26/01/2009

The Czech Republic is making a strong showing at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival (February 5–15). Nine Czech films or majority co-productions are at the European Film Market, and the festival itself will see the international premiere of Who's Afraid of the Wolf in the Generation Kplus selection.

Directed and written by Marie Procházková, Who's Afraid of the Wolf is a love story for adults as well as children. Little Terezka responds to a crisis unfolding in her family by creating a fantasy adventure with many elements of the fairy-tale of Little Red Riding Hood.

Procházková made her feature debut in 2004 with Shark in the Head. Who’s Afraid of the Wolf is produced by Vratislav Slajer of Bionaut Films, with co-producer Ceska televize.

Czech films in the European film market include Helena Trestikova's EFA Prix Arte-winning documentary Rene, which is being handled by Taskovski Films.

Negativ Film Productions will be selling its production Night Owls, directed by Michaela Pavlatova, which won awards at international festivals in Karlovy Vary and Cottbus.

Film Europe, SPI International's new sales arm, is presenting the international premiere of Pavel Goebl's romantic comedy Veni Vidi Vici, as well as Viktor Taus' The Great Thaw, based on a popular 1980s TV series.

Italian sales agent Intramovies is representing two Czech films: Ondřej Zima’s comedy Frankie Is a Womanizer [+see also:
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Simply Cinema is handling international sales for Vladimir Drha's drama English Strawberries, about the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Art and Animation Studio will be on hand with their production Goat Story: The Old Prague Legends [+see also:
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