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Martin Kudlac


1000 articles available in total starting from 26/09/2013. Last article published on 06/08/2025.

Shadow Country crowned Best Czech Film of 2020 by domestic film critics

Shadow Country crowned Best Czech Film of 2020 by domestic film critics

Agnieszka Holland has been hailed as Best Director for the biopic drama Charlatan, the Czech submission for the Oscars race  

08/02/2021 | Festivals | Awards | Czech Republic

Peter Bebjak starts shooting revenge thriller Shadowplay

Peter Bebjak starts shooting revenge thriller Shadowplay

The Slovak director’s latest feature-length project will be shot in the new film noir style  

04/01/2021 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Slovak animated short SH_T HAPPENS enters race for coveted statuettes on both sides of the Atlantic

Slovak animated short SH_T HAPPENS enters race for coveted statuettes on both sides of the Atlantic

The Slovak short film has qualified for the 2021 Oscar nominations and was picked as one of 12 animated short films nominated for the César Award  

31/12/2020 | Shorts | Slovakia/Czech Republic/France

Robert Kirchhoff prepares a feature-length project about “the icon of socialism with a human face”

Robert Kirchhoff prepares a feature-length project about “the icon of socialism with a human face”

The Slovak director is working on the documentary All Men Become Brothers, about Alexander Dubček  

29/12/2020 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic

Czech director Beata Parkanová shoots sophomore feature The Word

Czech director Beata Parkanová shoots sophomore feature The Word

Czech-Slovak 1960s drama The Word, inspired by the director’s grandparents, is a second instalment in a planned trilogy  

28/12/2020 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia/Poland

The Czech Film Fund prepares for shifts in the audiovisual industry

The Czech Film Fund prepares for shifts in the audiovisual industry

Besides supporting and preserving the domestic film infrastructure, the CFF has begun preparing to transform into an audiovisual fund in order to respond to changes in the industry worldwide  

09/12/2020 | Industry | Market | Czech Republic

Maia Martiniak • Director of Unseen

Interview: Maia Martiniak • Director of Unseen

“I cannot tolerate violence against women in any form”

Cineuropa talks to Slovakian director Maia Martiniak, whose latest, award-winning work, Unseen, looks at different forms of violence against women during birth as well as subsequent trauma  

02/12/2020 | /Slovakia

The International Emmy Award goes to the Czech Republic in a historic win

The International Emmy Award goes to the Czech Republic in a historic win

Czech online series #martyisdead netted the coveted prize in the Best Short-Form Series category, becoming the first ever Czech Emmy winner  

25/11/2020 | Festivals | Awards | Czech Republic/USA

Film Europe takes its Be2Can festival online, augmenting its hybrid distribution model

Film Europe takes its Be2Can festival online, augmenting its hybrid distribution model

Festival films from Film Europe’s portfolio will be screened online in the company’s “virtual theatre” as part of a hybrid cross-promotion and distribution strategy  

24/11/2020 | Festivals | Awards | Slovakia

Unseen nets the main prize and the Audience Award at One World Slovakia

Unseen nets the main prize and the Audience Award at One World Slovakia

Slovak filmmaker Maia Martiniak won two prizes for her feature debut, a documentary about childbirth trauma, while Viera Čákanyová took home the Special Prize for her sci-fi documentary essay FREM  

13/11/2020 | Festivals | Awards | Slovakia

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