🤍 Great news from the Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy! An animated short 🎬 GENTLY by Jamaica Kindlová of FAMU, produced by Tereza Havlová of BATCH Film, was selected for the 🏆 Graduation Films competition program! Congratulations! 👏

🤍 🎬 MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin, produced by Helle Faber of Made in copenhagen (Denmark) and Radovan Síbrt, Alžběta Karásková, and Petra Dobešová of PINK (Czech Republic), won the 🏆 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the 98th Academy Awards. 👏

🤍 FATHER by Tereza Nvotová, FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, and HOW TO DIVORCE DURING THE WAR? by Andrius Blaževičius are among the twenty films nominated for the 2026 Latin American Critics’ Award for European Films. 👏 Learn more 👉 efp-online.com/news/through...

🤍 "Unlike many cinematographers, I’m not obsessed with technology. I believe technology should primarily serve the story and the work," says DOP and director Veronika Donutková in the interview conducted for the 📖 CZECH FILM mag / Spring 2026. More 👉 www.filmcenter.cz/en/news/tech...

🤍 A co-production feature drama 🎬 ROYA (DE, CZ, LU, IR) by Mahnaz Mohammadi, produced by Kaveh Farnam of the Czech-based production outfit Media Nest, received the 🏆 Honorable Mention by Amnesty International Filmpreis. 👏 The film premiered in the Berlinale's Panorama section this year.

🤍 MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin, produced by Helle Faber of made in copenhagen (Denmark) and Radovan Síbrt, Alžběta Karásková, and Petra Dobešová of PINK (Czech Republic), won the 🏆 BAFTA for Best Documentary Feature. 👏

🤍 IF PIGEONS TURNED TO GOLD by Pepa Lubojacki, produced by Wanda Kaprálová and Klára Mamojková of CLAW films, co-produced by guča films (SK), Česká televize, and FAMU, won the 🏆 Berlinale Documentary Award! 👏👏👏

🤍 This year's Caligari Film Award, awarded to the films from the Berlinale Forum / Forum Expanded program, goes to If Pigeons Turned to Gold by Pepa Lubojacki, a self-reflexive film on addiction, family and memory, confronting archival material with deliberate estrangement. 👏

🤍 All the best shorts from the Czech Republic produced in 2025 and 2026 are ready to be discovered by film curators, distributors, sales agents, broadcasters, and VOD representatives in one place! More here 😻👉 www.filmcenter.cz/en/czech-sho...

🤍 MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN (Denmark, Czech Republic) by David Borenstein, produced by Helle Faber of made in copenhagen and Radovan Síbrt, Alžběta Karásková, and Petra Dobešová of By PINK, made it among the 5 nominated films in the Documentary Feature Film category. 🏆

🤍 WOOHOO! Another Czech films heads to the upcoming Berlinale! 🔥 🎬 IF PIGEONS TURNED TO GOLD, a raw, self-made and deeply personal documentary by Pepa Lubojacki, which cuts into alcohol addiction and intergenerational trauma, will see its world premiere in the prestigeous Forum program! ✨

🤍 How about this?! 🤍 🎬 𝑬𝒆𝒏𝒚, 𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒚, 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒚, 𝑴𝒐𝒆!, a short animated film by Andrea Szelesová, produced by Kristina Husová (Pure Shore, Cinepoint) will have its world premiere at the Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival in the Generation Kplus Competition. ☀️

🤍 The restored version of 🎬 Panelstory, aneb jak se rodí sídliště (Prefab Story) by Czech director Věra Chytilová, a 1979 social satire about life and community in a newly-built housing estate on the fringe of Prague, heads to the Berlinale Classics program at the upcoming Berlinale. 👏

🤍 Palm Springs International Film Festival, a major annual event in January which serves as a key kick-off for the Academy Awards season, awarded Slovak actor Milan Ondrík for his sensitive performance in Tereza Nvotová’s FATHER with 🏆 FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor in an International Feature Film.

🤍 The Oscars have announced the shortlists or the upcoming 98th ceremony, with three Czech films shortlisted! 🔥🔥🔥 🎬 MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN by David Borenstein (Documentary Feature Film) 🎬 I DIED IN IRPIN by Ukrainian animator Anastasiia Falileieva, and 🎬 HURIKAN by Jan Saska (Animated Short Film)

🤍 And yet another world premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam incoming! 🎬 GREETINGS FROM RHODES (Slovakia, Czech Republic) by Viera Čákanyová, produced by Matej Sotník for guča films (SK) and Somatic Films (CZ), heads to the Short & Mid-length section. 👉 iffr.com/en/iffr/2026...

🤍 The 55th International Film Festival Rotterdam, taking place from January 29 to February 8, 2026, will feature the world premiere of 🎬 ORLA by Marie Lukáčová, an eco-feminist rap fairytale, which combines live-action scenes with 2D and 3D animation.

🤍 🎬 How to Divorce During the War by Lithuanian director and screenwriter Andrius Blaževičius, co-produced by Jakub Košťál and Vratislav Šlajer of Bionaut on the Czech side, heads to the 🏆 WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival @sundance.org ! 👏

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🤍 The Czech production outfit 🎬 moloko film works across fiction, documentary, and experimental formats, with a focus on socially grounded, auteur-led storytelling. Learn more about moloko film in the article by Martin Kudláč. 👉 www.filmcenter.cz/en/news/molo...

🤍 🎬 Franz (Czech Republic, Germany, Poland) by Agnieszka Holland receives yet another two European Film Award nominations, this time for Michaela Horáčková Hořejší in the best European Costume Designer category, and for Gabriela Poláková in the European Make-up & Hair Artist category. 👏

🤍 And they keep coming! FLOOD by Martin Gonda, produced by Katarína Krnáčová of Silverart (SK) and Viktor Schwarcz of Cineart TV Prague (CZ), won the 🏆 SIGNIS Award for Best Film in the Official International Competition at the 40th Mar del Plata International Film Festival. 👏

🤍 Happy to share some 📷 from the world premiere of 🎬 BLOOD RED, a hybrid documentary directed by Martin Imrich and produced by Ondřej Šejnoha of FAMU and Vít Janeček of D1film, which took place at IDFA. 🔥

🤍 In case you missed it, 🎬 FATHER (SK / CZ / PL) by Tereza Nvotová, produced by Karel Chvojka and Miloš Lochman of moloko film for the Czech side, received two major 🏆 awards (Best Film 2025 and Best Script 2025) at the Stockholm International Film Festival. 👏

🤍 Two Czech films, TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar and Jean-Claude Rozec, and FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, scored nominations for the 🏆 European Film Awards! 🔥

🤍 Make it a double! 🏆🏆 PROMISE, I'LL BE FINE by Katarína Gramatová, co-produced by Julie Marková Žáčková of NOCHI FILM, won the U18 Youth Film Competition, as well as the Prize For Best Debut, at the FilmFestival Cottbus! Huge congratulations! 👏

🤍 Fifteen Czech films of various formats are featured in the program of the 29th PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, running from 7 to 23 November. Learn more here 👉 www.filmcenter.cz/en/news/czec...

🎬 🤍 During the busy autumn festival season, Czech films appeared at a considerable number of major film festivals 🌍 worldwide. Our overview highlights the most notable successes of Czech films during the given period. 👀 👉 www.filmcenter.cz/en/news/czec...

🤍 Producer Julie Soffer of Perfilm (on the left) and director Anna Wowra presenting Wowra's upcoming project, IN GOOD FAITH, at the Crossroads Co-production Forum at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. 👏

🤍 Introducing 2025 Czech Joy in the Spotlight industry program at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. 🎬 Selected films here 👉 www.filmcenter.cz/en/news/czec...

🤍 🎥 BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD by Miro Remo and 🎥 ACTION ITEM by Paula Ďurinová will 🏆 compete at the upcoming Festival dei Popoli in Florence. 👏 👉 www.festivaldeipopoli.org/programma/be... 👉 www.festivaldeipopoli.org/programma/ac...

🤍 Variety informs about 🎬 VIRTUAL GIRLFRIENDS, a new documentary by Barbora Chalupová, which opens the upcoming Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. The film will also be screened in both Opus Bonum and Czech Joy sections. 👉 variety.com/2025/film/gl...

🤍 FRANZ directed by Agnieszka Holland, TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN directed by David Súkup, Patrik Pašš, Leon Vidmar & Jean-Claude Rozec, and FATHER directed by Tereza Nvotová have been selected by European Film Academy for the Academy Shortlist of films vying for the 🏆 38th European Film Awards. 👏

DOK Leipzig, here we go! 🤍

🤍 A jury of 100 film critics from 16 Arab speaking countries has selected three finalists from 20 entries for this year‘s Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films, including 🎬 DJ AHMET by Georgi Unkovski, co-produced by Czech production companies Analog Vision and Alter Vision. 👏

🤍 IN GOOD FAITH, a feature film project directed by Anna Wowra and produced by Tomáš Pertold and Julie Soffer of Perfilm, is part of the AGORA Crossroads Co-production Forum 2025 Selection at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Congratulations! 👏

🤍 "You can always bounce back from rock bottom." 👀 Read the exclusive interview with screenwriter and writer Sára Zeithammerová. 👉 www.filmcenter.cz/en/news/to-e...

🤍 Stellar news from Zurich Film Festival! 👏

🤍 Forthcoming live-action series 25 PERCENT received the 🏆 Audience Award 🏆 at 2025 Young Horizons Industry! The award was accepted by producer Karolína Zalabáková of Cinebonbon, and screenwriter Matěj Randár. 👏

🤍 Festival do Rio presents a carefully curated line-up of European films by emerging and established women. And to our delight, the line-up also features two Czech entries: Franz by Agnieszka Holland and FATHER by Tereza Nvotová. 👏 More here 👉 efp-online.com/news/women-d...

🤍 Franz by Agnieszka Holland scooped the 🏆 Silver Lions Award and three more individual awards at the 50th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Congratulations! 👏

🤍 FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, DJ AHMET by Georgi Unkovski, and TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN by D. Súkup, J.-C. Rozec, P. Pašš and L. Vidmar, are part of the carefully curated selection of outstanding European titles, which are competing for this year’s 🏆Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films. 👏

🤍 UNGRATEFUL BEINGS, the latest feature by Olmo Omerzu, premieres today at the San Sebastian IFF. 👏

🔥🤍 The Danish Oscar Committee has selected David Borenstein’s celebrated documentary MR. NOBODY AGAINS PUTIN, produced by Pink production company on the Czech side, as Denmark’s official Oscar submission in the category International Feature Film Award. 👏 More here 👉 www.dfi.dk/english/denm...

🤍 🎥 FRANZ by Agnieszka Holland, 🎥 BROKEN VOICES by Ondřej Provazník, and 🎥 FATHER by Tereza Nvotová are all heading to the 🎬 Vancouver International Film Festival, running October 2-12, 2025! Huge congratulations! 👏

🎬 🔥 UNGRATEFUL BEINGS by Olmo Omerzu to premiere at the 73rd edition of the San Sebastian IFF! 👏 Learn more here 👉 www.filmcenter.cz/en/news/san-...

🔥 Klára Tasovská’s powerful documentary I'M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE has been selected as the official Czech entry for the 98th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category.

🎬 Vlček / Wolfie by Philippe Kastner of FAMU, nominated in the Animation category, and 🎬 DEATH LIVES by Lukáš Vacula of FAMO, nominated in the Narrative category, made it among the finalists of the 2025 Student Academy Awards. 👏 All the finalists here 👉 www.oscars.org/news/meet-20...

📣After the first bow at TIFF, FRANZ will be heading for its European premiere in the Competition of San Sebastian International Film Festival! 💥 #73SSIFF #agnieszkaholland #franzkafkafilm #franzkafka #kafka @sansebastianfes.bsky.social #filmsky #moviesky

🤍 FRANZ goes to @sansebastianfes.bsky.social ! 👏 Agnieszka Holland will compete for the third time in the Official Selection with Franz, a co-production of the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland that narrates the life of the writer Franz Kafka from his birth to his death. 🔥