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1387 articles available in total starting from 04/10/2002. Last article published on 02/07/2025.

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

EXCLUSIVE: First Cut+ announces its first participants

EXCLUSIVE: First Cut+ announces its first participants

Eight films will form part of the first session of the programme in Trieste, set to be attended by acclaimed professionals, while a special WIP session and awards have also been announced  

11/12/2019 | Industry | Market | Czech Republic/Italy

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

Slávek Horák’s Havel is in the editing room

Slávek Horák’s Havel is in the editing room

The biopic, a dramedy about the celebrated Czech playwright and statesman Václav Havel, is nearing the finishing line  

09/12/2019 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic

FAMU to get its first-ever female dean

FAMU to get its first-ever female dean

Documentarian, film theoretician and curator Andrea Slováková has been voted to lead FAMU  

09/12/2019 | Institutions | Legislation | Czech Republic

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

CEE Animation Forum opens call for animated projects and launches new VR category

CEE Animation Forum opens call for animated projects and launches new VR category

For its 2020 edition (5–8 May, Liberec, Czech Republic), the event's organisers have expanded the number of categories, with a submission deadline set for 10 January  

27/11/2019 | CEE Animation 2020

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