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Interview: Prize-winning director William Lee

Oct. 3-9 was the annual EKOFILM awards, in which environmentally themed films from around the world were screened and commended by a prestigious jury of six. The Prague Post spoke to director William Lee about his comedy An Application for Asylum in the Czech Republic on Ecological Grounds, which topped the Free and Miscellaneous Topic category.

Double take: 5 pairs of rather similar films

This week’s release of kooky bed buddy caper Friends with Benefits has been accused by certain parties as being a little samey to earlier 2011 rom-com No Strings Attached. Certainly, there are distinct similarities in the “let’s just be friends who shag, and definitely not ever fall in love, ever, oops we’ve fallen in love” premise.

Here are 5 more films which might be construed as a little bit similar.

Manhattan Short Film Festival

* Bio Oko is the Czech Republic’s host for this year’s global Manhattan Film Festival. On Sept. 30, ten short films will be screened in the Prague venue – one of over 250 cities across the world involved in the 2011 festival. This year’s finalists, picked from nearly 600 entries, include Colin Kennedy’s I Love [...]

Czech film animation screens at Venice

Alois Nebel, a Czech animation film based on the graphic novel series by Jaroslav Rudiš and Jaromír 99, is enjoying airings at two of the world’s most respected film festivals this month.

Das Film Fest 2011

Film lovers with a Teutonic tongue have got something to look forward to this autumn: the annual Das Film Fest, organized by Goethe-Institut.

5 genre hybrid films

The release of Cowboys & Aliens this week sees an unlikely showdown between stetson-wearin’ bad boys and brainwashing freaks in spaceships.

Here are 5 more films that mix up the genres.

5 bumbling assassins

Reviewed in this week’s Prague Post, Horrible Bosses is the latest movie to use bumbling assassins as its unlikely heroes. Here are 5 more.

Sequel opportunities

As the Prague Post reported recently in its review of Cars 2, perhaps talking motor vehicles aren’t the best fodder for a sequel.

Here are a few Pixar sequels that actually might work.

Cinema’s lesser-known silent clowns

The Prague Post recently interview revered clown and mime artist Nola Rae, whose latest show Exit Napoleon Pursued by Rabbits takes inspiration from Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator.

New Kafka film in pipeline

As reported recently by Variety, another of Prague writer Franz Kafka’s works is to be adapted for the big screen.