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

Tomáš Hodan aims to set the historical record straight with The Last Race

Tomáš Hodan aims to set the historical record straight with The Last Race

The Czech director has started shooting a period drama film about the tragic true story of a 1913 skiing race, previous versions of which tended to omit a crucial person for political reasons  

09/03/2021 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Peter Bebjak starts shooting revenge thriller Shadowplay

Peter Bebjak starts shooting revenge thriller Shadowplay

The Slovak director’s latest feature-length project will be shot in the new film noir style  

04/01/2021 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Slovak animated short SH_T HAPPENS enters race for coveted statuettes on both sides of the Atlantic

Slovak animated short SH_T HAPPENS enters race for coveted statuettes on both sides of the Atlantic

The Slovak short film has qualified for the 2021 Oscar nominations and was picked as one of 12 animated short films nominated for the César Award  

31/12/2020 | Shorts | Slovakia/Czech Republic/France

Robert Kirchhoff prepares a feature-length project about “the icon of socialism with a human face”

Robert Kirchhoff prepares a feature-length project about “the icon of socialism with a human face”

The Slovak director is working on the documentary All Men Become Brothers, about Alexander Dubček  

29/12/2020 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic

Czech director Beata Parkanová shoots sophomore feature The Word

Czech director Beata Parkanová shoots sophomore feature The Word

Czech-Slovak 1960s drama The Word, inspired by the director’s grandparents, is a second instalment in a planned trilogy  

28/12/2020 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia/Poland

Review: White on White

Review: White on White

Viera Čakányová's Jihlava winner is an experimental documentary that plays out like a flipside to her previous film FREM  

03/11/2020 | Jihlava 2020

Jan Gogola Jr • Director of Eternal Jožo

Interview: Jan Gogola Jr • Director of Eternal Jožo

“This film shows that even in our broken society, we can still talk to each other”

We talked to the director of Eternal Jožo, Jan Gogola Jr, about finding a spiritual side to a pop star  

30/10/2020 | Jihlava 2020

Petr Zelenka • Director of Droneman

Interview: Petr Zelenka • Director of Droneman

“In the Czech Republic, we don't have killers like Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver

We talked to Czech filmmaker Petr Zelenka about Droneman, presented in the main competition of the Warsaw Film Festival  

14/10/2020 | Warsaw 2020

Review: Shadow Country

Review: Shadow Country

A small Czech village examines its soul before and after World War II in Bohdan Sláma’s powerful black-and-white drama  

09/10/2020 | London 2020

Milan Ondrík  • Actor, Let There Be Light

Interview: Milan Ondrík • Actor, Let There Be Light

“I didn’t want to show off; I just wanted to be a gear in the machine that was precise and refined”

Milan Ondrík, voted Slovakia’s best actor of 2019, talked to Cineuropa about his award-winning and critically acclaimed role in Marko Škop’s Let There Be Light, eligible for the European Film Awards  

06/10/2020 | /Slovakia/Czech Republic

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