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

The second edition of the Serial Killer festival approaches

The second edition of the Serial Killer festival approaches

The unique Czech gathering will present the latest European small-screen endeavours  

13/09/2019 | Festivals | Awards | Czech Republic

Václav Marhoul • Director of The Painted Bird

Interview: Václav Marhoul • Director of The Painted Bird

“During these 11 years, I’ve had the best producer in the world: Václav Marhoul”

VENICE 2019: We chatted to Czech director Václav Marhoul about his gutsy and divisive competition entry, The Painted Bird  

06/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2020 calls for script consultants

MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2020 calls for script consultants

Three script-consultant trainees will be selected to join the process of developing nine projects at Feature Launch; the deadline for applications is 27 September  

05/09/2019 | MIDPOINT 2020

Review: The Painted Bird

Review: The Painted Bird

VENICE 2019: Václav Marhoul's audaciously arty account of a suffering World War II boy walks a constant fine line between the sublime and the ridiculous  

04/09/2019 | Venice 2019 | Competition

MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2020 call open until 13 September

MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2020 call open until 13 September

The programme is open to filmmakers and producers who are developing their first or second feature-film projects, with the deadline set for 13 September 2019  

04/09/2019 | MIDPOINT 2020

Czech-Slovak period drama Kryštof, about faith, hope and sacrifice, enters post-production

Czech-Slovak period drama Kryštof, about faith, hope and sacrifice, enters post-production

In the movie, Czech director Zdeněk Jirásky depicts the illegal removal of monastic orders in early-1950s Czechoslovakia  

21/08/2019 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

MIDPOINT showcases nine TV Launch projects at Sarajevo

MIDPOINT showcases nine TV Launch projects at Sarajevo

The TV projects will have a chance to win the HBO Europe Award, as the web series the Marseille Web Fest Award  

16/08/2019 | MIDPOINT 2019

Review: Oroslan

Review: Oroslan

Matjaž Ivanišin proves there is life after death – at least in the stories we tell  

14/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Filmmakers of the Present

Matjaž Ivanišin • Director of Oroslan

Interview: Matjaž Ivanišin • Director of Oroslan

“I believe that every person can be a story”

We talked to Slovenian director Matjaž Ivanišin ahead of the premiere of his film Oroslan at Locarno  

13/08/2019 | Locarno 2019 | Filmmakers of the Present

Irena Pavlásková’s The Prague Orgy is almost completed

Irena Pavlásková’s The Prague Orgy is almost completed

Final touches are being put on the adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel by the Czech producer and filmmaker  

12/08/2019 | Production | Funding | Czech Republic/Slovakia

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