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secret delivery/tichá pošta – it´s a wrap!!!
We are very proud to share the news that after several years of development, financing and 32 shooting days, our wonderful Czech-Slovak WW2 winter family road movie celebrated its last shooting day on March 15th, 2024.
moreGameGirl Wins Czech Film Fund Main Production Support Call!
We are very proud to announce that after 3 years of very intense development, which was supported by CE Media, the Czech Film Fund and Croatian Audiovisual Centre, our GameGirl, written by Hana Cielová, to be directed by Marina Andree Škop, produced by 8Heads Productions and co-produced by Pom Pom,...
moreSecret Delivery/Tichá pošta Had Its First Shooting Day on January 29th, 2024!
Our wonderful Czech-Slovak historical family adventure winter road movie entered another very important phase of its “life“. The film tells a children's story about empathy, rebellion, joy, courage and hope at a time when the chance of survival sometimes depends only on luck.
moreFirst Screening of Ice Break Already in March
We are glad to announce our national premiere - Ice Break will be competing at Pragueshorts!
The 17th Pragueshorts Film Festival will take place in Prague from March 1 - 5, 2023 in the cinemas and March 5 – 18, 2023 at online platform KVIFF. TV.
GameGirl Selected for m:brane!
m:brane, annual event taking place in March in Malmö, Sweden, is a unique international platform that focuses solely on unique young audiences projects in development.
moreThe Sign Painter Among This Month’s 5 Picks of The New York Times
NYT Describes the film as “a dark, real-life history with bracing irony and fairy-tale whimsy“. https://www. nytimes. com/2023/01/13/movies/international-movies-streaming. html
The plot of The Sign Painter revolves around a love triangle formed by the main character, the sign painter Ansis, his first love, Jewish girl Zisele, and purposeful Latvian Naiga.
Great News about GameGirl
Our fantasy adventure for children GameGirl has two reasons to celebrate: the project was supported by Creative Europe MEDIA and selected for International co-production forum Kids Kino Industry!
The project, written by Hana Cielová, to be directed by Croatian award-winning director Marina Andree Škop, has already been supported by the Czech...
War Veterans to premiere at One World IFF 2022
We are really thrilled that right after its completion, our feature-length documentary The War Veterans was selected for the famous One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival that will take place from March 21st till April 3rd across the Czech Republic.
moreIce Crack – We Started Shooting!
Our long-anticipated short film Ice Crack went into production today, on February 7th, 2022! The film brings on screen a story of a teenager Alex, the only girl in a boys' ice hockey club. A story of fight for identity. Rebellion. Love. Daughter-father relationship.
moreGameGirl Becomes Part of Kids Kino Lab 2022
Our new project GameGirl, written by Hana Cielová, to be directed by Croatian award-winning director Marina Andree Škop, was selected for prestigious script development workshop Kids Kino Lab aimed at developing feature-length films and series for children and youth.
moreBeijing IFF Selects The Pack for Forward Future Competition
We are really excited that after festivals in countries like South Korea, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Croatia and others, The Pack will also be screened at the most important Chinese film festival. 11th Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) will take place from September 21 to September 29, 2021.
moreJulietta Sichel Selected for Producers LINK 2021
Two prestigious platforms, Cinekid Professionals and Kids Kino Industry launched a new programme for producers of Youth and Children films. The aim of the programme is to stimulate the production of top-quality content for young audience and to support co-productions.
moreLame-os to Premiere at Zlin IFF
What do boys really want is a question asked by three friends in a teenage comedy Lame-os by debuting writer/director Marta Elina Martinsone.
moreIce Crack to be Shot in Winter 2022
Our short film Ice Crack by talented Elvira Dulskaia has been supported by the Czech Film Fund, South Moravian Film Fund and Czech Producers' Association APA. We are about to close the financing and ready to shoot in Brno, South Moravia, during the upcoming winter.
moreTwo of the Latvian National Film Awards Go to the Czech Republic
The Big Christopher, i. e. Lielais Kristaps, the highest award in Latvian cinema, went to the Czech Actress Brigita Cmuntová for Best Supporting Role in the film The Sign Painter, while Best Sound Award was presented to Czechs Ludvík K. Bohadlo and Robert Slezák for the same movie.
moreTwo of 8Heads Productions' Newest Titles to Compete at Tallinn Black Nights IFF
Our teen drama The Pack, a Czech-Slovak-Latvian coproduction directed by Tomáš Polenský, and The Sign Painter (City on the River), Latvian-Czech-Lithuanian comedy-drama by Viestur Kairish, will both be fighting for awards at the upcoming Black Nights Film Festival, also known as PÖFF.
moreThe Sign Painter (City on the River) Leeds Latvian Film Prize Nominations
Latvian – Czech - Lithuanian co-production film The Sign Painter (aka City on the River) directed by Viestur Kairish, which was released in Latvia in the beginning of this year and was very popular among local audiences, has now been appreciated also by film professionals.
moreThe Pack Awarded in Zlín
Special recognition of the international Jury went to the actors portraying ice-hockey players in the Wolves team in our film The Pack.
moreKorea Will Again Host The Pack
Following successful presentation of The Pack in 2018 as the first Czech project presented at Busan's APM, the completed film will be shown in Korean cinemas. We are happy to announce that 15th Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival (BIKY 2020, http://www. biky. or.
moreThe Pack to Premiere at Zlín IFF
The 60th Zlín International Film Festival (4th-10th September, 2020), to be held this year exceptionally in early autumn, has announced its program, including the presentation of The Pack in the main competition.
moreSlovaks Join The Pack!
The results of the call of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund for minority coproductions have been announced and it is with great pleasure that we can now officially be a Czech-Slovak-Latvian coproduction!
The Pack produced by 8Heads Productions (CZ) and coproduced by Furia Film (SK) and Ego Media (LV) became the only...
My Father the Spy at Ji.hlava International Docs Film Festival
After its world premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest this summer, our amazing documetary My Father the Spy by Jaak Kilmi and Gints Grube is heading towards the most important event in documentary cinema in CZ. The film will be screened on Saturday, October 26th at 18.
moreThe Pack: Last Shooting Day and Upcoming Markets
The last shooting day took place in Zlín on August 25th, 2019. The film is now already in the editing room in Bratislava, Slovakia. The principal photography of The Pack by debuting director Tomáš Polenský is now over.
moreThe Pack: Legendary Goalie Appears as Cameo
Dominik Hašek, the best goaltender in the history of Czech ice-hockey, two-time Stanley Cup champion, Winter Olympics Gold Medal winner, joined the shooting of The Pack. The shooting of teen-drama The Pack entered its second half.
moreLevelK Boards The Pack. First shooting day: 24th of July 2019
Copenhagen-based LevelK has acquired world sales rights for Czech-Latvian teen drama The Pack. The first shooting day took place on July 24th in Zlín, Czech Republic.
moreMy Father the Spy in Official Selection of Sheffield Doc/Fest
Feature-length documentary My Father the Spy directed by Jaak Kilmi and Gints Grube, produced by Mistrus Media (Latvia), Kick Film (Germany), 8Heads Productions (Czech Rep. ) and Pimik (Estonia) will celebrate its World Premiere at the upcoming Sheffield International Film Festival of Documentary Films (6-11 June 2019).
moreMEDIA and Czech Film Fund Support The Pack!
After successful presentations at Busan's Asia Project Market and Riga IFF Forum this autumn, and at Czech Springboard last April, The Pack has another reason to celebrate.
moreHottest News on The Pack
Our project The Pack by debuting director Tomáš Polenský was selected for Riga IFF Forum while its successful presentation at Busan's Asia Project Market was captured in the Variety magazine.
moreBlack Mill Supported by the Czech Film Fund
The Czech Film Fund published the results of the minority coproductions call on October 10th, 2018 and it is with great pleasure that we can announce the support of our Polish/Czech youth fantasy feature Black Mill by Mariusz Palej.
moreFestival Premiere of The Cellar by Igor Voloshin
Our highly anticipated film The Cellar by Igor Voloshin, a coproduction of Slovakia, Czech Republic and Russia, will celebrate its International Premiere at the World Cinema Section of the 23rd Busan International Film Festival (4. -13. October 2018).
moreThe Pack Will Travel to Busan!
Our project The Pack, supported by the Czech Film Fund, Zlín Regional Film Fund and National Film Center of Latvia, was selected for the Asian Project Market (APM) of the Busan International Film Festival.
moreThe Pack Selected for Czech Springboard
The Pack by Tomáš Polenský, our very ambitious debut project in development, was selected for Czech Springboard - Pitching & Round Tables which will take place from April 21-23,2018 in the framework of the industry program of Plzeň Finále Film Festival.
moreNew Feature by Viestur Kairish - City on the River
Director of the award-winning Chronicles of Melanie, Viestur Kairish, began shooting his new feature City on the River co-produced by 8Heads Productions. The company already co-produced the previous film by Kairish which became the most watched film in Latvia in 2016 and was Latvian Oscar entry.
more8 Heads of Madness Wins Czech Film Critics' Award
On Saturday, January the 27th, 2018, the film produced by our company, 8Heads of Madness, won the Czech Film Critics' Award for Best Artistic Achievement. The Award went to Anna Krtičková and Marta Nováková.
moreMinistry of Love Became a Victim of Censorship
The scandal is growing bigger and bigger among the Croatian media: Croatian-Czech Eurimages supported coproduction Ministry of Love by Pavo Marinković, which was shown at more than 30 international film festivals worldwide, was removed from the program of Croatian main broadcaster, HRT.
moreThe Chronicles of Melanie Won Most of the Top Prizes at Latvian Film Awards
Latvian-Czech-Finnish coproduction, The Chronicles of Melanie, which became the most watched film in Latvia in 2016, carried off most of the top prizes at Latvia's most prestigious film awards, so called Lielais Kristaps National Cinema Awards during the ceremony held on the 13th of November in Riga.
more8HP at Yakutsk IFF
Yakutsk has a reputation of the coldest city on earth but what is almost as fascinating is its film industry. Yakut low budget movies are a phenomenon which quite recently became noticed also on the international level.
moreIgor Voloshin Came for Postproduction of The Cellar to Prague
The Cellar, new feature by well-known Russian director Igor Voloshin starring Jean-Marc Barr, finished shooting on June 26th, 2017. Igor immediately started to work on the editing, which is to be finished till the end of September.
moreMarinković and Sichel Are Working on a New Project
Beautiful Croatian island Vis became a place of recent meeting of writer/director Pavo Marinković and producer Julietta Sichel.
more8 Heads of Madness To Be Released in Czech Cinemas This Autumn!
Long anticipated feature 8 Heads of Madness by writer/director Marta Nováková will soon enter Czech cinemas. The Czech distribution premiere is planned for October 12th, 2017, the Czech and Slovak distributor is Bontonfilm.
moreJean-Marc Barr Will Star in The Cellar
World-famous French actor, Jean-Marc Barr, known from Luc Besson´s The Big Blue or from several films by Lars von Trier including Europa, will play the lead in the new film The Cellar by Igor Voloshin. First shooting day is set for May 8th, 2017.
moreCzech Premieres of Chronicles of Melanie and Ministry of Love
Our two successful international co-productions, Latvian-Czech-Finnish film Chronicles of Melanie, which became the most watched film in Latvian cinemas in 2016, and sophisticated Croatian-Czech comedy, Ministry of Love, will both celebrate their Czech Premieres at the film festival Days of European Film, which will take place in Prague from April 6...
more8Heads Productions Will Co-produce New Feature by Igor Voloshin
One of the most talented and remarkable European directors, Igor Voloshin, will direct The Cellar, fiction feature co-produced by Slovakia, Czech Republic and Russia. The film is set in a small Slovak village, with principal photography starting in May 2017.
moreChronicles of Melanie – the Biggest Event in the History of Modern Latvian Cinema
After a lot of work and struggle, our beautiful coproduction Chronicles of Melanie celebrated its World Premiere on November the 1st.
moreMinistry of Love Opens in Croatian Cinemas
Following several successful festival screenings abroad, our coproduction Ministry of Love by Pavo Marinković, had its premiere in Croatian cinemas. The premiere took place in Zagreb on October 31st. The previous and upcoming festivals include Montreal, Chicago, Pula, Zadar, Portorož, Raindance London, Arras, Kerala and others.
moreMontreal WFF Will Screen Ministry of Love in World Greats Section
After a successful national premiere on July 11th at Pula Film Festival, our Croatian-Czech feature film, Ministry of Love by Pavo Marinković, will have its international premiere in the World Greats section of Montreal World Film Festival.
morePeople from Nowhere: Pre-Production Meeting in Riga
Part of the Czech team of the feature-length creative documentary People from Nowhere left for Riga. The team includes costume designer Renata Janoušková, make-up artist Eva Ungrová and producer Julietta Sichel. See the photos in the gallery and watch the film’s trailer.
moreNew Trailer - Ministry of Love
After many days in the editing room, our brilliant editor, Dubi Slunjski, and writer/director, Pavo Marinković, came up with the new trailer, which our World Sales, Starline Entertainment, totally loves.
morePeople from Nowhere Supported by Five Funds
Our new film, Latvian/Czech/Estonian personal story from the daughter of Cold War double agent, entitled People from Nowhere, was so far supported by five funds.
moreThe Instrument of War Crowdfunded !
The crowdfunding campaign for the documentary Instrument of War by Tomáš Hoffmann Polenský that was running during the months of October and November has finished successfully! The project backed by social media and small advertisement campaign was ranked 6th as the raised money is concerned in the group of film...
moreCzech Fund Loves our Chronicles of Melanie!
The Czech State Cinema Fund ranked our Latvian/Czech/Finnish coproduction, Chronicles of Melanie by Viestur Kairish, No. 1 among the 17 submitted minority coproduction projects.
moreToo Close Selected for Midpoint
Our new project Too Close by talented debuting writer/director and recent FAMU graduate, Tomáš Hoffmann Polenský, was selected for the prestigious Workshop of the Central European Script Center Midpoint.
moreMinistry of Love - Pics from the Shooting
See the latest pictures from the set of our Croatian/Czech coproduction Ministry of Love directed by Pavo Marinković. The shooting takes place from July 2nd till August 12th, 2015 in Croatian locations of Šibenik, Drniš and Zagreb.
moreMinistry of Love Supported by the Eurimages
European Cinema Support Fund, known as the Eurimages, at its 139th meeting held from 15 to 19 June 2015 in Prague decided to support 27 feature films, 1 animation film and 3 documentaries.
moreTerezin Gravediggers - Location Scouting in Budapest
Our feature-length documentary with animations, The Terezin Gravediggers, supported by the Czech State Cinema Fund for script development, enters a new phase. Two authors of the film, Olga Strusková and Pavel Koutský, were location scouting and looking for archive materials in Budapest, Hungary. The script development is currently completed.
moreWe Were Looking for New Films at Mannheim Meetings
Julietta Sichel attended Mannheim Meeting Place from November 10th to 13th as one of the minority producers working with MMP. 8Heads Productions was looking for new coproduction opportunities and in the end took serious interest in two of the presented projects.
more8Heads Productions Presented Its Projects at the SPIMF Co-production Market
A brand new event, St. Petersburg International Media Forum, which was introduced this year during the Cannes Film Festival, includes a Co-production Market, which hopes to become an important hub of cultural dialogue and networking for international film industry.
moreCzech Film Fund Supports the Script of The Terezin Gravediggers
Our wonderful feature-length documentary with animations, The Terezin Gravediggers, received development support from the Czech State Cinema Fund. Authors Olga Strusková and Pavel Koutský should present the final version of the script till the beginning of 2015.
more8 Heads of Madness Selected for the Works in Progress of the Karlovy Vary IFF
We are pleased that our long anticipated feature by writer/director Marta Nováková, starring Czech star singer Aneta Langerová, was selected for the prestigious Works in Progress event of the 49th Karlovy Vary IFF.
moreAneta Langerová stars in 8 Heads of Madness
"I do believe that Marta, the director, knows what she is doing and I pray that it ends well and that I don’t spoil the film", says Aneta Langerová, one of the best Czech singers on her film debut.
moreCzech TV to Coproduce The 27th Picture
We are happy to announce that Czech TV joins the film The 27th Picture as a coproducer. The adventurous feature documentary directed by Croatian filmmaker Pavo Marinkovic is currently in postproduction, which will now partly take place also at Czech TV.
more8 Heads of Madness - We Started Shooting!
Today, the first shooting day of the long awaited feature film from the Gulag camps 8 Heads of Madness by talented writer/director Marta Nováková, took place.
morePostproduction of The 27th Picture started
Director Pavo Marinković and award-winning Croatian editor Dubravko Slunjski are now working in their editing room in Zagreb on the feature documentary The 27th Picture.
moreMore news about The 27th Picture
We are happy to share with you some photos taken during the Prague shooting of The 27th Picture produced by 8Heads Productions and Mitropa.
moreThe 27th Picture receives financial support from the Czech State Fund
The adventurous political documentary The 27th Picture by Croatian writer/director Pavo Marinković received 1 mil CZK (approx. 40. 000 EUR) from the State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinema. The film is being produced by 8Heads Productions, Prague, and Zagreb-based company Mitropa.
moreThe 27th Picture selected for the Project Market of the East Doc Platform
We are delighted that the documentary The 27th Picture by Pavo Marinković produced by 8Heads Productions and Mitropa was selected for the East Doc Platform, an umbrella industry event dedicated to East European documentary films that will take place in March 2012 in Prague.
moreThe 27th Picture - we started shooting!
8Heads Productions and Mitropa are happy to announce the official beginning of the shooting of Pavo Marinković's adventurous political documentary The 27th Picture. The first shooting day took place at Zagreb Zoo.
more8Heads Productions to produce The 27th Picture by Pavo Marinković
We are happy to announce the beginning of collaboration with acclaimed Croatian director Pavo Marinković. 8Heads Productions will be producing together with Zagreb-based company Mitropa Pavo's latest film The 27th Picture. The documentary will be a Croatian-Czech coproduction with principal photography starting at the beginning of 2012.
more8 Heads of Madness receives additional financial support from the Czech State Fund
The project 8 hlav šílenství / 8 Heads of Madness received 2 million CZK (approx. 81. 000 EUR) as an additional financial support from the State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography. In total, the Fund supported the project till today with 7 million CZK (approx.
more8 Heads of Madness selected for the Kiev IFF Boat Meeting Co-production Forum 2011
We are happy to announce that the project 8 Heads of Madness by writer/director Marta Nováková, to be produced by Julietta Sichel, was chosen for an international co-production market, the Boat Meeting, which traditionally takes place within the 41th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist during October 24th-27th. http://www. molodist.
more8 Heads of Madness mentioned in the Korean press
Latest press coverage: 8 Heads of Madness mentioned in the Korean press, including the biggest English-language daily Korea Times
The producer of 8 Heads of Madness, Julietta Sichel, was honored with the Korean Cinema Award, which is annually bestowed to filmmakers who contribute to the advancement of Korean films in the...
Czech TV becomes a coproducer of 8 Heads of Madness
8Heads Productions is delighted that Czech Television, www. ceskatelevize. cz, the main coproducer of Czech films, has decided to join one of the artistically most ambitious projects of the last years, Marta Nováková´s 8Heads of Madness, and becomes the film´s official coproducer.
moreBontonfilm to distribute 8 Heads of Madness in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
8Heads Productions signed a contract today with the leading local distributor Bontonfilm, www. bontonfilm. cz, who will be in charge of the theatrical release of Marta Nováková´s 8 Heads of Madness in the Czech and Slovak Republics.
more8Heads Productions to produce Stalin´s Railroad
8Heads Productions announces the start of collaboration with a talented journalist, writer and photographer Štěpán Černoušek on his unique documentary film on to a wider public completely unknown megalomaniac construction – a railroad built by political Gulag prisoners during Stalin´s regime.
moreSwedish Coproduction Partner
8Heads Productions is happy to announce the start of collaboration with Swedish producer Freddy Olsson of Bokomotiv, Stockholm, www. bokomotiv. se, on the new feature by writer/director Marta Nováková entitled 8 hlav šílenství / 8 Heads of Madness.
moreBaltic Event Co-production Market
8 hlav šílenství / 8 Heads of Madness selected for the Baltic Event Co-production Market! The project was chosen as one of 12 original works from the latest members of the European Union, Russia and Scandinavia to be presented in Tallinn, Estonia from December 1-3, 2010.
more8 Heads of Madness received 5 million CZK financial support
The feature 8 hlav šílenství / 8 Heads of Madness received 5 million CZK (approx 203. 000 EUR) from the State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography.
moreVariety - Focus on Czech Republic
Latest comments in the press: Variety - Focus on Czech Republic - foreign incentives poised for action. . .
moreNew Czech films at the Finále Plzeň Film Festival
New film by Marta Nováková 8 hlav šílenství / 8 Heads of Madness was presented by its writer/director and by its producer, Julietta Sichel, at the panel dedicated to new Czech films at the Finále Plzeň Film Festival.
moreGerman coproduction partner
8Heads Productions is happy to announce the start of collaboration with German producer Wolfgang Bergman of LICHTFILM, Köln, www. lichtfilm. de, on the new feature by writer/director Marta Nováková entitled 8 hlav šílenství / 8 Heads of Madness
moreCzech Film Center Panel
The feature 8 Heads of Madness is selected by Czech Film Center as one of the projects to be presented at the upcoming panel of new Czech films organized within the frame-work of Finále Plzeň Film Festival. more »
more8 Heads of Madness - the first draft of the script
The first draft of the script of new feature film 8 Heads of Madness, written by Marta Nováková and Julietta Sichel, and to be directed by Marta Nováková is now finished.
moreThe first location scouting
The first location scouting for the new feature 8 Heads of Madness to be directed by Marta Nováková takes place in Siberia within the frame-work of an expedition "Following the traces of Stalin’s ‘Death Road’“ (http://www. gulag503. blogspot. com).
more8 Heads of Madness receives financial support for script development
Based on a synopsis written by Marta Nováková, Radka Bzonková and Julietta Sichel, the project 8 hlav šílenství / 8 Heads of Madness receives financial support for script development from the Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography.
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