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.
CzechTV Begins Search for New Director
PRAGUE: Czech TV announced that 36 people have applied for the position of director general, to replace retiring director Jiri Janacek.
Czech Police Arrested for Film Work
PRAGUE: Eighteen police officers are charged with illegally working for film productions in the Czech Republic.
CME posts profit in Q2
PRAGUE: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has posted a small 2011 second quarter profit despite a contraction in the advertising market generally in central and eastern Europe. Second quarter net…
PRODUCTION: Signal Begins Filming
PRAGUE: Czech director Tomas Rehorek is shooting Signal, a Czech comedy, for producer Tomas Hoffman, who also produced the 2010 Czech blockbuster Women in Temptation.
FNE at KVIFF 2011: Karlovy Vary IFF Winners
KARLOVY VARY: The Grand Prize for best film went to the Israeli film, Restoration, directed by Joseph Madmony at the 46th Karlovy Vary IFF (1-9 July 2011 http://www.kviff.com/) at the…
FNE EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Czech Minister of Culture Jiri Besser
PRAGUE: FNE's General Director Anna Franklin met with Czech Minister of Culture Jiri Besser in his office in Prague for an exclusive one on one interview before KVIFF to discuss…
