All Czech Republic articles
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NewsCzech film and TV rebate to increase to 25%
Audivisual Act includes sees incentive for features rising to 25% and introduction of new animation rebate worth 35%
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News‘Dogspiracy’ dog abuse documentary acquired for international sales (exclusive)
Paul Crompton’s film explores the hidden world of dog abuse.
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NewsCoccinelle takes on sales for Tallinn competition title ‘Girl America’ (exclusive)
Directed by Viktor Tauš, Girl America is based on a true story of a young woman raised in Czechoslovakian orphanage.
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NewsFilmotor picks up DOK Leipzig world premiere ‘Morichales’ (exclusive)
Chris Gude’s docu-fiction follows a fictional explorer as he travels along the Amazon’s Orinoco river.
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NewsCzech industry calls for increase in production incentives to 25%
The Czech Audiovisual Producers´ Association says current 20% offer is not competitive enough.
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Reviews‘Tiny Lights’: Karlovy Vary Review
Delicate Czech drama spends a day in the life of a six-year-old girl as she navigates family discord
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News“Be very attentive when shooting with a child”: Czech director Beata Parkanová on ‘Tiny Lights’
Parkanová previously won the best director award at Karlovy Vary for her 2022 film Word.
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NewsKarlovy Vary’s industry strand Eastern Promises unveils 2024 winners
Winners come from festival’s works in progress and development programmes.
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FeaturesUkrainian soldier and director Oleh Sentsov on his “immersive” battlefield documentary ‘Real’
World premiering at Karlovy Vary, the documentary takes place in real time over 90-minutes within the confines of one Ukrainian-held trench.
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Reviews‘Living Large’: Karlovy Vary Review
Annecy Jury Prize-winning animation about a plus-sized adolescent comes to Karlovy Vary
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NewsPeter Hoogendoorn on the personal story behind his Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Three Days Of Fish’
Dutch director’s second feature premieres in festival’s Crystal Globe competition.
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NewsChristine Vachon, Mubi’s Jason Ropell, EFA’s Fatih Abay headline Karlovy Vary industry programme
The programme also includes the Eastern Promises project pitches.
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News"It is enlightening and challenging": Karlovy Vary's Karel Och on working with a young programming team
Czech festival kicks off its 58th edition on Friday (June 28).
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NewsKarlovy Vary to honour Viggo Mortensen, Clive Owen and Daniel Brühl
Stephen Soderbergh, Nicole Holofcener and Michel Franco also among guests at Czech festival.
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NewsBarry Ward, Barbora Bobulova lead Olmo Omerzu’s ‘Ungrateful Beings’ (exclusive)
Screen can reveal a first look at the film, which is shooting in Croatia and the Czech Republic.
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NewsMolly Manning Walker among Cannes’ La Residence participants
The six participants will work on their first or second feature.
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Reviews‘Forest’: Thessaloniki Review
Intimate documentary captures how Europe’s refugee crisis is impacting one Polish family’s quiet forest life
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NewsFremantle secures global rights to Constantin’s film and series fantasy saga ‘Hagen’
The production shot at the Czech Republic’s Barrandov Studios and on location in Iceland.
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NewsPrime Video’s ‘Blade Runner 2099’ series confirms June shoot in Prague
The series had been planning to shoot at Northern Ireland’s Belfast Harbour Studios before the US strikes postponed the shoot.
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NewsReason8 dives in for erotic drama ‘Her Body’ (exclusive)
The Czech Republic and Slovakia co-production is based on a true story, about a high diver turned porn star.