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140 articles available in total starting from 25/03/2005. Last article published on 12/06/2007.

Docs are back in the frame

Documentary film is back on the big screen in Czech Republic. A total of eight titles are planned for distribution in the next two months, five of which are Czech and/or Slovak productions. The...  

31/08/2006 | Documentary | Czech Republic

Renc goes back to action drama roots

Filip Renc is finishing in Prague initial shooting of his new film At Your Own Risk (Na Vlastni nebezpeci), an action drama set originally in the Balkans. The main story, about a man looking in...  

22/08/2006 | Production | Czech Republic

Hrebejk never rests, shoots sixth film in eight years

Even before his latest film Beauty in Trouble (Kráska v nesnazich) (see the making of)premiered in the Czech cinemas, a restless Jan Hrebejk is again on set, filming Teddy-bear (Medvidek), a...  

16/08/2006 | Production | Czech Republic

Thessaloniki: Digital Wave, Balkans and Wenders the main themes

The advancing digital cinema, the Balkan connection and a few distinguished guests look like the main themes in this year’s Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF, November 17-26). The 14...  

20/07/2006 | Festivals | Greece

Greece, Spain embark on ambitious El Greco

The life of master painter and sculptor El Greco will be brought to the screen by Greek director Yannis Smaragdis in what could be one of Europe’s most ambitious European period drama...  

17/07/2006 | Production | Greece

Other Worlds’ Vary success to boost moral, sales

Marko Skop’s Slovakian production Other Worlds (Ine svety) made history last week when it became the first documentary to win the Audience Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival....  

14/07/2006 | Market | Slovakia

Theatre standards inadequate lament organizers

A post festival’s review is usually consumed on the quality of the films presented, but Jiri Bartoska broke tradition this year and, instead, paid more attention to the technical standards of his...  

10/07/2006 | Karlovy Vary IFF

Film Centre petitions State: a little help from famous friends

On the eve of the country’s most important film event, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 30-July 8), the Czech Film Centre announced that its petition to the government has...  

30/06/2006 | Legislation | Czech Republic

Holiday Makers find code for Da Vinci

Move over Da Vinci, here come the Holiday Makers. Jirí Vejdelek’s debut feature Holiday Makers (Úcastníci zájezdu) is one weekend away from reaching half million admissions in the Czech box...  

29/06/2006 | Box office | Czech Republic

Czechs “protest” with a massive 28 films on show

The best form of protest is when you do it by the numbers goes the old saying and, it seems, the Czech film industry took notice. A total of 28 films and documentaries from the local production...  

28/06/2006 | Karlovy Vary IFF | Czech Republic

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