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

Review: The Hungarian Dressmaker

Review: The Hungarian Dressmaker

Iveta Grófová takes us to wartime Bratislava in a solid period drama based on Peter Krištúfek’s novella Ema and the Death’s Head  

01/07/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Competition

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Karlovy Vary entry Waves

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Karlovy Vary entry Waves

Urban Sales sells Czech helmer Jiří Mádl's film, a thriller that looks back at the period leading up to the invasion of the Czech Republic by the Warsaw Pact in 1968  

25/06/2024 | Karlovy Vary 2024 | Special Screenings

Review: Diplodocus

Review: Diplodocus

The first Polish film in 3D, directed by Wojtek Wawszczyk, transports us to the fantastical world of a little dinosaur who takes on the unknown in order to find his parents  

19/06/2024 | Annecy 2024

Kristina Dufková • Director of Living Large

Interview: Kristina Dufková • Director of Living Large

“What I found most appealing about the book was Ben’s inner world, and that was also the most complicated aspect to put on screen”

The Czech director explains what drove her to adapt the book by French author Mikaël Ollivier and the importance of music in her film  

12/06/2024 | Annecy 2024

Review: Living Large

Review: Living Large

In her debut feature film, Czech director Kristina Dufková tells the story a bright teenager who’s grappling with an excess of kilos which is weighing heavily on his heart  

12/06/2024 | Annecy 2024

A real-life tragedy inspires Tereza Nvotová's drama Father

A real-life tragedy inspires Tereza Nvotová's drama Father

The film employs a single-shot technique to immerse audiences in the devastating emotional landscape of a father's tragic lapse of judgement, challenging conventional perceptions of guilt and empathy  

30/04/2024 | Production | Funding | Slovakia/Czech Republic/Poland

Kristína Dufková's puppet animation Living Large to debut at Annecy

Kristína Dufková's puppet animation Living Large to debut at Annecy

The coming-of-age story, which is being compared to Adam Elliot's Mary and Max and Claude Barras's My Life as a Courgette, has sold to multiple territories ahead of its world premiere  

29/04/2024 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia/France

dok.incubator reveals its 2024 selection

dok.incubator reveals its 2024 selection

Spanning continents and delving deep into the human condition, the selection of documentary projects brings to light a range of topics, such as family, war and societal changes  

25/04/2024 | Industry | Market | Czech Republic/Slovakia

Radim Špaček’s Forest Killer unravels a murderous mind

Radim Špaček’s Forest Killer unravels a murderous mind

The Czech true-crime streak continues with a drama that follows a man who won Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and killed three innocent people unprovoked the following year  

09/04/2024 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia/Poland/Romania

Apolena Rychlíková  • Director of Limits of Europe

Interview: Apolena Rychlíková • Director of Limits of Europe

“The main interest for me and Sasha was to make those invisible people visible – at least for 98 minutes”

The Czech director delves into her close collaboration with her protagonist as they blew the lid off the working conditions of migrant labourers in Europe  

05/04/2024 | One World Prague 2024

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