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1384 articles available in total starting from 04/10/2002. Last article published on 01/07/2025.

Zuzana Piussi  • Director of Unbalanced

Interview: Zuzana Piussi • Director of Unbalanced

“Rather than thematise mental illness and diagnoses, I see a question about the value of a shared world and what holds it together”

The acclaimed veteran Slovak documentarian, who is preparing her feature-length fiction debut, discusses the story of the film and the means of bringing it to life  

02/06/2021 | Febiofest Bratislava 2021 | Febiofest Industry Days

MIDPOINT Shorts awaits its next projects

MIDPOINT Shorts awaits its next projects

The MIDPOINT Institute’s short film-orientated programme has opened the application period for its next edition; the deadline is 30 June  

31/05/2021 | MIDPOINT 2021

SF Studios releases trailer and poster for Charlotte Sieling’s Margrete – Queen of the North

SF Studios releases trailer and poster for Charlotte Sieling’s Margrete – Queen of the North

The large-scale period drama will see Trine Dyrholm playing Margrete I, a visionary monarch ahead of her time  

26/05/2021 | Production | Funding | Denmark/Sweden/Norway/Iceland/Czech Republic/Poland

Marek Novák • Producer, Xova Film

Interview: Marek Novák • Producer, Xova Film

“In the Czech Republic, we need to examine closely what defines us as a society”

The Czech Producer on the Move appreciates authentic stories. And weasels  

17/05/2021 | Producers on the Move 2021

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival readies its own video platform, KVIFF.TV

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival readies its own video platform, KVIFF.TV

Preparations for the 55th edition of the festival are in full swing, with the gathering planning to expand its existing activities  

12/05/2021 | Karlovy Vary 2021

DAFilms hosts a Roberto Minervini retrospective

DAFilms hosts a Roberto Minervini retrospective

Starting on 10 May, the tribute includes Low Tide, Stop the Pounding Heart, The Other Side, and a live discussion between Minervini and Locarno’s artistic director, Giona Nazzaro, on 19 May  

10/05/2021 | Promotion | Czech Republic

Foreign productions are fuelling the Czech audiovisual industry

Foreign productions are fuelling the Czech audiovisual industry

Big projects for Amazon, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Netflix, ZDF and Sky contribute to the revitalisation of the local industry which may reach the record-breaking level of 2019  

04/05/2021 | Industry | Market | Czech Republic

Matthieu Darras • Director, Pop Up Film Residency

Interview: Matthieu Darras • Director, Pop Up Film Residency

“We want to offer a creative frame that would facilitate collaborative practices to hatch out at the stage when stories are being invented and films are being written”

The founder and director of Pop Up Film Residency talks about the latest focus of the hub in the Visegrád region  

04/05/2021 | /Czech Republic/Hungary/Poland/Slovakia

Zdeněk and Jan Svěrák shoot their new film, Bethlehem Light

Zdeněk and Jan Svěrák shoot their new film, Bethlehem Light

The Oscar-winning Czech family team is working on a chamber comedy said to visually reference The Grand Budapest Hotel and Amelie  

29/04/2021 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic

Czech filmmaker Jan Prušinovský readies Grand Prix, his biggest project to date

Czech filmmaker Jan Prušinovský readies Grand Prix, his biggest project to date

Three friends hit the road to the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix in a comic road movie  

28/04/2021 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

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