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

SCANDI - Nordic Film Lesson takes the best Scandinavian cinema to the Czech Republic and Slovakia

SCANDI - Nordic Film Lesson takes the best Scandinavian cinema to the Czech Republic and Slovakia

The event will also host an online industry panel entitled “Why is Scandinavian cinema so successful in the world?”  

18/01/2022 | Festivals | Awards | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Abuse of power and sexual predation at the centre of Czech true-crime miniseries Guru

Abuse of power and sexual predation at the centre of Czech true-crime miniseries Guru

The series is an original production for local VoD service VOYO, which plans to pump in more original content in a bid for new subscribers amidst the streaming wars  

13/01/2022 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Czech project Highlight aims to tackle a sex-abuse scandal in all its complexity

Czech project Highlight aims to tackle a sex-abuse scandal in all its complexity

Filmmaker Ondřej Provazník has conducted a great deal of research into how to provide authentic perspectives on this controversial subject  

17/12/2021 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Ambitious Czech sci-fi detective film Restore Point starts shooting

Ambitious Czech sci-fi detective film Restore Point starts shooting

Robert Hloz’s feature debut takes place in the near future, where everybody has a constitutional right to have their life restored if they die an unnatural death  

10/12/2021 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia/Poland/Serbia

A child’s imagination meets wartime reality in Iveta Grófová’s World War II drama The Hungarian Dressmaker

A child’s imagination meets wartime reality in Iveta Grófová’s World War II drama The Hungarian Dressmaker

The Slovak filmmaker is currently shooting the movie with a Slovak-Czech-Hungarian film crew and with On Body and Soul’s Alexandra Borbély playing the lead role  

10/11/2021 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic/Hungary

Mira Fornay switches gear for her next project, She - Hero

Mira Fornay switches gear for her next project, She - Hero

The Slovak director is working on a “film poem” revolving around children’s innocence, the wilderness and memories  

10/11/2021 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic

Magical realist road movie Brutal Heat puts the Earth and the protagonist on a collision course

Magical realist road movie Brutal Heat puts the Earth and the protagonist on a collision course

The feature debut by FAMU student Albert Hospodářský combines magical realism, coming-of-age tale and soft sci-fi in a generational portrait that doubles as an initiation story  

09/11/2021 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Diana Cam Van Nguyen  • Director of Love, Dad

Interview: Diana Cam Van Nguyen • Director of Love, Dad

“Animation is a convenient tool for depicting fragile emotions”

We talked to the up-and-coming Czech-Vietnamese animator and director, whose latest short film keeps reaping awards on the festival circuit  

27/10/2021 | Jihlava 2021

Review: Kryštof

Review: Kryštof

Zdeněk Jiráský's latest feature follows a man who finds himself on the run, his life upended by the communist-led purges of Czech religious institutions  

15/10/2021 | Febiofest Prague 2021

Michaela Pavlátová  • Director of My Sunny Maad

Interview: Michaela Pavlátová • Director of My Sunny Maad

“Animated characters’ performances can be as powerful as those of live actors”

The Czech director explains how important humour and subtlety were in creating this story about a European woman following her true love to Afghanistan  

12/10/2021 | CinÉast 2021

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