FESTIVALS: One World Updates the System
PRAGUE: The International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new Updating the system logo, a new visual identity and new sections. The…
Filthy Wins Czech Film Critics’ Award
PRAGUE: Filthy / Špína directed by Tereza Nvotová was awarded Best Film and the Innogy Award for the Discovery of the Year at the Czech Critics´Awards 2017, while Little Crusader…
FilmBox Channel Expands in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The FilmBox channel reaches almost two million subscribers in the Czech Republic after its addition to the Skylink’s digital package on 22 January 2018.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Best Documentary Projects Selected for East Doc Platform 2018
See an overview of the new edition of East Doc Platform, that will take place in Prague from 3 to 8 March 2018.
Record Number of Czech Filmmakers at East Doc Platform
PRAGUE: Nearly one third of the 50 projects from CEE countries selected for the 7th East Doc Platform have a Czech director or a Czech (co)producer. The 7th East Doc…
New Historical Drama Britannia Filmed in the Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The new historical drama Britannia, currently available on Sky Atlantic and Amazon, was largely filmed in and around Prague, using the Czech Republic as a stand-in for Britain of…
dok.incubator Submission Deadline 31 January 2018
PRAGUE: Submit your rough cut to dok.incubator until 31 January 2018 and you can be selected with your team (director, producer, editor) to the three one-week residential sessions of the…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Projects Selected for East Doc Platform 2018
See the complete list of projects selected for East Doc Platform 2018.
Ice Mother Tops Czech Lions Nominations
PRAGUE: Ice Mother, Barefoot and Milada received the most nominations for the 25th annual Czech Lion awards, organised by the Czech Film and Television Academy. The winners will be announced…
PRODUCTION: I Olga Hepnarova Team Develop Nobody Likes Me
PRAGUE: Tomáš Weinreb and Petr Kazda, authors of the critically acclaimed I, Olga Hepnarova, are developing the love story Nobody Likes Me / Nikdo mě nemá rád. This Czech/French coproduction…
Czech Republic Launches Script Consulting Incubator
PRAGUE: Script Consulting Incubator, a programme commissioned by the Czech Film Fund and organised by MIDPOINT, will have two separate branches, Training the Script Consultants and Development of Czech Scripts.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Media and Society: European Documentary in a Changing Media Landscape
Together with the Creative Europe Desks - MEDIA from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Institute of Documentary Film organises a meeting with documentary filmmakers in Prague on 25 January…
Filthy Tops Czech Film Critics’ Awards Nominations
PRAGUE: The Slovak/Czech drama Filthy / Špína directed by Tereza Nvotová got six nominations for the Czech Film Critics´Awards. The awards will be announced on 27 January 2018.
dok.incubator Workshop Calls for Rough-cut Feature Docs - DEADLINE: 31st January, 2018
dok.incubator workshop invites directors, editors and producers with feature docs in the rough cut stage to apply. There are many good films, but only a few of them are really…
Obituary: Czech Filmmaker Drahomíra Vihanová
PRAGUE: Respected Czech director, documentarist and screenwriter Drahomíra Vihanová died on 10 December 2017 at the age of 87. She was one of the members of the Czech New Wave.
FNE IDF DocBloc: The Unbearable Lightness of the Golden Age
Romanian filmmaker Ana Lungu is developing The Unbearable Lightness of the Golden Age, a documentary on 8 mm aiming at creating an intimate portrait of the typical family during the…
MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2018 Announces Selected Projects
PRAGUE: Projects from Poland, Czech Republic, Romania and Serbia are among the nine projects selected for MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2018.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Before Father Is Back
Marine Gulbiani is currently in production with documentary Before Father Is Back, a coproduction between France, Georgia and Germany.
German Crime Series Shoots in Prague
PRAGUE: German crime series Der Prag-Krimi is currently shooting in Prague. The series is produced by Schiwago Film GmbH for ARD and presents Prague as itself, similarly to the series…
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Announces Production Grants for Eight Feature Films
PRAGUE: The State Cinematography Fund distributed 2.6 m EUR / 66 m CZK for the production of eight feature films. The highest support of 531,287 EUR / 13.5 m CZK…