Czech Republic Selects Winter Flies as Oscar Candidate
PRAGUE: Winter Flies by Olmo Omerzu has been voted by the members of the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) as Czech Republic’s official entry for the US Academy Awards…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Zdeněk Blaha Is New Manager of East Doc Platform
Starting from September 2018 Zdeněk Blaha is the new manager of the East Doc Platform and he also remains the manager of another event organised by the Institute of Documentary…
Michael Caine Joins Petr Jakl’s Medieval
PRAGUE: Michael Caine has joined the cast of Petr Jákl’s biopic Medieval, starring Ben Foster as Bohemia’s greatest warrior Jan Žižka of Trocnov. The film is coproduced by British-born Hollywood…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Submit Your Projects to East Doc Platform 2019
Submit your feature length, short and interactive projects to the East Doc Platform 2019!
Second Season of Knightfall Series Returns to Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The second season of the History Channel's TV series Knightfall has begun filming at the Barrandov Studios in Prague. Tom Cullen is starring again, while Mark Hamill (Star Wars)…
Czech Minority Coproduction Borg/McEnroe Nominated for EFA People’s Choice Award
PRAGUE: Borg/McEnroe by Janus Metz, a coproduction between Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Czech Republic, is among the nine films nominated for the EFA People’s Choice Award 2018. The vote…
Spider-Man: Far From Home Set for Shooting in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Far From Home by Jon Watts will be partially shot in the Czech Republic in September 2018. Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Keaton, Jacob Batalon…
FNE Jihlava Doc News: Call for Applications for Ji.hlava Academy
Applications are open until 15 September 2018 for the Ji.hlava Academy, a five-day educational, networking and inspiring platform open to directors, cinematographers, editors, producers, visual artists, and also to film…
Ben Foster to Star in Biggest Budget Czech Film in History
PRAGUE: American actor Ben Foster will portray Bohemia’s greatest warrior Jan Žižka of Trocnov in Petr Jákl’s biopic coproduced by British-born Hollywood producer Cassian Elwes.
Jan Němec's and Karel Vachek's Films on Prague Spring 1968 Online at DAFilms.com
PRAGUE: The Ferrari Dino Girl by Czechoslovak New Wave classic Jan Němec and Elective Affinities by Karel Vachek are available online on DAFilms.com on the occasion of the 50th anniversary…
FNE IDF DocBloc: God Overestimated Me
Youlian Tabakov is in development with the Bulgarian/Swedish coproduction God Overestimated Me, a documentary about an old and lonely woman, sitting in front of the enormous ocean of the past.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Dream – Klusák and Remunda Retrospective in Moscow
Three Moscow cinemas will screen eight films by Czech documentary filmmakers Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda from 19 to 23 September 2018, as part of the Czech Dream retrospective.
MIDPOINT Feature Launch Offers 10,000 EUR Cash Prize
KARLOVY VARY: The best project in the MIDPOINT Feature Launch programme will receive a cash prize of 10,000 EUR, starting from 2019. The winner will be announced at the Karlovy…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Editor's Place in Czech Documentary: Jana Vlčková
Click HERE to read the interview with leading Czech editor Jana Vlčková
BOX OFFICE: Two Domestic Films in Czech Weekend Top Ten
PRAGUE: Czech films Bear with Us/Chata na prodej by Tomas Pavlicek and Smiles of Sad Men/Úsměvy smutných mužů by Dan Svátek were ranked the 5th and the 6th respectively in…
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Distributes Over 82,000 EUR for Documentary Production and Feature Film Development
PRAGUE: Czech Film Fund allotted 82,353 EUR/21 m CZK in grant support for documentary production and feature film development. A total of 23 projects received funding.
Crowd Funding Campaign for the Czech Premiere of Warsaw Pact Army Invasion Doc
PRAGUE: Czech Analog Vision, the production company behind the archive documentary My Unknown Soldier by Anna Kryvenko, launched a crowd funding campaign to support the theatrical release of the film…
MIDPOINT TV Launch Announces Development Executives Training
PRAGUE: At its 2019 edition MIDPOINT TV Launch will organise a specialised training for development executives. This part of the programme is intended to create a new generation of broadcaster…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Martin Horyna: There Is Still a Reason to Separate Documentary Films
Click HERE to read an interview with documentary film expert Martin Horyna, member of the Programme Department at the Karlovy Vary IFF and one of the three main persons selecting…
PRODUCTION: Czech Director Julius Ševčík’s The Glass Room with International Cast Wraps Shooting
PRAGUE: Czech/Slovak coproduction The Glass Room, directed by Julius Ševčík, has wrapped shooting. The film stars acclaimed European and Czech actors. Renowned Polish editor Jaroslaw Kaminski (Ida and Cold War,…
