prague Sep 2008

Punk Film is an audiovisual production company that focuses on producing commercial TV spots. Punk also provides feature film, music video, animation and still photography production services.

The company is passionate about providing services to foreign production companies, and the recent TV spot for Revlon demonstrates this on many levels.

Punk used 'motion control technology' during shooting for a TV spot for Indian client Kuber. Other clients include Sony Vaio, Samsung, Olympus, Allianz, GE Money, Raiffeisen, Hyundai, MTV, AVON, and many others.

Visit the company's cool website for more information.

Starlite Productions provides full service film and TV production, operating in the international market and working with experienced Czech and International film and commercial directors, as well as renowned photographers. The company has offices in Prague, Belgrade and Sofia, as well as representation in Los Angeles.

Hellboy was one of the company's major international feature film productions. Bestiar, based on a novel by a famous Czech writer, was Starlite's first Czech production, with shooting in Prague, the south of Italy, and London, while independent US film Queen Libussa is the company's latest production, due for release in the autumn.

TV projects have included work for the Discovery Channel and MTV, along with a documentary for the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Igor Chaun and broadcast on Czech TV. Clients include Vodafone, L'Oréal and Ernst & Young.

One of Starlite Productions' great assets is its young and progressive team, which is in direct contact with an upcoming generation of artists and producers from around the world.

DRAWetc. is a graphic atelier specialised in photorealistic airbrushing, illustration, storyboarding, comix, animation, new media and graphic design.

DRAWetc. was founded in 2002 by Vladimir Strejcek as an advertising and movie storyboard creative studio. The company has since grown to specialise in many fields of creative illustration and design.

Awards and recognition include:

• 2007 - Salomon Artwork Contest - winners; Designblok - Best Instalation (3rd place).
• 2006 - Moscow International Advertising Festival - Shining Orbit (1st place), with Mark BBDO; Louskacek - Shining Orbit (2nd place), with MarkBBDO; Golden Hammer, Riga - Shining Orbit (2nd place), with MarkBBDO; Comiczcon - Comics battle (1st place).
• 2005 - Comiczcon - Comics battle (1st place).
• 2004 - Louskacek - Greenpeace Genetics (3rd place), with EuroRSCG.

Nikola Tacevski has worked as a freelance photographer since 1987. He began shooting advertising photography in 1994.

Some of the ads on which he worked as photographer have won prizes at prestigious international advertising festivals, including Cannes (Silver Lion), Portoroz Golden Drum Ad Festival (Central and Eastern Europe), and Louskaceks (Czech ad festival).

Nikola was twice presented in Lurzers archive publication '2000 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide'. He works for many international agencies offering full photo production and postproduction services.

After four years spent in New York, Jiri is now based in Prague where he specialises in portraiture, people, street and fashion photography.

His clients include T-Mobile, Skoda, Vodafone, Allianz, Armani, Universal Music, EMI Music, Finlandia Vodka, OYSTER, Elle and Maxim magazines.

Jiri offers a range of photographic skills from complex studio work to worldwide location shooting. He is fully experienced and equipped with all photographic formats and lighting techniques, using creative digital technology as well as retouching and image software. Jiri is represented by 4d-photo.

His two month exhibition in New York's Leica Gallery in 2007 was followed by an exhibition at the Leica Gallery Prague in summer 2008.

Kristina has shot with Meisel, Richardson, Lindberg, Testino, Lagerfeld and many of the world's most acclaimed photographers.

Originally they shot her as their model, but Kristina learned some tricks of her own and a couple of years ago decided to stand on the opposite side of the camera. Today she shoots fashion and advertising photography, as well as her own personal projects and stories.

Based in Prague, Tacevski s.r.o. provides full production services for all types of projects. Services include budgeting, location scouting and casting. The company also cooperates with some of the leading make-up artists, hair and costume stylists.

Tacevski s.r.o. operates its own fully equipped photographic studios in both Prague and Paris.

Clients include Dove, Camay, Mercedes-Benz, Nike, P&G, Skoda and Garnier, among others.

Fabrika is an independent Czech agency founded in 1998. Its portfolio of international and Czech clients, annual revenues and the number of awards received put the agency among the top 10 in the current market.

Fabrika offers clients a comprehensive service from market analysis through to communication strategies and execution. The company is the only Czech agency with its own strategic instruments that help build client brands. Fabrika monitors brand development in the Czech Republic and is interested in Czech consumers and their behaviour, and as a result the agency knows both international and local brands very well.

Clients include UniCredit Bank, Hyundai Motor CZ, Allianz, UniCredit Leasing, Lego Trading, Pivovar HOLBA, Mlekarna Hlinsko, Walmark, MAKRO Cash & Carry CR and Helppes.

The Liv Ducci Group delivers:

• Liv Ducci Playground - Photography, Postproduction, CGI, and Creative Image Conceptualisation.
• Liv Ducci Concrete - Building Marketing and Architectural Visualisation.
• Liv Ducci Motion - 3D Animation and Video Postproduction.
• Liv Ducci Lab - Graphic Design, Corporate Design and Logotypes, Creative Campaigns, Interactive Design and Viral Marketing.
  

Clients include: Renault, Citibank, Mitsubishi, Porsche, T-Mobile, McDonald, Telefonica, Ernst & Young, Skanska, Pilsner Urquell, Budweiser, Mercedes-Benz and Coca-Cola.

Prague-based fashion designer Klara Nademlynska learned the basics of her trade at Prague's School of Fashion Design, and later spent ten years working and gaining experience in Paris.

Clean style lines, high class material and an elegant seductiveness characterise her collections, with her bespoke clothing all featuring hand-finished sophisticated detail and unusual combinations. Klara's limited edition collections include her favourite silhouette-like cocktail dresses, tops, suits and coats, as well as jeans, knitwear and a new line of jewellery.

Many Czech celebrities wear Klara's clothing, including models Tereza Maxova, Veronika Varekova and Petra Nemcova, as well as singers, actors and people from the world of film and advertising.

The Klara Nademlynska label has been represented by the B&B showroom in Amsterdam since 2007 and is exclusively distributed by Dressmania. This year, Klara is celebrating ten years of her brand with a new shop design by studio Olgoj&Chorchoj.

VACULIK ADVERTISING was founded in 1996 in Bratislava. Originally named Juraj Vaculik Creative Studio (JVCS), it was renamed in 2004 and since January 2006 has operated a branch out of Prague.

In 2006 the agency was recognised as Best Slovak Advertising Agency (according to Strategie Magazine rankings), and has since been ever-present in the top five rankings.

The agency has gained several awards at international festivals including Cannes, AME Awards, Midas Awards, Golden Drum, Zlata Pecka and Zlaty Klinec.

Current agency clients include Tatra Banka, Avon, Dell, Metaxa, Dôvera, Volkswagen, T-Mobile Czech Republic, Ballymore Properties, Hartmann-Rico, Incheba, Penta Investments, Microsoft, Aegon and Samsung.

PH Model Management was founded at the beginning of 2006 by Peter Holanec. The agency guarantees full service as is expected from international modelling agencies.

PH Models is not only a place for new faces and a partner for professional models in the Czech Republic, but also represents international models from around the world for clients across the fashion and advertising industries. For example, Susana Moreno recently shot for Russian Standard Vodka, John Espozito for Blazek Company, and Frank Delubac for Remy Martin.

The professional and highly experienced team at PH Models currently manages the careers of over 150 models, with an office also based in Khabarovsk, Russia. Indeed, Alena Enikeeva from Khabarovsk, who currently appears on the cover of Italian Glamour magazine, was discovered randomly by Peter in the street.

Models from PH Model Management have featured in advertisements for Nivea, Wella, Garnier, Givenchy, Marie Claire, Nina Ricci, Russian Standard Vodka and Schwarzkopf, among many more.

With 13 years of experience Katerina Kosova is the one of the most talented and artistic make-up artists currently working in Prague.

She began with Dolce Vita, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Elle and Maianne, and has subsequently worked on fashion shows by Vivienne Westwood and J.P. Gaultier. Katerina is also a supervisor for L'Oréal.

She is the main make-up artist for the Elite Model Look competition in the Czech Republic and worked on the recent 2008 worldwide edition held in Prague. Katerina is also the personal make-up artist of famous opera singer Magdalena Kozena.

You can contact Katerina on her email address.

Marek Patl is one of the most successful hair stylists in Prague. He started his career with Londa before moving on to Wella, and has been with current brand L'Oreal for the past seven years.

Marek specialises in:

• Fashion shows: G. P. Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Pacco Rabanne.
• Commercials and music videos: The Prodigy, Campari (with Salma Hayek), Oriflame, Diesel.
• Fashion magazines: Elle, Dolce Vita, Bazaar.

You can contact Marek on his email address.

Hotel Praha is a cantilevered modernist curve set in eight hectares of gardens and forest, built into a hilltop in one of Prague's finest residential neighbourhoods. A unique government-protected landmark, the early 1980s architecture is clean and elegant - no chintz or lace curtains to be found here!

Although Hotel Praha is located in a big city, its ample grounds and hilltop location provide an unusual and welcome amenity: total peace and quiet. The property has hosted distinguished guests from around the world, and with 2,700 m2 of meeting space it has organised many important conferences and events.

Hotel Praha is famous as a set for movies, TV commercials, TV programs, music videos and many other similar projects. It has also provided accommodation for actors including Nicole Kidman, Johnny Depp, Mads Mikkelsen, Adrian Brody, Tom Cruise, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Antonio Banderas, and many others. As well as famous actors, Hotel Praha has hosted many famous politicians and musicians, such as Crown Prince Naruhito, Mikhail Gorbachev, James Brown and Montserrat Caballé.

The recently reconstructed vintage design hotel Sax is superbly situated in the heart of the Lesser Town, right below Prague's castle.

The hotel's interiors transport guests back to the 1950s, 60s and 70s, which typically enjoyed an unparalleled freedom of design. The hotel features many original pieces representing the period's cutting edge in global design, including names like Panton, Colani, Saarinen and Eames.

Many of the chairs, sofas, light fittings, graphic works and pictures are originals of the period. Some have been refurbished and others are in their original state. But in their time they were exclusive, and only available to a wealthier clientele.

The hotel attempts to transport guests to an environment which contrasts greatly with the Lesser Town and the exterior facade of the Hotel Sax itself.

Prague-stay is the number one choice for international filmmakers looking for accommodation whilst working in Prague. Whether planning a visit for just a few weeks, a few months or for the long-term, the company offers high quality accommodation to fulfil every need.

Prague-Stay's dedicated temporary housing specialists have an understanding of the film industry's special accommodation needs. The company has provided a wide range of accommodation for international film crews, producers, directors and actors, including Johnny Depp, Heather Graham and Hilary Swank.