FNE at Anifilm 2018: Animated Coproduction Wins First VAF Feature Pitching Forum

TREBON: The four-country coproduction Of Unwanted Things and People won the first animated feature film pitching award at the Visegrad Animation Forum (VAF), which was held during the Czech festival…
07-05-2018

EFP 2018 Producer on the Move: Radovan Síbrt, Czech Republic

PRAGUE: Radovan Sibrt represents the Czech Republic at the European Film Promotion’s 2018 Producers on the Move event taking place 10-14 May during the Cannes Film Festival.
07-05-2018

FNE at Anifilm 2018: Omnibus Coproduction Wins VAF Feature Pitching Forum

TREBON: The sixth edition of the Visegrad Animation Forum (VAF) introduced its first feature film pitching competition during the Anifilm festival of animated film, which concluded on 6 May 2018…
04-05-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: East Silver Caravan New Films

Two new films have been selected for East Silver Caravan.
04-05-2018

FNE at Anifilm 2018: Two Polish Animated Features Pitch at Visegrad Animation Forum

TREBON: Poland was represented by two projects at the Visegrad Animation Forum’s (VAF) first pitching session for feature-length animated films, which took place during the Anifilm festival, running through 6…
03-05-2018

Czech Minority Animation Coproductions Get Double Funding Boosts

PRAGUE: Two Czech animated minority coproductions have received funding from the Czech Film Fund and Eurimages. News of the support comes on the eve of the beloved Czech animation festival…
30-04-2018

Jihlava Film Fund Applications Due

JIHLAVA: The Jihlava Film Fund's application process will close on 30 April 2018.
27-04-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: East Silver 2018 Deadline

Documentary films produced in 2018 have until 31 May 2018 to apply to the East Silver Market.
27-04-2018

FNE at Finale Plzen 2018: The Line Wins Best Film in Plzen

PLZEN: The big winner of the 31st Finale Plzen film festival (running through 24 April 2018) was Slovak actor-turned-director/writer/producer Peter Bebjak. His film The Line won the Golden Kingfisher Award…
25-04-2018

FNE at Finale Plzen 2018: Plzen Industry Days Examines the Maturing State of Czech-French Coproductions

PLZEN: Czech-French coproductions appear to be entering a mature stage, judging by the comments of participants discussing collaborations between the two countries. And in many cases, Czech producers are taking…
25-04-2018

FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary to Honour Milos Forman

PRAGUE: The 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF will honour the recently deceased Oscar-winning Czech director Milos Forman at its opening ceremony on 29 June 2018 with a screening of his 1966…
24-04-2018

Film Archives Congress Meets in Prague

PRAGUE: The 74th Congress of FIAF, the International Federation of Film Archives, is running from 22 to 27 April 2018 in Prague, hosted by the National Film Archives of the…
23-04-2018

GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports 13 Czech Minority Coproductions

PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund has announced grants for thirteen Czech minority coproduction projects of all genres in 2018, as a sign of the growing awareness by Czech filmmakers of…
20-04-2018

Ex Oriente Deadline Next Week

PRAGUE: The Ex Oriente documentary development workshop is accepting applications for its 2018 programme through 24 April 2018.
20-04-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: More Czech Docs Get Cinema Releases

A higher than normal number of Czech films have received cinema distribution recently.
20-04-2018

Dad’s Volha Hits 2 M USD Mark

PRAGUE: The Czech dramatic comedy/mother-and-daughter road movie Dad’s Volha / Tatova volha by Jiri Vejdelek has topped the 2 M USD mark after six weeks in distribution in the Czech…
19-04-2018

Visegrad Animation Forum Adds Features to its Pitching Session

TREBON: The sixth annual Visegrad Animation Forum, held 1-3 May 2018 in the Czech spa town of Trebon, will add six animated feature film projects to its established short film…
18-04-2018

FNE at 2018 Finále Plzeň: Quartette

PLZEN: Quartette / Kvarteto by Miroslav Krobot will screen at the 31st edition of the Finále Plzeň Film Festival. The most important Czech national film festival, presenting contemporary Czech and…
18-04-2018

Applications Open for Czech Script Consulting Incubator

PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund is accepting applications for the 2018 Script Consulting Incubator through 25 April. The incubator provides development support, along with financial and dramaturgical support, for Czech…
18-04-2018

FNE at 2018 Finále Plzeň: The Third Wish

PLZEN: The Czech/Slovak Christmas comedy The Third Wish / Přání k mání by Vít Karas will screen at the 31st edition of Finále Plzeň Film Festival. The most important Czech…
17-04-2018