Since 2002, the Czech Film Center (CFC) has worked to boost the local film industry by marketing and promoting Czech cinema worldwide. The CFC is the industry’s official representative at internati…
about the group’s activities to support local filmmakers.and the Czech Film Fund, and what they’re doing to support the local industry?
We have the usual countries that we work with very much — Slovakia, of course. It’s now very common with the Baltic countries. It’s also opening a bit more with the ex-Yugoslavia countries, and also with Poland. I think five, 10 years ago, we didn’t co-produce that much with Poland, which is quite bizarre in a way, because we share the same history, the same background. Also the industry might be in the same shape. Somehow, there were not so many [co-production] projects.
Secondly, of course, as it was with Romanian cinema, you constantly [have to] deliver festival films that are in the competitions of A-class festivals. And it’s not just one per 10, 15, 20 years, but it’s a continuous thing. That’s what we still need — to have this pioneer who brings us to that level. And it would have this effect on other filmmakers, where maybe they feel more confident in the way they want to do their films. And they feel more free, because there is this wave.
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