A Film by Georges Méliès Found at the Czech National Film Archives
PRAGUE: A film by Georges Méliès labeled Imperceptible Transmutations / Les Transmutations imperceptibles (1904) has been found at the Czech National Film Archives.
FESTIVALS: The 20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival Announces Selection
JIHLAVA: The 20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival will screen 310 film titles out of more than 3,600 submitted films. The competition sections will showcase 45 world premieres, as well…
FNE AV Innovation: Defining Transmedia vs Crossmedia
PRAGUE: Welcome to the guide for transmedia storytelling in the audiovisual industry. I would like to explain the main differences in terminology and shows how to work with digital media…
PRODUCTION: Czech/Iranian Coproduction The One of the Whale in Development
PRAGUE: Czech production company i/o post is developing its third coproduction with Iranian partners. Drama The One of the Whale is the debut feature by Iranian filmmaker Kaveh Daneshmand, who…
FNE IDF DocBloc: The Most Successful East Silver Caravan Members Are Mallory and Cinema, Mon Amour
Documentary films from the CEE region, supported by the Institute of Documentary Film, are regularly screened at international film festivals also thanks to the East Silver Caravan project. There will…
The Third EAVE Producers Workshop Ready to Start in Prague
PRAGUE: A record number of 74 leading decision makers from all over the world, 31 fiction and documentary projects and 51 top producing talents from 37 countries will take part…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Salome Jashi Will Give a Masterclass on her Award-winning Film in Jihlava
Among the tutors of the second Ex Oriente Film workshop, organised by the Institute of Documentary Film within the Jihlava IDFF, there will be the award-winning Georgian director and producer…
PRODUCTION: Indian Doc on Czech New Wave in Postproduction in Prague
PRAGUE: Indian documentary Czech Mate – In Search of Jiri Menzel (working title) by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is currently being edited in the Prague studio MagicLab after six years of…
GRANTS: Czech Republic to Support Development of 15 films
PRAGUE: Czech State Cinematography Fund gave development grants totalling 285,297 EUR / 710,000 CZK to 15 projects.
FNE IDF DocBloc: KineDok Begins its Screenings in MeetFactory With My Father the Banker
Exceptional creative documentaries from the second edition of project KineDok are screened in seven European countries already, and in the Czech Republic alone they can be seen at 42 alternative…
GRANTS: Czech Republic Announces Grants for Minority Coproductions
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund will allot 738,342 EUR / 19,950,000 CZK to nine minority coproductions. Romania, Latvia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Russia, Croatia and France are among coproduction partners.
EAST DOC PLATFORM calls for entries!
The call for applications tothe 6th East Doc Platform | Prague | March 6– 12, 2017, organized by theInstitute of Documentary Film in association with One World International Human Rights…
Prague Launches Film Fund to Support Foreign Productions
PRAGUE: Prague’s city council approved a new film fund called Prague in Film. The annual budget allocated to the fund amounts to 370,096 EUR/10 m CZK.
Czech Republic Selects Lost in Munich as Oscar Bid
PRAGUE: Czech Film and Television Academy selected Lost in Munich by Petr Zelenka to be the country‘s entry to the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards.…
Rasist Threats Cancel Czech Doc Premiere
PRAGUE: The domestic premiere of the documentary FC Roma by Rozalie Kohoutova and Tomas Bojar, focusing on a football club with mainly Romani players, was cancelled due to threats by…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Blind Gulliver: How Observing Exotic Absurdities Can Help Us Observe Follies of Our Own
On 26 September 2016, in Prague's Světozor Cinema, the renowned documentary filmmaker Martin Ryšavý will have a pre-premiere screening of his latest film, Blind Gulliver.
PRODUCTION: Musicians Wraps Shooting
PRAGUE: Musicians / Muzikanti directed by Slovak director Dušan Rapoš, the author of the cult musical of the 80’s The Fountain for Zuzana, wraps shooting at Těšínské Slezko, on the…
FNE IDF DocBloc: KineDok Site Specific Screenings at Bergen IFF
On 20 September 2016, the 17th edition of Bergen International Film Festival starts in Norway, hosting also a vast section of international creative documentaries.
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Atlas and Evald Cinemas, Prague
This month we speak with Ondřej Trantina, Chief Operations Officer within Atlas Cinema and Komorni kino Evald, and Petr Frakaš, Deputy Director within Atlas cinema and Booking manager within the…
PRODUCTION: Bollywood Film Starring Shah Rukh Khan shooting in Prague
PRAGUE: Bollywood romantic road movie The Ring, starring Shah Rukh Khan, is currently shooting in Prague and set to spend almost 2 m EUR there. The film directed by Imtiaz…
