PRODUCTION: Petr Vaclav in Final Development with Big Budget Biopic Il Boemo
PRAGUE: Petr Vaclav will start the casting for Il Boemo, the biopic of Mozart’s friend, Czech composer Josef Myslivecek, in January 2017. The project received the biggest grant ever from…
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Gives Production Grants to Six Films
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund distributed 60 m CZK / 2,217,000 EUR in the late November round of production grants for 2016. From the total of 21 applications in…
FNE/IDF DocBloc: IDFA Awards Ex Oriente Doc
The Estonian documentary Come Back Free won the Special Jury Prize in Amsterdam.
Czech Animated Film Shortlisted for Oscar
PRAGUE: Happy End directed by Jan Saska is on the shortlist of ten films vying for the Oscar in the Animated Shorts category.
UK Release for I, Olga Hepnarova
PRAGUE: I, Olga Hepnarova, a Czech/Slovak/Polish/French coproduction directed by Petr Kazda and Tomáš Weinreb, will be theatrically released in the UK on 18 November 2016, following its UK premiere on…
PRODUCTION: German Heaven and Hell Begins Shooting in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: Mia Film is handling production services on Heaven and Hell, a two part TV film which is the latest of several German productions shot in the Czech Republic in…
PRODUCTION: David Mrnka Begins Shooting Milada
PRAGUE: After nine years of preparations and financing, US based Czech director, screenwriter and producer David Mrnka started shooting his new film titled Milada about Milada Horakova on 5 November…
Czech Film Fund Increases Funding Support for Docs, Minority Coproductions
PRAGUE: The State Cinematography Fund´s Council will redistribute funds saved during the year and increase the financial allocation for documentary films, minority coproductions, film festivals and script development. Most of…
FNE/IDF DocBloc: 2016 East Silver Market
Jihlava IDFF's East Silver Market reveals its most-viewed films.
Hřebejk´s The Teacher Sold for US Distribution
PRAGUE: Jan Hřebejk´s latest feature The Teacher / Učitelka, which premiered at this year´s Karlovy Vary IFF, was sold to the US distributor Film Movement, which is planning to release…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2016: Sales Agents Scout Docs at Jihlava
JIHLAVA: Sales agents from across Europe gathering at Jihlava IDFF to scout new documentary films and projects said they are shifting their strategy for acquiring and selling docs.
FESTIVALS: Prague Festival Stretches Film Boundaries
PRAGUE: The National Gallery in Prague has teamed up with a pilot festival of films shot in the portrait format for smartphone screens, Vertifilms, to be held on 3 November…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2016: Accolades for CEE Docs at Jihlava’s 20th Anniversary
JIHLAVA: The prizes at the closing ceremony spanned Europe, but the biggest prize of the 20th anniversary of the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival should go to the festival itself.…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF 2016: Taskovski Picks up Normal Autistic Film
JIHLAVA: London based sales company Taskovski Films has picked up Jihlava IDFF competition documentary Normal Autistic Film directed by Miroslav Janek.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Jihlava Looks Ahead in 20th Anniversary Edition
JIHLAVA: If there’s been one constant in the 20 years of Jihlava IDFF’s existence, it’s the festival’s forward looking approach. That constant is the overriding theme of this year’s festival,…
FNE DocBloc: Jihlava Fest Films Online
Doc Alliance is screening a selection of films from the Jihlava IDFF in honor of the festival's 20th anniversary.
Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2017: Natia Guliashvili, Jan Macola, Marek Urban
JIHLAVA: FNE has teamed up again with the 20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (25-30 October 2016) to introduce you to some of the exciting new talents that will be…
CME Reports Third Quarter Growth
PRAGUE: Strong performances in the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia led to a 5% growth in TV advertising revenues in the third quarter of 2016, TV powerhouse Central European Media…
Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2017: Bianca Oana (Romania), Tibor Keser (Croatia)
JIHLAVA: FNE has teamed up again with the 20th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (25-30 October 2016) to introduce you to some of the exciting new talents that will be…
