Czech Film Springboard is composed in four parts:

• Pitching & Round Tables - Presentation of upcoming Czech films
• Who Is Who
• Funding News
• Preparation training (for Pitching & Round Tables projects)

Presentation of projects

Pitching & Round Tables (closed presentation and consultation)
Presentation of around 6 Czech projects in development. Selected projects are pitched to invited international experts from various areas of film industry by their producers and directors and later discussed individually at round tables with selected professionals.

The event is closed for public and accessible only for invited experts and presenters of the selected projects.

The ultimate goal is to draw attention of competent international experts to carefully selected Czech projects in various stages of development, and to give the projects a chance to test their viability.

Funding News
Friday, 23 September | tbc
Moderator: Markéta Šantrochová (Czech Film Center)

Moderated discussion about funding opportunities and co-producing in Europe.

The representatives of invited national funds will give the short overviews, and answer your concrete questions on accessing financing in their countries.

Who Is Who
Friday, 23 September | tbc
Moderator: Markéta Šantrochová (Czech Film Center)

Informal meeting with the invited foreign film industry experts. Representatives of co-production markets, financing platforms, festivals, training initiatives and sales agents present their activities. Open to all film professionals present at the festival.

List of projects selected for 2022 edition:

• Smarty & Fang (Tesák a hlavička), writer: Tomáš Pavlíček, director: Jan Bártek, producer: Kateřina Buzková / DARQ Studio
• Thinking David (Thinking David), writer and director: Šimon Holý, producers: Pavla Klimešová, Jan Syruček / Helium Film
• The Thirty-Seventh Kilometre (Třicátý sedmý kilometr), writer and director: Sasha Stelchenko, producer: Dagmar Sedláčková / MasterFilm
• We're Not Doing Fine (Něco s námi je), writer and director: Natália Antoňáková, producer: Matěj Paclík / Breathless Films

List of experts for 2022 edition

 

2021 - details
Read the article about Czech Film Springboard 2021 projects HERE
List of experts

2020 - details
Read the article about Czech Film Springboard 2020 projects HERE
List of experts (2020)

2019 - details
Read the article about Czech Film Springboard 2019 projects HERE
List of experts (2019)

2018 - details
Read the article about Czech Film Springboard 2018 projects HERE
List of experts (2018)

2017 - details
Read the article about Czech Film Springboard 2017 projects HERE
List of experts (2017)

2016 - details
Read the article about Czech Film Springboard 2016 projects HERE.
List of experts (2016)