Culture
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Czech singer & songwriter Patricie and former guitarist for Amy Winehouse, Robin Banerjee, perform…
The Prague Proms International Music Festival is well underway and this Friday offers something special: a concert by up-and-coming Czech singer Patricie and British…
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Czech film production up by 23 percent last year
Last year was a good one for the Czech film industry. The turnover of Czech-based film production companies grew by 23 percent, from over four billion crowns in 2012 to…
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Restoration and digitisation: a visit to the Czech National Film Archive
On July 5, the Karlovy Vary Film Festival screened a fresh copy of the New Wave classic Ostře Sledované Vlaky (Closely Watched Trains, 1966). This is the latest Czech film…
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Vladimíra Krčková, a young jazz singer who lives in Prague
Vladimíra Krčková recently performed at Life Fashion Café in Prague. She sang songs like “Once I had a secret love”, originally written for Doris Day in the 1950s…
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West Bohemian spa town hosts 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Film fans from at home and abroad have descended on the west Bohemian spa town Karlovy Vary for the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival which opens on Friday…
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Cabaret Hrabal: a groundbreaking literary tribute to the great author in London
The centenary of the great Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal’s birth is being marked by film screenings, book readings and literary debates at home and abroad. One of the most…
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Czech government announces infusion for film rebate fund
The Czech government approved proposals on Wednesday to top-up a depleted fund designed to offer rebates of up to twenty percent to productions filming in the country. An…
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Singer and academic Kateřina Garcia: Spain, Czech Republic and Ireland are all home
One of the more interesting bands performing around the Czech Republic this summer are Kon Sira, who play traditional songs of the Sephardic Jews as well as Balkan music…
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Dol Dauber and his inter-war dance and jazz band
Dol Dauber was the central figure in one of the leading Czech dance or jazz band groups of the interwar years. Between Europe wide appearances, Dauber often headed the…
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My Prague – Martin Dušek
Among the small number of Czech directors in competition at the Karlovy Vary festival, which gets underway next weekend, will be documentarian Martin Dušek, with his…
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State heritage institute decides UNESCO listed landmark should be returned to Catholic Church
One of the Czech Republic’s iconic landmarks will be handed back to the Roman Catholic Church following a decision by the country’s custodian of historic buildings and…
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49th Karlovy Vary promises Mel Gibson and strong Eastern flavour
Preparations are well underway for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which gets underway in the Western Bohemian spa town at the end of next week. On Tuesday…
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