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Window to Festival Monday

Window to Festival Monday

The first day of the new week kicked off with the film Victim. Actress Judit Bárdos came to present the film The Last Race, and one episode of the three-part miniseries, The King of Böhmerwald, which will be screened on Wednesday. A first episode...

Finále is halfway through

Finále is halfway through

The day began with an epic fairy tale, The Old Blunderbuss Mystery 2. The film Together was presented by actors Veronika Žilková, Kamila Janovičová, Štěpán Kozub and directors David Laňka and Martin Müller. The psychological drama about life with...

What happened on Saturday?

What happened on Saturday?

Saturday was also full of many interesting events. Czech Television presented the teenage series, TBH, dealing with themes of bullying, and biographical mini-series, Iveta. The huge success of Jan Žižka resulted in another screening being added on...

We opened with a biographical movie

We opened with a biographical movie

At yesterday's opening of the 35th season of Finále Plzeň, the Festival presented Il Boemo, a film depicting the life story of opera composer Josef Mysliveček, with Vojtěch Dyk in the lead role. The director of the film, Petr Václav, was present at...

Czech Republic sends Il Boemo to Oscars

Czech Republic sends Il Boemo to Oscars

Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) selected Il Boemo as this year's Czech Oscar candidate. Period drama, written and directed by Petr Václav, will represent the Czech Republic as the official submission for the 95th Academy Awards in the...

ZOOMED on Hungary

ZOOMED on Hungary

This year, we continue with the tradition of presenting outstanding movies from the film production of our European region. This time, we focused on Hungary. We bring the winning film of the Hungarian film awards and films that resonated both in...

German Cinema at Finále Plzeň

German Cinema at Finále Plzeň

Films from German production do not make it to our cinemas or TV screens very often. But Finále Plzeň will make up for it. Again this year, in cooperation with Cottbus Film Festival and the festival of German films in Saarbrücken, we have prepared...

Il Boemo will open Finále

Il Boemo will open Finále

This year's opening film, Il Boemo, tells the story of a courageous and purposeful man destined for the profession of a miller. He decided to defy the will of his family, to follow his dream and become a famous composer in Italy, the musical...

Eurosoftware has been the main partner for 5 years

Eurosoftware has been the main partner for 5 years

Finále Plzeň is celebrating its 35th birthday this year. It could only reach this "age" thanks to the support of generous partners. For the last 5 years, Eurosoftware has been the main partner. We would like to thank Mr. Stephan Kronmüller for his...

Manipulation by Authority, or Propaganda in Audio-Visual Production

Manipulation by Authority, or Propaganda in Audio-Visual Production

There is a new section called Manipulation by Authority. It is prepared in collaboration with Post Bellum and Deník N and will focus on the topics of propaganda in films in different decades of the 20th century. This year, it begins with the 1950s....