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Industry Programme Highlight: The Baltic Forum on 20 September
On Friday, 20 September at 3 p.m., film professionals are invited to a moderated panel on Czech-Baltic co-productions with producers from the Baltic countries (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia).
Using specific examples, Marianne Ostrat (Alexandra...
Footprints of Czech filmmakers in foreign films
Do you occasionally spot a familiar Czech face or a familiar street in a foreign film? And when you look more closely at the subtitles, there is no shortage of Czech names there? Film has no boundaries and neither has collaboration of filmmakers....
The Power of Female Perspective: a new section shows why it matters
In the 37th Finale programme, we will present a brand-new section, Women and Film, in collaboration with Girls in Film Prague platform. In four programme blocks, we will introduce interesting female filmmakers of different professions -...
German cinema
German films don't make it to Czech cinemas and our TV screens very often, which is a pity, because German cinema definitely has much to offer. Thanks to our special German Cinema section, you can expand your viewing horizons at Finále! Again this...
Meet the international juries
Which films will take away the Golden Kingfisher from Pilsen this year? This will be decided by international juries comprising respected personalities from among film and television experts, producers, actors and actresses, directors and...
We reveal the competition films!
We will present an overview of Czech films, television and internet production from 2023 and 2024, which will compete for the Golden Kingfisher. A number of them will be screened as premieres or previews here.
Feature film and animated film...
Finále Festival will open with the world premiere of Year of the Widow
The Festival will kick off with the feature debut by director Veronika Lišková, Year of the Widow, with Pavla Beretová in the lead role. It is loosely based on Zuzana Pokorná's diaries, which were published as a series with great readers’ response...
Thank you!
We are happy that our partnership with Eurosoftware has lasted for so many years, and this year will be no different. And what better way to toast our successful collaboration than with the best beer in the world? We have found a very suitable...
MIDPOINT INTENSIVE CZ 2024
Apply with your feature film project to the MIDPOINT INTENSIVE CZ workshop!
This unique script and project development program from the portfolio of the MIDPOINT Institute is aimed at Czech creative teams composed of a writer and a producer (or...
How was the 36th Finále?
The 36th Finále Plzeň is behind us and we are happy with how well it went. More than 15,500 spectators attended more than 100 screenings. We sold out a number of venues and had to add extra screenings. We presented the first Czech VR film, several...