FNE IDF DocBloc: East Doc Platform 2019 to Highlight "Eastern Logic"

The 8th edition of East Doc Platform (EDP) will focus on "Eastern Logic". The biggest industry event for Central and Eastern European documentaries starts on 9 March 2019. The complete…
01-03-2019

Forty International Productions Spent Nearly 200m EUR in Czech Republic in 2018

PRAGUE: Forty international TV series and films were shot in the Czech Republic in 2018. With 194.7 m EUR / 5 billion CZK, 2018 became one of the strongest years…
22-02-2019

FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Docs... Coming Soon 2019 - Selected Projects

An essential part of the East Doc Platform is the presentation Czech Docs... Coming Soon dedicated to Czech documentary projects.
22-02-2019

GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Development of Nine Feature Projects

PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund distributed 272,604 EUR / 7.01 m CZK for the development of nine feature films.
21-02-2019

FESTIVALS: One World Film Festival Announces Lineup

PRAGUE: Twelve titles will vie in the international competition of the 2019 One World International Human Rights Film Festival, taking place from 6 to 17 March 2019 in Prague and…
20-02-2019

Banned Czech Doc Returns to Cinemas

PRAGUE: The Czech documentary The Road Leads to Tibet / Cesta vede do Tibetu by Vladimír Sís will return to cinemas more than 60 years after its premiere. Its renewed…
20-02-2019

FNE IDF DocBloc: East Doc Interactive 2019 Programme Revealed

The upcoming East Doc Platform 2019 will offer not only the traditional documentary projects, but also those telling stories in a very innovative way. The East Doc Interactive workshop helps…
15-02-2019

FNE at Berlinale 2019: Czech Film in Berlin

Come and visit us at the European Film Market and learn more about the current state of Czech cinema, new and upcoming films, or about co-production and shooting possibilities in…
10-02-2019

FNE IDF DocBloc: Greta Stocklassa: I Feel an Obligation to the Protagonists

Greta Stocklassa is currently making Kiruna 2.0, a film about the relocation of a Swedish mining town.
08-02-2019

OBITUARY: Czech Director and Scriptwriter Václav Vorlíček

PRAGUE: Václav Vorlíček, author of several classic Czech films, especially crazy comedies and fairy tales, has died at the age of 88.
07-02-2019

Jan Palach Wins 2018 Czech Film Critics‘ Awards

PRAGUE: Robert Sedláček’s Jan Palach won the Czech Film Critics’ Award for best film, while the best director award went to Olmo Omerzu for his road movie Winter Flies /…
04-02-2019

FNE Market Analysis 2018: CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech cinema enjoyed domestic and international successes of both feature films and documentaries in 2018, with the Czech Film Fund effectively supporting the development and production of numerous quality films…
01-02-2019

FNE IDF DocBloc: First Tutors of 3rd Ex Oriente Film 2018 Revelead

Marta Prus, Torstein Parelius and Mila Turajlić are among the tutors of the last of three week-long Ex Oriente Film workshop sessions, which will take place in Prague from 9…
01-02-2019

Magenta TV Buys HBO’s Wasteland

PRAGUE: Beta Cinema sold the eight-part original drama series Wasteland / Pustina produced for the Czech branch of HBO Europe to Deutsche Telekom's Magenta TV.
30-01-2019

Three dok.incubator Projects Selected for Sundance

PRAGUE: Three documentaries developed at the dok.incubator workshop have been selected for the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2019. Nine films made it to Sundance in…
25-01-2019

FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Docs at FIPADOC, DocPoint Helsinki & Tallinn

Upcoming DocPoint Helsinki (28 January – 3 February 2019) included Helena Třeštíková's retrospective and Jan Gebert's When the War Comes in its programme, while DocPoint Tallin (30 January - 3…
25-01-2019

Toman Tops Czech Lion Awards Nominations

PRAGUE: Toman by Ondřej Trojan tops the 26th edition of the Czech Lion awards with 13 nominations. The winners of the 26th Czech Lion awards, organised by the Czech Film…
23-01-2019

National Film Museum Opens in Prague

PRAGUE: The new NaFilM National Film Museum located in the very centre of Prague was opened for the public on 15 January 2019.
18-01-2019

FNE IDF DocBloc: White World, Amour and War at BIDF 2019

The Budapest International Documentary Festival will show East Silver Caravan titles and Silver Eye nominees in its competition from 28 January to 3 February 2019. The theme of its 5th…
18-01-2019

FNE IDF DocBloc: Projects Selected for East Doc Platform 2019

Here are the projects selected for the 8th edition of East Doc Platform, the largest coproduction, funding and distribution platform tailor-made for Central and East European documentaries, which will take…
11-01-2019