Prague, 11 April 2011 – The Czech Film Center will be presenting three events at this year’s 24th annual festival of Czech films, Finále Plzeň. In addition to the traditional Panel of Upcoming Feature and Animated Films (April 22), there will also be a showing of Czech Short Films from the collection of Czech Short Films vol. II (April 20). This year, in cooperation with the Czech Film Commission, a Location Tour of Plzeň Region Sights (April 21) will also be held for the first time.

The Czech Film Centre has also been intensively involved in short cinematic work, which can open the gates to the international world of cinema for beginning filmmakers. On Wednesday 20 April from 7:30 p.m. in the Mayor’s Room in Měšťanská beseda there will be a showing of short films from the collection of Czech Short Films Vol. II, which CFC issued at the beginning of this year. This will involve films from the production of the following film schools: FAMU, FAMO Písek, Film School Zlín and the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.
Domino / Žofie Zajíčková / Film School Zlín / CZ 2010 / animated / 9 min.
Automatic for the People / Jan Vejnar / FAMO / CZ 2010 / short film / 29 min.
Graffitiger / Libro Pixa / FAMU / CZ 2010 / animated / 10 min.
Father / Viktoria Dzurenková / FAMU / CZ 2010 / short film / 26 min.
Lucas or Curse of the Drowned Cat / Jaromír Císař / AAAD / CZ 2010 / animated / 9 min.

The invited directors and guests will be introduced after the projection of their films. Jan Vejnar and Jaromír Císař have confirmed their participation at this time. CFC’s showing will be followed by a collection of films produced by the Institute of Art and Design of the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň.
The anthological DVD Czech Short Films 2011 Vol. II was released in January 2011 as the second part of an edition of DVDs of short films that CFC started issuing in 2010. This year’s disc is also enhanced with French and German titles, which means a greater opportunity for the films to find a place in foreign festivals. CFC first presented the DVD at the festival and market of short films in Clermont-Ferrand in January, on the basis of which films have already been selected for roughly ten film festivals.

On Thursday, 21 April the CFC and Czech Film Commission will hold a day-long Location Tour of Sights in the Plzeň Region in cooperation with the regional branch of the National Heritage Institute in Plzeň and with the support of CzechTourism. Film professionals will have the opportunity to see historical buildings and get to know the possibilities and conditions for filming in the Kladruby monastery, Horšovský Týn state castle and chateau, Švihov castle and moat and Červené Poříčí state chateau.

On Friday, 23 April from 10:30 a.m. the traditional Panel of Feature and Animated Films will take place in the Small Hall of the Měšťanská beseda. For the tenth time producers, directors and scriptwriters will be presenting a selection of twenty projects. Thus the festival will continue to work as a platform for Czech cinema and the Czech film industry. A Czech-English brochure, which contains a total of 84 projects that are under development, will be available to the visitors of the panel and will subsequently be distributed at all the festivals at which CFC presents Czech cinematography.

Contacts:
Showcase of Short Films – Markéta Šantrochová, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Panel of Upcoming Projects – Jana Černík, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Location Tour of Sights in the Plzeň Region – Michaela Tapšíková, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


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