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

Slovakian political thriller Power to start shooting imminently

Slovakian political thriller Power to start shooting imminently

The film by Mátyás Prikler broaches the topics of politics and power in current Western democracies  

24/09/2019 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic/Hungary

Václav Marhoul • Director of The Painted Bird

Interview: Václav Marhoul • Director of The Painted Bird

“During these 11 years, I’ve had the best producer in the world: Václav Marhoul”

VENICE 2019: We chatted to Czech director Václav Marhoul about his gutsy and divisive competition entry, The Painted Bird  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2020 calls for script consultants

MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2020 calls for script consultants

Three script-consultant trainees will be selected to join the process of developing nine projects at Feature Launch; the deadline for applications is 27 September  

05/09/2019 | MIDPOINT 2020

Review: The Painted Bird

Review: The Painted Bird

VENICE 2019: Václav Marhoul's audaciously arty account of a suffering World War II boy walks a constant fine line between the sublime and the ridiculous  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2020 call open until 13 September

MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2020 call open until 13 September

The programme is open to filmmakers and producers who are developing their first or second feature-film projects, with the deadline set for 13 September 2019  

04/09/2019 | MIDPOINT 2020

Czech-Slovak period drama Kryštof, about faith, hope and sacrifice, enters post-production

Czech-Slovak period drama Kryštof, about faith, hope and sacrifice, enters post-production

In the movie, Czech director Zdeněk Jirásky depicts the illegal removal of monastic orders in early-1950s Czechoslovakia  

21/08/2019 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Irena Pavlásková’s The Prague Orgy is almost completed

Irena Pavlásková’s The Prague Orgy is almost completed

Final touches are being put on the adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel by the Czech producer and filmmaker  

12/08/2019 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Czech director Jan Prušinovský makes Mistakes

Czech director Jan Prušinovský makes Mistakes

First clapperboard slammed on “a romance about a big lapse and even bigger love”  

07/08/2019 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Czech director Zuzana Kirchnerová preparing Italian road movie Caravan

Czech director Zuzana Kirchnerová preparing Italian road movie Caravan

The Cannes Cinéfondation winner is working on her feature debut, about a woman who no longer wants to be just the mother of a disabled child  

24/07/2019 | Production | Czech Republic/Slovakia/Italy

Pavol Pekarčík • Director of Silent Days

Interview: Pavol Pekarčík • Director of Silent Days

“The intention was to create a photograph containing a film within itself”

Slovakian filmmaker Pavol Pekarčík talks to Cineuropa about Silent Days, portraying a marginalised group within a marginalised group, authenticity and the relationship between photography and cinema  

18/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | East of the West

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