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DARK BLUE WORLD, a stirring tale of heroism and romance by Oscar-winning Czech director, Jan Sverak, starring Ondrej Vetchy, Krystof Hadek, Tara Fitzgerald and Charles Dance, opens on May 10, 2002. see Press release & Review

 

 
DIVIDED WE FALL, Jan Hrebejk’s dramatic story of a hero against his will, starring Boleslav Polivka, Anna Siskova and Jaroslav Dusek which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year 2000 opens on May 31, 2002.  

 

 

Bridge for Hire:
$7000 a morning Prague is threatening to oust London as Europe's number one location for film shoots.

By Kate Connolly, The Guardian

Hollywood goes even further east
British studios with their world-class facilities and technical crews used to be the first choice in Europe for big-budget movies. But increasingly US film-makers are choosing to shoot in the Czech Republic. How did Prague become such a rival in just 10 years?

By Justin I'Anson-Sparks, The Independent

After The Velvet Revolution
An Industrial Survey of the Czech and Slovak Film Industries In the Cold War Era.

By Bjorn Ingvoldstad, The Independent

Watch with big brother
The Soviet bloc produced some of the 20th century's best - and least shown film. Stuart Jeffries sees what the censors tried to bury.

Guardian

Holly wood
Prague takes center stage as a filmmaking mecca as huge caravans of film-production trucks crisscross the city once again.

By Raymond Johnston, The Prague Post

Honor and all that
Bruce Willis cuts a heroic swath through World War II - and Prague.

By Raymond Johnston, The Prague Post

Scott's Film Column
The cult of the mystical and mysterious in Prague has always drawn tourists, and continues to do so. Yet the Hollywood-based producers of Blade 2 are cashing in on an altogether different mystique.

By Scott MacMillan, Umelec, 02/2001

     

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