HEART OF EUROPE CO-PRODUCTIONS

Heart of Europe Media Ltd. can look back to over 25 successful years of international co-production. In 1977 Michael Havas convinced TV New Zealand to co-produce with Czechoslovakia and has since worked with networks and private companies in Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA.

Language skills, global contacts and technical versatility have resulted in a rich palette of programmes - ranging from TV documentaries to animation, from world-music festivals to multi-media programmes, from children’s´ programmes to interactive CDs.

Artists and writers with whom Havas has worked include Axel Corti, Michael Frayn, Peter Gabriel, Josef Svoboda, Jan Švankmajer, Ctibor Turba, Sir Peter Ustinov and others.

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2000	WOMAD IN PRAGUE	TV	1 Hour Programme
	Co-producer 1-hour TV documentary on the WOMAD festival in Prague, Sept 2000 DOP Vladimir Holomek Directed by Rudolf Vodrážka A Czech TV - Heart of Europe Media - WOMAD Ltd (UK) co-production
	WOMAD Go Praha (September 15th-17th)
	Festival Director Co-Producer Promoter of the first WOMAD festival in a former communist country. Under the auspices of President Václav Havel In co-operation with City Hall, Prague An official Prague European City of the Year 2000 programme 134 artists from 24 countries.
1996	SPEARS - THE GOLDEN DECADE OF JAN ŽELEZNÝ	58 min	Colour	BETACAM
	Scenario Director Co-Producer Czech TV Prague/Heart of Europe Prague  Omnicron Productions Auckland Cultural Essay on the Javelin as an Instrument of War and a Symbol of Peace, as seen through the eyes of double Olympic gold medallist and world record-holder, Jan Zelezny. CZECH REP/NEW ZEALAND
	MTV IDENT	15 secs	Colour	35mm
	Co-Producer MTV Europe Ident written, designed and directed by Jiří Barta UK/CZECH REP
1994	TV SPOT	10 sec	Colour	35mm
	Co-Producer NEW YORK CARES Day Chiat Agency New York/Heart of Europe Prague Object animation Directed by Bedřich Glaser USA/CZECH REP
	FAUST	90 min	Colour	35mm
	Co-Producer Heart of Europe Prague/Lumen Films Paris Koninck International London/Pandora Films Frankfurt BBC Bristol/Athanor Prague Full Length Object Animation combined with Live Action feature on the Faust Legend Starring Petr Čepek English version featuring Andrew Sachs Written and Directed by Jan Svankmajer GB/FRANCE/GERMANY/CZECH REP
1993	3M MAGIC	10 min	Colour	35mm
	Co-Producer Condor Features Zürich/Heart of Europe Prague Essayistic PR promo for 3M SWITZERLAND/CZECH REP
	THE MAGIC LANTERN	1 Hour	Colour	BETACAM
	Researcher Co-Producer BBC/Koninck International London Rainer Moritz München/Heart of Europe Prague Cultural Essay on Prague Written by Michael Frayn Directed by Dennis Marks GB/GERMANY/CZECH REP
1992	CONVERSATIONS	3 x 1 min	Colour	35mm
	Co-Producer (Big Pictures San Francisco / MTV New York / Heart of Europe Prague) Cell Animation, Object Animation, Pixillation Appeal against consumerism Written and Directed by Pavel Koutsky USA/CZECH REP
	DIAGNOSIS	30 sec	Colour	35mm
	Co-Producer (MTV Europe / Heart of Europe Prague) Cell Animation - ecological appeal Written and Directed by Pavel Koutský GB/CZECH REP
	FOOD	17 min	Colour	35mm
	Co-Producer Channel 4 / Koninck International London / Heart of Europe Prague Object Animation and Pixillation - Surrealist vision of consumerism Written and Directed by Jan Svankmajer GB/CZECH REP
1990	THE DEATH OF STALINISM IN BOHEMIA	11 min	Colour	35mm
	Co-Producer (BBC / Nomad Films / Koninck International London) Object animation: a personal history of Stalinism in Bohemia Written and directed by Jan Svankmajer GB/GERMANY/CZECH REP
	LIQUID ROCK	6 x 30 min		BETACAM + 16mm
	Scenario Director (ARD / Ravensburger Film + TV / Nomad Films / CS Filmexport)  Dramatised feature documentary on the cultural history of concrete. Starring Sir Peter Ustinov W. GERMANY/AUSTRALIA/CZECH REP
1979	SCHLITZOHR	10 x 20 min		Video + 35mm
	Scenario Co-Producer (ZDF / Nomad Films) Children’s series, starring Boris Hybner  Written and directed by Martin Hoffmeister W. GERMANY/CSSR
	LA TRAVERSEE DU DESSERT	90 min		Delayed Telecast
	Co-Producer (ARD-Hessischer Rundfunk / Nomad Films) International Clown Programme Written and directed by Ctibor Turba W. GERMANY/CSSR
	THE SONS OF TU MATA UENGA	52 min	Colour	16mm
	Scenario Director (Condor Films Zürich - Czech TV - Michael Havas)  Documentary on pilgrimage tour of the battle-fields of World War II by the 28th Maori Battalion from New Zealand - filmed on location in New Zealand, Greece, Crete, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Tunis, Italy and England. SWITZERLAND/CSSR
1977	ONCE UPON AN ISLAND	56 min	Colour	16mm
	Scenario Director (TV New Zealand - FAMU - Michael Havas) Documentary Essay on the Battle for Crete, shot on location in New Zealand, Crete, Western Germany. NEW ZEALAND/CSSR