III. Grants» Czech Ministry of Culture»

Cultural activity programme

Within the framework of the grant selection proceedings grants designated for the support of projects of a publicly beneficial nature provided in the following thematic areas:

1. Festivals, screenings and exhibitions in the area of film and media | (CZK)
ANIFILM, Ltd. |
– ANIFILM – The 2nd International Festival of Animated Films Třeboň | 1,500,000
The Association of Czech Cinematographers – ACK |
–The 16th Awards of the Association of Czech Cinematographers | 50,000
The Association of Directors and Script Writers – ARAS |
– The 6th Awards of Jaromil Jireš | 35,000
– The Public to Itself – 10 years since the Czech Television crisis | 161,000
AXMAN PRODUCTION, Ltd. |
– FILMASIA – The 7th Festival of Asian Films | 450,000
Bollywood, civic association |
– The 9th Festival of Bollywood Film | 100,000
The Czech Film Chamber, n. g. o. |
– The Czech Film Critics’ Awards | 800,000
CZECH TELEVISION |
– The 48th International Television Festival – Golden Prague 2011 | 500,000
House of Culture Ostrov |
– The 43rd Ota Hofman Children's Film and Television Festival | 200,000
Ekofilm, civic association |
– EKOFILM – The 37th International Film Festival on the Environment, Natural and Cultural Heritage | 200,000
EUROFILMFEST Ltd. |
– The 18th Days of European Film /DEF/ | 450,000
Film & Sociologie Ltd. |
– The 5th Pavel Koutecký Award | 100,000
FILM DISTRIBUTION ARTCAM, Ltd. |
– JLG – retrospective | 50,000
– Festivals of non-European film – Latin America, Balkans, Russia | 150,000
FILMFEST Písek Ltd. |
– The 11th International Student Film Festival | 400,000
Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague |
– The 28th Festival of Student Films – FAMUFEST 2011 Weightlessness | 400,000
FITES – Czech Film and Television Union |
– Awards TRILOBIT Beroun and Vladislav Vančura Prize | 80,000
– The Screening of Czech and Slovak Documentary and Animated Films | 15,000
FotoGrafic – civic association for contemporary art |
– The 6th Festival of Experimental Films Plan 9 | 50,000
Fotojatka, civic association |
– The International Audiovisual Festival of Creative Photography – Fotojatka | 50,000
Frankofil (renamed as Artena, civic asociation) |
– Open Cinema! | 200,000
FRESH FILMS, Ltd. |
– The 8th International Festival of First Features and Student Films – FRESH FILM FEST | 1,000,000
HEART OF EUROPE – Media, Ltd. |
– The River Film Fest Písek 2011 | 500,000
HENDAVER, civic association |
– The International Film Festival Mental Power Prague | 100,000
Jiří Králík |
– MOVIeNG MUSIC 2011 | 150,000
Kamera Oko Ltd. |
– Ostrava Kamera Oko – The 3rd International Cinematographers’ Film Festival | 500,000
KINOKLUB OSTROV, civic association |
– The Film Festival Litoměřice for the Eleventh Time – With an Appetite | 80,000
Culture Club, n. g. o. |
– The 19th Třinec Film Indian Summer | 150,000
City of Přelouč |
– The 17th Awards of František Filipovský for Best Acting and Dubbing Performances Přelouč 2011 | 70,000
City of Teplice nad Metují |
– The 28th International Mountaineering Film Festival 2011 | 100,000
Municipal Information and Cultural Centre Krnov |
– KRRR! 70MM FILM FEST KRNOV – The 6th Screening of 70-mm Films | 100,000
Mgr. Pavel Chalupa |
– The 12th International Festival of Czech-German-Jewish Culture – Nine Gates | 1,800,000
Civic association EducationTalentCulture |
– Cinema on the Border 2011 | 150,000
Civic association Inventura |
– Normal Festival 2011 | 100,000
PASTICHE FILMZ |
– The 10th Festival of Film Animation /PAF/ | 150,000
Petr Vachler – Vachler Art Company |
– The 18th Annual Czech Lion Awards 2010 | 400,000
Pro-AERO (The Association for Support and Development of AERO Cinema) |
– Aerokraťas – The 8th annual Competition of Auteur Short Films 2011 | 70,000
– Film screenings in Aero cinema in 2011 | 100,000
Pro-OKO, civic asociation |
– Cinema Other 2011 | 70,000
Psycho Film, civic asociation |
– Psycho Film Fest 2011 | 100,000
Association for Radio Works Prague |
– 19th Festival of Verbal Creation BILANCE | 40,000
– 20th National Radio Festival of Documentary Radio Programmes REPORT | 50,000
SEQENCE, civic association |
– ComicsFEST 2011 | 100,000
Nordic Film Club, civic asociation |
– Nordic Film Club (also for the hearing impaired) | 80,000
STUD Brno |
– The 12th Queer Film Festival Mezzanine 2011 | 500,000
Terra Madoda, civic association |
– FiILMFUSE 2011 | 50,000
UNIJAZZ – association for support of cultural activities |
– The 19th Festival for the Jewish Quarter Boskovice 2011 – film part | 50,000
Union Film, Ltd. |
– Festivals at Světozor cinema | 100,000
Charles University in Prague – The Faculty of Arts – Department of Cinema Studies |
– The 16th Film Festival by Students of Audiovisual Theory – Golden Eyes 2011 | 15,000
Palacký University Olomouc |
– The 46th International Festival of Popular-Scientific and Documentary Films – Academia Film Olomouc [AFO] | 300,000
Film School Zlín, Ltd. |
– The 8th International Festival of Student Films – Zlín’s Dog 2011 | 150,000
The Jewish Museum of Prague |
– CINEGOGA /CINEGOGUE | 40,000
Total CZK | 13,106,000
2. Seminars, workshops | (CZK)
Art-n, civic association |
– DANCE AND CAMERA – workshop of the Festival of Dance Films | 50,000
The Association of Czech Film Clubs, civic association |
– Film and School – Film education seminar | 150,000
Bohemian Multimedia, Ltd. |
– Professional instruction in 3D animation | 250,000
Czech Anti-Piracy Union |
– Films Aren't Free VI | 300,000
People in Need, n. g. o. |
– Documentary Campus Praha 2011 | 250,000
Municipal Cinemas in Uherské Hradiště |
– The Seminar of Archive Films | 100,000
Veselí nad Moravou Municipal Cultural Centre |
– The Seminar of Russian Films | 70,000
– The Seminar of Taiwanese Films | 60,000
Civic association DÉMONICKÝ KONÍK |
– Film Sokolov 2011 | 30,000
Civic association Inventura |
– Film workshop | 100,000
Pro-digi, civic association |
– Information centre on digitising cinemas 2011 | 350,000
Total CZK | 1,710,000
3. Professional periodicals and non-periodical publications | (CZK)
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague |
– David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson: Film Art: An Introduction (Umění filmu. Úvod do studia formy a stylu) | 150,000
FITES – Czech Film and Television Union |
– Issuing of Synchron report | 170,000
DOMINIK CENTRUM, Ltd. |
– Anthology + DVD: With the company MICHR Licht ist sicher! (Stanislav Milota + Vlasta Chramostová) (S firmou MICHR Licht ist sicher!) (Stanislav Milota + Vlasta Chramostová) | 50,000
Jihlava Association of Amateur Filmmakers/JSAF, civic association |
– Doc. Revue 2011 – the bi-monthly on documentary film | 250,000
Miloš Fryš, publishing house Camera obscura |
– anthology: Andrei Arsenievich Tarkovski – Beauty Is a Symbol of Truth (Krása je symbolem pravdy) – 2nd edition | 30,000
Pro-digi, civic association |
– Information portal on digitising cinemas 2011 | 100,000
Association of the Friends CINEPUR, civic association |
– publication of film bi-monthly CINEPUR | 500,000
Association of the Friends of Profession Film Press, civic association |
– publication of quarterly Film and the Times and of the special edition in English 2011 | 500,000
Václav Žák – Casablanca |
– Publication Initials II: Aki Kaurismäki (Iniciály II.: Aki Kaurismäki) | 35,000
– Publication of a translation of the book – Mervyn Cooke: A History of Film Music (Dějiny filmové hudby) | 50,000
Total CZK | 1,835,000
4. Children’s media and audiovisual creation, education of children and youth in the area of audiovisual culture and education of teachers in the area of media and the audiovisual sector | (CZK)
Center to Help Children and Youth |
– Animated film course at Barrier Free facilities for children and youth Bouda | 25,000
Czech Chamber of Sign Language Interpreters, civic association |
– Children’s Internet television for the hearing impaired – Weblik | 300,000
Czech UNICA Committee – National Association of Non-Professional Film of the Czech Republic |
– Golden Sun 2011: 9th annual competition and workshop | 30,000
House of Culture Ostrov |
– support of media literacy | 100,000
Film Club Liberec, civic association |
– Children’s Television Liberec 2011 | 70,000
InBáze BERKAT |
– Media project The World through My Eyes (Svět mýma očima) | 50,000
Jiří Králík |
– Film Canon 2011 | 100,000
Club Domino – Children’s Press Office, civic association |
– Children’s Internet Media | 50,000
Cultural Center Pardubice – Divadlo 29 |
– aniLAB / animated film laboratory | 50,000
Olomouc Cinemas |
– Metroplay: Young Audience at Metropol cinema (Metro) | 80,000
Pro-AERO (The Association for Support and Development of AERO cinema) |
– Aeroschool 2011 | 100,000
Pro-OKO, civic association |
– EduOko 2011 | 70,000
Secondary, basic and preschool for the hearing impaired, Prague 5 |
– Participation of multimedia creative workshop at the 2nd festival: The Czech Republic – It’s Cool! in Telč | 50,000
Forgetting, civic association |
– In honour of child victims of the holocaust – media presentation | 400,000
Total CZK | 1,475,000
5. Projects promoting Czech film, the audiovisual and media area abroad | (CZK)
AniFest, Ltd. |
– New wave of Czech animation 2 | 200,000
Doc. Air, civic association |
– Doc Alliance Films | 300,000
Institute of Documentary Film – IDF |
– East Silver 2011 – entire year’s distribution of Czech documentary films | 600,000
PASTICHE FILMZ |
– PAF vize MEDIA – promotion of Czech audio-visual work abroad | 100,000
Total CZK | 1,200,000
6. Projects focussing on the protection of intellectual property rights and the fight against piracy | (CZK)
Iuridicum Remedium, civic association |
– Spreading know how in using Creative Commons license in CR | 350,000
Total CZK | 350,000
7. Making cultural heritage accessible | (CZK)
AniFest, Ltd. |
– Creation of archive, study room and database of animated films | 350,000
endorfilm, Ltd. |
– Matchmaking Mayor (Nesvatbov) /documentary/ – IFF Berlinale | 100,000
Fog'n'Desire Films Ltd. |
– The House (Dům/Dom) /feature film/ – IFF Berlinale | 100,000
Václav Kadrnka |
Eighty Letters (Osmdesát dopisů) /feature film/ – IFF Berlinale | 300,000
Total CZK | 850,000
Subsidies provided as part of the programme based on the recommendation of the selection commission, from non-itemized media and audiovision funds (priority events) | (CZK)
AniFest Ltd. |
– The 10th International Festival of Animated Films 2011 | 5,000,000
The Association of Czech Film Clubs, civic association |
– Purchase and distribution of artistically valued films for film clubs and art cinemas | 1,500,000
– The 37th Summer Film School 2011 | 1,800,000
The Czech Film Chamber, n. g. o. |
– The Czech Film Chamber activity – presentation of Czech film in CR and abroad | 6,000,000
The Czech Film Chamber, n. g. o. – MEDIA DESK CR |
– MEDIA Desk CR 2011 (as part of community programmes) | 2,100,000
People in Need, n. g. o. |
– The 13th International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival – One World 2011 | 4,000,000
Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague |
– CILECT conference | 180,000
– MIDPOINT: Center for Central European Screenplays | 900,000
FEBIOFEST Ltd. |
– The 18th International Film Festival – FEBIOFEST 2011 | 1,800,000
Filmfest Ltd. |
– ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL 2011 – The 51st International Film Festival for Children and Youth | 10,000,000
FILM SERVIS FESTIVAL KARLOVY VARY, joint-stock company |
– The 46th International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2011 | 10,000,000
DOMINIK CENTRUM, Ltd. |
– The 24th Festival of Czech Films FINÁLE 2011 | 1,800,000
DIAMANT FILM Prague, Ltd. |
– T. G. Masaryk in Palestina project | 500,000
Institute of Documentary Film – IDF |
– Support of Czech documentary film for year 2011 | 1,800,000
Jihlava Association of Amateur Filmmakers/JSAF, civic association |
– The 15th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival Jihlava 2011 | 2,800,000
National Film Archive |
– Tender obligation, creation of special fund for artistically valued films | 2,200,000
– Digital restoration project for film Marketa Lazarová | 1,000,000
NEUBERT marketing & Company, Ltd. |
– Project BEST CZECH SCHOOL | 300,000
NICHOLASE WINTON CLUB, civic asociation |
– Cultural-educational project NICKY’S FAMILY (NICKYHO RODINA) | 400,000
Sport Bohemia, stock company |
– Awareness competition: FENOMÉN | 6,300,000
Total CZK | 60,380,000
TOTAL CZK | 80,906,000

Source materials supplied by the Department of Media and Audiovision of Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.