy produced by Fog´n ´Desire and coproduced by Slovakia‘s Sokol Kollár.
Czech Films Show Box Office Endurance
PRAGUE: Six Czech films are holding on to their spots in the top 20 at the local box office, with several in their sixth and seventh weeks in distribution. They…
FNE at Cannes 2016: Czech Cinema in Cannes
The first exceptional participation in years for Czech films at the Cannes Film Festival
PRODUCTION: Omerzu Develops Coming of Age Road Movie
PRAGUE: The Prague-based award-winning young Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu is developing his third film, Jackdaws on the Road, a Czech/Slovenian/Slovak coproduction. Omerzu is working once again with producer Jiří Konečný…
FESTIVALS: Anifilm Awards Anomalisa
TREBON, CZECH REPUBLIC: The Czech festival of animation Anifilm, which concluded on 8 May 2016, gave its best adult animated film award to Anomalisa by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman.
PRODUCTION: Posthumous Post-production for Nemec’s Final Film
PRAGUE: Acclaimed Czech New Wave filmmaker Jan Němec, the writer and director of the upcoming film The Wolf from the Royal Vineyard Street, died in March this year shortly before…
PRODUCTION: Jan Hrebejk preps Three-part Garden Store
PRAGUE: Jan Hřebejk, one of the most successful and active contemporary Czech filmmakers, has completed work on his Slovak/Czech coproduction The Teacher / Učitelka and is preparing a trilogy under…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Tutors Announced
Seven tutors have been announced for the first Ex Oriente 2016 workshop session.
Czech TV Preps Strong Line-up of Local Productions
PRAGUE: Czech Television is currently preparing a total of 406 projects greenlit last year. They include eight new drama series, 200 documentary films and programmes, 28 children’s programmes and 86…
Czech Law to Pump More Money into Czech Film
PRAGUE: The State Cinematography Fund will regularly receive money from the state budget. The sum of approximately 180 to 200 m CZK will be granted to the Fund on annual…
FNE at Finale Plzen 2016: Family Film Wins Finale Plzen
PLZEN: Olmo Omerzu’s Family Film won the Golden Kingfisher main prize at the 29th Finale Plzen film festival’s closing ceremony on 21 April 2016.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Interview with Matthieu Darras of the TorinoFilmLab
PLZEN: Matthieu Darras of TorinoFilmLab was in Plzen to participate in the Finale Plzen’s industry section. FNE asked Darras about the position of CEE filmmakers at the TorinoFilmLab.
CME Refinances Ahead of Quarterly Announcement
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises has completed a refinancing transaction to extend a credit facility agreement and a term loan, with the intention of decreasing the company’s financial leverage.
FNE at Finale Plzen: The Little Man
PLZEN: Radek Beran’s animated film The Little Man / Malý Pán, a Czech/Slovak coproduction, will screen at the 29th Finale Plzen (15-21 April 2016).
FNE IDF DocBloc: Docu Talents from the East Call for Entries
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival announces that submissions to the Docu Talents from the East 2016, a presentation of the finest Central and Eastern European creative documentary projects in the…
Expansion and Transition for MIDPOINT
PLZEN: The MIDPOINT script development programme is expanding and rebranding during its sixth year in operation. The addition of a TV series development programme saw a tripling of applications in…
FNE at Finale Plzen: David
PLZEN: David, the debut feature of Jan Těšitel, which had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary IFF, will screen at the 29th Finale Plzen (15-21 April 2016).
FNE at Finale Plzen: Czechs Present a Reduced Pitching Forum at Plzen
PLZEN: Five Czech projects and three foreign projects were presented in a revamped version of the annual pitching forum at the Finale Plzen festival running through 21 April 2016.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Gangster Ka: African
PLZEN: Gangster Ka: African, the second film of the two-part Gangster Ka project by Jan Pachl, will screen at the 29th Finale Plzen (15-21 April 2016).
