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

Czech films continue domination

National productions continue to lead the Czech box-office, with two films taking the top spots for the week ending October 5. With more to come and in what is generally considered to be a “poor”...  

06/10/2005 | Box office | Czech Republic

“Thessaloniki festival a fast train” says Corraface

“A fast train that goes to the right direction” – this is the optimistic approach to the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) major shifts in its management and program structures this...  

29/09/2005 | Festivals | Greece

Czech cinema enjoys San Sebastian Golden Shell

Czech cinema is today in a state of disbelief as Bohdan Slama’s new film Something Like Happiness (“Stesti”) won a surprise “Golden Shell” at the 53rd San Sebastian International Film Festival,...  

26/09/2005 | Festivals | Spain

Polanski’s Twist to premiere in Prague

Roman Polanski’s latest adaptation of a classic novel, Oliver Twist , is to have its world premiere in Prague, September 24. The British-French-Italian-Czech co-production has already been...  

23/09/2005 | Releases | Czech Republic

Napola returns to Prague

The award winning Napola ("Napola - Elite für den Führer"), a historical drama by Dennis Gansel, returns to Prague, this time as one of the four new releases in the Czech cinemas, September 22....  

22/09/2005 | Releases | Czech Republic

Something Like Happiness goes to the top

Bohdan Sláma’s new film Something Like Happiness (“Stesti” – see our News) is arguably far from being a feel-good story. That does not seem to bother Czech cinemagoers who rushed to the theatres...  

21/09/2005 | Box office | Czech Republic

Slama’s Happiness out to break records

Bohdan Sláma’s much anticipated film Something Like Happiness (“Stestí”) opens today in an unprecedented 21 theatres across the Czech Republic. It has been well promoted and it promises to make...  

15/09/2005 | Release | Czech Republic

Distributors say 2005 a year to forget

The figures don’t lie. Cinema admissions in the first half of this year in the Czech Republic reached just over 4,5 million, down by almost 25 percent compared to the 6 million in the same period...  

26/08/2005 | Distribution | Czech Republic

Czech Film Center is three years old

When it started out there was much skepticism from part of the industry on whether this is an idea that will work. As it now completes its third year of existence, a lot of those who once spoke...  

22/08/2005 | Institutions | Czech Republic

Hrebejk’s Beauty in trouble based on same recipe

You never change a winning team goes the saying and Jan Hrebejk knows that all too well. His Beauty in trouble (“Kraska v nesnazich”), which started filming July 26, features literally the same...  

09/08/2005 | Production | Czech Republic

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