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

Tomáš Hubáček shooting his debut feature, the mystery-drama Wirbel

Tomáš Hubáček shooting his debut feature, the mystery-drama Wirbel

The Czech director examines the relationship between humans and the landscape in a drama film set in the Central Bohemian Highlands  

18/09/2024 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Peter Kerekes  • Director of Wishing on a Star

Interview: Peter Kerekes • Director of Wishing on a Star

“This film is not about sound or image; it’s about energy”

VENICE 2024: Can spending your birthday under the right star constellation really help you reach your goals in life? The Slovak-Hungarian director tells us more  

02/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Review: Wishing on a Star

Review: Wishing on a Star

VENICE 2024: In his heartfelt but entertaining documentary, Peter Kerekes follows a Neapolitan astrologer and her customers on their path to finding new meaning in life  

01/09/2024 | Venice 2024 | Orizzonti

Peter Kerekes follows the stars in travelling doc-comedy Wishing on a Star

Peter Kerekes follows the stars in travelling doc-comedy Wishing on a Star

The Slovak director captures a Neapolitan astrologer and her five clients seeking to alter their destinies in an optimistic documentary premiering in Venice's Orizzonti  

26/07/2024 | Production | Funding | Italy/Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/Croatia

Iveta Grófová  • Director of The Hungarian Dressmaker

Interview: Iveta Grófová • Director of The Hungarian Dressmaker

"I wanted to get under the skin of my characters"

The Slovak filmmaker discusses her period drama set in the challenging wartime, which forced people to confront highly complex dilemmas  

11/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Klára Tasovská  • Director of I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

Interview: Klára Tasovská • Director of I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

“This film is Libuše Jarcovjáková’s biggest exhibition”

The forgotten Czech photographer finally gets her due – and tells her own story – in this intriguing documentary  

09/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Jiří Mádl • Director of Waves

Interview: Jiří Mádl • Director of Waves

"If you are a parent, the important issue may not be your kids' survival, but living meaningfully"

The Czech director gives us an insight on his latest film, which focuses on a group of journalists who risk everything to provide independent news in the late 1960s Czechoslovakia  

08/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Beata Parkanová • Director of Tiny Lights

Interview: Beata Parkanová • Director of Tiny Lights

“Adults tend to look down on children; in this film, they are all equal”

The Czech filmmaker discusses her tiny protagonist, whose family are convinced she is completely oblivious to the turmoil that’s ripping them apart – but they’re wrong  

05/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Review: Tiny Lights

Review: Tiny Lights

Through the eyes of her child heroine, Beata Parkanová shows a whole history of perpetuated family trauma and allows us to imagine the little girl’s future  

04/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

Is Central and Eastern European cinema following in the Nordics' footsteps?

Is Central and Eastern European cinema following in the Nordics' footsteps?

The region's untapped potential and growth need to be exploited to the fullest but controlled in order to avoid past mistakes, warns European Producers Club managing director Alexandra Lebret  

03/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | KVIFF Eastern Promises

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