FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Current Events Capture Jihlava Audiences
JIHLAVA: The Uprising, a Belgian/UK production consisting of amateur footage shot during the Arab Spring, won the Opus Bonum Best Film prize of the 17th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival…
Zelezny Tapped by TV Barrandov
PRAGUE: Vladimir Zelezny, the former head of TV Nova and one of the founders of Slovak commercial Joj TV, will be named CEO of TV Barrandov, Czech media sources report.
Taskovski Adds Bulgarian, Hungarian Docs
JIHLAVA: Taskovski Films has picked up the Bulgarian/Finnish documentary Soul Food Stories and the Romanian/Hungarian documentary Stream of Love, managing director Irena Taskovski told FNE.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Gottland
Gottland is an omnibus film based on a Polish bestseller and directed by six FAMU film school students.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Pavla Kubeckova
FNE interviews documentary producer Pavla Kubeckova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2013: Pavlína Kalandrova
FNE interviews Czech documentary producer Pavlína Kalandrova, selected to participate in the 2013 Emerging Producers workshop at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
Further Management Changes at CME
PRAGUE: Two more top executives are departing regional TV group Central European Media Enterprises (CME), the company announced on 17 October 2013.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Eugenic Minds
Czech producer Jiri Konecny looks at the disgraced subject of selective human breeding.
Czech Film Archives Celebrates 70th Anniversary
PRAGUE: Michal Bregant, General Director of the newly revitalized Czech National Film Archives (NFA) presided over a 70th anniversary celebration that attracted some of the top film industry heads.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2013: Between the Seas Casts a Wide Net
PRAGUE: Twelve documentaries representing 15 countries stretching from Estonia to Croatia and from the U.K. to Armenia have been selected for the CEE competition section Between the Seas at the…
MIDPOINT Chooses Eight Films for Czech Workshop
PRAGUE: The MIDPOINT Central European dramaturgy programme will host its third annual workshop on recognizing dramatic potential in a story at Prague’s FAMU film school on 17-19 October 2013.
Andrusko Departs TV Nova
Jan Andrusko, general director of Central European Media Enterprises’ (CME) Czech flagship station TV Nova, is leaving his position at the end of October 2013.
NATPE Takes Market to Prague
PRAGUE: After a 23 year run, NATPE Budapest (formerly DISCOP Budapest) will move the CEE region’s leading TV market to Prague under the new name NATPE Europe.
Foreign Channels Face CEE Rebuke
PRAGUE: TV broadcasts from foreign stations have prompted action from authorities in Lithuania, Latvia, and the Czech Republic.
Czechs Weigh Lawsuit against National Geographic TV
PRAGUE: An inflammatory programme presented as a documentary on crime in Prague could lead to a civil lawsuit by the City of Prague against the National Geographic Channel.
FNE IDF DocBloc: An Art Detective Story
Czech director Andrea Culkova journeys back to 1940 to uncover the mystery of two Czech artists who seemingly disappear en route from Paris to Prague.
Czech Dubbing Could Get a Drubbing
PRAGUE: The Czech newswire CTK reports that the venerated Czech tradition of dubbing (which even has its own awards) is under fire.
Academy Disqualifies Burning Bush
PRAGUE: The Czech Republic’s official entry for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, Burning Bush, has been disqualified by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
CoCo Celebrates 15 Years of Pitching Coproductions
PRAGUE: From its modest yet aspirational beginnings in 1999, Connecting Cottbus has emerged as the leading pitching platform for CEE filmmakers, with numbers to back up this claim.
CEE Completes Oscar Roster
PRAGUE: The final list of entrees vying for Oscar nominations in the Best Foreign Language Film category includes the recent Slovenian hit and Venice FEDORA winner Class Enemy directed by…
