Culture
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Indian filmmaker creates epic documentary from new Wave fascination
Since his studies, Indian filmmaker Shivendra Dungarpur has been fascinated by the work of Czech director Jiří Menzel. Eight years ago he started making a documentary…
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Czech One World festival focuses on information overload and fake news
The annual One World festival of human rights documentary films, which marks its 20th anniversary this year, has got underway in Prague. Its programme director Ondřej…
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National Museum discovers fake gems in its collection
An audit into the collection of precious stones of the National Museum in Prague has revealed a disturbing fact: some of its priceless gems are no more than cheap…
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David Whiteman: the forgotten Czech story of the man who triggered World War I
When the Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the Austrian throne in Sarajevo in 1914, he was just short of his twentieth birthday. Under Austrian law…
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Brno’s Festival of Taste
A real Czech pig-killing, beef belly with celery puree and black potatoes, summer fettuccine with calamari and marinated carp with horseradish-dill sauce – all of this can…
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Massive Attack among legendary performers coming to Prague
Prague as well as other cities and towns in the Czech Republic such as Brno and Ostrava remain a major draw for music fans, each year seeing performances not just by local…
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Acclaimed Czech film director Jiří Menzel turns 80
Fans of Czechoslovak cinema, in particular the Czech New Wave, will most likely be familiar with many of the films of director Jiří Menzel. From the Oscar-winning Closely…
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Petr Kubát: a journalist by profession, a photographer at heart
Czech journalist and amateur photographer Petr Kubát bought his first professional camera in 2013 to take pictures of his new-born son. Within weeks he was hooked, moving…
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Exhibition 'Residence: Prefab Estate'
The exhibition Residence: Prefab Estate presents the history of selected residential complexes in the Czech Republic and the social, political, cultural and economic…
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Ladislav Sitenský photos of WWII squadron finally see publication, 70 years later
A collection of photos of the RAF’s Czechoslovak 312 squadron by the great photographer Ladislav Sitenský has just been published in Prague. The book was meant to come out…
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Prague dolls’ house exhibition opens door on 300 years of history
A major exhibition of dolls’ houses from the Victoria &Albert Museum of Childhood in London is now on display in Prague. Through the stories of 12 dolls’ houses from the…
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Menzel star turn and Slovak militia doc among Czech highlights at Berlinale
The first major international film festival of the year, the Berlinale, gets underway on Thursday. The Czech Republic is being represented at the prestigious showcase by…
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