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140 articles available in total starting from 25/03/2005. Last article published on 12/06/2007.

From Norrkoping to London

Czech film may be suffering from lack of sufficient state support at home, but this does little or nothing to harm their reputation abroad. Recently Petr Nikolaev’s A Little Piece of Heaven...  

20/10/2005 | Films | Czech Republic

Gavras flies European flag

Hollywood productions literally ruled the Greek box office with only Costa Gavras’ film The Ax (Le Couperet) making it into the top-10, October 6-12. Iain Softly’s horror film The Skeleton Key...  

14/10/2005 | Box office | Greece

Dealer, Dark Horse and Love at 16

Five new films are released in Greece this week and Europe enjoys a lion’s share, with a Danish, a Hungarian and a national production. Dealer, by Benedek Fliegauf (Hungary 2004; one of the most...  

13/10/2005 | Releases | Greece

A psychologist is Chytilová’s latest hero

A tragic comedy about how to avoid making illusions is Vera Chytilová latest film, Hezké chvilky bez záruky (no official working title in English), which starts filming in Prague 13 October. The...  

12/10/2005 | Production | Czech Republic

Nvota’s Music is on in Bratislava

A tough journey into a world of emotional instability, jealousy and destructive relationships. This is the logline behind Juraj Nvota new tragic comedy Music (“Muzika”) which has started filming...  

11/10/2005 | Production | Slovakia

Lack of public funds does not stop producers

Twenty feature films and four documentaries will compete for this year’s Greek Film Awards which are to be announced during the Thessaloniki Film Festival, 18-27 November. These are state awards...  

11/10/2005 | Greece | Production

Sverak returns

Oscar winner Jan Sverak is to sit again behind the camera to direct a feature film, a comedy with the working title Returned Bottles (“Vratne lahve”). Filming should start in spring next year with...  

10/10/2005 | Production | Czech Republic

Slama and Sulik in the run

The nominations in the run for that much sought after Academy Award which eludes Central Europe since Kolya, were announced last week in Czech Republic and Slovakia. As was expected the winner of...  

10/10/2005 | Oscars 2006 | Czech Republic | Slovakia

Genesis upsets Hollywood hegemony

Not surprisingly US productions dominate the top-20 of the Slovak box office for the period September 29 – October 5. Surprisingly, the one European production that seems to upset them is a...  

07/10/2005 | Box office | Slovakia

A Shark in the Head while waiting for Hrubes and Mares

Two films by up and coming Czech filmmakers are in the group of half a dozen premieres in Czech and Slovak cinemas this and next week. Maria Prochazkova’s debut feature Shark in the Head (“Zralok...  

06/10/2005 | Releases | Czech Republic, Slovakia

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