Get the latest gossip
Czech Filmmakers Forge Ties, Ramp Up Foreign Co-Productions to Boost Growing Industry
Twenty years after the Czech Republic joined the European Union, foreign co-productions and partnerships are driving the growth of the local industry.
Šantrochová will appear in conversation at Cannes’ Plage des Palmes at 9 a.m. on May 18 with the head of the Czech Film Commission, Pavlina Zipkova, and Petr Tichý, CEO of the historic Barrandov Studios. “I think the Czech film industry is healthy and growing,” says Dagmar Sedláčková of Prague-based production outfit MasterFilm, which is currently producing “Caravan,” the long-awaited feature debut of Cannes Cinefondation winner Zuzana Kirchnerová. All eyes now are turned to a new audiovisual law, currently awaiting parliamentary approval, which will bring Czech film and TV legislation in line with the production landscape in an era of global streaming platforms.
Or read this on Variety
