FNE Interview with Pavel Strand Former Chairman of Czech Audiovisual Prodcuers Association

FNE spoke with Pavel Strnad, chairman of the Czech Audiovisual Producers' Association about the current state of the Czech film industry
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Czechs announce first appearance at Clermont-Ferrand

The Czech Film Center is set to represent the Czech Republic at the Clermont-Ferrand market for short films (Feb 1-6) for the first time, and will have two shorts in…
31-01-2010

Czech Center to Issue DVD of shorts

The Czech Film Center will release Czech Short Films Vol. 1, a selection of 12 short films by students the FAMU and Zlín Film Schools, at end of January.
28-01-2010

Czech Lion nominations set

The nominations for the Czech Lion awards, the national "Oscar" ceremony, will be announced on February 6.
19-01-2010

Habermann's Mill takes Bavarian Film Award prizes

Habermann's Mill, a Czech-German-Austrian co-production from Slovak born Czechoslovak New Wave director Juraj Herz, won two awards at the Bavarian Film Prize ceremonies in Munich on January 15.
17-01-2010

Lucerna celebrates centenary

Prague's art nouveau architectural masterpiece, the Lucerna cinema, was the centerpiece of a celebration to mark 100 years since it opened on December 3, 1909.
07-12-2009

Hřebejk film gets early release

Kawasaki´s Roses from Czech director Jan Hřebejk will get a December 21 release, instead of the previously announced spring 2010 release.
30-11-2009

FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Interview with Pavel Strnad

FNE spoke with Pavel Strnad, chairman of the Czech Audiovisual Producers' Association about the current state of the Czech film industry
30-11-2009

FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Czechs host Instutute of Documentary Film

For the past nine year, Prague's Institute of Documentary Film has been reaching out to CEE documentary directors and producers, promoting and enabling the rise of documentary films from across…
26-11-2009

FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Czech film production

In Czech cinemas, domestic films, particularly comedies outperform Hollywood, thanks to loyal Czech audiences.
26-11-2009

FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Country Focus Czech Republic 2009

As 2009 draws to a close the Czech film industry is poised for a "make or break" new film law that if approved would set up a government backed plan…
24-11-2009

FNE VISEGRAD FORUM: Foreign productions in the Czech Republic

The Czech Republic has seen big budget foreign productions mostly dry up in 2009 following a long decline.
23-11-2009

PRODUCTION: Lidice sets filming dates

Lidice, a Czech-Polish war drama from director Alice Nellis, will begin shooting at the end of November, producer Adam Dvořák, head of production/distribution company Bioscop (www.bioscop.cz), announced.
03-11-2009

Czechs announce Elsa nominations

Former Czech First Lady Dagmar Havlova is among the nominees for the Elsa Awards, the Czech awards for excellence in TV broadcating, which will be announced on December 12.
29-10-2009

Production: Czech 3-D animated film sets 2010 release date

Czech puppet animation feature Fimfárum 3 by directors Vlasta Pospíšilová, David Súkup and Kristina Dufková is set to be released in autumn 2010, producer Martin Vandas announced.
22-10-2009

Production: Women´s Temptation goes into post-production

Women´s Temptation, a comedy by director Jiří Vejdělek, moved into post-production following completion of filming on October 19.
21-10-2009

Protector gets Czech Oscar nod

Czech big-budget war movie Protector (www.protektor-film.cz ), has been selected to represent the Czech Republic for an Oscar nomination in the foreign language film category.
24-09-2009

Prima buys Cold Feet

Czech commercial station Prima TV has order 13 episodes of the 60-minute British drama Cold Feet.
21-09-2009

Foreign releases slated for Shameless

Shameless, the 2008 film from acclaimed Czech director Jan Hřebejk will open in Polish cinemas September 18, and is scheduled for US distribution in February 2010.
17-09-2009

History Channel begins Czech broadcasts

The History Channel and History HD begins Czech language broadcasts in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in this fall.
14-09-2009