Alois Nebel Vies for Oscar Animation Nomination
PRAGUE: The Czech rotoscoped animated film Alois Nebel, which was selected as the Czech entry in the best foreign language film category, will also be eligible to compete in the…
Endorfilm Wins HBO Competition
JIHLAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC: The Czech production company Endorfilm (www.endorfilm.cz) and documentary director Dagmar Smrzova won the East Silver HBO competition for a documentary project with Pribeh Lasky (The Story of…
Verbascum Begins Mass Documentary Distribution
JIHLAVA: Czech producer/distributor Richard Nemec is teaming up with the Jihlava IDFF (www.dokument-festival.cz) to simultaneously distribute a slate of five Czech documentaries in cinemas throughout the Czech Republic.
Bruce Willis Not Shooting Die Hard 6 in Prague
PRAGUE: The Czech Republic came up short in a bid for locations of the the new Hollywood movie Die Hard 6 which is scheduled to be shot in 2012. Prague…
Bakhmaro, Solar Eclipse Win Top Awards at Jihlava
JIHLAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC: Czech director Martin Marecek took home two of the main prizes at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival Festival (www.dokument-festival.com) at the awards ceremony on 29 October…
FESTIVALS: Inspired Jihlava Celebrates 15th Anniversary
PRAGUE: The ingredients that go into a winning recipe are as varied as the chef, but one thing remains constant: it takes taste, talent and innovation to equal success. Going…
FNE Visegrad 2010 Country profile Czech Republic
The most important development in the Czech Republic was the approval of film tax incentives in 2010. The European Union approved the Czech film tax incentives in June, as announced…
Visegrad Special: Czech Coproductions in 2011
PRAGUE: Increasing the number of international coproduction is an acknowledged goal for most Czech producers and 2011 saw the Czech film industry take steps in that direction. Domestically produced commercial…
FNE Visegrad 2011 Country Profile: Czech Republic
The 2011 year offered some surprizes, with the arrival of new foreign TV productions while the audience share for Czech films fell to 17 percent in the first five months…
FESTIVALS: Jihlava Adds Inspiration Forum
PRAGUE: The 15th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (www.dokument-festival.cz) taking place 25-30 October 2011 in the Moravian town of Jihlava is introducing a new event, Inspiration Forum, which brings together…
PRODUCTION: Hrebejk Going into Production with Holy Quarternity
PRAGUE: Czech director Jan Hrebejk is set to begin a mid-October shoot on a Czech-Slovak coproduction, Holy Quarternity (Svatá čtveřice) based on an original script from best-selling Czech author Michal…
Czechs Renew Tax Incentives for 2012
PRAGUE: The Czech government will again budget CZK 300 million for film production support in the form of tax incentives, the same amount that was budgeted in 2011.
Small Town Cinemas Turn out for Large-Scale Release of Saxana
PRAGUE: Opening of a record 96 screens, Saxana - the Lexicon of Tricks pulled in just 38,000 viewers on its opening weekend. The Czech fairy tale was a sequel to…
FNE Visegrad 2011 Country Profile: Czech Republic
The 2011 year offered some surprizes, with the arrival of new foreign TV productions while the audience share for Czech films fell to 17 percent in the first five months…
Dvorak to Head Czech TV
PRAGUE: Petr Dvorak has been selected as the new executive director of public broadcaster Czech TV (www.ceskatelevize.cz). His appointment was announced on 22 September 2011.
Czech blockbuster Saxana opens on a record 140 screens
PRAGUE: One of the biggest film openings in Central Europe takes place this week in the Czech and Slovak Republic. The object of all the attention is Saxana: The Little…
Saxama Opens with 50 Print Release
PRAGUE: One of the biggest film openings in Central Europe takes place on 15 September 2011 in the Czech Republic. The object of all the attention is Saxana: The Little…
Sex Comedy Scores a Hit with Czechs
PRAGUE: Men in Hope, the follow-up to director Jiri Vejdelek's 2010 hit Women in Temptation, lured 285,000 spectators in its first two weeks in distribution, with less than a 20%…
FNE-IDF DocBlock: Prix Europa 2011 Nominations
The European broadcasting festival Prix Europa 2011 announces this year’s nominees. The category of feature-length television documentary presents also two successful Czech documentaries Katka, made by Helena Třeštíková, and Coal…
Czech Cinema Attendance Down in 2011
PRAGUE: Czech films and cinemas are off to a slow start in the first half of 2011, with numbers approaching 2010 results looking unlikely for the year as a whole.
