For the first time, Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest and the Czech Film Fund / Czech Film Center organize the presentation of the Czech Works in Progress to offer upcoming Czech films the possibility to reach the international professionals and offer those experts an inside on what is going on in the Czech cinema.

Although the program was supposed to run in Prague on Tuesday 24 March, 2020, due to the current Coronavirus problems, the situation has changed.

“Despite the multiple tasks following the spread of COVID-19, and need to postpone the festival to later date, we wanted to keep the industry programme running. Luckily enough, both the experts and the filmmakers have been willing to take part in the virtual programme, and we launch this initiative digitally,” explains Markéta Šantrochová, Head of Czech Film Center.

More than 50 festival selectors, sales agents and other film professionals received the screeners of new titles by acclaimed Czech authors and promising newbies – Bohdan Sláma, Martin Šulík, Jan Prušinovský, Jan Březina, Jan Foukal, Zuzana Piussi, Fiona Ziegler.

“The selection offers fine mixture of the acclaimed directors and big new talents. Their humorous and outstanding creative approach combine crafted storytelling with surprising atmosphere of the picture. Although we are deeply sad that we cannot invite the creators to the stage, we believe to bring you the finest moments in your quarantine,” says Miriam Ryndová from Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest.

Erhart (Erhart)
directed by: Jan Březina
produced by: Marek Novák / Xova Film

Ztraceni v ráji (Lost In Paradise)
directed by: Fiona Ziegler
produced by: Rajko Jazbec / Cognito Films, Kristýna Michálek Květová / Cinémotif Films

Chyby (Mistakes)
directed by: Jan Prušinovský
produced by: Ondřej Zima, Jan Prušinovský / OFFSIDE MEN

Krajina ve stínu (Shadow Country)
directed by: Bohdan Sláma
produced by: Martin Růžička / LUMINAR Film

Muž se zaječíma ušima (The Man with Hare Ears)
directed by: Martin Šulík
produced by: Rudolf Biermann / IN FILM PRAHA

Zešílet (Unbalanced)
directed by: Zuzana Piussi
produced by: Vít Janeček / D1film

Marťanské lodě (Two Ships)
directed by: Jan Foukal
produced by: Silvie Michajlova, Ondřej Zima / FILM KOLEKTIV

You can find detailed information about the presented projects in our brochure. You can browse it by clicking on the picture below.