All articles by Radovan Holub
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Cineart lines up Cowards adaptation
Prague-based production company Cineart is developing an adaptation of acclaimed novel The Cowards by Czech writer Josef Skvorecky.Vladimir Michalek, who was awarded 10 Czech Lions for his 1998 Sekal Has To Die, is writing and will direct the project which is scheduled to start shooting in May 2001. Czech Television ...
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Cineart set to shoot Chytilova's Eden
Prague-based production outfit Cineart Production is developing the next feature from veteran Czech filmmaker Vera Chytilova - the $450,000 (CKR15m) Expulsion From Eden - which is set to shoot this summer.The project is a tragi-comedy revolving around a medical doctor who is given money by the Russian mafia to make ...
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Czech film industry slams proposed audiovisual law
The Czech film industry has attacked the country's impending audiovisual legislation because it contains a dramatically scaled down version of proposed film body, the Czech Audiovisual Centre.The Czech Audiovisual Law, intended to bring the country in line with European audiovisual legislation, gets its second reading in parliament on April 27. ...
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Artcam acquires Wenders title at Film Days
Czech distributor Artcam Prague acquired rights for the Czech Republic to Wim Wenders' Buena Vista Social Club at this year's European Film Days held March 9-19 in Prague and March 20-29 in Brno.Wenders' Road Sales and French sales outfit Roissy-Celluloid are selling the film. Meanwhile Czech distributor Sunfilm, which specialises ...
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Sverak to follow Kolya with Dark Blue World
Czech director Jan Sverak is gearing up to shoot World War II drama Dark Blue World (Tmavomodry Svet), his first film since 1996 foreign-language Oscar-winner Kolya.The $6m film, which cranks up next week, is about Czech pilots in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during WWII. The script was written by ...
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Czech Television renews production vows
State broadcaster Czech Television (CTV) has confirmed that it will continue in its role as the Czech Republic''s biggest backer of local features, despite management changes and political disputes that have recently rocked the channel. "We will remain a major producer of Czech films," said Denisa Strbova, head of CTV ...
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Czech festival to host Ondricek, Hrebejk premieres
Czech film festival "Finale" will screen 18 new features at this year''s event (April 10-16) including the international premieres of David Ondricek''s Recluses and We Have To Help Each Other by acclaimed young Czech director Jan Hrebejk who scored a domestic box office hit last year with Cosy Dens.The Pilsen-based ...