IDF DocBloc: Czechs Back Zeman Doc

Groundbreaking Czech animation filmmaker Karel Zeman is the subject of an upcoming Czech documentary.

25-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Genre Coproduction Binderiana Seeking Director

KARLOVY VARY: Producers and a scriptwriter of a proposed Czech-Polish coproduction entitled Binderiana presented the project at Karlovy Vary’s recent Pitch and Feedback forum, telling the panel that they’re still looking for the right director to handle the unusual genre film.

22-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Jirasky in Preproduction with Hanna and Marie

KARLOVY VARY: Czech postproduction house i/o post is producing Zdenek Jirasky’s third film Hanna and Marie following In Silence which screened at the 49th KVIFF and his awarded debut film Flower Buds.

21-07-2014

PRODUCTION: My Farm is My Castle Sets October Release

KARLOVY VARY: Czech director Jiri Stejskal is in postproduction with the documentary film My Farm is My Castle.

21-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Five Year Okhwan Doc Nears End of Journey

KARLOVY VARY: Director/producer Marek Mackovic is in postproduction with his debut film Okhwan, Mission Impossible, a road movie documentary about a South Korean bicycling the world.

17-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Otter Films Producing Found Footage Doc

KARLOVY VARY: Anna Wydra of Poland’s Otter Films is coproducing a documentary based on found footage, Reporter directed by Magdalena Szymkow.

16-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Hastrman Pitched at KVIFF

KARLOVY VARY: Popular Czech musican Ondrej Havelka will direct his debut film Hastrman, based on his adaptation of a Czech book. The project at the third annual Pitch and Feedback forum of upcoming Czech and Slovak films organized at the Karlovy Vary IFF.

16-07-2014

PRODUCTION: The Beauteous Pitches at KVIFF

KARLOVY VARY: Director/scriptwriter Jan Kobler makes his feature film debut with The Beauteous, a drama about two young gay men who meet and separate on a single night.

15-07-2014

PRODUCTION: The Adventures of a Dutiful Daughter in Production

BUCHAREST: Ana Lungu is in production with her debut feature, The Adventures of a Dutiful Daughter / Aventurile unei fete cuminţi (working title), an independent production of Mandragora.

15-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Prosenc Develops Follow up to KVIFF Debut

KARLOVY VARY: Slovenian director Sonja Prosenc, in Karlovy Vary to premiere her first film The Tree in the East of the West competition, spoke with FNE about her next project with the working title History of Love.

11-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Award Winner Lehotsky Developing Erik

KARLOVY VARY: Slovak director Juraj Lehotsky, whose 2013 film Miracle received the Special Mention when it premiered at the Karlovy Vary IFF last year, was back at the festival this year to pitch his new project Erik about an eight-year-old boy suffering through his parents’ divorce.

10-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Journey to Rome Moves to Postproduction

KARLOVY VARY: Polish director Tomasz Mielnik has completed shooting on his debut film Journey to Rome, which was presented at the Karlovy Vary IFF Works in Progress.

10-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Ostrochovsky Fiction Debut Goat

KARLOVY VARY: Slovak documentary director Ivan Ostrochovsky will make his feature fiction debut with a Slovak/Czech road-movie drama lightened by quirky touches, Goat.

09-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Fornay Preps Absurdist Drama

KARLOVY VARY: Award-winning Slovak director Mira Fornay, who is serving on the main jury at the Karlovy Vary IFF, is in preproduction with Cook, F**k, Kill (Frogs with No Tongues) for a summer 2015 shoot.

09-07-2014

PRODUCTION: Alvernia Studios Preps Dark Comedy DISCOPOLO

WARSAW: Alvernia Studios will produce DISCOPOLO, a dark comedy about a social phenonenon of disco polo music starring Joanna Kulig and Dawid Ogrodnik.

09-07-2014

Czech Production Increased in 2013

KARLOVY VARY: Film production in the Czech Republic rose 23% in 2013, to more than 5 billion CZK with most of the increase due to foreign film production which rose 82% to 2.84 billion CZK.

07-07-2014