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Omerzu’s Winter Flies cleans up at 2019 Czech Lions
Winter Flies by Olmo Omerzu swept this year’s Czech Lion national film awards at the weekend. The road movie picked up no fewer than six prizes, including the coveted Best…
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Javory: folk music with a difference
Long before the term world music became widely used the brother-and sister duo Petr and Hana Ulrychovi played Moravian folk songs with electric guitars. Later, in search…
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Ikarie XB 1: New release for Czech sci-fi classic that foreshadowed Star Trek and 2001: A Space…
The classic Czech sci-fi film Ikarie XB 1 looks set to find fresh audiences with a new Blu-ray release next week. A number of major figures in the history of Czech cinema…
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Prague’s Febiofest movie showcase “for everybody” gets underway
Prague’s biggest movie event, Febiofest, kicks off on Thursday. Now in its 26th year, the festival gives many movies set for local cinema distribution their first…
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Japanese professor brings ‘Raumplan’ of visionary architect Adolf Loos to life in models
Japanese professor of architecture Yoshio Sakurai has over the past twelve years visited every building ever realised by Adolf Loos, the Brno-born pioneer of European…
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Prague’s Lennon Wall gets new face as 30 Years of Freedom celebrations slowly get underway
John Lennon’s wall in Prague, which features a wide array of thematic street art, is a popular destination for tourists and a symbolic site of Czech opposition to the…
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Czech Republic to be guest of honour at Leipzig Book Fair
The Leipzig Book Fair, one of the most important literary events in the world, gets underway in the East German city this week with the Czech Republic as the main guest of…
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Věra Bílá – the tragic singer who astonished the world with her Romani music
Věra Bílá died of a heart attack this week, days before her scheduled comeback tour. The Roma singer, who was widely regarded as a great talent and once sang to sold out…
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Legendary pianist Alfred Brendel to visit Prague
The legendary pianist Alfred Brendel will come to Prague this weekend to take part in a three-day festival organised in his honour. The Czech-born musician, considered to…
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Czech singer Věra Bílá, dubbed the Ella Fitzgerald of Gypsy music, dies days before her comeback…
It was supposed to be the week when she started her comeback tour. Instead, it ended with her death on a hospital bed. Věra Bílá, who died on Tuesday, was just 64-years…
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Alex Zucker: I don’t want to translate books, I want to translate authors
New York-based Alex Zucker is one of the most highly-regarded translators of Czech literature into English and works regularly with leading writers such as Jáchym Topol…
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Anděl Award winners – Monkey Business, The Atavists, Ty Nikdy, Barbora Poláková, Lucie, Miro Žbirka
Today’s Sunday Music Show is dedicated to winners of the Czech music industry's annual Anděl awards. Among them are The Atavists, named Discovery of the Year and winners…
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