Czech, Polish and Hungarian movies make BBC list of ‘Greatest Films Directed by Women’
Budapest, Hungary – One Czech, one Polish and two Hungarian movies have been included on BBC Culture’s list of theContinue Reading
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Actress Marina Gera wins Hungary’s first Emmy Award
Budapest, Hungary – Actress Marina Gera bagged Hungary’s first-ever Emmy Award during the annual ceremony held in New York onContinue Reading
Stand-up comedian Louis C.K. coming to Slovakia and Hungary
Bratislava, Slovakia – American stand-up comedian Louis C.K., known for his provocative, bawdy and salacious humor, will be performing inContinue Reading
Central European cinema in the spotlight at Paris film festivals
Paris, France – Czech, Slovak and Polish cinema will be in the Parisian spotlight this month with the 6th edition ofContinue Reading
Slovakia increases cash rebate for movie productions
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia stepped up its game and significantly increased the cash rebate it offers to TV and movieContinue Reading
Short animated Czech movie wins prestigious ‘Student Oscar’
Prague, Czech Republic – ‘Daughter‘, a short puppet animated movie by 33-year-old Prague-based Russian director Daria Kashcheeva has been awarded theContinue Reading
Oscars 2020: Czech Republic selects ‘The Painted Bird’ for best foreign film
Prague, Czech Republic – On Monday, the Czech Film and TV Academy officially announced the Czech Republic had selected ‘TheContinue Reading
Poland selects ‘Corpus Christi’ religious drama for Oscars 2020
Warsaw, Poland – Poland has submitted ‘Corpus Christi‘ as its official bid for next year’s Academy Awards to compete forContinue Reading
Slovakia selects ‘Let There Be Light’ for official Oscars entry
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia has selected the drama feature movie ‘Let There Be Light’ as its official entry to competeContinue Reading
Hungarian and Czech projects share Docu Talent Award at Sarajevo Film Festival
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – The Hungarian-German-Croation production Kix by Bálint Révész and Dávid Mikulán and the Czech project Frem byContinue Reading
Top 10 Hungarian films since the creation of the National Film Fund
After more than a decade long drought, Hungarian cinema finally seems to have found itself. A new generation of excellentContinue Reading
Arte’s first Czech co-production to air next month
Prague, Czech Republic – ‘The Lynching’, hailed as the first co-production between French-German network Arte and Czech Television, will premiereContinue Reading
How Andy Vajna and the National Film Fund revitalised Hungarian cinema
The second half of the twentieth century was the golden age of Hungarian film making. In the midst of communistContinue Reading
László Krasznahorkai and Hungarian literature’s fear of isolation
Although Central and Eastern European literature and authors are not as widely known as their French, English, German or evenContinue Reading
‘Cold War’ star Tomasz Kot to play Nikola Tesla in new biopic
Warsaw, Poland – Polish actor Tomasz Kot, star of the critically-acclaimed movie Cold War, will play Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla in aContinue Reading
