REPORT: Marienbad Film Festival (28. 8. – 1. 9. 2018, Mariánské lázně, Czech Republic) – MILAN KROULÍK What I remember most distinctly after arriving at the famous spa town of Marienbad is how fresh the air smelled. It was like walking in the woods. The constant drizzle over the next few days kept this fresh atmosphere in the air. But, alas, the question is, how much this breath of fresh air was carried by ...

The sixth edition of VAF Třeboň, a key industry meeting for animation professionals took place in Třeboň, Czech Republic on May 1-3, 2018. In addition to the two traditional categories of Pitching Competition of Short Films and Series/TV Specials, there was a brand new element at the event – the historically first Pitching Competition of Feature Films. The VAF Třeboň programme traditionally involves a pitch ...

The sixth year of the international Visegrad Animation Forum for film professionals will take place on 1st – 3rd May. As a tradition, it will be centred on a pitching competition of animated projects now in development in two categories – short films and series / TV specials. This year's novelty is a pitching competition of upcoming animated feature films. It is organised by the Visegrad Animation Forum in ...

Kim Longinotto is a British documentary filmmaker focusing on human rights issues in developing countries. Her films that include Sisters in Law, Dreamcatcher and Pink Saris were well received at festivals around the world. Some of her works recently appeared at Prague's One World IHRDFF as part of her retrospective and we met Kim Longinotto for this interview after her masterclass presented during the 2018 ...

The EAST DOC PLATFORM, the largest event for documentary professionals in Central and Eastern Europe, takes place March 3-9, 2018. During the week-long event, Prague will host leading documentary professionals, distributors, TV and festival selectors from around the world. Filmmakers will pitch their documentary projects and compete for several prizes in the total amount of EUR 35,000. General audiences can ...

The international documentary event EAST DOC PLATFORM will take place March 3 – 8, 2018 in Prague. The week-long event will host leading film professionals, distributors, TV and festival programmers. Filmmakers will present documentary projects from Central and Eastern Europe that can win one of several prizes worth a total of EUR 35,000 for further film development. Members of the public are invited to att ...

Czech filmmakers have been involved in the East Doc Platform (March 3 – 9, Prague) in increasingly larger numbers, which is a clear indication of the growing quality of Czech films in the international context. The 7th EDP will present a total of fifty projects from Central and Eastern Europe. Nearly one-third of the films includes a Czech director or a (co-)producer. Czech Docs… Coming Soon is a public pre ...

The VAF Třeboň (May 1 – 3, 2018, Czech Republic) is the leading pitching event for animated film in the Central and Eastern Europe. As each year, animated projects in development compete in two categories: Short Films (single film less than 20 minutes long) and Series / TV Specials (web and TV series of any format and single films over 20 min.). Within the pitching preparation, the participants will get a u ...

This year the European Commission developed an Animation Plan, which aims to invigorate the animation industry in the entire EU. The Central and Eastern European region contains great potential that has yet to be tapped. A new initiative titled the CEE Animation Workshop is striving to capture this potential by bringing together independent animated film producers from a total of eighteen countries and show ...

INTERVIEW with the experimental filmmaker Mikel Guillén – MILAN KROULÍK – From where do images emerge?, is one of the questions that come to my mind when I let in the work of the Toronto based director Mikel Guillén wash over me. His tenth and newest short film, Intermission (2017), which has not yet officially premiered, expresses, like most of his previous work, a restlessness underlying the quiet images ...