Danish actor Ulrich Thomsen was the guest of FebioFest 2017. He made a name for himself in theatre and made a film debut in 1994.So far the biggest international chance came in 1999 when he played in James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.He tried his skill as director and to be completely independent he was director, actor and producer and paid the film from his own pocket. He spoke fluent English with American accent and was very honest, thoughtful and nice.

British producer Duncan Kenworthy is a producer of such box office hits as Love Actually, Notting Hill or Four weddings and one funeral. He received five BAFTA Awards, three EMMY Awards and nomination for Academy Award. This fine, pleasant, witty and modest man was a guest of FebioFest 2017.He was kind enough to devote some of his precious time- first time in Prague-talking to us.

Albanian cinematography is not the best known in the world so to meet an Albanian director and have a chance to talk to him is very useful thing.We have met Fatmir Koci, well established and very likeable film maker from Tirana on Zlín film festival and he was pleasure to talk to.

This Dutch actor was born in 1944 to the family of well known impressionist painter.He studied acting on Amsterdam Academy of dramatic Art. His first big chance was offered to him by friend, director Paul Verhoeven in film “Soldier of Orange”. Since that time he makes at least one film a year, sometimes more.He broke into Hollywood and acted in box office hits such as “James Bond” or “Fugitive” where Harrison Ford was his partner. Jeroen is very versatile artist who spreads his talent among acting, directing and painting. We sent him questions by post to which he duly responded and we also met him at FebioFest in Prague 2015 where he was super friendly. Despite his fame he is down to earth and honest man and pleasure to deal with.

First moving picture was showed in Estonia already in 1896.First cinema was opened 12 years later in Tallin In 1930 local actress Miliza Korjus was nominated for Academy Award and she had successful career in Hollywood. Later the film was used mainly for propaganda reasons and after the death of Stalin the approach was more liberal but there was still censorship. In 1969 director Grigori Kromanov made a movie “ The Last Relic” which saw in Soviet Union incredible 45 million people. It was showed in more than 60 countries worldwide. After the collapse of Soviet Empire Estonia regained independence but state film funds dried up and cost of making films escalated, which hit rock bottom in 1996 when no film was made in Estonia. Since that time local filmmakers look for co-producers behind the border. At Zlín film festival we met Estonian director of film festival Black Nights Mikk Granström and asked him few questions. He was in a hurry –being a jury member-so his replies were very quick.