News
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20/10
Screen Industries in East-Central Europe Conference: November 4 and 5 at Ponrepo Cinema
The NFA, in cooperation with the Czech Society for Film Studies (Česká společnost pro filmová studia) and the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, has organised the international Screen Industries in East-Central Europe Conference to be held at the National Film Archive’s cinema Ponrepo on 4 and 5 November 2016. The topic of the sixth annual event…
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11/08
An exceptional research project presents Laterna magika, the first multimedia theatre in the world
The National Film Archive has launched the website laterna-research.com, the first result of the extensive research project Laterna magika* looking to preserve, document and present this phenomenon of world significance to the international public. …
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18/07
Black Peter to Return to Cinemas at Venice Film Festival
Being successful with the digitally restored Ikarie XB 1 at Cannes and Berlin, the National Film Archive (NFA) will present its work at another international film festival. …
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04/07
Classic Czech Films Will Shine on American Screens
The National Film Archive has concluded an important contract with distribution company Janus Films which opens the road to expending knowledge of Czech classic films in all of North America. …
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E-shop
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18/02
Jiří Brdečka´s monography and a 3-DVD set of his animated short films in our e-shop
Our e-shop offers an english version of a monography of Jiří Brdečka and a 3-DVD set of his animated short films. The book offers an intimate yet critical portrait of Brdecka, one of the founders of Czech animation, who created 35 short films and conceived and wrote scripts for feature films, winning numerous international awards. Profusely illustrated…
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11/12
All surviving animated films from 1925 – 1945 re-released on DVD
A set of three DVDs containing 76 films (414 minutes), i.e. all surviving animated film made between 1925 - 1945 in Czechoslovakia is re-released due to popular demand. …