Czech Film and TV Join Forces

PLZEN: A new energy in TV production, heralded by productions such as HBO's Burning Bush, is leading to a convergence between film and TV in the Czech Republic
08-05-2014

CME Posts Uptake in Revenue under New Management

PRAGUE: Media group Central European Media Enterprises reported an increase of over 20 m USD in net revenues for the first quarter of 2014 compared with 2013, coming in at…
08-05-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen 2014: Like Never Before Captivates Expanded Festival

PLZEN: A year after it received a special pre-premiere screening at the 2013 Finale Festival of Czech films, Zdnek Tyc’s deathbed drama Like Never Before made a return bow in…
05-05-2014

Triple Day and Date Premiere for Sacro Gra

PRAGUE: The Czech and Slovak Republics are sharing an online, TV, and cinema simultaneous release of film Sacro GRA, the first ever documentary winner of Venice Film Festival, today (5…
05-05-2014

EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Tomas Hruby

PRAGUE: Czech producer Tomáš Hrubý heads to Cannes to participate in European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move.
05-05-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen 2014: Czech Industry Gathers in Plzen

PLZEN: Czech and international industry representatives filled the annual presentation of upcoming Czech films organized for the 11th time at the Finale Plzen film festival, taking place through 3 May…
30-04-2014

FESTIVALS Lech Walesa to Attend KVIFF

PRAGUE: The Karlovy Vary IFF announced its first major guest for the 49th edition of the festival, 4-12 July 2014: Nobel Prize winner and former Polish president Lech Walesa who…
29-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: Miracle

PLZEN: Miracle / Zázrak, a Slovak/Czech coproduction by Slovak director and co-writer Juraj Lehotský competes at Finale Plzen after an illustrious film festival roll-out.
28-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: Like Never Before

PLZEN: Like Never Before by Zdeněk Tyc returns to Finale Plzen in the main competition, after having been given a pre-premiere screening there one year ago.
28-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: An Unlikely Romance

PLZEN: The feature film competition at the Finale Festival in Plzen, taking place 27 April – 3 May 2014, will include Ivan Vojnár’s hybrid film An Unlikely Romance, an intimate…
24-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: Wings of Christmas

PLZEN: Karin Babinská, whose popular and internationally acclaimed road-movie Dolls, won the 20th Finále Plzen, returns to Plzen to compete with the romantic film Wings of Christmas (Kridla Vanoc).
24-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: Uni

PLZEN: Directed, written and photographed by Tomáš Vorel, Uni continues in the aesthetics prompted by his earlier film, The Can.
24-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: Burning Bush

PLZEN: The most acclaimed Czech film of 2013, crowned with 11 Czech Lions and awarded as the Best film by Czech Critics, Burning Bush directed by Polish filmmaker Agniezska Holland…
23-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: Krasno

PLZEN: Krásno, the directorial debut of acclaimed Czech theatre actor Ondřej Sokol, will compete at the 27th Finale Plzen, running 27 April – 3 May 2014.
23-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: Revival

PLZEN: Director Alice Nellis scored a hit with the popular comedy Revival, winner of the Audience award at the 2013 Karlovy Vary IFF and one of the top Czech films…
23-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: Clownwise

PLZEN: The film Klauni (Clownwise), based on a script by Petr Jarchovský and directed by Viktor Tauš was nominated for the Czech Lion awards in eight categories and Jiri Labus…
22-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: To the Sea

PLZEN: Expect intense interest when leading young Czech and international actor Jiří Mádl (Borgia, Four Suns, Colette) makes his directorial and scriptwriting debut with To See a Sea (Pojedeme k…
18-04-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Eight Projects Selected for DOK.Incubator

The Institute of Documentary Film introduces the projects which will participate in the 2014 edition of DOK.Incubator.
18-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: Honeymoon

PLZEN: Honeymoon (Libanky), nominated for the Czech Lion in five categories and the winner of the Best Director Award at Karlovy Vary IFF starts the competition roll-out at the 27th…
17-04-2014

FNE at Finale Plzen: Colette

PLZEN: The first day of competition at the 27th Finale Plzen national festival of Czech and Slovak films offers up Milan Cieslar’s English-lingo Colette.
17-04-2014