MIDPOINT Goes Online with Works in Development
PRAGUE: MIDPOINT will present nine feature film projects at its online third edition of Works in Development = Feature Launch on 7 July 2020.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Open Programme
Ex Oriente will host three days of online open programmes via Zoom, 23 - 26 June 2020.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Kix, A Story of a Street Kid
FNE profiles the films selected for Ex Oriente Film 2020.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Projects
Twelve projects have been selected for Ex Oriente 2020.
FESTIVALS: Zlin Fest 2020 Announces Competition Films
ZLIN: The delayed 60th Zlin Film Festival for Children and Youth, originally scheduled for the week of 29 May – 6 June 2020, has announced the selection of competition films…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Tutors
Ex Oriente has announced its first tutors for 2020
CEE Projects Selected for dok.incubator 2020
PRAGUE: A Polish and a Balkan documentary are among the eight international projects that will participate in dok.incubator, which will have its next residential session 24 – 29 August in…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Srbenka Premieres on KineDoc
The Croatian documentary Srbenka has its online premiere on KineDoc.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Submission Due for East Silver Market
The first deadline for East Silver Market is 31 May 2020.
FESTIVALS: The 46th IFF EKOFILM Calls for Submissions Until End of May
"We are interested in strong stories," says the President of EKOFILM.
Czechs to Reopen Cinemas as Covid-19 Declines
PRAGUE: The Czech government has announced the re-opening of cinemas on 11 May 2020, earlier than originally planned.
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary Cancels 2020 Festival
PRAGUE: The organisers of the Karlovy Vary IFF have announced the cancellation of the 2020 edition, citing the Czech Republic’s ongoing measures to fight the coronavirus and the worldwide situation.…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Applications
Applicants have until the end of April to submit their projects for Ex Oriente.
OBITUARY: Artemio Benki
PRAGUE: French director/producer/distributor Artemio Benki, whose film career spanned thirty years in the Czech Republic, died in Paris on 15 April 2020.
OBITUARY: Gene Deitch
PRAGUE: American animator Gene Deitch, who moved to Prague in 1959, died on 19 April 2020 at the age of 95.
FNE IDF DocBloc: CEE Films at Online Visions Du Réel
Ex Oriente and East Silver Caravan films will have screening slots at the online edition of Visions du Réel.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Teams Up With Pitch the Doc
Ex Oriente Film is now accepting submissions through Pitch the Doc.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex-Oriente Masterclass Goes Online
Ex-Oriente is offering a masterclass on editing by tutor Niels Pagh Andersen online.
FESTIVALS: Zlin Moves to September Dates
ZLIN: The Zlin Film Festival, the world’s oldest and largest film festival for children, has announced that it will delay this year’s event until September. The 60th edition of the…