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Petr Szczepanik and Martin Horyna discussed the position of Czech cinema on the international stage on the podcast Dotočeno

19. 12. 2025 film industry

In the podcast, you will learn what barriers hinder the export of Czech films and TV series, how foreign “gatekeepers” perceive us, and what recommendations for the entire sector emerge from the research.

You can listen to the episode of the Dotočeno podcast here. Petr Szczepanik and Martin Horyna presented the main conclusions of a study on the export of Czech film, which was conducted as part of the project Supporting the Export of Audiovisual Production: Tools for Measuring, Predicting and Strengthening the Cross-Border Circulation of Czech Film and Television Works.

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CIRG – the Cultural Industries Research Group focuses on research into cultural and media industries, particularly on current issues, challenges, and conflicts arising from tensions between intellectual property law, the business models of cultural industries, the digitalization and platformization of cultural sectors, and changing consumer habits. The group’s name is an acronym of its English title, Cultural Industries Research Group. CIRG is an informal association of experts from media studies, intellectual property law, media law, media ethics, cultural economics and cultural management, sociology of culture, and data analysis. The group operates on the basis of project-based funding through applied research projects (TAČR, NAKI, EEA and Norway Grants, OP JAK Intersectoral Cooperation), basic research projects (GAČR, ZIF Bielefeld, OP VVV Excellent Research, DFG), as well as contract research (State Cinematography Fund, Association of Audiovisual Producers).