FNE at KVIFF 2017: Prize Winners: CEE Films Sweep Awards
KARLOVY VARY: The Czech/Slovak and Italian coproduction Little Crusader directed by Václav Kadrnka took home the Crystal Globe and a cash prize of 25,000 USD at the 52 Karlovy Vary…
FNE at KVIFF 2017: See How the Critics Rated the Films
KARLOVY VARY: FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI to organise a group of 20 critics attending KVIFF to rate the films in the Main Competition and the East of the…
FNE at KVIFF 2017: Ondřej Havelka Presented Ongoing Project Hastrman
KARLOVY VARY: Famous Czech musician and actor Ondřej Havelka introduced his long-awaited project Hastrman during the 52nd Karlovy Vary IFF (30 June – 8 July 2017). Described as a blend…
FNE AV Innovation: Czech Application StyLit Helps Animators
PRAGUE: Daniel Sykora and his team from Czech Technical University in Prague have developed a software that helps animators save time and reach more interesting results. StyLit is able to…
FNE at KVIFF 2017: Docu Talents and Jihlava Film Fund Grants Announced
KARLOVY VARY: The Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival announced the four recipients of the Ji.hlava Film Fund during Karlovy Vary Film Festival, as well as presenting its lineup of new…
FNE at KVIFF 2017: Works in Progress and Eurimages Lab Project Winners
KARLOVY VARY: The film project Censor / Cenzorka directed and produced by renowned Slovak director Peter Kerekes, written by Ivan Ostrochovský and produced by Kerekes Film, has been awarded the…
FNE at KVIFF 2017: Pitch and Feedback Presents Six New Czech and Slovak Projects
KARLOVY VARY: Festival directors, sales agents and producers annually flock to the Pitch and Feedback presentation in Karlovy Vary, where the Czech Film Center and the Slovak Film Institute present…
FNE at KVIFF 2017: Czech National Film Archives Inks American Distribution Deal
KARLOVY VARY: The Czech National Film Archives has signed an agreement with distribution company Janus Films, the company behind the prestigious Criterion Collection, to licence 30 Czech classic film titles…
FNE IDF DocBloc: The Sound is Innocent
A Czech/Slovak/French documentary explores electronic music and its relationship to the tape recorder.
GRANTS: Czechs Support Nine Doc Projects
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund's Office announced development grants to nine documentary projects in its June 2017 session. A total of 22 projects applied, which is the most projects…
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Animation Projects
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund's Council gave grants to three Czech majority feature-length animated films in its June 2017 session. The results were announced on 20 June.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Satanic Girls
A Czech documentary follows the story of a 1960's Czech female dixieland band that rose to fame in South America.
Docu Talents Announces Karlovy Vary Line-up
PRAGUE: Ji.hlava IFF will introduce twelve documentary projects at the 13th edition of DOCU TALENTS @KVIFF on 4 July 2017 at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
dok.incubator Hosts Doc Distribution Workshop in Slovakia
PRAGUE: The documentary rough cut workshop dok.incubator is launching a new workshop on distributing documentaries to foreign territories. The workshop is aimed at filmmakers from the Visegrad territories: Poland, Czech…
Eccho Rights Picks up Czech Series Murder Squad
PRAGUE: Eccho Rights has announced it picked up Czech crime series Murder Squad / Mordparta from commercial TV broadcaster Prima.
MIDPOINT Selects Six Projects for KVIFF Workshop
PRAGUE: Six films projects from among 29 applications have been chosen to participate in the four-day workshop MIDPOINT Intensive @KVIFF.
Film Europe Launches in Belgium and Netherlands
PRAGUE: The Prague and Bratislava based powerhouse Film Europe Media Company will launch its Film Europe Channel in Belgium and the Netherlands on 20 June 2017, making it the first…
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary Plays to Its CEE Strengths with Competition Lineup
PRAGUE: The competition line-up of the 52nd Karlovy Vary IFF (30 June – 8 July 2017) underscores the festival’s position as the powerhouse gateway to Central Europe and points East.…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Upcoming Czech Docs
Six new Czech documentaries are in production and four are in post-production.
GRANTS: Czechs Fund Eight Films
PRAGUE: The State Cinematography Fund is granting 2,542,000 EUR / 67 m CZK to eight feature film projects with Czech majority participation to support their production. Most of the projects…
