Digitalisation Gives New Life to Small Czech Cinemas
PRAGUE: Small Czech cinemas, which were almost sentenced to death, have gone through surprising development thanks to their digitalisation. Their income reached its highest level in 14 years, which was,…
FESTIVALS: One World Announces Line up
PRAGUE: Twelve titles have been selected for the Main Competition of the One World Film Festival, which kicks off on 7 March 2016 in Prague and will also take place…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Girl Power to the Cinemas
The Czech documentary Girl Power will be released in Czech cinemas on 27 February 2016.
Ice Mother Acquired by Match Factory
PRAGUE: The Match Factory has acquired Bohdan Slama’s Ice Mother produced by Negativ , Artileria, Why Not Productions (FR) Czech Television, Barrandov Studio, RTVS.
FNE at Berlinale 2016: Czech Film in Berlin
Discover Czech Films at Berlinale 2016
DocBloc: East Doc Platform
PRAGUE: East Doc Platform announced the opening of accreditations for the Prague event.
Lída Baarová Film Holds Top Spot in Czech Cinemas
PRAGUE:Filip Renč’s film The Devil´s Mistress produced by NoGup, about the 1930’s Czech film star and mistress of Joseph Goebbels Lída Baarová, is proving a success in Czech cinemas despite…
PRODUCTION: Petr Vaclav in Postproduction with Skokan
PRAGUE: The Czech/French coproduction Skokan directed by Petr Vaclav is in postproduction. The film produced by Jan Macola of Mimesis Film and coproduced by French Cinema Defacto was partially shot…
PRODUCTION: Petr Nikolaev Prepares Film about Czechoslovak Legionnaires
PRAGUE: An important anniversary of Czechoslovak legionnaires inspired Czech director Petr Nikolaev to pay a tribute to them with an epic feature film. The Czechoslovak Legionnaires Community approached Petr Nikolaev…
Prague Post-production house MagicLab to Provide VFX for Masaryk Biopic
PRAGUE: The Prague based MagicLab has announced it is providing VFX and grading for the highly anticipated two part historical biopic Masaryk, about son of the first president of Czechoslovakia…
PRODUCTION: Bohdan Sláma Begins Shooting Ice Mother
PRAGUE: Czech director Bohdan Sláma has begun shooting of his Czech/Slovak/French coproduction Ice Mother/Bába z Ledu in Plzeň and Hradec Králové. The film is produced by Pavel Strnad and Petr…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Projects Selected for Project Market 2016
Sixteen projects have been selected for Project Market, an event focusing on one-on-one meetings within East Doc Platform and taking place on 10-11 March 2016.
Obituary: Director Ladislav Helge
PRAGUE: Film director and screenwriter Ladislav Helge, one of the members of the Czech New wave, passed away at 88 on 31 January 2016.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Launched Call for Applications
PRAGUE: Applications for the development workshop Ex Oriente are open until 4 May 2016.
Eleven Césars Nods for Czech Coproduction Marguerite
PRAGUE: Xavier Giannoli‘s period drama Marguerite, which is a Czech coproduction and was shot entirely in the Czech Republic, received 11 nominations for the French national awards Césars, including Best…
Dok Incubator Opens Call for Applications
PRAGUE: Applications for the 2016 edition of Dok.Incubator can be sent in until 22 February 2016.
Lost in Munich Wins Czech Film Critics’ Awards
PRAGUE: Lost in Munich by Petr Zelenka won in the best film, best director and best scriptwriter categories of the 6th edition of Czech Film Critics’ Awards on 23 January…
Highest Admissions in Czech Republic since 2010
PRAGUE: Admissions in the Czech Republic in 2015 reached the highest point since 2010 with 13 m tickets sold, while domestic admissions dropped to under 20%.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Doc Tank Announces Selected Projects
PRAGUE: Doc Tank, the training programme focused on transmedia, announced projects selected for its 3rd edition which will take place within East Doc Platform from 9 to 11 March 2016.
Lost in Munich Leads Czech Lions Nominations
PRAGUE: Petr Zelenka’s Lost in Munich leads the nominations for the 23rd Czech Lions with 15 nods followed by Jan Prušinovský’s Snake Brothers with 12 nods. The ceremony will take…
