The fiction feature debut Eva Nová [+lee también:
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“HBO Europe broadcasts and supports quality Czech-Slovak films on a long-term basis; that’s why we have decided to acquire Eva Nová for the European territories where HBO broadcasts,” HBO’s PR representative, Pavla Brožková, told Cineuropa while also pointing out HBO’s involvement in domestic projects, such as the latest co-production, The Noonday Witch [+lee también:
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ficha de la película]. Eva Nová will be broadcast in the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Moldova, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania and Bulgaria, starting on 1 January 2017. A deal has been signed for three years, with first-year exclusivity.

Eva Nová was produced by Marko Škop and Ján Meliš for Slovakian outfit Artileria, and was co-produced by Alice Tabery of Czech company Sirius Film and Radio and Television Slovakia. The director himself praised the co-production by the domestic, state-owned, nationwide public broadcaster, saying: “I am thrilled that Radio and Television Slovakia, which co-produced the film, was open to this deal – not only did they decide not to block it, but on the contrary, they supported its distribution to a wider television audience.”