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346 articles available in total starting from 10/10/2005. Last article published on 18/09/2025.

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

Innocence transformed in Beata Parkanová’s upcoming drama Tiny Lights

Innocence transformed in Beata Parkanová’s upcoming drama Tiny Lights

The third feature-length directorial effort by the rising Czech filmmaker is in the editing room and is being readied for next summer  

14/10/2022 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Natálie Císařovská's Her Body maps an uncanny life story, from professional sport to professional porn

Natálie Císařovská's Her Body maps an uncanny life story, from professional sport to professional porn

The emerging Czech filmmaker tackles the life of Andrea Absolonová in her big screen fiction debut  

04/10/2022 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

GoCritic! returns with Animation Festival Network and opens call for Animateka Ljubljana

GoCritic! returns with Animation Festival Network and opens call for Animateka Ljubljana

Five workshops a year will take place in a partnership with AFN at key animation festivals in Romania, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Croatia and Slovakia  

30/09/2022 | GoCritic!

Review: Il Boemo

Review: Il Boemo

This jaunty biopic of Czech composer Josef Mysliveček, helmed by Petr Vaclav, is brimming with music and human instinct, but it could do with being a tad more edgy and mucky  

20/09/2022 | San Sebastián 2022 | Competition

Petr Vaclav • Director of Il Boemo

Interview: Petr Vaclav • Director of Il Boemo

“This Icarian story of a rise and fall excited me”

Cineuropa talked to the Czech director about his biggest film to date and about the origins of this period drama that resurrects music that has not been heard for 250 years  

19/09/2022 | San Sebastián 2022 | Competition

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