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Articles, interviews, news, analysis on the Czech audiovisual sector.

Country profile: Czech Republic

Country profile: Czech Republic

31 January 2024

The 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival set to honour the legacy of John Garfield

Karlovy Vary 2025

The 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival set to honour the legacy of John Garfield

The festival’s industry strand, KVIFF Eastern Promises, is adding a new initiative, KVIFF Central Stage, intended for established filmmakers with fiction projects from Central Europe  

24 April 2025

Inner Landscapes scoops the East Doc Platform Award

East Doc Platform 2025 – Awards

Inner Landscapes scoops the East Doc Platform Award

The debut work by Zofia Sawicka has received the main award, while NEAR LIGHT - Second Lives of Murderers was granted the newly introduced Council of Europe Series Co-Production Development Award  

21 March 2025

EXCLUSIVE: The Archive Film Festival Network comes to life

Industry / Market - Italy/France/Finland/Czech Republic

EXCLUSIVE: The Archive Film Festival Network comes to life

Bergamo Film Meeting, FEMA La Rochelle, the Midnight Sun Film Festival and Summer Film School are joining forces on a new initiative celebrating archive films and cinematic heritage  

12 March 2025

East Doc Platform lifts the lid on its programme

East Doc Platform 2025

East Doc Platform lifts the lid on its programme

From ethics in the field of AI to international co-productions, this year’s event tackles the most pressing challenges shaping the future of documentary filmmaking  

12 March 2025

CEE Animation Forum opens call for submissions for its 2025 edition

CEE Animation 2025

CEE Animation Forum opens call for submissions for its 2025 edition

Feature, short and student film as well as series and TV special projects can take part in the event in Pilsen in November, with the deadline for application set for 30 April  

06 March 2025

East Doc Platform announces selection of projects

East Doc Platform 2025

East Doc Platform announces selection of projects

The key industry event for documentaries hailing from Eastern and Central Europe will present works-in-progress from Czech Republic, Poland, Germany and Ukraine, among others  

27 February 2025

Jiří Mádl's Waves dominates the Czech annual box office

Box Office - Czech Republic

Jiří Mádl's Waves dominates the Czech annual box office

Despite a 2.2% dip in cinema attendance in 2024, domestic theatres maintained stable box-office revenues  

14 February 2025

Short Pitch Program and Ex Oriente Film Workshop open their calls for applications

Institute of Documentary Film 2025

Short Pitch Program and Ex Oriente Film Workshop open their calls for applications

Documentary filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe have an opportunity to advance their projects and careers with the 2025 editions of the programmes aimed at shorts and features  

10 February 2025

Czech Audiovisual Fund launches, broadens support to series and video games

Industry / Market - Czech Republic

Czech Audiovisual Fund launches, broadens support to series and video games

The transformed fund marks a restructuring of the country’s creative sector support, introducing expanded incentives and new funding categories to address evolving demands across industries  

17 January 2025

The Czech Republic to raise incentives and triple cap in 2025

Industry / Market - Czech Republic

The Czech Republic to raise incentives and triple cap in 2025

Other changes include the introduction of a new 35% incentive for animated and digital projects  

16 December 2024

REPORT: dok.incubator 2024

Industry / Market - Czech Republic

REPORT: dok.incubator 2024

The mentorship programme for documentaries at the rough-cut stage has presented a selection of projects tackling cultural displacement, personal sacrifice and generational trauma  

04 December 2024

Croatian project Saima - Scenes from a Midlife Crisis takes top honours at the CEE Animation Forum

CEE Animation 2024

Croatian project Saima - Scenes from a Midlife Crisis takes top honours at the CEE Animation Forum

The event celebrated the creativity and storytelling prowess of Central and Eastern European animation, highlighting 31 standout projects in four categories  

14 November 2024

At Ji.hlava, Vladimíra Chytilová surveys the funding opportunities for documentary filmmakers applying for Creative Europe grants

Jihlava 2024 - Jihlava Industry

At Ji.hlava, Vladimíra Chytilová surveys the funding opportunities for documentary filmmakers applying for Creative Europe grants

The Creative Europe MEDIA Desk rep focused in particular on development, co-development and TV and online content funding  

04 November 2024

Slovak project Wasteland Chronicles takes the top honour at Ji.hlava’s New Visions Forum

Jihlava 2024 – Jihlava Industry/Awards

Slovak project Wasteland Chronicles takes the top honour at Ji.hlava’s New Visions Forum

Other winners in the industry strand focused on social boundaries, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and experimental explorations of memory and perception  

04 November 2024

The Ji.hlava New Visions Forum showcases emerging documentary talents and global issues

Jihlava 2024 – Jihlava Industry

The Ji.hlava New Visions Forum showcases emerging documentary talents and global issues

The Czech gathering’s industry strand includes work-in-progress documentaries from emerging filmmakers, focusing on critical societal, environmental and personal narratives  

18 October 2024

REPORT: Czech Film Springboard @ Finále Plzeň 2024

Finále Plzeň 2024 – Czech Film Springboard

REPORT: Czech Film Springboard @ Finále Plzeň 2024

The industry initiative presenting Czech works in progress has showcased projects covering an eclectic mix of genres, from intimate family dramedies to explorations of masculinity  

25 September 2024

At Karlovy Vary, Bridging the Dragon unpacks co-production opportunities with Asia

Industry / Market - Karlovy Vary 2024 - KVIFF Eastern Promises

At Karlovy Vary, Bridging the Dragon unpacks co-production opportunities with Asia

European producers could benefit from Asia's pool of diverse talent and resources, its flourishing market, and the presence of co-financing and financial incentives, the speakers underscored  

04 July 2024

REPORT: Works in Progress @ KVIFF Eastern Promises 2024

Karlovy Vary 2024 – KVIFF Eastern Promises

REPORT: Works in Progress @ KVIFF Eastern Promises 2024

Karlovy Vary’s industry sidebar introduced an array of stories exploring gender roles, cultural identity and forbidden love  

04 July 2024

Is Central and Eastern European cinema following in the Nordics' footsteps?

Karlovy Vary 2024 - KVIFF Eastern Promises

Is Central and Eastern European cinema following in the Nordics' footsteps?

The region's untapped potential and growth need to be exploited to the fullest but controlled in order to avoid past mistakes, warns European Producers Club managing director Alexandra Lebret  

03 July 2024

At Karlovy Vary, European Film Academy's Fatih Abay looks at the future of diversity and inclusion in the CEE countries

Karlovy Vary 2024 - KVIFF Eastern Promises

At Karlovy Vary, European Film Academy's Fatih Abay looks at the future of diversity and inclusion in the CEE countries

The recent rise of the far right concerns the whole continent and the region, risking to limit the industry's efforts and sensitivity towards the creation of a fairer sector  

03 July 2024

Wendy L Bernfeld talks getting your films "off the shelf" at Karlovy Vary

Karlovy Vary 2024 - KVIFF Eastern Promises

Wendy L Bernfeld talks getting your films "off the shelf" at Karlovy Vary

Signing multiple non-exclusive deals with smaller players seeking European content may be the right path to take to exploit arthouse library content, the expert suggested  

03 July 2024

KVIFF Eastern Promises announces its award winners

Karlovy Vary 2024 – KVIFF Eastern Promises/Awards

KVIFF Eastern Promises announces its award winners

The Slovak project Lover Not a Fighter by Martina Buchelová and the Czech project Antonie by Rozálie Kohoutová have netted two awards each  

03 July 2024

Europa Distribution returns to Karlovy Vary for the latest edition of the Film Distribution Innovation Hub

Karlovy Vary 2024 – KVIFF Eastern Promises

Europa Distribution returns to Karlovy Vary for the latest edition of the Film Distribution Innovation Hub

The network's members will explore and discuss the latest digital innovations presented by leading tech company representatives  

27 June 2024

KVIFF Eastern Promises reveals this year’s crop of promising film projects

Karlovy Vary 2024 – KVIFF Eastern Promises

KVIFF Eastern Promises reveals this year’s crop of promising film projects

Karlovy Vary’s industry platform will welcome a diverse variety of 39 projects hailing from countries across Europe, the Middle East and Japan  

26 June 2024

The CEE Animation Forum unveils its 2024 selection

CEE Animation 2024

The CEE Animation Forum unveils its 2024 selection

Thirty-one projects have been selected for this year's pitching forum, after a record-breaking number of applications were sent in  

26 June 2024

First Cut+ releases its selection for Karlovy Vary

Karlovy Vary 2024 – KVIFF Eastern Promises

First Cut+ releases its selection for Karlovy Vary

Eight films will take part in the session that forms part of the KVIFF Eastern Promises programme, with a number of acclaimed advisors having been confirmed to participate  

25 June 2024

GoCritic! Industry: Hugh Welchman at Anifilm - “Painting a story in front of your mind”

GoCritic! - Anifilm Liberec 2024

GoCritic! Industry: Hugh Welchman at Anifilm - “Painting a story in front of your mind”

The British filmmaker and one half of the filmmaking duo behind Loving Vincent and The Peasants held an engaging and eye-opening masterclass at Anifilm  

05 June 2024

CEE Animation to showcase Central and Eastern European talent at Annecy and MIFA

Annecy 2024

CEE Animation to showcase Central and Eastern European talent at Annecy and MIFA

30 films and 5 projects from the region will take part in the world’s premier animation event, with a delegation consisting of 34 industry professionals  

05 June 2024

dok.incubator reveals its 2024 selection

Industry / Market - Czech Republic/Slovakia

dok.incubator reveals its 2024 selection

Spanning continents and delving deep into the human condition, the selection of documentary projects brings to light a range of topics, such as family, war and societal changes  

25 April 2024

REPORT: Czech Docs: Coming Soon @ East Doc Platform 2024

East Doc Platform 2024

REPORT: Czech Docs: Coming Soon @ East Doc Platform 2024

The industry event dedicated to documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe shed light on five almost-finished projects, covering topics from politics to environmentalism  

09 April 2024

REPORT: East Doc Platform 2024

East Doc Platform 2024

REPORT: East Doc Platform 2024

Cineuropa profiles the winning projects from this year’s edition of the major Czech industry event organised by the Institute of Documentary Film  

05 April 2024

Ji.hlava and JB Films offer €110,000 to films from Central and Eastern Europe

Jihlava 2024

Ji.hlava and JB Films offer €110,000 to films from Central and Eastern Europe

The Czech international documentary festival, with the support of local entrepreneur Jan Barta, is setting up a new support scheme and has set 30 April as the deadline for applications  

05 April 2024

CEE Animation Forum opens its call for submissions

CEE Animation 2024

CEE Animation Forum opens its call for submissions

The 12th edition of the leading industry event for animated projects will include features, series/TV specials, shorts and student films, with the deadline for entries set for 30 April  

26 March 2024

The 2023 Czech box office prospers despite a dip in attendance levels

Box Office - Czech Republic

The 2023 Czech box office prospers despite a dip in attendance levels

While Barbie and Oppenheimer predictably flew high in the domestic chart, Avatar: The Way of Water became the highest-grossing film in the history of the Czech Republic  

08 February 2024

The Czech Republic reopens registrations for its film incentive

Institutions / Legislation - Czech Republic

The Czech Republic reopens registrations for its film incentive

In a move to bolster its film industry, the country has introduced a legislative amendment to ensure a sustainable and uninterrupted application process for both local and international productions  

31 January 2024

MIDPOINT Series Launch and Development Executive Training extend their calls

MIDPOINT 2024

MIDPOINT Series Launch and Development Executive Training extend their calls

The training programme aimed at individuals from Central and Eastern Europe will take place across 2024, hosting sessions in both the Czech Republic and Estonia; the new deadline is 15 January  

10 January 2024

MIDPOINT Intensive Queer opens its call

MIDPOINT 2024

MIDPOINT Intensive Queer opens its call

The script-development programme is welcoming feature-film projects with LGBTQ+ characters and/or themes that are central to the story  

13 December 2023

The dok.incubator workshop calls for rough-cut documentary submissions for its 2024 sessions

Industry / Market - Czech Republic/Slovakia

The dok.incubator workshop calls for rough-cut documentary submissions for its 2024 sessions

Over the past 12 years, the workshop has supported the development of 13 films that made it into the Sundance competitions and six nominees for the European Film Awards  

08 December 2023

REPORT: dok.incubator 2023

Industry / Market - Czech Republic/Slovakia

REPORT: dok.incubator 2023

We delve into the projects partaking in this year’s edition, comprising a compelling selection of documentaries, each offering a unique perspective on critical global issues  

01 December 2023

Greek film Nine Lives Left clinches the top prize at the CEE Animation Forum

CEE Animation 2023 – Awards

Greek film Nine Lives Left clinches the top prize at the CEE Animation Forum

The event has lauded other notable awardees, like Rainy Days and Nightbloom, showcasing the diverse talent and innovative storytelling within Central and Eastern European animation  

14 November 2023

MIDPOINT Series Launch 2023 is heading to its Season Finale

MIDPOINT 2023

MIDPOINT Series Launch 2023 is heading to its Season Finale

The drama series project-development programme will have its last workshop followed by pitching and networking sessions during the upcoming Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event  

08 November 2023

REPORT: New Visions Forum Europe @ Ji.hlava 2023

Jihlava 2023 – Jihlava Industry

REPORT: New Visions Forum Europe @ Ji.hlava 2023

We take a closer look at the European works in progress that were under the spotlight in the industry strand of the largest Czech documentary gathering  

31 October 2023

Ji.hlava welcomes a new cohort of documentary producers at Emerging Producers

Emerging Producers 2024

Ji.hlava welcomes a new cohort of documentary producers at Emerging Producers

The 12th edition of the promotional and educational training programme has showcased the class of 2024, comprising promising talents from across Europe  

27 October 2023

Karlovy Vary introduces new “film season” initiative, KVIFF at Your Cinema

Karlovy Vary 2023

Karlovy Vary introduces new “film season” initiative, KVIFF at Your Cinema

The largest Czech film gathering will host ten preview screenings in partnership with key distributors nationwide to promote continuous cinema visits  

17 October 2023

The Ji.hlava New Visions Forum spotlights emerging European documentaries

Jihlava 2023 – Jihlava Industry

The Ji.hlava New Visions Forum spotlights emerging European documentaries

The industry strand will feature a diverse range of European projects that address topics ranging from sociopolitical challenges and personal introspection to art and mental health  

09 October 2023

Ji.hlava begins to unveil its open industry programme

Jihlava 2023 – Jihlava Industry

Ji.hlava begins to unveil its open industry programme

The largest Czech documentary festival’s industry strand bridges the gap between European talents and US film professionals, and will explore ethical and technological boundaries in documentary  

29 September 2023

REPORT: Czech Film Springboard @ Finále Plzeň 2023

Finále Plzeň 2023 – Czech Film Springboard

REPORT: Czech Film Springboard @ Finále Plzeň 2023

The annual industry initiative presenting Czech projects in early development has showcased works from the youngest generation addressing the issue of patriarchy and various other topics  

25 September 2023

East Doc Platform is seeking its next wave of documentary projects

East Doc Platform 2024

East Doc Platform is seeking its next wave of documentary projects

The largest co-production, funding and distribution platform tailor-made for Central and Eastern European docs will run from 22-28 March 2024  

21 September 2023

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