TORONTO -- Canadian movie distributor Films We Like on Monday said it has acquired domestic rights to Jan Sverak's "Empties," the follow-up to the Czech director's Oscar-winning 1997 film "Koyla." By ...

This year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Aug 20 -28) will honor actors Johnny Depp and Michael Caine, and director Jan Sverak. Depp, who is also set to be feted at San Sebastian this year ...

"Empties," a boxoffice record-breaking new comedy from Oscar-winning Czech director Jan Sverak, will spearhead the Central European country's Festival de Cannes sales push, the Czech Film Center said ...

Lone Scherfig’s “Italian for Beginners” and Jan Sverak’s “Dark Blue World” have been chosen to represent Denmark and the Czech Republic, respectively, as contenders for this year’s Oscar for best ...

PRAGUE — Czech helmer Jan Sverak has set a Czech opening weekend record with “Bottle Return,” beating one set in January by the country’s other resident Oscar holder, Jiri Menzel. With auds of 107,362 ...

In this satirical tale by Czech writer/director Jan Sverak, a man finds himself suffering from extreme lethargy whenever he is near a television set. After puzzling doctors, the man consults a natural ...

Oscar winner Jan Sverak is to sit again behind the camera to direct a feature film, a comedy with the working title Returned Bottles (“Vratne lahve”). Filming should start in spring next year with the ...

The Bata Shoe Museum was the site for the Czech Film party on Friday night, and one of those happy accidents resulted from my attending. Industry vet and former Florida Film Festival juror TC Rice is ...

THE LOWDOWN: Two pilots escape Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, make their way to Britain and fall in love with the same Englishwoman. In Czech, with English subtitles. From the father-son team ...

This year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Aug 20 -28) will honor actors Johnny Depp and Michael Caine, and director Jan Sverak. Depp, who is also set to be feted at San Sebastian this year ...