FNE/IDF DocBloc: Olga 80 in Production
Miroslav Janek is in production with a documentary by the first wife of the late Czech President Vaclav Havel, Olga 80.
Czech Start-up Addresses Film Piracy
PRAGUE: Czech filmmakers hope the new project 31s will open up a new source of income from voluntary online payments for digital copies of their films.
Croatia, Romania Receive EFA Nominations
PRAGUE: The Priest’s Children (Interfilm), a Croatian/Serbian coproduction directed by Vinko Brešan, has been nominated for European Comedy 2013 in the annual European Film Awards.
FNE IDF DocBloc: My Last 150 Cigarettes
Ivo Bystřičan has completed work on his documentary My Last 150 Cigarettes.
Czech Ministry of Culture Honours Opela, Vlacil
PRAGUE: The movers and shakers of the Czech film industry turned out for the Czech Ministry of Culture’s fourth annual award for contribution to cinema.
Tremora Slate Includes Buozyte Follow up to Vanishing Waves
JIHLAVA: Tremora producer Ieva Norvilene spoke with FNE about her upcoming slate of films, including a documentary participating at the Ex-Oriente workshop held during the Jihlava IDFF.
FNE IDF DocBloc: East Silver Market
Winners were announced for the East Silver Market which took place at the 17th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
CME CEO Says Poor Q3 Results are Unacceptable
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) continued its revenue slide in the third quarter of 2013, but an overhaul of top management in the past two months has seen a…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Czech TV Partners with ARTE
JIHLAVA: Czech TV general director Petr Dvorak and ARTE Commissioning Editor Madeleine Avramoussis were at the Jihlava documentary festival to announce the launch of an association agreement between the two…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Industry Connections Blossom at Jihlava
JIHLAVA: Moving into the second year of its new industry profile, the 17th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival consolidated its standing as the magnet for regional documentary filmmakers under the…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Current Events Capture Jihlava Audiences
JIHLAVA: The Uprising, a Belgian/UK production consisting of amateur footage shot during the Arab Spring, won the Opus Bonum Best Film prize of the 17th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival…
Zelezny Tapped by TV Barrandov
PRAGUE: Vladimir Zelezny, the former head of TV Nova and one of the founders of Slovak commercial Joj TV, will be named CEO of TV Barrandov, Czech media sources report.
Taskovski Adds Bulgarian, Hungarian Docs
JIHLAVA: Taskovski Films has picked up the Bulgarian/Finnish documentary Soul Food Stories and the Romanian/Hungarian documentary Stream of Love, managing director Irena Taskovski told FNE.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Gottland
Gottland is an omnibus film based on a Polish bestseller and directed by six FAMU film school students.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Pavla Kubeckova
FNE interviews documentary producer Pavla Kubeckova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Pavlína Kalandrova
FNE interviews Czech documentary producer Pavlína Kalandrova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
Further Management Changes at CME
PRAGUE: Two more top executives are departing regional TV group Central European Media Enterprises (CME), the company announced on 17 October 2013.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Eugenic Minds
Czech producer Jiri Konecny looks at the disgraced subject of selective human breeding.
Czech Film Archives Celebrates 70th Anniversary
PRAGUE: Michal Bregant, General Director of the newly revitalized Czech National Film Archives (NFA) presided over a 70th anniversary celebration that attracted some of the top film industry heads.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Between the Seas Casts a Wide Net
PRAGUE: Twelve documentaries representing 15 countries stretching from Estonia to Croatia and from the U.K. to Armenia have been selected for the CEE competition section Between the Seas at the…
