FNE at Anifilm 2013: Consuming Spirits Takes Top Prize
TREBON: The 4th edition of Anifilm, which concludes on 8 May 2013, firmly established the festival’s presence amid a reviving animation industry in Central Europe.
FNE TV: Czech director Jiri Menzel
FNE asked Czech director Jiri Menzel about his new film Don Juan which has its premier at the end of may as well as about the state of European cinema…
FNE at Anifilm: Czech TV Leads CEE Coproduction Pact
TREBON: Czech TV has signed a cooperation memorandum with Radio and Television Slovakia on television coproductions.
FNE at Anifilm: TV Stations Look at Coproduction through Animation
TREBON: Animation could be the key to launching regional TV series coproductions, TV station executives told a packed room of producers and animators at the first Visegrad Animation Forum, taking…
FNE at Anifilm 2013: Industry Drives Debuting Animation Forum
TREBON: The 4th edition of the Czech festival of animation, Anifilm (3-8 May 2013) takes a giant step forward with the launch of the Visegrad Animation Forum on May 5th,…
Hungary and Czech Republic Compete at Monte Carlo TV Fest
PRAGUE: Two Hungarian programmes and two Czech programme are among the nominees for the 2013 awards of the 53rd Monte Carlo Television Festival, taking place 9-13 June 2013.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Deadline for 2013
PRAGUE: The deadline for the year-long international workshop for documentary films, Ex Oriente Film 2013, is accepting applications on line and free of charge through 1 June 2013.
FNE at Anifest 2013: Festival Survives Obstacles
TEPLICE: The main jury of the 12th edition of Anifest which closed on 1 May 2013 chose not to award a prize in the Best Animated Feature Film category. Jury…
Explosion in Prague Closes FAMU
PRAGUE: An apparent natural gas explosion in central Prague on 29 April 2013 near FAMU film school, resulting in a reported 40 injuries, has closed down the school for the…
CME Revenues Decline in Q1 2013
PRAGUE: Advertiser’s refusal of increased advertising rates in the Czech Republic drove another quarter of continued losses for Central European Media Enterprises (CME). The Czech Republic accounted for 20 m…
FNE at Finale Plzen: My Dog Killer Takes Best in Show
PLZEN: Festival director Ivan Jachim was unfortunately sidelined due to illness for the duration of the 26th Finale Plzen festival of Czech films which concluded on 27 April 2013.
FNE at Finale Plzen 2013: Czech German Student Comedy Wins Plzen Pitching Award
PLZEN: Soon-to-be FAMU graduate Tomas Vach charmed the audience of industry professionals at the Czech Film Center presentation of upcoming films at the Finale Plzen with his pitch of a…
FNE at Anifilm 2013: Ten Films Screening in Two Competitions
TREBON: Two American films, two Spanish films and one Czech films are among the ten film selected to compete in the adult animation and the children’s animation sections at the…
PRODUCTION: Negativ Finishes Filming on Fair Play
PLZEN: Fair Play, a Communist era sports drama written and directed by Andrea Sedlackova, completes filming on Monday, 30 April 2013, and moves into postproduction on Tuesday.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Czechs Push Provincial Film Production
PLZEN: Regional filmmaking in the Czech Republic is bursting with new-found interest from local city and district offices gearing up to establish local film commissions and even provide funding grants.
FNE at Finale Plzen: Czech TV Builds Outside Partnerships
PLZEN: Jan Maxa, Head of Programme Development at Czech Television (CTV), told audiences at the Industry Section of the Finale film festival in Plzen that CTV established co-development, pre-sales and…
PRODUCTION: Czech-Mex-Slovak Little Baby Jesus Goes into Postproduction
PLZEN: Producer Ales Hudsky, attending the Finale Plzen film festival for the presentation of upcoming Czech films on 26 April 2013, told FNE that his international coproduction has moved into…
Holland to Head up KVIFF Jury
PLZEN: Plzen’s loss will be Karlovy Vary’s gain. Karlovy Vary IFF announced that Polish director Agnieszka Holland will preside over the jury of the main competition. KVIFF will also screen…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Jihlava Emerging Producers Applications Opens
The Jihlava IDFF is accepting applications for the second annual Emerging Producers workshop. Click HERE to ready full story.
FNE at Finale Plzen 2013: The Confidant
PLZEN: Slovak director Juraj Nvota’s (Muzika) Slovak-Czech-Polish coproduction The Confidant is one of ten films competing for the Golden Kingfisher prize at the 26th Finale Plzen festival of Czech films,…
