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

Bohdan Sláma in the editing room with WWII drama Shadow Country

Bohdan Sláma in the editing room with WWII drama Shadow Country

The Czech director has finished shooting his first historical drama on celluloid  

10/07/2019 | Production | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Martin Dušek, Ondřej Provazník • Directors of Old-Timers

Interview: Martin Dušek, Ondřej Provazník • Directors of Old-Timers

"The story is not only Czech, and not only about communism - it could happen anywhere and anytime"

Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník, the Czech directing duo behind Old-Timers, shown out of competition at Karlovy Vary, discuss their film with us  

10/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Out of Competition

Review: Silent Days

Review: Silent Days

Pavol Pekarčík has made what is so far the warmest Slovak docu-fiction drama about the Roma population, one of the staples of the country's modern cinema  

10/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | East of the West

Review: Jiří Suchý - Tackling Life with Ease

Review: Jiří Suchý - Tackling Life with Ease

Yet another local icon gets the star treatment at Karlovy Vary, in a film that feels less like a documentary than a full-blown tribute, clearly more suited for the local crowd  

05/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Out of Competition

Review: Old-Timers

Review: Old-Timers

Revenge is a dish best served dead cold in Martin Dušek and Ondřej Provazník’s geriatric comedy-drama  

02/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Out of Competition

Review: Let There Be Light

Review: Let There Be Light

The relationship between fathers and sons is at the heart of Marko Škop's second feature, which deals with the rise of the extreme right wing in Slovakia  

02/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Competition

Marko Škop  • Director of Let There Be Light

Interview: Marko Škop • Director of Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light is my own authentic message”

Cineuropa talked to Slovakian writer-director Marko Škop about Let There Be Light, his follow-up to the critically acclaimed Eva Nová, the polarisation of society and his documentary background  

01/07/2019 | Karlovy Vary 2019 | Competition

Review: Punk Never Ends!

Review: Punk Never Ends!

Juraj Šlauka’s docu-fiction provides a raw and fascinating glimpse into the unfamiliar world of punks in the Slovak countryside but takes few risks with the story  

24/06/2019 | Art Film Fest 2019

Petr Václav prepares to shoot the ambitious historical biopic Il Boemo

Petr Václav prepares to shoot the ambitious historical biopic Il Boemo

Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon and Miloš Forman’s Amadeus have been cited as references for this “Icarian” story  

24/06/2019 | Production | Czech Republic/Italy/Slovakia

Slovakian and Czech documentaries in the making at dok.incubator

Slovakian and Czech documentaries in the making at dok.incubator

A slew of new Slovak and Czech documentary projects are taking part in the eighth edition of the international rough-cut workshop  

21/06/2019 | Industry | Slovakia/Czech Republic

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