FNE IDF DocBloc: IDF Films Head to IDFA

Docs from IDF's programmes are part of the line-up at IDFA in Amsterdam.
16-11-2018

PRODUCTION: Jiri Madl Completes On the Roof for 2019 Premiere

PRAGUE: The popular Czech actor-turned-director Jiri Madl is completing his second film On the Roof to debut in 2019, a year after originally scheduled.
12-11-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: Central Bus Station Tops East Silver Viewers List

Czech docs topped the list of the most viewed films of the East Silver Video Market at Jihlava IDFF.
09-11-2018

PRODUCTION: Czech Comedy The Last Aristocrat Starts Casting

PRAGUE: A film version of the Czech bestseller The Last Aristocrat, directed by Jiří Vejdělek, is in preproduction for release in 2019.
07-11-2018

Czech Animated Feature Film Selected for Cartoon Springboard

PRAGUE: Tony, Shelly & Genius, a 70-minute animated feature film, is among the 24 projects which will be pitched at Cartoon Springboard taking place 4-6 December in Valenciennes.
07-11-2018

Two Year Old Analog Vision’s International Vision

PRAGUE: Just off a double win at the Jihlava IDFF for the German/Czech coproduction Boy of War directed by Cyprien Clément-Delmas and Igor Kosenko, and currently presenting the international premiere…
02-11-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: When the War Comes Wins Silver Eye

The Czech documentary When the War Comes by Jan Gebert won the Silver Eye Award at the Jihlava IDFF.
02-11-2018

MIDPOINT TV Launch 2019 Selects 20 Participants

PRAGUE: Nine projects and two development executives account for the 20 participants selected for the 2019 edition of MIDPOINT TV Launch, a nine-month long programme which begins in November 2018…
31-10-2018

FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Vacancy Wins Opus Bonum

JIHLAVA: The Belgian documentary Vacancy won the main award of the international competition Opus Bonum at the 22nd Jihlava IDFF, at the awards ceremony on 29 October 2018.
30-10-2018

FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Regional Film Offices and Film Funds Expand Across Czech Republic

JIHLAVA: The new Vysocina Film Office, the latest addition to a growing list of film commissions and film funds in the Czech Republic, used the platform of the Jihlava IDFF…
30-10-2018

FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Czech Docs Look Abroad

JIHLAVA: Czech documentary filmmakers are participating in international coproductions and taking on international topics and settings in increasing numbers. A clear example of this can be seen in the Czech…
30-10-2018

FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Archival Materials in Spotlight as UNESCO Marks Day of Audiovisual Heritage

JIHLAVA: Increasingly detailed credits for archival materials in documentary films are getting a push from institutions such as the Czech National Film Archives, as detailed in a presentation on the…
29-10-2018

FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Balkan Documentary Center Pitches Seven Films

JIHLAVA: Seven documentaries with Balkan stories were presented at the Balkan Documentary Center’s pitching platform at the 22nd Jihlava IDFF, running through 30 October 2018 as part of the BDC…
29-10-2018

PRODUCTION: The Prague Orgy Shooting in Prague

PRAGUE: Irena Pavlásková is shooting The Prague Orgy, based on the novel by the famous American writer Philip Roth, who died earlier this year. The project with international cast is…
24-10-2018

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Pilotu, Prague

This month we speak with film producer Jan Macola, the owner of Kino Pilotu from Prague’s popular neighbourhood Vrsovice. The cinema was reopened by Jan Macola in the spring of…
24-10-2018

MIDPOINT Announces 2018 - 2019 TV LaunchTeam

PRAGUE: Gabor Krigler, Creative Executive of HBO Europe, will be Head of Studies at the 2019 edition of MIDPOINT TV Launch for the international script development programme MIDPOINT.
23-10-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: Tožička To Head IDF

Tomáš Tožička has been tapped as director of the Institute of Documentary Film.
19-10-2018

GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Eight Minority Coproductions

PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund has announced its support for minority coproductions in the October 2018 round of grants. The total amount of the allocation for this call was 769,230…
18-10-2018

FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers: Anna Herza Tydlitátová, Czech Republic

PRAGUE: Anna Herza Tydlitátová from Telekinetic is representing the Czech Republic at Jihlava IDFF's Emerging Producers programme. FNE spoke with Herza Tydlitátová about the current situation for documentary filmmaking in…
17-10-2018

PRODUCTION: Czech/German National Street Starts Filming in Prague

PRAGUE: Czech writer/director Stepan Altrichter is currently shooting the Czech/German coproduction National Street in Prague. The film is produced by Pavel Strnad and Petr Oukropec for Negativ.
16-10-2018