PRODUCTION: Madl Debuts with To See a Sea
PRAGUE: Leading young Czech and international actor Jiří Mádl (Borgia, Four Suns, Colette) is finishing work on his debut film as a director and scriptwriter, the ultra-low budget To See…
Czechs Open 2014 Incentives Applications
PRAGUE: Director of the State Cinematography Fund Helena Bezděk Fraňková announced that 500 million CZK (18 224 000 EUR) of film incentive funds will be available available for 2014.
Artcam Launches Cinema on Demand Project
PRAGUE: Film Distributor Artcam has launched a project called “Delam kino” (I Make My Own Cinema) as an alternative distribution for quality films which are difficult to find regular cinemas.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Beer War
Producer Pavel Bercik dips into the topic of Czech Beer in an upcoming documentary.
Prague Short Film Marathon
PRAGUE: The Czech Film Center in cooperation with the Prague Short Film Festival, the iShorts association and AG-Kurzfilm of Germany is organising a marathon of short films on 21 December…
FNE Warsaw AV Summit Country Profile: Czech Republic
The adoption of the new Czech film law has been a mixed blessing for the Czech film industry. Funding for the film industry was delayed as the government awaited approval…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Czechoslovakia - The Destiny of a Canadian
Lukas Pribyl, director of the Forgotten Transports series of documentaries, is working on a portrait of Czech expatriate H.G. Skilling.
Czech Christmas Wings Soar at Box Office
PRAGUE: A Czech holiday drama, Vanoce Kridla (Wings of Christmas), held the number one spot at the domestic box office in its third week of release, taking in some 19m…
FNE IDF DocBloc: In Prison with Mum
Czech TV is producing a documentary on the effects of being raised inside a prison by an incarcerated mother.
FNE TV: Ivo Andrle, head of Kino Aero and Aerofilms Distribution
FNE asked Czech exhibitor and distributor Ivo Andrle how being both an exhibitor and a distributor can help bring more European films to the Czech audience and what are his…
FNE/IDF DocBloc: Wolf
Producer Radim Prochazka looks at the efforts of a man to clear the name of his father, a rabbi at the Terezin concentration camp who decided which inmates would be…
Czech Sirena Film shooting Heavy Water War with Anna Friel
PRAGUE: Sirena Film is in production with the Norwegian TV series Heavy Water War, a WWII story starring Anna Friel.
IDF DocBloc: Sugar-Blog
Andrea Culkova takes a personal look at the addiction to sugar.
Czech Film Fund chief Helena Frankova is candidate for Czech Minister of Culture post
PRAGUE: The director of the Czech State Fund for Cinema Helena Fraňková is one of the front-running candidates for the post of Minister of Culture according to reports in the…
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.
