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24.09.2005
Something Like Happiness wins main prize at
San Sebastian International Film Festival<
Screenwriter and director Bohdan Sláma’s film Something Like Happiness (Štěstí) has won with the top prize, the Golden Shell, at the 53rd annual International Film Festival in San Sebastion. Besides the main prize, the jury also awarded Aňa Geislerová, who starred in the film, with a Silver Shell for best actress. A total of eighteen films competed in the festival for the Golden Shell. The jury was chaired by American actress…More
13.09.2005 Czech Filmmakers Present Upcoming Documentary Films in Prague, 13 September 2005
For more information about upcoming Czech documentary projects, see a bilingual brochure at http://www.filmcenter.cz…More
07.09.2005 Presentation of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films in Prague
The Czech Film Center, Institute of Documentary Film and Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival organize a presentation of upcoming Czech documentary films. A bilingual brochure (Czech, English) will be published to accompany the panel. The brochure will include information on 43 planned projects. Once the panel is over, the brochure will be made available for downloading on http://www.filmcenter.cz.More
12.08.2005 EAST EUROPEAN pitching FORUM 2005
Deadline for application: 5th September 2005!
East European Forum is the first meeting of East-European documentary filmmakers and significant European commissioning editors where the filmmakers and independent producers offer their topics for realization. The Forum is organized by the Institute of Documentary Film in cooperation with EDN and International Documentary Film Festival Jihlava.More
09.07.2005 Czech Film Center celebrates its third birthday
Overview of events in the last year
Karlovy Vary, 8 July 2005 – Czech Film Center is capping off its third year of existence! Even in the years to come, CFC will continue to serve as an information clearinghouse about the Czech film industry and to promote Czech cinematography at major film festivals and markets at home and abroad. CFC has three main missions: to maintain and promote interest in Czech film abroad, to support the networking efforts of local film…More
30.06.2005 Czech films at the 40th edition of the IFF Karlovy Vary.
July 1-9, 2005
The Czech entry The City of the Sun by Martin Šulik competes for the Crystal Globe in the Festivals main section. More than 20 Czech features and documentaries are screened in this year’s festival official program. On Monday, July 4 at the Industry meeting point the Production Guide Czech Republic, an indispensable Handbook when filming in the Czech Republic, will be presented to the professional public.More
16.06.2005 Two Czech Films Competing in Moscow IFF
17 – 26 June 2005
Prague, 16 June 2005 – The 27th annual Moscow International Film Festival opens tomorrow with two Czechs films in competition. The first, Petr Zelenka’s latest film, Wrong Side Up (Příběhy obyčejného šílenství – CR, Germany, 2005), will compete among the seventeen films in the festival’s main competition section. The second, Shark in the Head (Žralok v hlavě – CR, 2005), the debut of young Czech…More
14.06.2005 Karlovy Vary Film Festival Section Variety Critics’ Choice: Run on European Cinema
The “Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!” section has firmly established itself in the programme of this important and popular A-festival. Over a period of two days (3-4 July) the10 directors present their films and talk about the production conditions in their countries. The response is enormous. This programme is greeted with enthusiasm by the young festival audience.More
07.06.2005 European Films Crossing borders at IFF Karlovy Vary on July 1st, 2nd and 3rd 2005
European Films Crossing Borders is a training program where film professionals meet experts from all over Europe, where they can learn how to find co-producers, financing and learn the techniques to defend there project at European markets. More
18.05.2005 Jiří Menzel returns to Cannes
Prague, 18 May 2005 – Jiří Menzel presented his latest film project, I Served the King of England, at the Czech-Polish-Slovak Pavilion in Cannes yesterday. Jiří Menzel has returned to Cannes after a long hiatus in order to present another Hrabal adaptation, this time of the famous novel I Served the King of England, in the pavilion organized by Czech Film Center in cooperation with AQS and Bioscop representatives Tomáš Hoffman…More
16.05.2005 Czech-Polish-Slovak Pavilion in Cannes – a friendly meeting place
Prague, 16 May 2005 – Czech Film Center in co-operation with the Poles (represented by Independent Film Foundation and Polish Television) and Slovaks (represented by the Slovak Film Institute and the Slovak Audiovisual Producers’ Association) have opened “Pavilion No 3 – 3 countries from the Heart of Europe” for the second year in a row at the international film festival in Cannes. The pavilion’s program…More
12.05.2005 The newsletter 2/2007 is out!
The newsletter 2/2007 is out!More
09.05.2005 The Pavilion No 3 – 3 Countries from the Heart of Europe
- Czech Film Center will be in
The Czech-Polish-Slovak pavilion will be a place where professionals from all over the world can meet, network, and gain information on the conditions for filming in and establishing co-productions with the Czech Republic. Also available in the pavilion will be promotional materials produced by Czech Film Center (catalogues, DVDs, etc.) and an archive of Czech films which can be viewed on the spot. More
06.05.2005 Czech Film Center in Cannes for Second Time
Pavilion No 3 – 3 Countries from the Heart o
Czech Film Center in Cannes for Second Time Pavilion No 3 – 3 Countries from the Heart of Europe Press Release Prague, 4 May 2005 – Next week marks the beginning of the 58th annual film festival in Cannes, France, Festival du Cannes, where the Czech Republic will be represented by Czech Film Center for the second year in a row at a prestigious pavilion in the festival’s international market. This year, the first ever Czech…More
29.04.2005 Czech Filmmakers PresentUpcoming Feature Films in Pilsen
Czech Filmmakers Present Upcoming Feature Film Projects in Pilsen Press Release Pilsen, 29 April 2005 – The Panel of Upcoming Film Projects, organized by Czech Film Center in cooperation with Media Desk CR and Finále Plzeň, took place in Pilsen today at the 18th annual Finále Plzeň film festival. The filmmakers presented more than fifty Czech feature films in various stages of completion – finished screenplays, film projects…More
13.04.2005 PRESENTATION OF UPCOMING CZECH FEATURE FILMS 2005
ČFC presents Czech films in development, Friday, Apríl 29 2005 at Finále Plzeň – Festival of Czech Films. A feature of this year’s presentation will be an introduction to the training program EAVE. The first Czech EAVE participant Ivana Vrbíková will tell of her experiences. For more information please visit http://www.eave.org.More
11.04.2005 INTERNATIONAL GUESTS AT THE PANEL OF UPCOMING CZECH FILMS IN PILSEN
INTERNATIONAL GUESTS AT THE PANEL OF UPCOMING CZECH FILMS IN PILSEN Czech Film Center has secured the participation of many representatives of international film festivals and distributors Press Release Prague, 11 April 2005 – The fourth PANEL OF PLANNED FILM PROJECTS will take place at the 18th annual Finále Plzeň film festival between April 25 – May 1 2005. The panel will be held on Friday, April 29th at 10:30 a.m. in…More
11.04.2005 EAST SILVER 2005
- Deadline May 31, 2005 -
East Silver is an unique annual documentary film market for Central and Eastern European documentaries and is opening right now! More
11.03.2005 Script Development Workshop in Hungary - deadline 30 March 2005.
New project -based script development training including two intensive workshops in Budapest and an On-line follow-up session. More
07.03.2005 Up and Down was awarded with the Czech Lion for best film!
On Saturday, March 5 the prestigious Czech Lion 2004 has been awarded by the Czech Film and Television Acadamy.More
