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1462 articles available in total starting from 04/10/2002. Last article published on 18/12/2025.

Sveráks have hands full with Empties

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo Di Caprio eat your hearts out. In Prague, when it comes to adoring a double act, no one can beat the father-son duo of Zdenek and Jan Sverák. Six years after his...  

28/02/2007 | Releases | Czech Republic

King of England dominates nominations

A few days before its first screening in the Berlinale’s official competition the news for Jirí Menzel and his box office smash hit I Served the King of England could not have been better....  

12/02/2007 | Awards | Czech Republic

State support goes up 100%

Last year, Czech filmmakers went on strike, criticising the then Minister of Culture’s failure to push a new film law through Parliament, which, among other things, would have guaranteed improved...  

08/02/2007 | Funding | Czech Republic

Menzel’s King of England will travel to Berlin

In 1990, Jirí Menzel won the Golden Bear in Berlin for Larks on a String (Skrivánci na niti) a film with a 21-year delayed premiere, as it had been banned by the regime in communist...  

16/01/2007 | Berlinale 2007 | Czech Republic

High expectations as top brass return

If 2006 was the year of expectations for Czech cinema, then 2007 should be the year of fulfillment. Twenty Czech films are scheduled for release between now and Christmas, with half of them being...  

09/01/2007 | Preview 2007 | Czech Republic

Czech films dominated money-making 2006

And the band played on…alias Czech Cinema 2006. In spite of the local industry’s own pessimistic predictions and a complete failure of the state in introducing an adequate film law, Czech films...  

05/01/2007 | Box Office | Czech Republic

Admissions up 25%

Czech film distributors, and subsequently filmmakers, are breathing a sigh of relief this week as news of increasing cinema admissions have been revealed. According to figures released by the...  

31/10/2006 | Box office | Czech Republic

Bosnian, Polish and Czech joy at Jihlava

Bosnian director Nedzad Begovic, his Polish counterpart Marcin Koszalka and Czech filmmaker Linda Jablonska collected the most prestigious prizes at the Jihlava International Documentary Film...  

30/10/2006 | Festivals | Czech Republic

Industry eyes on the Forum and East Silver

Central European documentaries are slowly but steadily clawing their way back to the big screen. Admittedly, the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival and its incorporated events, the...  

24/10/2006 | Czech Republic | Jihlava Doc Film Fest

Svankmajer’s Lunacy in the race

Jan Svankmajer’s feature film Lunacy (Sileni) is the Czech Republic’s official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The country’s Film and Television Academy announced its...  

26/09/2006 | Oscars 2007 | Czech Republic

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