Culture
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Screenshot: a hybrid English-friendly Prague art-house cinema where screenings are events
Screenshot, a new Prague art-house cinema and exhibition gallery, is the beloved brainchild of Iranian-born filmmaker and FAMU International grad Payam Razi, who stepped…
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FAMU student’s animated short secures Oscar nomination
Dcera (Daughter), the puppet stop-motion movie created by FAMU student Daria Kashcheeva has been nominated for an Oscar in the category “best animated short“. It would be…
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Írán:ci Film Festival cofounder Kaveh Daneshmand on escape, boundaries and ‘Z-movies’
The ninth annual Írán:ci Film Festival, this year under the theme of ‘Escape”, gets underway on Wednesday. Ahead of the opening, I spoke to festival cofounder and artistic…
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“He was a storyteller”: Czech directing great Ivan Passer dies at 86
Ivan Passer, one of the leading lights of cinema’s Czechoslovak New Wave, died in the US late last week at the age of 86. Best-known in his home country for the magical…
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The best of Czech classical music, part 1: Dvořák's Slavonic Dance no. 8
Czech classical music is not only a part of national culture and history, but also of the nation’s soul. This year we have prepared a series on the renowned hits of Czech…
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130th anniversary of birth of great interwar writer Karel Čapek
Thursday is the 130th anniversary of the birth of the Czech novelist, dramatic and journalist Karel Čapek. Seen as one of the greatest literary figures of Czechoslovakia’s…
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‘The fat lady sings’: Prague’s State Opera marks restoration to former glory with gala concert
The Prague State Opera reopened on Sunday evening in grand style following a major reconstruction that took nearly three years and cost over a billion crowns. The gala…
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Director Michal Hogenauer on A Certain Kind of Silence, a “cult” film with a difference
One of the most compelling and stylish Czech films of 2019 was A Certain Kind of Silence, the feature debut from Michal Hogenauer. The largely English-language work…
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B4 – Pair win plaudits with latest LP Plastová okna
B4 have been around in different forms for over two decades but now comprise the duo of David Freudl and Tomáš Procházka. The outfit are self-proclaimed adherents of…
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SEFO: Olomouc’s long-awaited post-war Central European art museum
Plans to build a futuristic museum in Olomouc showcasing some 200,000 post-war artworks from across Central Europe have been on hold for over a decade, plagued by land…
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Czech music highlights of 2019
As the new year arrives we look back at some of the biggest Czech hits of 2019 in Radio Prague International’s New Year’s Eve music show. The bands and artists include the…
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The Eben brothers: a folk-rock band with a difference
The sons of a respected classical music composer, the Eben brothers -Kryštof, Marek and David- grew up surrounded by music and musical instruments. They received an…
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