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

Czech maestro Jan Švankmajer steps in front of the camera in Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace

Czech maestro Jan Švankmajer steps in front of the camera in Athanor – The Alchemical Furnace

After his farewell feature, Insect, the world-renowned Czech surrealist is now the subject of a documentary helmed by Adam Oľha  

09/01/2020 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Slovakian filmmaker Peter Bebjak completes television miniseries The Actor

Slovakian filmmaker Peter Bebjak completes television miniseries The Actor

The miniseries follows a rising actor and conformist stuck in a Faustian bargain with Secret Police in 1950s Czechoslovakia  

08/01/2020 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Folk horror film Leshy, based on a Slavic myth, is in the making in Slovakia

Folk horror film Leshy, based on a Slavic myth, is in the making in Slovakia

The film is part of a feature anthology trilogy project called Different, an international co-production inspired by mythical creatures  

08/01/2020 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic/Poland

Atheists meet Catholics in the comic road-movie documentary Once Upon a Time in Poland

Atheists meet Catholics in the comic road-movie documentary Once Upon a Time in Poland

The duo of provocative and thought-provoking filmmakers consisting of Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda are finishing their latest project, billed as a performative doc  

13/12/2019 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia/Poland

Veteran documentarian Zuzana Piussi turns to fiction filmmaking with The Unbalanced

Veteran documentarian Zuzana Piussi turns to fiction filmmaking with The Unbalanced

The social tragicomedy tackles the trials and tribulations of a single mother alongside broader social issues  

10/12/2019 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic

Slovakian folk-horror Mother of the Night currently in development

Slovakian folk-horror Mother of the Night currently in development

Peter Czikrai, a director of short horror films, is readying his first feature-length outing  

10/12/2019 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic/Latvia

MIDPOINT selects nine projects for Feature Launch 2020

MIDPOINT selects nine projects for Feature Launch 2020

First or second film projects by directors from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe will take part in Feature Launch next year, along with three script-consultant trainees  

06/12/2019 | MIDPOINT 2020

Review: The Glass Room

Review: The Glass Room

Julius Sevcik's sensually shot lesbian romance is a pleasure to look at but ultimately doesn’t bring anything new to the table  

28/11/2019 | Films | Reviews | Czech Republic/Slovakia

New Slovakian political thriller Scumbag in the final phase of production

New Slovakian political thriller Scumbag in the final phase of production

Slovakian director Mariana Čengel Solčanská and independent producer Rudolf Biermann have joined forces to direct a bleak genre flick about real-life crimes  

07/11/2019 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic

Review: FREM

Review: FREM

The Antarctica-shot documentary from Slovak director Viera Čákanyová aims to step out of the frame of anthropocentric thinking to create a dehumanised view of the world  

30/10/2019 | Jihlava 2019

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