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330 articles available in total starting from 10/10/2005. Last article published on 19/06/2025.

Actors collide with CGI amphibians in War with Newts

Actors collide with CGI amphibians in War with Newts

Czech filmmaker Aurel Klimt will shoot the latest big-screen adaptation of Karel Čapek’s famous dystopian novel  

12/01/2023 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia/Serbia/Slovenia

Slovak filmmaker Viera Čakányová brings her “post-human trilogy” to a close with Notes from Eremocene

Slovak filmmaker Viera Čakányová brings her “post-human trilogy” to a close with Notes from Eremocene

The experimental video essay, which explores the potential of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence, will premiere in the Forum section of the Berlinale  

11/01/2023 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic

Two controversial figures from post-war Czechoslovakia get the big-screen biopic treatment in Brothers

Two controversial figures from post-war Czechoslovakia get the big-screen biopic treatment in Brothers

Czech filmmaker Tomáš Mašín has wrapped principal photography on his period drama about anti-communist resistance fighters Josef and Ctirad Mašín  

10/01/2023 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia/Germany

Juraj Lehotský • Director of Plastic Symphony

Interview: Juraj Lehotský • Director of Plastic Symphony

“Every film I make reflects a specific phase in people's lives”

Cineuropa talks to the Slovak director about his latest fiction film, which was shot during the pandemic and which stars Polish actor Bartosz Bielenia in the lead role  

13/12/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Review: The Chambermaid

Review: The Chambermaid

Although focused on a lesbian relationship in an unusual context, Mariana Cengel-Solcanská’s film remains a clichéd period drama  

06/12/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Critics’ Picks

Mariana Čengel Solčanská and Hana Lasicová • Director and screenwriter of The Chambermaid

Interview: Mariana Čengel Solčanská and Hana Lasicová • Director and screenwriter of The Chambermaid

"Historical facts are all written by men, women are nonexistent in those history books"

We met the filmmakers after the premiere of their first joint work to learn about their inspiration for the story  

30/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Critics' Picks

Review: Plastic Symphony

Review: Plastic Symphony

Juraj Lehotský’s psychological drama is aesthetically elegant but fails to dig deep into its lead character’s soul, resulting in a rather cold-hearted viewing experience  

23/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Ji.hlava looks at how regional filmmakers and theatre-goers must adapt to the new post-pandemic reality and the war

Ji.hlava looks at how regional filmmakers and theatre-goers must adapt to the new post-pandemic reality and the war

The Czech gathering organised a panel discussion with film journalists from the Visegrad region in order to delve into the current state of documentary cinema and its near future  

02/11/2022 | Jihlava 2022 | Jihlava Industry

Review: The Visitors

Review: The Visitors

Veronika Lišková heads to the end of the Earth, only to realise that problems – and people – are always the same  

02/11/2022 | Jihlava 2022

Family and environmental conflict dominate Bohdan Sláma’s upcoming feature Drought

Family and environmental conflict dominate Bohdan Sláma’s upcoming feature Drought

The Czech filmmaker is currently shooting his latest feature-length drama, which is being likened to his most theatrically successful film, Something Like Happiness  

27/10/2022 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia/Germany

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